Marco Maurizi: Apes From Utopia

Being a reply to Ben Watson's polemics on animals, politics and philosophy.

Includes:

Echos of Regyptian Evolution
Zizek vs. Vegetarians
A punk intermezzo
"Animals ain't matter" (Union of Marxist Musicians)
Fragments of an unsent letter (1)
"Please" (Marco The Pelvis Maurizi)
Fragments of an unsent letter (2)
Kant vs. Vulgar Materialism
"Unwanted Papers" (Union of Marxist Musicians)
But Despair?
What exploited filipino workers do for a living
Coda

Union of Marxist Musicians:

Marco Maurizi, voice, guitar
Michele Dal Lago, guitar

Other music used (stolen, sorry guys!) in this recording:

Lendormin (drums, guitar, electronics)
THF Drenching (dictaphone)
Sonic Pleasure (bricks)
Luca Miti (piano)
Renato Ciunfrini (sax)

REGYPTIAN EVOLUTION

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Voice: They’re all vegetarians

Slavoj Zizek: Degenerates! Degenerates! They’re turning to monkeys!

ANIMALS AIN’T MATTER
(Unions of Marxist Musicians)

Personnel:

Marco Maurizi, voice

Michele dal Lago, guitar

Animals ain't matter
that's why they really matter you know
and if you don't get this
sure you've got a long way to go

Mr. Bongo is a just put on
better get a real hard on
and if you can't get a fucker
go ahead with your Cosmic jargon

You talk of animality
your animals ain’t real
no violence no pain
or you would lose your cheap appeal

Animals ain't matter
that's why they really matter you know
and if you don't get this
sure you've got a long way to go

Don’t be a flower Punk baby
Doctor Reich took you too far back
so do yourself a favor
shake that fake monkey off your back

You love civilization
But not its discontents
you dream of running wild and
take your cloths off when you dance

Animals ain't matter
that's why they really matter you know
and if you don't get this
sure you've got a long way to go

You know dialectics is the real thing
but you can't get it right
so you've got your teenage-Marxism
to give you cheap thrills when you write

You’re craving for immediacy
It’s just a pass-partout
For making no connection
Each time you know you should

Animals ain't matter

that's why they really matter you know
and if you don't get this
sure you've got a long way to go

So get your lesson learned
and bring me back Karl Marx' brain
that's what Nietzsche wouldn't teach ya
'cause Marx was never insane

John Bellamy’s a wanker
His nature doesn’t jive
You better read Adorno
And yell that nature is alive!

So I’m ready
Ready ready Teddie ready Teddie
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I’m ready ready ready Teddie
Ready Teddie to rock ‘n’ roll