Red tape is excessive regulation or rigid conformity to formal rules that is considered redundant or bureaucratic and hinders or prevents action or decision-making. It is usually applied to governments, corporations and other large organizations.
One definition is the "collection or sequence of forms and procedures required to gain bureaucratic approval for something, especially when oppressively complex and time-consuming". Another definition is the "bureaucratic practice of hair splitting or foot dragging, blamed by its practitioners on the system that forces them to follow prescribed procedures to the letter".
Red tape generally includes filling out paperwork, obtaining licenses, having multiple people or committees approve a decision and various low-level rules that make conducting one's affairs slower, more difficult, or both. Red tape can also include "filing and certification requirements, reporting, investigation, inspection and enforcement practices, and procedures".
The origin of the term is somewhat obscure, but it is first noted in historical records in the 16th century, when Henry VIII besieged Pope Clement VII with around eighty or so petitions for the annulment of his marriage to Catherine of Aragon. A photo of the petitions from Cardinal Wolsey and others, now stored in the Vatican archives, can be seen on page 160 of "Saints and Sinners, a history of The Popes", by Eamon Duffy (published by Yale University Press in 1997). The documents can be viewed rolled and stacked in their original condition, each one sealed and bound with the obligatory red tape, as was the custom.
Major General George Barnett (December 9, 1859 – April 27, 1930) was the 12th Commandant of the United States Marine Corps. He was Commandant during the U.S. involvement in World War I. He was born in Lancaster, Wisconsin and grew up in the small town of Boscobel, Wisconsin.
Barnett entered the U.S. Naval Academy in June 1877, graduating in 1881 with the first academy class to provide officers to the Marine Corps. After spending two years at sea as a cadet-midshipman he was transferred to the Marine Corps and was appointed a second lieutenant on 1 July 1883. While serving as a second lieutenant he did duty at the various Marine Barracks in the eastern part of the United States and served on board the USS Pinta for three years. He was again at sea on the USS Iroquois at the time he was promoted to first lieutenant in September 1890.
After completing the second of several tours of sea duty he served one year at the Marine Barracks, Navy Yard, Washington, D.C., and was then attached to a Marine guard at the World's Columbian Exposition at Chicago, where he remained until it closed. At that time he resumed his regular duties at the Washington, D.C. Navy Yard.
John Digweed (born John Digweed on 1 January 1967 in Hastings, England) is an English DJ, record producer and actor.
John Digweed began DJing at age 15.[citation needed] His breakthrough came in 1993 when he got a gig at the Renaissance Club in Mansfield after fellow DJ Alexander Coe (aka Sasha) heard his demo.
Digweed is known for promoting the progressive house sound that became popular in Europe and North America in the late 1990s and early 2000s, releasing several popular mix compilations on labels like Renaissance and Global Underground. He started the record label Bedrock Records to further promote the music he was playing at the time. In addition to starting the Bedrock imprint, he and friend Nick Muir produce under the Bedrock alias. In his sets, Digweed is noted[citation needed] for adopting tracks with new and different styles.
Between 2000 and 2005, John Digweed promoted his "Bedrock" sound with monthly club nights for members and newcomers to the electronic music scene. He played Thursday nights at Heaven in London and Friday nights at a smaller club night at The Beach in Brighton. These nights featured numerous guest DJs including Danny Howells, Phil Thompson, Hernan Cattaneo, and Chris Fortier. As Digweed's international schedule increased, these events drew to a close, although occasional reunions are still held at Heaven. Digweed celebrated 10 years of his Bedrock club night at Matter, London on 10 October 2008 with a near on 10-hour set.
Nick Muir is a musician, composer and electronic music producer. He is best known as one half of the production team Bedrock, which consists of himself and DJ John Digweed, although he has enjoyed considerable success as an artist in his own right.
