Tentacles

A deeper look at the grooves pressed into a Manifesto Records-released copy of Fresh Fruit For Rotting Vegetables by Dead Kennedys. How does one qualify an album which is almost universally considered a lynchpin release for the musical genre it occupies and has incited a seemingly endless stream of arguments and upheaval on personal, political and social levels in addition to causing a host of legal battles among the men responsible for creating and releasing it? Under normal circumstances, one...

The single most important construct to the fabric of humanity and the condition of it is the establishment of motivation. ‘Motive’ is the cornerstone for crime, punishment, change, virtue, vice and myriad other human endeavours but, most importantly, defining motives and qualifying motivation means articulating cause for the purpose of allowing others to understand outcomes and effects. Without that understanding—that relatable human element that everyone can find within themselves—people get very nervous. That was the instinct the...