FUC 369: Deterge - Be Prepared CD

Full 75+ minute album. Reaching into a past where boys will be boys and where boys become men. Sadly, all positive organizations come to an end. Reverence. Nationalism. Morality. All contained within. This is a love letter to personal adolescence a decade in the making.
I never did finish my journey to Eagle Scout, stopping one short at Life Scout. Consider this my final Eagle Project.
Power electronics? Industrial? Harsh noise? Hardstyle---Trance---Techno? Call it whatever you want. This is the epitome of Deterge and you will never understand my motives.
James Haras, Troop 127

Package contains CD, 20-page booklet with art and lyrics, vintage merit badge booklet, and multiple BSA patches.
Includes download code.

"Deterge – Be Prepared
Be Prepared: Words that can serve as a guiding mantra or a stern admonition. Jim Haras has brought forth a reflection on this maxim, but also meditations on the points of the Boy Scout Oath. While the era we find ourselves in is far removed from when Lord Baden-Powell laid out these cornerstones of Scouting in 1908, the words can still serve as an aspirational framework for a code of self-conduct. Deterge’s work sounds a reveille for idle minds.

While Scouting’s strict militaristic framework and lessons in knot-tying can present as sadistic, the 4% of enrolled youth who achieve the master rank of Eagle Scout can attest, it’s a far more masochistic endeavor – rewards far outweighing the labors. Yet, it is a legacy of pride, honor and self-discipline. Included in this assemblage of tracks are insights from members of the Underground community who also have a background in the fraternity of Scouting – tandem paths that overlap in their veneration of industriousness and self-sufficiency.

The material contained within moves between lash-tight abrasion and rhythmic material propelled at marching cadence. Sonic Handicraft honed on whetstones of experimentation & pitched on the level ground of experience. Offered as a salutation not only to the Great Scoutmaster in the Sky, but a secret handshake to those who refuse to let the sick acts of depraved individuals who prey on youth, tarnish their efforts. Let these tracks point as Arrows of Light towards a future we can build together. This is no way a secret society: pay your dues, shoulder your pack, and fall in line. Forward March.

We aim to leave our surroundings better than we found them.

Zachary Bouvion, Organized Sound Records
Eagle Scout, Troop 615"