His career can be roughly divided into two parts. During the 80's he was a session musician, playing piano/keyboards with various artists including Take That, Fire Next Time, The Men They Couldn't Hang and the since discredited glam rock singer Gary Glitter. He also worked in France with rock and roll singer Johnny Hallyday and crooner Herbert Leonard. During his time with punk-folk outfit The Men They Couldn't Hang he met producer Pat Collier (Wonderstuff, Primal Scream) who offered him a space to work in at his own Greenhouse studio. He set up a programming room there and became involved in the nascent rave scene that was burgeoning in the UK in the late 80's and early 90's. He released several solo singles/EPs under various names before coming to the attention of John Digweed who at the time was a young upcoming DJ just beginning to break through.
(Hofstede)
She was always thinking
That the others were the losers
And that they could [never?] kill her too
This is the official word
Now welcome to the papers
And the forms are waiting here for you
It didn't work at all
She couldn't stand or fall
Queing up for counters
She was standing there for hours
And then someone told her
It is closed
Bureaucrat tie and hat
Disappearing like a ghost
It didn't work at all
She couldn't stand or fall
Late at night the kids in bed
She's looking at the TV screen
One more night she's talking to
red tape i can see, can't you see? red tape do in to you, do in to me red tape bureaucracy & bourgeoisie red tape killing you, killing me tax this, tax that - tax this, tax that no more red tape i can see, can't you see? red tape do in to you, do in to me red tape washington d.c. red tape killing you, killing me so tax this, tax that - tax this, tax that no more red tape red tape i can see, can't you see? red tape do in to you, do in to me red tape bureaucracy in d.c. red tape killing you & killing me tax this, tax that - tax this, tax that no more red tape!
If you walk away you'll bury me
I would climb into a hole
Should I build a private cemetary
There should be no elaborate ceremony
Should I rise above it all
Did you know what to expect of me
I'll carve my own headstone
You could spare me temporarily
I won't be around at all
Though opinions tend to vary (you might be wrong)
Open-ended more than ready
Holding on to my regrets
Though I tend to have (not sure what he says here)
But the hole is not filled yet
Information kills the red tape high and wide
Systemated thrills
My plate is over-filled
Screwed loose until it leaks
Life begins to spill
Passing through the fields
Of distant memories
It's all just a dream
My conviction's slow but steady
I got an ETA at JFK
If the CIA says it's AOK
With their red tape
Red tape
And if you do get through
They tell you PDQ
To get B1/B2 you better
Join the queue
Red tape
Always red tape
Red tape dragging me down
Drowning in the Crimson sea
Red tape all around
Red tape dragging me down
Drowning in the Crimson sea
Red tape all around
The faces on TV well it's a mystery
You need some equity or be a VIP
Oh red tape
File it under B
You need an OBE to join the BBC
Buth it don't bother me
Cause I watch MTV
Oh red tape
Who needs it
Red tape dragging me down
Drowning in the Crimson sea
Red tape all around
Red tape dragging me down
Drowning in the Crimson sea
Instrumental
Let me count the ways to subside the desperate
Choose your poison there's burglary, there's shaking hands
Forfeit this game and either way, they'll find you in an early grave
Brainwashed and glued to your TV
This all seems wired to self destruct under you
Do you really wanna live the rat race
I think it's time for a change of pace
Let's build an arsenal of bombs, of bombs
Gotta cut some throat, gotta blow some fire
Gotta roll and conquer this
No where safe under the sun
This is the way of the gun, way of the gun
Bow your face to the rising sun
This is the way of the gun, way of the gun
And the songs they sing will leave you dead
They glorify your doom, that's not to say I can't relate
I take my chances just the same
And walk alone among the enemy
These scars bleed wine, the taste of pain frightens you
Gotta deal with steel when you play
Never know who you'll meet on the street
Beware of owner, live long, step off
Gotta keep the peace 'cuz there no police
Gotta roll and conquer this
No where safe under the sun
This is the way of the gun, way of the gun
Bow your face to the rising sun
This is the way of the gun, way of the gun, let's go
