Written, composed & produced in Los Angeles, California by Eric Baskauskas January - July 2009 A.D. Instrumental performances, additional composition & production by Kellen Yamanaka With instrumental contributions from Adam Munns DOWNLOAD THE DELUXE DIGITAL RELEASE HERE FULL ALBUM + PDF BOOKLET + T-SHIRT COUPON 01 // PREAPATHETIC 02 // LEVEL 35 PRIORITY 03 // PUBLIC ENEMY (E-WASTED) 04 // DOWNTIME 05 // BAD MEDICINE 06 // PRELUDE: SUBURBAN FRONTIER ODYSSEY / ENDOMORPH (IT'S IN YOUR NATURE TO DESTROY YOURSELVES) 07 // TRAINING EXERCISES TO PREPARE YOURSELF FOR THE END OF THE WORLD 08 // SARAH'S SONG 09 // EASY MONEY / TOXIC ASSETS 10 // ROBOT BASTARDZ 11 // CATCH 2029 12 // BATTLE DAMAGE 13 // AFTERBURNER 14 // NO FAT Running time // 02:16:52 Dark Side of the Brain is about the struggle between apathy and action as innocence gives way to self-awareness. On the cusp of (economic) (social) (cultural) (physical) (mental) oblivion, are states of comfort and discontent irreconcilable? As global monuments to imaginary systems crash down upon us, does anything sound more violent than your alarm clock each morning? Join the club: the rebel without a cause drinks from a fountain of youth while the rest of us guzzle high fructose death. We may think twice, but that's because we came up empty the first time. More important, what's on the tube tonight? Enjoy this broadcast in the privacy of your own mind. Sit next to someone you don't know and offer them a slice of pizza. It's okay, there's an unlimited supply. It's a post-apocalyptic living room, and we're the nuclear family gathered around a garbage can fire. Economic depression casts long shadows between the skyscrapers while we lose control of a system's abstract foundations -- "Easy Money!" As the model American family (John, 10 year old delinquent leader of a revolution; Sarah, mental hospital escapee mother; and the loving robot father figure, governor of California) barrels its station wagon down the highway in a twisted mockery of the summer road trip, BRAIN VACATION's robot vocalist outlines a desperate suburban exit strategy. Indeed, Hollywood blockbusters and popluar music represent an active retreat, a fantasy world. Do not fight the urge to escape. Embrace it, let it set you free. Discontent expressed through comfort; provocation through inaction. "Light-hearted" and "deadly serious" aren't separated by much in this town. These songs serve as a soundtrack to the anti-climax of existence. Void as content, content as void. I THINK I CAN MAKE AN EQUAL-SIZED IMPACT IF I WASTE MY TIME (C)2009 TEENAGE ROBOTOMY RECORDS FOR MERCH, STREAMING AUDIO, AND UPDATES: MYSPACE.COM/BRAINVACATION2029