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####/ The Nation of Ulysses were five D.C. lads, all claiming to be 18-years-old, who /#
####/ comprised a revolutionary sect of musical propagandists. They heralded the benefits of /#
####/ fashion as a revolutionary tool ("pajamas . . . a bold new uniform for . . . fighting /#
####/ against the nauseous prospect of the ethical workday"). They decried the evils of /#
####/ sleep ("the greatest thief, as it steals half one's life") and candy ("the road to /#
####/ hell is paved with chocolate treats"). They played loud, sloppy punk rock. Then they /#
####/ broke up. (Three members reformed, briefly, as the Cupid Car Club--for one 7" on Kill /#
####/ Rock Stars--before finally becoming the gospel trash combo the Make-up). /#
####/ The Embassy Tapes is the dying breath of Ulysses. 10 tracks recorded on a four-track /#
####/ recorder in their practice space before they disbanded. It's not a pretty sight. It's /#
####/ a muddled, often incoherent recording, obviously not one that was intended to be /#
####/ released. The band, while never really all that together, is particularly "loose" on /#
####/ these recordings. The real problem, however, is with the songs. The Nation of Ulysses, /#
####/ for the most part, always kept it pretty simple. Their music was pure punk: short, /#
####/ fast, and barely held together. They played with an urgency appropriate for their /#
####/ revolutionary rallying cry, personified in singer Ian Svenonious' distinct croon, /#
####/ cries, and yelps. Those elements are all present, but the songs lack the hooks and the /#
####/ inspiration that made all thirteen points on their 13-Point Program to Destroy America /#
####/ essential tracks. A band that is as based in persona as Ulysses was can only burn /#
####/ brightly for a short period before extinguishing itself. By the sound of The Embassy /#
####/ Tapes, it is obvious that the time for Ulysses had ended, and the time for Cupid Car /#
####/ Club had arrived. For those who have never heard the Nation of Ulysses, I highly /#
####/ recommend their 13-Point Program to Destroy America, which features such classic /#
####/ tracks as "A Kid Who Tells on Another Kid is a Dead Kid" and "You're My Miss /#
####/ Washington D.C." After all, Dischord records are cheap and the extensive liner /#
####/ notes/manifesto that are included makes the record worth buying even if you don't like /#
####/ the music (you will learn, for instance, the Nation's mantra is "Ulysses, Ulysses, /#
####/ little flower, beloved by all the youth"," and that James Canty has the "smoothest /#
####/ skin in show business"). For those who love the Make-Up and are unfamiliar with the /#
####/ Nation, definitely check out the 13-Point Program for the proto-Make-Up track "Look /#
####/ Out! Soul is Back." The Nation of Ulysses is dead. Long live the Nation of Ulysses. /#
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####: 01 00:29 introduction .#
####: 02 01:47 uptight .#
####: 03 02:47 r.o.t.t.e.n. .#
####: 04 02:41 a.p.e. embassy .#
####: 05 03:26 hex-proof .#
####: 06 02:17 outline for hangout .#
####: 07 01:38 gimmie disaster .#
####: 08 03:09 shakedown (party) .#
####: 09 04:03 last train to cool .#
####: 10 01:56 p-power pt. 2 .#
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