Disciples, disciples, disciples, disciples
There's no reward falling asleep running
Disciples, disciples, disciples, disciples
You got a hole in your head the size of Oakland
We can dance, we can dance
Sew me up in fracture
We can dance, we can dance
Unto this land we raise the sword
Don't get sore it's business, the vision reigns
Armor piercing not withstanding
Flies straight through your head
And the songs they sing will leave you dead
Don't ever waste reprisal
Way of the gun, way of the gun
Bow your face to the rising sun
This is the way of the gun, way of the gun, let's go
Disciples, disciples, disciples, disciples
Way of the gun, way of the gun
Disciples, disciples, disciples, disciples
I got this sickness chilling in me
Drives me like a Russian tank
Disruptive actions, burned obstructions
Walls desecrated
I couldn't stop it 'cause I don't know
How to peacefully fight to be free
You must be some kind of a genius
Your carelessness, I can see
I couldn't stop it 'cause I don't know
How to peacefully fight to be free
You must be some kind of a genius
You're desecrated
The social casualties surrounding me
I must survive this fate
Ephedrine dosage every hour
Self desecrated
I couldn't stop it 'cause I don't know
How to peacefully fight to be free
You must be some kind of a genius
Your carelessness I can see
I couldn't stop it 'cause I don't know
How to peacefully fight to be free
You must be some kind of a genius
You're desecrated
There's no reflection
Just shadows of our lost convictions
Let's constructivism reign
Hacked transmission, rebellion remains
I couldn't stop it 'cause I don't know
How to peacefully fight to be free
You must be some kind of a genius
Your carelessness I can see
I couldn't stop it 'cause I don't know
How to peacefully fight to be free
You must be some kind of a genius
You're desecrated
No sleep 'til Stalingrad
No sleep 'til Stalingrad
No sleep 'til Stalingrad
Rise up, it's getting late
No sleep, no medication
Movement is underway
Consumed by my own frustration
My social coup de teat
To liberate the unconscious minds
Minds by design
Incarcerated in your own boredom
Stay up
Fight for the rest of your life
Stay up
Taking action to survive
Stay up
Just shoot, move, communicate
Just shoot, move on instinct
In constant anxiety
Like children on Christmas eve
It's straight, straight, straight
6 straight days of working hard again
I got bills to pay, kids to feed
Can't wait around to hit the lottery
Stay up
Fight for the rest of your life
Stay up
Taking action to survive
Stay up
Just shoot, move, communicate
Just shoot, move on instinct
Stay up
Fight for the rest of your life
Stay up
Taking action to survive
Stay up
Just shoot, move, communicate
Just shoot, move on instinct
These are the best of times for the worst of minds
For the worst of minds, whose side you on
I put the tape in and drive real far
These are the best of times for the worst of minds
For the worst of minds, whose side you on
I put the tape in and drive real far
Stay up
Stay up
Stay up
Stay up
Rise up, it's getting late
No sleep, no medication
Movement is underway
No outlet for my frustration
Take it, take it, take it
Take away the wait away, make tracks today
I drive with one eye closed
Never gonna blink on this open road
Stay up
Fight for the rest of your life
Stay up
Taking action to survive
Stay up
Just shoot, move, communicate
Just shoot, move on instinct
Stay up
Fight for the rest of your life
Stay up
Taking action to survive
Stay up
Just shoot, move, communicate
Just shoot, move on instinct
Stay up
Stay up
Stay up
Stay up
Don't come over here my solar system's in ruin
All I need is a little bit of glue, I'm under construction
Contradictions rising we must deflect
Run this escape route let our radiation burn
And maybe I'm predictable
But I'm like fuck it, all revolution
Reactor it's energized
You see it in my eyes
I sing a song to Iran there is no compromise
Western cities in flames like it was Halloween
You're paranoid of perestroika you run
Changes are treason through shallow eyes
And maybe I'm predictable
But I'm like fuck it all revolution
Reactor it's energized
You see it in my eyes
Our heroes suck, our leaders suck
They're going to China like the KGB
Western hemisphere is stuck
Our leaders on a slow boat to China
Where they still play Pac-Man just like it's 1983
Disruption fuels the fire in our laboratories
From sleepless efforts we fuse the strengthening
