NEW WHITE TRASH
MUSIC OF THE POST-PARADIGM
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DOUBLEWIDE – Booklet Art Page
Page from the CD release booklet of DOUBLEWIDE, a 2 disc, 37 song collection from the New White Trash
Images & Artwork/Cara Tompkins
MUSIC OF THE POST-PARADIGM: The New White Trash
THE NEW WHITE TRASH IN THE POST-PARADIGM ERA
Mining a new groove, and with a kind of rough grace, DOUBLEWIDE, the 37 song, 2 CD set from the NEW WHITE TRASH, chronicles the slide of the former American middle-class down a steep and slippery slope to the New White Trash, a place impartial to race, religion, creed or color.
The New White Trash (NWT) demographic is the outcome of the former middle class being folded in with the working poor and, for good measure, the unemployed and uninsured. The NWT defines and represents a majority of people whose common bond includes and exists beyond the demographics of age, race, location, education. The people of the NWT are the new ‘have-not’s’, and by its nature and size, this vast swath of population (99%) is now squarely at odds with the 1% who own, operate and dispense our corporate universe, big pharma, big food, big oil, big defense and big government included. ‘By the people for the people’ is receding.
The Post-Paradigm Era describes the vacuum left by the sudden disappearance of the former American middle class. It is in this vacuum we now find ourselves, tumbling in turmoil as home losses mount, bank balances shrink, and shelters are jammed with the likes of you and I. The good old days are done and dusted. That party is over. The coming chaos of the post-paradigm era will lead to a radical and immediate rethinking and remaking of America or it will lead us to complete devastation.
THE MUSIC OF THE NEW WHITE TRASH
As Woody Guthrie filled a musical vacuum by acknowledging the pain and the suffering of the Great Depression, the New White Trash fills a bigger and more insidious vacuum left by a rampant, programmed consumerism that serves only corporations and their shareholders.
This is a new breed of American music in which the message is clear: You’re f**ked. But now what?
NWT portrays a post-paradigm, ‘less beautiful’ America, brought to life through music, media, theatre and message – those of, love,need and a desire for social justice. ‘Drop it down’, ‘don’t dig too deep‘, ‘we charge extra for this‘, ‘take these‘, ‘we can’t escape from‘, all are the language of the NWT. And for good reason.
If you got no credit and you got no cash, you’re NWT. If you got more going out than you got coming in, you’re NWT. If your 401k is MIA, if you’ve filed for bankruptcy, if you find yourself living in a trailer or back with your parents, if your unemployment has run out, if your roads have holes and local schools are closing, if you lost your health insurance to a pre-existing condition, you are the NWT. If you bought the hype and borrowed on a dream,and now your house is gone and you’re selling your things, you’re the NWT. If you’re pissed off, yet you keep a sliver of love in your crossed heart and at least a post-ironic smile on your lips, you’re NWT. If what you had is gone – just like that – then you know you’re running with the New White Trash.
The NWT offers what popular music does not: it recognizes and acknowledges all those who are being marginalized and dropping off the radar screens of “official” life. It is not all depressing. In fact, the NWT celebrates the joys, simple pleasures and love that are often re-discovered only in the darkest times.
Be loud, be proud, be heard. Enjoy the music of the New White Trash!
New White Trash Music Project – Michael C. Ruppert
Former cop turned whistleblower, investigative journalist, author, speaker, radio talk show host and star of the award winning documentary, CoLLapse, Michael Ruppert is also a founding member of the Venice, CA music project, the New White Trash. Since its release January 11, 2011, Doublewide, the 37 song, double CD debut release from the New White Trash, has sold thousands of copies worldwide from their Bandcamp site and through their label, the Venice Arts Club. Mike Ruppert is a true American hero, having blown the whistle on the LAPD and the CIA for smuggling drugs from Mexico into South Central Los Angeles. Mike can be heard every Sunday evening at 6pm west coast time over the Progressive Radio Network. His call-in show is The Lifeboat Hour. Avalanche & Earthquake is the theme song from that show.
Michael Ruppert of the NEW WHITE TRASH profiled in The Epoch Times : Chelsea Green
Michael Ruppert profiled in The Epoch Times : Chelsea Green.
via Michael Ruppert of the NEW WHITE TRASH profiled in The Epoch Times : Chelsea Green.
New Release: New White Trash “Doublewide” « Cool Album of the Day
New Release: New White Trash “Doublewide” « Cool Album of the Day.
via New Release: New White Trash “Doublewide” « Cool Album of the Day.
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