Duty Now For The Future

As if being a parent were not tough enough, Disney has released a CD by a band that it is calling Devo2.0. As far as I can tell, Devo2.0 consists of a group of pre-adolescent kids doing covers of Devo’s biggest “hits” which also gives you some idea of the depth and complexity of the body of Devo’s work. If you want to check this out go here (although tmfw accepts no liability for any resultant brain-damage as a result of hitting this link):http://www.disney.go.com/disneyrecords/song-albums/devo2

I always wonder who thinks this stuff up. Did somebody over in the music division at Disney one day wake up and say, “Hey! You know what might just work? A more autistic version of the Cowsills! Brilliant!”

In truth, I always kind of liked Devo. Their brand of music, which Rolling Stone magazine referred to as “the sound of things falling apart” sort of fit as an antidote to the synth-rock and disco of the Reagan years. Want to hear something else fucked up? Mark Mothersbaugh, Devo’s front man, wrote the “music” for “Pee-Wee’s Playhouse” which ran on CBS for years until Paul Reubens got himself arrested in a gay porno theatre.

I almost got killed at a gas station in Tallulah, Louisiana back in 1980 because of them. Some rednecks that had stopped there took offense at my Devo t-shirt and were about to kick my ass on general principle, to the extent these cretins were susceptible of principled acts, that is. I was saved by the timely appearance of a Madison Parish Sheriff’s deputy who pulled in to get some smokes. Regarding both my shirt and the stickers on my car with a look of pity, he told me to “get my ass on back to Tulane.”

But these are not the Reagan years. These times are far worse. Kids don’t need to be listening to this. Buying this CD for your kid may even fit the statutory definition of “abuse and neglect.”

Still, if you know a parent of a small child who you feel like getting even with, buy their kid this CD. They will love it and they will play it constantly. Your revenge will be complete.

But do what you want. Sink, swim, go down with the ship.

Use your freedom of choice.