It's a little bit of glue and activist extension
Bombarded by gamma rays our product will live today
And maybe I'm predictable
But I'm like fuck it all revolution
Reactor it's energized
You see it in my eyes
And maybe I'm predictable
But I'm like fuck it all revolution
Reactor it's energized
You see it in my eyes
Reactor
Reactor
This is out of hand, you see
No actions seem to regenerate
One man army battle cry
Well, in darkness now it's so clear
The active surround you
Like rabid dogs, like stupid songs
Locked in a cage, could you cut your wrists
It's war on the world, this is your
Social meltdown
Everyday self-segregated now your life's a mess
Hangs like a cloud, all you see is the negative
You can't take one more breath
Social meltdown
I get ill but I just smoke the herb
Just drop that pill
Those black clouds will dissolve
This self-destructive scene
Force fed direction, force fed routine
Mind exhausted on everything
I see neurosis in the mirror
Duration, seclusion, mind like a bomb
The fuse is lit, the time has come
In my remission, I'll burn it all
You see these eyes take shelter
Social meltdown
Everyday self-segregated now your life's a mess
Hangs like a cloud, all you see is the negative
You can't take one more breath
Social meltdown
I get ill but I just smoke the herb
Just drop that pill
Those black clouds will dissolve
Seize the day
It's already yours, it's already yours
Seize the day
It's already yours, it's already yours
Seasons change, don't give up the fight
Don't sicken out, don't give up the fight
Seasons change, don't give up the fight
Don't sicken out, don't give up the fight
Seasons
Headphones check, hood up check
Got to hit the streets 'cause my mind's a wreck
Got the pepper spray in my reach
I'm in deep thought so don't go talking to me
If only you knew where I'm coming from
You'd run heaven, I need a hug
Up from the grave it's got to give
Just trying to keep my mind positive
Social meltdown
Everyday self-segregated now your life's a mess
Hangs like a cloud, all you see is the negative
You can't take one more breath
Social meltdown
I get ill but I just smoke the herb
Just drop that pill
Those black clouds will dissolve
Social meltdown
Those black clouds will dissolve
Riot is what we need
Riot is what we need
Riot is what we need
Riot is what we need
Nothing
Bored
The underground
Finally explodes
Riot is what we need
Riot is what we need
Riot is what we need
Riot is what we need
Cultured
Controlled
The angry kids
Frustrated souls
Riot is what we need
Riot is what we need
Riot is what we need
Riot is what we need
Mainstream to DIY
DIY to get organized
Organized kids
Invincible youth
Liberate
Extract the truth
Monolithic corporations
This situation we gotta fold
AK-40
Settle the score
Knocking fools out
Like Rocky Four
I got gold in my sight
I got gold in my sight
Wanna hold you in my arms
You're devastating like a bomb
We got gold in my sight
There is no antidote
No cure
Tune in and drop out
All the products
All the lies
Got your brains homogenized
When all your news comes through one source
I'm Missing In Action like Chuck Norris
I got gold in my sight
I got gold in my sight
Wanna hold you in my arms
You're devastating like a bomb
We got gold in my sight
There is no antidote
No cure
Tune in and drop out
Gold in my sight
Gold in my sight
Gold in my sight
Gold in my sight
Mainstream to DIY
DIY to get organized
Organized kids
Invincible youth
Liberate
Extract the truth
Monolithic corporations
This situation we gotta fold
AK-40
Settle the score
Knocking fools out
Like Rocky Four
I got gold in my sight
I got gold in my sight
Wanna hold you in my arms
You're devastating like a bomb
We got gold in my sight
There is no antidote
No cure
Conjugate these prison bars
It's like, that's right, the uprising starts
(Stay on the mark)
Fashion victim indiscreet
Your destiny is hooked on speed
No time to think for yourself
You're feeding the flames
Four in the morning, you're still up
Lost in the cuts
When they come to scrape you up
Feel this time, your vision's a cloud
There's a time, will come
The only solution is life
It's a popular weapon
Preaching the gospel
It's torture to disinfect
To liberate, it's beneath your fucking skin
The rivers filled with caution in your mind
It's torture, the lessons to reflect
To disinfect, defuse
The poison culture from behind
To liberate, the time will come
It's beneath your fucking skin
When I put this wreckage on
It's my slow ride to the depths of art
(Call it a crutch)
