It's A Beautiful World We Live In

"There it was, just like Old Faithful: The Eternal Fountain of Filth!" - DEVO
Last week the Spudboys showed up on The Colbert Report. Before they played, Mark and Gerald sat down to talk to Stephen, and were quick to point out just how real De-evolution has become. For his part, Stephen says he believes in "intelligent decline." We now have streaming video of oil shooting out into the Gulf of Mexico. Well, since it's brought to you by the friendly folks at British Petroleum, you can bet that you won't see the endless plume of crude oil shooting endlessly up toward the surface. You'll get to see the robotic vehicles that have yet to stem the flow, or a blank screen when the frame becomes obscured by oil.
In the meantime, scientists and engineers across the globe continue to bang their heads against this problem: The world has sprung a leak, and we can't seem to plug it up. A few years after they wrote "Fountain of Filth," DEVO had their big hit: "Whip It." In spite of the sadomasochistic imagery found in the video, the song is all about hope. We are told, "When a problem comes along, you must whip it!" Why not? It's what makes America great. Make a mess and clean it up. That's how we roll. The time has come to move forward, and "give the past a slip."
Sometimes wisdom comes from the strangest places. Like Akron, Ohio. We're all DEVO.