Reasons Why…..

1. “Pop culture in general is the main thing they use to keep young people from developing any ideas.” John Sinclair 2009, a Detroit poet and former manager of the band MC5.

2. “Some of the best creative minds on earth are employed to immerse us in a never ending cascade of reassuring images…..designed to divert our minds and manufacture our consent.” The Corporation (2003) Canadian documentary film written by Joel Bakan, and directed by Mark Achbar and Jennifer Abbott.

3. “In a nation run by swine, all pigs are upward-mobile and the rest of us are fucked until we can put our acts together: Not necessarily to Win, but mainly to keep from Losing Completely.” Hunter S Thompson – Gonzo Papers, Vol. 1: The Great Shark Hunt: Strange Tales from a Strange Time (1979)

4. “And Bob…remember… you… are my number one.” The Joker – Batman (1989)

5. “. . . there are periods of history when the visions of madmen and dope fiends are a better guide to reality than the common-sense interpretation of data available to the so-called normal mind. This is one such period, if you haven’t noticed already.” R.A.Wilson

6. “I am not what is called a civilized man, Professor. I have done with society for reasons that seem good to me. Therefore, I do not obey its laws.” – 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea, Jules Verne

7. There are no innocent bystanders … what are they doing there in the first place? William S. Burroughs

8. I’ll tell you one thing: Don’t ever give anybody your best advice, because they’re not going to follow it. Jack Nicholson

9. Culture Industry is a term coined by Theodor Adorno (1903–69) and Max Horkheimer (1895–1973), who argued in “The Culture Industry: Enlightenment as Mass Deception,” that popular culture is akin to a factory producing standardized cultural goods – through film, radio and magazines – to manipulate the masses into passivity; the easy pleasures available through consumption of popular culture make people docile and content, no matter how difficult their economic circumstances. Culture industries may cultivate false needs; that is, needs created and satisfied by capitalism. True needs, in contrast, are freedom, creativity, or genuine happiness….Culture not only mirrors society, but also takes an important role in shaping society through the processes of standardization and commodification, creating objects rather than subjects. By standardizing the consumer’s needs, the Culture Industry is manipulating the consumer to desire what it produces. The outcome is that mass production feeds a mass market that minimizes the identity and tastes of the individual consumers who are as interchangeable as the products they consume.

10. “Towards thee I roll, thou all-destroying but unconquering whale; to the last I grapple with thee; from hell’s heart I stab at thee; for hate’s sake I spit my last breath at thee. Sink all coffins and all hearses to one common pool! and since neither can be mine, let me then tow to pieces, while still chasing thee, though tied to thee, thou damned whale! Thus, I give up the spear!” – Moby Dick, Herman Melville.

11. All you care about is money. This town deserves a better class of criminal….It’s not about money….. The Joker – The Dark Knight (2008)

12. “Music critics get their records for free so their opinions usually don’t matter.” – Marilyn Manson

13. “The sea is everything. Its breath is healthy and pure. It is a spacious wilderness where you can never be alone. It is a living infinity. The sea is nature’s vast reserve. Perfect peace abides there. The sea does not belong to despots. On its surface immoral rights can still be claimed, men can fight each other, devour each other, and carry out all the earth’s atrocities. But thirty feet below the surface their power ceases, their influence fades, their authority disappears. Independence is possible only here. Here I recognize no master! Here I am Free!” – Captain Nemo Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Seas: Jules Verne

14. Rock journalism is people who can’t write, interviewing people who can’t talk, in order to provide articles for people who can’t read. “Ben Watson interviews Frank Zappa” October 1993

15. “…..We all learn to fear authority. They say the only way to deal with it is to gain a piece of the power structure. So be a cop, a lawyer, a soldier, a businessman. Take their power and use it against your brother. Even well intentioned seekers of power for justice are subverted and compromised. We need to be rid of these demagogues, the pompous hair shirted sooth sayers who are in the position to initiate positive change but instead repress it to perpetuate their rule. There’s no god in heaven so get off your knees……Anarchy, Individualism, Social Consciousness, Eqaulity, Liberty.” – M.D.C. 1981

16. “Participate in the broad movement of people against the war. Resist all forms of censorship and disinformation about this war and attacks on civil liberties. Speak out against the war using every possible media. Change hearts and minds through art which opposes this war. Help to create the international movement against this war and oppose national chauvinism, racism and all forms of bigotry.” – Artsist Against the War 2003

17. “Religion is a magic device for turning unanswerable questions into unquestionable answers.” – Art Gecko, Primethyme 3, 128650 DPP

18. “How in the hell could a man enjoy being awakened at 6:30am by an alarm clock, leap out of bed, dress, force-feed, shit, piss, brush teeth and hair, and fight traffic to get to a place where essentially you made lots of money for somebody else and were asked to be grateful for the opportunity to do so?” – Charles Bukowski, Factotum.

19. “There’s a fundamental truth that is far more important than getting a number 1 record or not. That truth is: If you want to do something… REALLY want to do something… Don’t wait to be asked! Don’t seek permission! Don’t put off until you’ve passed the right exams, or paid or saved up enough money! But be prepared to risk complete failure. Don’t give a shit about whatever your mates, or girlfriend or your boyfriend says. Whatever it is, start NOW, TODAY. Tomorrow is always too late.” Bill Drummond – formerly of the KLF

20. “It’s not what you put online that matters, it’s what you don’t.” – anonymous

21. Music has no flag, no government, and no police. Nobody owns it, nobody controls it. Music crosses all borders of geography, language, race and belief. Music brings people together when all else fails. Music can shine a light in the darkest of corners. Music is all I know.

22. “What people want is a strong statement of belief. When they realise a sound system is better than a belief system all war will cease. Demand World Peace. Turn the Music up”

23. “Rock n Roll does not make the times, songs reflect the times. And if you don’t like the way things are…look to your own home, and the way you have raised your own kids, look to the school, the budget for which you have cut back….if the schools are not good and your home is not good you’re not going to solve these matters by sticking ratings on rock n roll albums or allowing the government to get involved in the raising of your children. They have failed at all this stuff and all the other social programs, get them out of the way.” Frank Zappa November 1985 on Channel U68