This revolution starts with shaving the hair
Off your private parts
The message is come clean
And the meaningful gauge contortion
I walk this road myself
So when they come to right your wrongs
Get Buddha-sized
Believe in me now
There's a time will come
The only solution is life
It's a popular weapon
Preaching the gospel
It's torture to disinfect
To liberate, it's beneath your fucking skin
The rivers filled with caution in your mind
It's torture, the lessons to reflect
To disinfect, defuse
The poison culture from behind
To liberate, the time will come
It's beneath your fucking skin
To liberate
It's beneath your fucking skin
El Salvador, El Salvador
Feel this rage, it's coming out
No more fooling myself
I'm disconnecting my head
It seems insane
I'm droppin' bombs on your moms
From my Enola gay
It's like we had to hide inside
This time I refuse to swallow my pride
Bombs, napalm disease
Through the ashes, rise above
Every one of us, every one of us
Praise disaster and say
Blow me up
Woke up today
Reached up and cut the strings
The scene has made me a clown
It's time to burn it all down
It's the only way
I'm droppin' bombs on your moms
From my Enola gay
Your cause is so yesterday
Through the ashes, rise above
Every one of us, every one of us
Praise disaster and say
Blow me away
Mushroom clouds on the ground
Smoke is rising from the sense
Mushroom clouds on the ground
Smoke is rising from the sense
Through the ashes, rise above
Every one of us, every one of us
Through the ashes, rise above
Every one of us, every one of us
Through the ashes, rise above
Every one of us, every one of us
Through the ashes, rise above
Every one of us, every one of us
Praise disaster and say
I got hands of Gods, I got Chinese bodyguards
I got Christmas down to a steal
With a degree in rejection, I like to preach
Straight from the constitution, my right to blitzkrieg
Divebomb, divebomb
Once you get up you might find
Dumb propaganda controlling your mind
Once you get up you might find
Dumb propaganda controlling your mind
In my faded bliss, I'm full of recklessness
The state of the union, I must address
If you believe in the American way
In three easy payments, you'll have your say
But I can hang, I gotta keep on rolling my
Divebomb, divebomb
Once you get up you might find
Dumb propaganda controlling your mind
Once you get up you might find
Dumb propaganda controlling your mind
No future, no future, no future set for me
No future, no future, on my own with clarity
No future is how I feel
Gotta make noise, gotta rise hell
No future is what I see
That's why I live so carelessly
No future, no future, no future set for me
No future, no future, on my own with clarity
They're taking away all of our rights
Well, I'll still be out there putting up a fight
My generation without a name
The TV waves gave birth to mutant brains, you let go
Chaos pollution contaminates your comfort zone
From mainstream lies to underground pride
I'm insane, I'm the son, democracy disowned
We're toxic wasted non complacent
We're rust on the iron curtain
We're ghosts in the machine of the government trust
We're a generation of toxic wasted, sex and drugs the antidote
Won't waste my life, won't waste my life
On chicken-shit conformity for no one
We're toxic wasted non complacent
No conciliation
(Coming)
Insides insane just can't be still
It's in my brain, pure Cain pissed
Pollution, head is for rent
(It's a blessing)
Vacancy is evident
In my brain, pure Cain pissed, pollution
I'm ready for the wind to fan the flames
I'm ready for the wind to fan the flames
I'm ready for the wind to fan the flames
Ignite this today
The kids converging on the streets
One shot when everyone gets some
Drawn from our blood frustration
Everyone gets some, everyone gets some
Everyone gets some, everyone gets some
Toxic wasted non complacent
We're toxic wasted non complacent
Toxic wasted non complacent
This disaster plan
Disturbance of the peace in full rolling
Turn this up to 10
Stay on the ball 'cause the 5-0's coming
Feelings intensify
(Out loud)
Riddle me up with bullets of rhythm
Set the madness vibe straight from the heart
Let the future start from here
Blast the system
Don't be the dead beat in the crowd
Shatter the windows
Of our cheap apts your feelings desensitized
Riddle me up with bullets of rhythm feelings intensify
Blast the system your state of mind
Explode the dynamite soul
Beats tapping your head in Morse code
Pirating the transmission
This is revolution in stereo
