Electronic Plantation

ELECTRONIC PLANTATION

JELLO BIAFRA: VOCALS/WORDS
KRIST NOVOSELIC: BASS/VOCALS
KIM THAYIL: GUITAR
GINA MAINWAL: DRUMS

PRODUCED BY NECESSITY
RECORDED LIVE SURROUNDED BY COPS & TEAR GAS BY MARK CAVENER
AT THE SHOWBOX THEATRE SEATTLE, WA. DECEMBER 1, 1999

DIGITAL EDITING AND BIT-TOSSING BY TODD ROBBINS AT BASEMENT AUDIO
MIXED BY JACK ENDINO AT HANZSEK AUDIO, SEATTLE
ALL SONGS BY BIAFRA EXCEPT "BATTLE IN SEATTLE":
BIAFRA, NOVOSELIC, THAYIL, MAINWAL
PUBLISHED BY MAIM THAT TUNE (BMI) MURKY SLOUGH (BMI)
AUDIENCE BACK UP VOCALS & EXOTIC DANCING
PACKAGE CONCEPT: BIAFRA CONTRUCTION: JASON ROSENBERG
BACK COVER PHOTO: RICK DAHMS
BAND PHOTOS: TONY GALE
COVER, CD FACE, INSIDE TRAY: SHEPARD FAIREY
2000 ALTERNATIVE TENTACLES RECORDS

SPECIAL THANKS TO:
ANGEL COMBS, ALLEN & PATRICIA MAHER, BARBURY STENDERU,
CRAIG DIEFFENBACH, TABETHA WARREN, SARAH POLLE, STACI CHADWICK,
RICK DHAMS, DUSTIN & ROB, CHERI DAVIS, MIS LOE, ODESSA, TONY GALELP,
MATT “THE TUBE”, HENRY SHEPHERD, SCOTT SUNDQUIST, ROXANNE
PASSINETTI, STEVE FISK, SPEARHEAD CATHERINE ENVY, JEFF STIECHEN, SARAH
HAYNES, AARON CAINE, JOHN CARLILE, SHEPARD FAIREY, TONY GALE, RAIN
FOREST ACTION NETWORK, MARK CHOW, GENE @ UNIGLOBE, THE TENTACLES
POSSE (JASON, BRIANNA, CHRIS, MICHELLE, MATT, ULI) MORDAM, GREG
WRECKMAN, DAN MERKLE, BOB SIEGEL, INDEPENDENT MEDIA CENTER, MIKE
DOLAN, BOB BARNES, TRACY KATELMAN, DAVID MEINEERT, AND OF COURSE
THE SNAKES AT THE WTO FOR DOING SO MUCH TO BRING SO MANY OF US
TOGETHER FOR SUCH A WORTHY CAUSE

Ya-Ha Ha
Ho Ho Ho
Shipped your job to Mexico
But we got plans for all of you to re-train
Pit the whole world against each other
For who will work for the lowest wage
The rest of you can die
As epidemics rage

Worked hard all your life
Now you must stay go on line
And stare all day
At a little plastic screen

Electronic plantation
Electronic plantation

Same old job
Now you’re just a temp
Less pay, no benefits
No raise, no vacation,
Or sick leave days

Chain the slaves to the oars
Faster, faster, row some more!
In carpal tunnel caverns
Til you break

We monitor you all
Every time you leave your chair
Or talk on the phone
One minute overtime
At the toilet
And you’re fired

Electronic plantation
Electronic plantation

Only use we’ve left for you
Is burn you at both ends
Locked in the Research Triangle
Shirtwaist Fire’s flame
Lots of people need your job
And you can be replaced
Replaced
Replaces
Unemployed and overqualified

Strikers who gave their lives fighting for
Basic human rights
That don’t mean nothin’ any more

Got you back down on the floor
Through the WTO
Rich get richer
Poor get poorer

Factory or PhD
You are all termites now
Laptop is your ball and chain
Til we downsize you away
Shop at home
Is your reward
Your best friend is a mouse

Electronic Plantation
Electronic Plantation