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no idols / no icons

by SLIVER

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1.
sand storms 04:10
SAND STORMS an anchor on the concrete a fucking empty box of matches CCTV in a cornfield choirboys singing with their throats slit screaming underwater white noise blaring on a speaker we are all grains of sand WE ARE ALL GRAINS OF SAND YOU & I, GRAINS OF SAND WE ARE NOTHING BUT GRAINS OF SAND WE ARE ALL GRAINS OF SAND a number on a blank page a punk rocker buying a Billy bookcase the fine print on a billboard drug dealers with “or your money back” cardboards life vests in a plane crash a teacher dictating the weather forecast we are all grains of sand WE ARE ALL GRAINS OF SAND YOU & I, GRAINS OF SAND WE ARE NOTHING BUT GRAINS OF SAND WE ARE NOTHING BUT GRAINS OF SAND but storms are nothing but grains of sand and mountains they are made of grains of sand we are storms we are mountains we are the key to break the chains WE ARE SAND STORMS AND MOUNTAINS WE ARE SAND STORMS AND MOUNTAINS
2.
A MONSTER CONFRONTED IS A MONSTER DEFEATED we are the deaf and blind we are the silent mass just free men in disguise slaves to the nickels and dimes we sustain their system we sustain their system can’t you see the black wave on our shore? can’t you see the black cloud in our sky? disposable plastic soldiers commodified people, cannon fodder but I’m not a nothing man I’ll shout ‘till I shatter their system (and) fuck their capital appetite yeah we won’t bow, we don’t know how I can see the black wave on our shore I can see the black cloud in our sky We can feel the black hole in our hearts We can feel the blackout in our minds a monster confronted is a monster defeated a monster confronted is a monster defeated we can see the black wave the black cloud the black hole the blackout
3.
no icons 01:46
4.
THIS MACHINE KILLS FASCISTS love has no shape or color love can’t be framed framed by your lack of candor framed by your fear love is above religion love is above your institutions your limitations your fucking preconceptions we are gay and we are proud we are straight and we are proud we are free and we are proud proud to love someone, love someone love is no social disease love ain’t no plague this machine kills fascists this machine kills fanatics, bigots & haters yeah yeah yeah love knows no bias love is no compromise so I cannot understand you marching out there waving fascist signs behind barricades of hate we are straight and we are proud we are gay and we are proud we are free and we are proud proud to love someone, love someone we are free we are proud proud to love someone love is above love is above religion love is above love is above religion
5.
HERE BE DRAGONS there’s a city growing up in my head and I see it every night in my dreams first was a street, now it’s a whole republic with busy bees and CCTV there’s a city growing up in my head fires burning, sirens wailing people lonely, streetgirls comforting silly drinking, fireworks raining there’s a city growing up in my head zombies commuting, children laughing bagmen waiting, methheads salivating school bells ringing, jail cells closing cement cracking, grass and weeds growing buildings rising, people are falling there’s a city growing up in my head night stars are fading, the streetlights are winning cars speeding and then stopping, the street ballet’s playing there’s a hobo in the park with a sign that says “keep your coins, I want change” there’s this guy playing a Dylan song on his guitar on the corner 50 year old words that still ring true today “come mothers and fathers throughout the land and don't criticize what you can't understand, your sons and your daughters are beyond your command” there are friends street dancing at the station like there’s no tomorrow so I guess there’s some hope for the future, you know there’s this vandal genius taking the walls of the city back one brick at a time, one fucking brick at a time where’s the city growing up my head? can’t find the city growing up in my head I drive for hours, in search of the city in my head can’t find the city growing up in my head and here be dragons the ones you know and here be dragons that will swallow you whole and here be dragons the ones you love/loathe and here be dragons that will swallow you whole Here. Be. Dragons.
6.
DISCUSSING CAPITALISM WITH SANTA CLAUS the devil exchanged his fork and his tail for Nikes and French fries and sodas and lattes Azazel he swapped his claws and his horns for dumb phones and oil wars and sweatshops all around the world what would Jesus buy ? we’re killing the planet one purchase at a time what would Jesus buy ? we’re slaving our own selves one item at a time religion exchanged damnation and hell for junk thoughts and mcjobs and targets and markets the almighty exchanged all torments and flames for logos and networks and targets and markets what would Jesus buy ? what would Satan buy ? we’re killing the planet one purchase at a time what would Satan buy ? we’re slaving our own selves one item at a time you’re not what you buy after shopping, there is a life what would Jesus buy ? what would Satan buy ? what would Santa buy ? what would Santa buy ?
