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Mediaocracy

by J.J. Weinberg

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This track was written and then recorded shortly after I returned home from my bicycle ride from Valparaiso, IN to Washington D.C. in 2008.

It was a response to the relationship I was developing with the media at the time. My original stunt for my song Price Gougin' got me arrested for climbing on top of a gas station roof and protesting fossil fuel. That was a stab in the eye and the media ate it up. From the cover of Chicago Tribune to Good Morning America and back again.

The ride halfway across the country seemed like an even more productive journey in my mind. Yet I was met with resistance in coverage. Why?

If it bleeds it leads...

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Mediaocracy (If it Bleeds)
by J.J. Weinberg


A house fire burned and scarred
Now the family needs a place to stay
A woman trips - falls onto the tracks
What a way to start the day
A homicide and a suicide
A mother drowns her kids
She cried her eyes out
Then blew her brains out
Now she's famous for what she did

(CHORUS)
If it bleeds it leads
My baby asks me "what's that mean?"
I said it's black
White
And red all over
This cold dark world keeps growing colder

School shootings ghetto lootings
The press has set the stage
Death and fear are always in your ear
So your road rage
Makes the front page
Slit your wrists, young terrorists
Auditions are being held
Be the star we know you are
Entertain us well cuz the news must sell

(CHORUS)

What gets covered and what gets covered up
Why don't we see the casualties of war
Violent sensations on every station
But love and understanding can't be explored
They forecast gloom and doom
A self-fulfilling prophecy
The greatest force in the godless world
Determines what you want to see

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released November 5, 2008

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The Energy Commission (J.J. Weinberg) Valparaiso, Indiana

5/5/08 to 4/30/16

Genre bending. Discipline blending. A conglomeration of artists with unbridled creativity. Hacking the media. Musical protests. Planned arrests. Intimate swing. Comedic music videos inspired by video games. Live painting events and headlining the House of Blues with a fleet of party buses. ... more

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