Some ask the reason why I made a t-shirt that says "Nuke Wal-Mart." Most think its cute, artsie stuff. No. I have real reasons to want to destroy this vast corporate empire.
Twas the week before Christmas, and all through my head sound bites of music from a certain ska band were dancing. I had a few extra bucks from my final paycheck at McDonalds, and I decided to blow it all on some music. I was really poor, so I went to the cheapest place to buy anything in a small town - Wal Mart.
I went straight to the electronics section and picked up three things: a Walkman, the Buck-O-Nine album "28 Teeth" on CD, and the Reel Big Fish album "Turn the Radio Off" in cassette form. Reel Big Fish was my main reason for going there.
Before then, I had never actually seen the cover of the album. This one happened to have the first article of the constitution of the United States of America printed on it. I looked at that and thought, "Cool. These guys really think freedoms of speech and religion are important, much like I do." So with all this in mind, I went to the checkout counter and purchased these things.My Mom met me at the car, and let me play my tape. It started out all good, with Sell Out. By the time it reached song four, She Has a Girlfriend Now, I had already heard a couple of blank spots where there should have been words, but I was just hoping it was my imagination. Now, this song I knew a little better. It got to the end, where the lyrics were supposed to go like this:
