Shawna Potter

SHOW NOTES:

The very first live episode! My patrons got exclusive early access to the original live YouTube episode and after some very light editing, it's available to everyone as a regular old bonus podcast episode. I interviewed my friend and band mate Jenarchy about a song they wrote over 10 years ago in the band NOMORE, "Totalitarian Aggroculture.” Listen in to hear us talk about politics (they're bullshit), power and resources, Gainesville vs. Europe, board games, working with a producer the first time, potential WOW cover songs, and what constitutes a karaoke emergency. Full disclosure: I talk and laugh way too much for this to be considered a proper interview.

The official sponsors of this episode are First Defense Krav Maga, and Pupcakes and Pawstries.

Episode transcripts, important links, and ways to support Shawna and this podcast can be found at shawnapotter.com. Everything War On Women can be found at linktr.ee/waronwomen. For bonus episodes, behind the scenes content, and the chance to make special requests and get shoutouts on air, become a patron at patreon.com/shawnapotter.

Thanks to Brooks Harlan for chopping up War On Women’s song “Her?” to create the podcast theme song. Main podcast photo: Justin Borucki.

SHOW LINKS:

Listen to the song: https://nomoretheband.bandcamp.com/track/totalitarian-aggroculture

Cherry Moth Cake: https://cherrymothcake.com/

Jen's recommendations tba

Follow Jenarchy on insta @jenarchy

Gainesville Comedy Shows: https://gainesvillecomedyshows.com/

Origin of Monopoly: https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2015/apr/11/secret-history-monopoly-capitalist-game-leftwing-origins

EPISODE TRANSCRIPT

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Shawna Potter: Welcome to But Her Lyrics...the show where we delve into the meaning and politics behind the songs of War On Women and other artists you love. I’m Shawna Potter, singer and lyricist for War On Women - and your host. And it’s our first ever live, and therefore unedited, version of the pod thanks to anyone tuning in as it’s happening because it goes private as soon as we’re done. So keep watching because we want your questions and comments. Also - huge thanks to all my Hunters, Meatheads, and Recruits on my Patreon who get to watch this vid whenever it’s convenient for them.

This episode's sponsors are First Defense Krav Maga in Virginia & Pupcakes and Pawstries. Their links are in the description below. Shout out to my badass Recruit Melissa P. 

We have some questions from patrons that we’ll get to in a bit but first, a tiny bit of housekeeping! The next episode of BHL will be out Nov 3rd. We have 3 types of episodes here at BHL, we either break down a song by my band, WOW, we break down a song by another artist, or we break down a topic that should or could be a song. This will be the 3rd kind. I’m interviewing historian Mike Dash on what are known as Hunger Stones, which are hydrological markers, but some include inscriptions that are sometimes quite emo, used to warn people about low water levels, a well known one reading “if you see me, weep” like…it’s too late, ya’ll are gonna die. We had a very interesting chat about them, so subscribe to the podcast wherever you normally listen in order to hear that when it comes out Nov 3rd. But on this, the very first live episode, we’ll be breaking down the song “Totalitarian Aggroculture,” by NOMORE, a band from Gainesville, FL, from their album THOUGHT CRIMES, released back in 2011. My guest is the singer/songwriter/guitarist from NOMORE, but they’re also in War On Women with me! Let’s not waste any more time - Jenarchy thanks for joining me on the first ever live version episode of But Her Lyrics…

LYRICS: “TOTALITARIAN AGGROCULTURE”

political systems are just economic systems.

slave class, working class, politicians,

we're all parts in an economic system.

some histories we'll never know, edged out by the aggro.

through time cultures have been conquered and assimilated.

kill and enslave them. assimilate their children and breed out any dissent.

their culture forgotten within two generations.

a surplus of food under lock and key. it's economic policy. control the food supply, control everything.

it's like we're all still building pyramids, because idle hands make revolutions.

there was a time they ruled by sword. i'm afraid that time may come again.

they'll make the passionate ones suffer the most to break the spirit of the rest.

then one day we'll be wiped out and in a few generations there'll be nothing left.

one day when we don't buy enough they'll turn on us, they'll turn on us.

they'll say it's always been empires and kings, conquest and war.

and you can see the bank towers of the new empires as you drive into the city.

have they become so brash that they don't care if we see?!