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Hype And Packaging

by John Donovan

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Hype And Packaging 03:02
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2.
(YOU LOOK LIKE YOU NEED WHAT WE HAVE) 01:10
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3.
Première Place 02:46
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4.
Easy Does It 01:55
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5.
All Is Over 03:37
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6.
Not This Again (Woe Is Me) 01:16
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7.
Deconstruction 03:35
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8.
Puddle / Flood (Dreamer / Schemer) 02:54
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9.
All Of The Walls 04:19
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10.
Come On, John 04:04
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11.
Katie's Song 03:27
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12.
Artist's Statement 02:23
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This is what an artist looks like and this is where you can leave your money and this is what an artist sounds like and this is where you can leave your money and this is what an artist feels like and this is where you can leave your money and this is what an artist looks like And this is how an artist dresses and this is where you can leave your money and this is what true success is and this is where you can leave your money and this is how your work progresses and this is where you can leave your money and this is what an artist looks like (High brow cash cow, I don't want to waste your time I'm gonna cut to the chase before you change your mind.) Starving artist, you must think I'm deaf and blind I'm gonna cut your throat before you cut mine.
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Got That Jugular Papercut 02:54
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14.
In Blood And Rhyme / In Light And Space / The End Of Time / Upon My Face 02:20
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15.
Now That I Fell (Y O U) 04:09
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16.
Go, You'll Save Us! 01:27
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about

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Hype and packaging - the permeating loud glittery grease of any capital exchange - can be hard to escape. We are constantly made to participate in the process: first dates, interviews, album releases, campaigns, news feeds, family reunions. Our social / artistic / political / occupational successes are less and less a result of quality and innovation, and more and more a derivative of hype and packaging. What do artists usually wear to an opening? Did my shoes make an impression? Do I look good on a tiny screen? What hashtags will expand my base?

At their best, hype and packaging are necessary evils: wheels for the smooth, consensual delivery of content. But left to their own bloated devices, hype and packaging become bookends with no books, artists' statements with no art, singers with no songs, icing with no cake, beautifully presented nothingness. In the immortal, agonized words of Bobby Hill, "My sloppy joe is all sloppy and no joe!" Without the meat, we land on unhealthy extremes like focus group-bred artists, career clickbait writers, eternally unresolving politics, competitive quote culture, crowd-funded trust fund babies, and self help sequels. --JD

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released July 11, 2017

All songs written, performed, recorded, engineered, hyped, and packaged by John Donovan
Cover art by John Donovan
©2017 John Donovan

Liner notes barfed out by John Donovan and thoughtfully edited by Jojo Donovan

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