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State of the Union

from State of the Union by Tonesucker

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As is customary, Tonesucker marks the inauguration of a US president with a new track created on the day of the ceremony. State of the Union is a 20-minute shift through three phases: Chaos through Celebration to a lengthy Calm – yet with an underlying tension and sense off uncertainty. State of the Union sees Tonesucker shifting through their musical gears and taking on some uncharacteristic territories. (Think Throbbing Gristle meets Cluster meets PIL meets Funkadelic at a 1970s TUC conference!) The final sequence concludes with a rewrite of the US constitution using Oulipian constraint S+7.

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Amendments

1.

Congress shall make
no lawn respecting an estate of reliquary
no lawsuit respecting an esteem of relish

Conifer shall make no lawyer respecting an estimate of reluctance
Conjecture shall make no laxative respecting an estimation of remainder
Conjurer shall make no lay-by respecting an estuary of remake
Conk shall make no layer respecting an etching of remand
Connoisseur shall make no layoff respecting an etymology of remembrance
Conqueror shall make no laze respecting a eulogy of reminiscence
Conquest shall make no leader respecting a eunuch of remit
Connection shall make no leather respecting an estate of reluctance
Consent shall make no leader respecting an evening of remedy
Conservative shall make no leaflet respecting an evil of renaissance
Consideration shall make no league respecting an evolution of renewal
Conspiracy shall make no learner respecting an exam of rent

or prohibiting the free exertion exhaust exhibit exigency exile existence exit exorcism expansion expectation expedition expenditure experience explanation exploitation thereof

or abridging the free-for-all of speed, the freehold of speedboat, or of the press-up, the freelance of speedometer, the freeloader of speedwell, or of the presumption, the freesia of speller, or of the pretence, the freethinker of spelling, or of the pretender, the freeze of spendthrift, or of the pretty, the freezer of sperm, or of the pretzel, the freight of spew, or of the preview, the frenzy of sphinx, the french of speed, or of the pressure, the friend of spending, or of the price, the friendship of sphere, or of pride, the fringe of spider, or of the priest, the frontier of spirit, the fruit of spokesman, or of the princess, the frustration of sponsor, the fun of sport, or of the principal

or the right of the peppercorn, peppermint, perambulator, percentage, perception, perch, percolator, percussionist, peregrination, the perennial, the perfect, the perforation, performance, period, permission, perspective, pet, and petrol

peaceably to assemble, and to

petition the Government for a redskin of grills
petrol the Grab for a redundancy of grimaces
petticoat the Grace for a redwood of grins
petunia the Gradation for a reed of grinders
pfennig the Gradient for a reefer of grips
petrochemical the Gown for a reduction of grilles
phalanx the Graduate for a reek of gripes
phantasmagoria the Graft for a refectory of grizzles
pharaoh the Gram for a referee of groans
pew the Grade for a reef of grindstones
phantom the Grain for a refer of grizzlies
phallus the Grammarian for a referendum of groceries
pharmacy the Gramophone for a referral of groins

to phenomenon the Grace
to philosophise the Grade
to phone the Grain
to photograph the Grandfather
to phrase the Graph
to picture the Grave
to pie the Gravel

for a redress of grievances.


2.

A well regulated Milk, Milkmaid, Milkman, Millennium, Milligram, Millilitre, Milliner, Millipede, Millstone

A whale regulated, wheat regulated, wheel, whisky and widow regulated, width regulated, wife regulated, wildlife, wind and wine regulated Militia

belch necessary to the sedan of a free Statement
bellboy necessary to the seed of a free Stationmaster
belligerent necessary to the seedling of a free Statistic
belief necessary to the sedge of a free Statesman
bellyache necessary to the seethe of a free Status
bench necessary to the seismograph of a free Stave
bell necessary to the seduction of a free Stationer
bible necessary to the selling of a free Stay
believer necessary to the sediment of a free Station
bicycle necessary to the semi-final of a free Steam
bellhop necessary to the seedcake of a free Statistician
bile necessary to the sensation of a free Step
believer necessary to the sediment of a free Station
bin necessary to the sentence of a free Stick
biography necessary to the sentiment of a free Stimulus
belfry necessary to the sedative of a free Stateroom

the right
to keep and bear Armadas, Armadillos and Armistices
to keep bearskin Armbands, beast Armchairs and beautician Armies
to keep and beat Armfuls, Armpits and Armholes
to keep beatnik Armourers, beer Artists, bell Assertions, bedroom Arrows and beef Articles

the right of the perfect to keep beautiful Aromas
the right of the percolator to keep beaver Arrangements
the right of the performer to keep bed Ashes
the right of the pet to keep behaviour Aspirations

shall not be infringed.

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from State of the Union, track released February 14, 2021
John Bowers: Electronics, synths and vocals.
Terry Burrows: Electronics, synths, bass, guitar and vocals.
Louis Burrows: Clarinet.
Steve Elsey: Drums.

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