''Karl Rove: Courage and Consequence'' is a grassroots funded
compilation of rock songs released on March 3, 2010 in anticipation of
Karl Rove
Karl Christian Rove (born December 25, 1950) is an American Republican political consultant, policy advisor, and lobbyist. He was Senior Advisor and Deputy Chief of Staff during the George W. Bush administration until his resignation on August 3 ...
's similarly titled
memoir
A memoir (; , ) is any nonfiction narrative writing based in the author's personal memories. The assertions made in the work are thus understood to be factual. While memoir has historically been defined as a subcategory of biography or autobi ...
. The subtitle of the record is ''The Unabridged Audio''. It was conceived as "an anticipatory sonic recollection of the gross misdeeds attributable to Rove over the past decade".
It is both a
compilation album
A compilation album comprises Album#Tracks, tracks, which may be previously released or unreleased, usually from several separate recordings by either one or several Performing arts#Performers, performers. If by one artist, then generally the tr ...
and
digital download package, as well as a direct lampoon of ''Courage and Consequence: My Life As a Conservative in the Fight'' written by
Karl Rove
Karl Christian Rove (born December 25, 1950) is an American Republican political consultant, policy advisor, and lobbyist. He was Senior Advisor and Deputy Chief of Staff during the George W. Bush administration until his resignation on August 3 ...
. Project: Courage and Consequence was conceived of, in tandem with the compilation LP to
Google bomb the memoir of the similar title and "mess with the search results"
Track listing
# The Heavenly States - "A Man For Our Times"
# Rival Dickens - "Forget The Naughts"
# Have Special Power - "A Rove By Any Other Name"
# Assistant Cobra - "The Art Of Distraction"
# Lambs of Abortion - "New American Century"
# We're Gonna Fight The Eskimos Next (Members of Mount Vicious,
Vitamin Party and Bwuh) - "Don't Praise The Machine"
# Cartographer - "The Biggest Asshole In The World"
# Death Dream - "Karl Rove, Let's Get Dirty"
# Generalissimo - "Swarm"
# Cold Lake - "Courage and Consequence"
# Hurry Up Shotgun - "Car Bomb"
# The United Sons Of Toil - "Invention Vs Innovation"
# Victory And Associates - "Lies, and the Lying Liars that Sell Them"
References
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Further reading
An interview with curator Conan Neutron in the East Bay ExpressSeismic Wave Entertainment websiteArticle about the compilation on Thirdcoast Digest
External links
Project Courage and Consequence Official SiteProject Courage and Consequence TwitterCourage and Consequence BlogCourage and Consequence Last.Fm pageMike Malloy Interview 01-23-2010Mike Malloy Interview 03-05-2010 pt1Mike Malloy Interview 03-05-2010 pt 2
2010 compilation albums
Culture jamming
Kickstarter-funded albums