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[bakntime]

[old stuff] Beth's "my life" on little-boxes

[bakntime]

And below that there's a link to Dina's mp3 "the_picture"...

That's a sad song, eh? I kind of like it. It's not incredibly well done (sounds like a synth piano, and the girl singing isn't the greatest singer I've ever heard) but it has a nice organic "feel".

Is that song an "original" or a cover?

[niobexrev]

Well, I definitely think that Metacortex kind of comes off as a slave driving machine with a happy coating on top to cover it. Have you looked at the pages about what they expect from their employees? Some pretty disturbing wording depending on how you take it.

"Submitting to authority."

Granted yes, that is something that an employee should do... well, I wouldn't word it like that. But I mean, could you imagine getting interviewed by someone, and with a very mechanical smile they tell you one of the things they look for in an employee is "submitting to authority."

Maybe Beth finds that going to work everyday with a forced smile on her face that says, "I'm happy to be here, really... I am" is the lie she is talking about.

BTW, I'd love to hear a punk cover of "the Picture."

[Azathoth666]

Personally I reckon Rob Zombie covering "the Picture" would rock... but that could just be me.

I agree that Metacortex is... very... imperialist. It takes everything that every big company expects off its employees, strips the icing off and puts it down in black and white. Where I work expects a team player who respects all the points on the corporate value compass and is able to make decisions giving a positive outcome. Metacortex wants submission to authority.

Its the same thing, but Metacotex doesn't muck around making it sound all Wongmo. Metacortex makes it sound very Agent Smith.

Niobex, you've hit it on the head with the slave-driving machine with the happy coating on top... but I'd suggest the coating of "happy" is a little thinner than most large corporations...

[niobexrev]