I had an extraordinary meeting yesterday morning with a group at a conflict center here in my city. They’re actively studying and responding to conflict scenarios of huge variety– \u00a0international to organizational– and they were interested to discuss tools and technologies that could be developed to accomplish different kinds of prevention or mediation. It was a great conversation, I had plenty of things to show and they had plenty of interested questions. I hope all of that goes forward smoothly, I’d love to work more closely with that entire organization.<\/p>\n
I had to run a table at an event last night, from 3-6p, and after an already full day it took all I had to stay enthusiastic and engaged with whomever stopped by. I was there to answer questions about simulated environments and human learning and training, and it was about 3 straight hours of that. By the end my voice was hoarse and I was weary and wired out. My suit was drooping on me like a manifestation of my state of mind, and I clacked home on the 1.<\/p>\n
Once there and fed, I revisited some of the early Hypocrisy albums. What a great fuckin band. For a trio, the amount of sound and brutality they produce is staggering. They use a similar set of effects on their guitars on almost all of their albums to date and you can identify it in seconds after listening. The first solid album of theirs that I listened to, the one that set them permanently in my mind, was The Fourth Dimension from 1994. It was a major turning point for them after four years of work together– their creative fuel changed from the anti-religious and demon-infused songs that were popular in the early 90s, to whole thematic albums about alien abductions, mysterious viruses, robot army takeovers, the enslavement of the human race,\u00a0and other science fiction dystopias.<\/p>\n
Of their many incredible songs, there was one that was on my shortlist for years, called “New World<\/em>” off the “The Arrival” album from 2004. It has this smashing chorus that’s delivered in blocks of sound, violently with full stops between chunks. Here are the words to that one, but it’s really the sound that’s important, and particularly that smashing chorus. Try to check it out if you can.<\/p>\n 5. New World<\/p>\n Can’t you see them coming? Addicted to fleshly skin This is the way we serve [Chorus] Everyone will feel a need to pleasure No more scriptures This is the way we serve [Chorus] God, in decay, still making all the rules Hate throughout the end of genocide Awesome.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I had an extraordinary meeting yesterday morning with a group at a conflict center here in my city. They’re actively studying and responding to conflict scenarios of huge variety– \u00a0international to organizational– and they were interested to discuss tools and … Continue reading
\nCannot see their sense of me
\nAll of them decide
\nOur ups, downs, and misery<\/p>\n
\nEnough for me to take it in
\nTwo worlds collide
\nOne with all the… one with all!<\/p>\n
\nIt’s deadly when it’s being wiped away
\nBoth too precious to behold
\nand praise the new…<\/p>\n
\nThe new world is here to wipe out our lives
\nThe new world we can’t survive
\nThe new world left God in everything and everyone
\nThe new world does not include us<\/p>\n
\nTo wicked the future race
\nThere will be no more beliefs
\nAll religion will be known
\nAll religious ways
\nLosing their ability
\nThey’ll erase all our memories<\/p>\n
\nNo more lies
\nNo more fucking lies!<\/p>\n
\nIt’s deadly when it’s being wiped away
\nBoth too precious to behold
\nand praise the new…<\/p>\n
\nThe new world is here to wipe out our lives
\nThe new world we can’t survive
\nThe new world left God in everything and everyone
\nThe new world does not include us<\/p>\n
\nEarth, finally, forgot the tombs
\nHell Is where I’ll be
\nAfter my eyes can see
\nPreceding our, we are the misery!<\/p>\n
\nSmell of burning flesh inside all, everyone!
\nDeath is coming down, now when we will survive
\nWe’re gonna die!
\n[Chorus 2x]
\nThe new world is here to wipe out our lives
\nThe new world we can’t survive
\nThe new world left God in everything and everyone
\nThe new world does not include us<\/p><\/blockquote>\n