SO MUCH FIRE TO ROAST HUMAN FLESH TAKES ON THE PENTAGON AND RECRUITMENT ABUSES

L.A.-based Arthur Magazine, the folks who exposed Godsmack for pimping for the Pentagon last May, are releasing a limited edition anti-recruitment CD. In the hope of giving young Americans a more balanced view of what military service is all about in BushWorld, the idea is to counter slick propaganda efforts for the recruitment campaigns.

According to Arthur editor Jay Babcock "An eye-opening study issued this August by the Government Accountability Office reported that 'allegations and service-identified incidents of recruiter wrongdoing' increased almost 50 percent between 2004 and 2005. Criminal violations more than doubled over the same period of time. Increasingly common tactics used by the nation's 20,000
military recruiters range from lying about the financial benefits of service to threatening high school students with arrest if they back out of an enlistment process already underway. Military recruiters have also been assisting recruits in the falsification of documents to cover up conditions like autism, mental illness and serious drug problems that would bar them from service if reported."

The 18-track CD, currated by musician Josephine Foster, is called So Much Fire To Roast Human Flesh and features exclusive tracks by many of the most admired members of the burgeoning psychedelic folk scene. Among the artists contributing songs are Devendra Banhart, Feathers, David Pajo, Goatgirl, Michael Hurley, Kath Bloom, Angels of Light and members of Espers and Spires That in the Sunset Rise. You can read more about the project and listen to some of the songs at the So Much Fire To Roast Human Flesh" MySpace page.

All profits will go to specific counter-military recruitment and pacifist organizations and programs who effectively advise high school students and other Americans at risk of being taken advantage of by the military's recruiters and omnipresent big-budget marketing campaigns.