Sunday, April 03, 2005
We played with Propagandhi in May of 2001. Lachie and I knew childhood friends of Todd's (the bass player) through the band Moral Panic. We brought up Colin's and Kenton's names when we were talking to Todd between sets and Todd started telling us a story about another childhood friend from Regina and his parents who inspired the song, 'Natural Disasters'. According to Todd, the friend's parents were extremely religious and told Todd and the Hall brothers that they would forever burn in hell because of their predilection towards death metal.
One day Todd was at his friend's house when his parents were away and they stumbled upon a sex toy in the master bedroom. This incident inspired this song :
Natural Disasters
In which god's name will we be killed? Who's most righteous? Who's most terrified? When your parents left the house we would creep up to their room, to the drawer beside the bed. We would pull out the shining dildo. One side dink, the other side Jesus. Not hedonists. Not atheists. Churchgoers. Blockparents. I wonder what lurks in neighbors' drawers? The most pristine are hiding everything. Is this our "decaying society"? These are the married ones. What about the others? Don't condemn your life to be riddled with shame. Everyone's hands cause natural disasters.
Years later Propagandhi would play this song in Todd's hometown of Regina.
After their set Todd was approached by his friend who attempted to set the story straight :
'Hey Todd! That's not how it happened, you know that isn't true...'
'...'
'My parents never said you were going to hell.'
I always doubted the existence of the half jesus half didlo sex toy, until today :
One day Todd was at his friend's house when his parents were away and they stumbled upon a sex toy in the master bedroom. This incident inspired this song :
Natural Disasters
In which god's name will we be killed? Who's most righteous? Who's most terrified? When your parents left the house we would creep up to their room, to the drawer beside the bed. We would pull out the shining dildo. One side dink, the other side Jesus. Not hedonists. Not atheists. Churchgoers. Blockparents. I wonder what lurks in neighbors' drawers? The most pristine are hiding everything. Is this our "decaying society"? These are the married ones. What about the others? Don't condemn your life to be riddled with shame. Everyone's hands cause natural disasters.
Years later Propagandhi would play this song in Todd's hometown of Regina.
After their set Todd was approached by his friend who attempted to set the story straight :
'Hey Todd! That's not how it happened, you know that isn't true...'
'...'
'My parents never said you were going to hell.'
I always doubted the existence of the half jesus half didlo sex toy, until today :
