tubers

TUBERS MANIFESTO

"tuber theory/action articulated in three to five parts"



I. Grow it/eat it!

Tubers being rooted vegetables,whether

potato,ginger,turmeric,carrot,beet,or any of such ilk. Important

across historical/pre-historical and national and cultural boundaries.

Sustenance,whether gathered in the wild or grown.



II. Float it!

Tubers being those groups or individuals who are wont to float down

rivers in inflatable inner-tubes,whether in murky water or

clear,quick-moving or slow. Crucial Florida pasttime whereupon all who

participate enjoy leisure/pleasure to its utmost. Not merely time

spent away from work/school,but floating for floating's sake.



III. Surf it!

Tubers being those who strive for and ride in the tube,that is the

innermost part of a breaking water-wave when crest folds over to

trough and makes for a hollow,tunnel-like space and surfer artfully

and skillfully finds him/herself in said space. Whether getting

barrelled,pitted,pulling in, getting tubed,the action represents the

pinnacle of the surfing experience,once again regardless of time or

place in history. Once again to be enjoyed as such direct experience

that surfers have been denoted as enlightened human beings.



IV. Get Radical!

A sort of reiteration of the root as applied to social and political

landscapes,where getting radical is not just doing what is most

extreme but rather getting to the root of certain problems,turning

things over from the ground up.



V. Brown it!

Tubers being three individuals and best buddies from

Florida,conventionally known as Jacob Hamilton,Rich Diem,Matt Sweeting and Jeff

McNally,who do their best to create music that first of all moves them

and then attempts to move other people,both physically and

mentally,taking all aforementioned tubers definitions into

consideration and expelling them in songs with guitars and drums,being

the classic rock and roll configuration most suited for their purpose.