The Bells Are Ringing: The Seduction of Order

musical rounds, hive minds, propaganda, and the seductive appeal of social order.

Anyone visiting a Shari’s in Puyallup, WA between 1996-1998 after 10pm was going to find me sitting at a table with my closest friends and a cast of much older - I don’t know - college kids? I’m fairly certain most of them were not in college (private, public, or community).

They were fans of goth music, ren fairs, and discussing philosophy with a few t…