Youth must lead the way
(Today)
To live this carrot chase without shame
And throwing a fist up in resistance
Is the same as blasting your system
Blast the system
Don't be the dead beat in the crowd
Shatter the windows
Of our cheap apts your feelings desensitized
Riddle me up with bullets of rhythm feelings intensify
Blast the system your state of mind
Own this
Try to believe it
Own this
Work, fight to stick together
Own this
Try to believe it
Own this
Work, fight to stick together
Own this moment
Believe it
Own this moment
Together
Own this moment
We're on a trainwreck running ashore
This time gotta generate my soul
(Rise up)
(Concentrate)
Disintegration fueling the fire
Recognize the mob
You better step
This interaction feels by design
I just want to spit right in you eyes
This time we'll strike tonight
I'm only seeing through the bad side
To the bad side in your eyes
Up from the rooftops down below
These eyes like the bogeyman in the shadows
(Rise up)
(Concentrate)
With no reaction feel these knifes
Taken out of our backs up to your neck
This is were it goes down
Now the memories are gone
I refuse to buy those lies
Cold split the difference
With my barehands
To defuse this mind of yours
Gotta keep direction
No looking back
Damage control
Damage control
Damage control
Damage control
The styles you rented, the heart you faked
The big martyr of all the rattlesnakes
You're an echo narc sabotage land mine
Megalomaniac loosing time
So keep away yeah
Around the people who decided dead
Consume you, there's so many agents
Trying to waste my time, worldwide I got a plan devised
Destroy your Babylon
Suicide pride
Try to make it rough on the police
Try run me down
It's a lifelong tease enforced reality
This rapture at our claws
Gotta protest without pause 'cause the police
Try run me down
Damage control
Every thought every word
Damage control
Every thought every word
Damage control
Every thought every word
Conducted schism always on the hate
Nothing but robot check your mental state
Gotta turn around this negative vibe
And thrive the sucka egos pimped out your mind
And when you don't show up for work
There won't be no amber alert
There's so many agents
Trying to waste my time, worldwide I got a plan devised
Destroy your Babylon
Suicide pride
Try to make it rough on the police
Try run me down
It's a lifelong tease enforced reality
This rapture at our claws
Gotta protest without pause 'cause the police
Try run me down
It has begun, It has begun
It has begun, It has begun
It has begun
This time we're going to war
It has begun
This time we're going to war
It has begun
This time we're going to war
It has begun
This time we're going to war
It has begun
This time we're going to war
This time we're going to war
This time we're going to war
This time we're going to war
Destroy your Babylon
Suicide pride
Try to make it rough on the police
Try run me down
It's a lifelong tease enforced reality
This rapture at our claws
Gotta protest without pause 'cause the police
Try run me down
Damage control, damage control
Damage control, damage control
Every thought every word
Damage control
Every thought every word
Damage control
Every thought every word
Tiny tiny, a little faith
I bet he played a little, bend the norm
Stay still, sit up straight
You know you got to concentrate
Oh pick it up, and put it in
You chose a great party
Tiny tiny, a little faith
I bet he played a little, bend the norm
Play it on
Play, play it on
Play it on
Play, play it on
Play it on
Play, play it on
Play it on
Play, play it on
Saddle up, and get the tape
Saddle up and get the tape
Wrap me up, and tear me down
Red tape fill up all this ground
Tiny tiny, a little faith
I bet he played a little, bend the norm
Stay still, sit up straight
You know you got to concentrate
Play it on
Play, play it on
Play it on
Play, play it on
Play it on
Play, play it on
Play it on
Play, play it on
Play it on....
Saddle up, and get the tape
Saddle up and get the tape
Wrap me up, and tear me down
Red tape fill up all this ground
Tiny tiny, a little faith
I bet he played a little, bend the norm
Tiny tiny, a little faith
You know you got to concentrate
Play it on
Play, play it on
Play it on
Play, play it on
Play it on
Play, play it on
Play it on
Play, play it on
Play it on...
Play it on
Play, play it on
Play it on
Play, play it on
Play it on
Play, play it on
Play it on
Play, play it on
Play it on...
Play it on...
Play it on...
Play it on
Play, play it on