7.
BYSTANDER SUPERSTAR you’ve never saved anyone’s life never defended anyone’s rights yet they treat you like a hero now, bystander superstar you never take no risks never put your privileges on the line never act if there’s nothing to gain, 21st century hero ah ah and you’ve never helped anyone but yourself, and you know that doesn’t count no SuperMan, Super-FICIAL-Man, bystander super-zero ah ah and you don’t put yourself on the line for others and you don’t put yourself on the line we need heroes, no idols, no icons and we won’t be part of this masquerade we need heroes, no idols, no icons and we won’t be part of this masquerade
8.
no idols 01:10
Phil Zimbardo: ”We hope to claim a world filled with heroes, ordinary heroes, everyday heroes, and doing that means we’re going to transform the egocentric me into the sociocentric we, to promote the heroic imagination and empower ordinary people of all ages and all nations to engage in extraordinary acts of heroism. We believe that heroism is the antidote, not only to public indifference, but to systemic evil, transforming compassion into heroic action. Anybody can be a hero, you don’t have to be a really special person. Most heroes are ordinary everyday people, we just don’t know about them unless they make the media. It’s ordinary people, it’s extraordinary acts. We want to diffuse away from the notion of solitary heroes, solo heroes because heroes are most effective in teams, ensembles and networks. Heroes must act, flying around all day just won’t cut it. Sooner or later, you’re going to have to fight some evil. Maybe you take a voluntary action that could have a personal cause in defense of other people or a moral cause and you do it without expectation of reward. So I’m going to end by saying that what the world needs now is more heroes, you, me, all of us.”
9.
THE ANTI-PRENEUR MANIFESTO never gonna be a brander or a profit-maximizer and I don’t wanna be a bestseller never an online retailer never gonna be a marketer or a sponsored blogger not for me, a re-poster I’m nobody’s notable user so I don’t follow the so-called founders I never believe the newspapers I don’t trust the pundits, the editors I never listen to the prime minister sinister I don’t want to be an entrepreneur of myself, you see I don’t want to be an architect of misery ‘cause I am, I am, I am a lover, I am, I am, I am a teacher, I am, I am, I am a wanderer ‘cause I am, I am, an agitator, I am, I am, a creator, I am, I am, a disrupter ‘cause I am, I am, an ice-cream licker, I am, I am, an anti-preneur, I am, I am, a choose-your-own-adventurer I AM MYSELF based on the anti-preneur manifesto by Danielle Leduc
10.
FEAR & LOATHING so many hotels that you can’t see the sea so much palm oil blood (you) can’t see the chimpanzees so much photoshop that you can’t see the scars so many streetlights, we cannot see the stars fear & loathing fear & loathing they know the price of everything but the value of nothing fear & loathing they put a price on everyone but their own word ain’t worth a dime/damn so many stitches, that you can’t see the skin so many cures yeah, you cannot see the disease so many smokescreens, that you can’t see the sky there’s so much waste here, we cannot see the ground ink & rage yeah fear & loathing they know the price of everything but the value of nothing fear & loathing they put a price on everyone but their own word ain’t worth a dime/damn my voice is made of ink my voice is made of rage “I want to make a promise to you, the reader. And I don’t know if I can fulfill it tomorrow or even the day after that. But I put the bastards of this world on notice: that I do not have their best interests at heart. I will try and speak for my reader. That is my promise. And it will be a voice made of ink and rage” (from the movie The Rum Diary)
11.
dragon town 03:11
here be dragons the ones you know here be dragons that will swallow you whole

credits

released February 2, 2016

recorded & mixed by Charles Stoltz at Holtz Sound Studio, Tuntange (LU), spring/summer 2015
mastering by Julien Louvet

Ben Sliver: vocals/guitars/ukulele/megaphone
Danny Sliver: drums
Nico Sliver: bass
Orel Sliver: keyboards/samples/vocals

Charles: additional programming / piano on "no icons" & "dragon town"

music: Sliver / lyrics: Ben
(except main guitar riff on "bystander superstar" by Pipo)

Dr Philip Zimabrdo's TED talk sample on "no idols" used with permission

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SLIVER Metz, France

SLIVER were a rocking hardcore band from Belgium/France/Luxembourg.
They've played more than 200 shows in 12 countries (France, Belgium, Luxembourg, Germany, Denmark, Switzerland, Poland, Czech Republic, Belarus, Lithuania, Latvia, the United Kingdom).

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