love, life, or the act of either.
Or to hint at a future dance party with much boogie-ing and grooving. The afore mentioned dance party usually involves lots of sweat, but even more living together.
Circa Survive always involves letting go of precepts, consistency, and sin. It allows one to be free (even of yourself) and experience life as it was meant to be experienced: surrounded by people full of hope and love screaming along to its sound, moving and grooving together.
Think of it as a state of ecstacy without the drug part.
And Circa Survive always involves cake.
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few things come close to the feeling you get when you are blessed with the sound of this absolutely amazing band. its almost like the very first time you get REALLY high and you think this is where you want tto stay for the rest of your life, in this mind state. the unique beats mixed with the undescribable guitar riffs and random other sounds and effects that accompany Anthony Green's voice blend together so smoothly and lift you into the air, figuratively of course, giving you the happiest, deepest, most alive feeling you've ever expirienced. the best part is, that the feeling you get everytime you hear your favorite circa song(or any of their songs fort that matter) intensifies each time as your love, appriciation, and understanding of the band blossoms into the most beautiful flower who promises to never fade, but to continue growing forever, always getting more and more beautiful.
Circa survive is a band better than any other in the world. they are from doylestown pennsylvania.
guy: dude are you going to see circa survive tonight?
another guy: my wife is in the hospital giving birth to my son... hell yeah i'm going to the show!
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The theory that with good preparation, you can defend yourself and live through the zombie apocalypse. Proponents may take concrete steps to be ready by installing extra security around the home, stockpiling provisions, plus purchasing firearms and four-wheel-drive vehicles.
Teen son: "Dad, can we remove the stairs in our house? Zombies can't climb."

Father: "You must've been reading that book on zombie survivalism. Guess what...I found it in the humor section at the book store, not even science fiction."
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Website examining "ned" culture in a very derogitory fashion. Widely known in Scotland, features things such as a "Ned-a-Gotchi" (pun on the Tam-a-Gotchi craze) soundbox.
See the Glasgow Survival website for yourself and make your own judgement on it's merits and stereotypes at www.glasgowsurvival.co.uk
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An information campaign created by the British government during the cold war, designed to inform people of what to do in the event of a nuclear strike. Consisting of a leaflet and public information film (which was to be broadcast on national television during a national emergency), the campaign was heavily criticised for being fatalistic and bleak in tone. Especially in the instructions given on what to do if someone dies while sheltering from fallout, for example:

“If anyone dies while you are kept in your fallout room, move the body to another room in the house. Label the body with name and address and cover it as tightly as possible in polythene, paper, sheets or blankets. Tie a second card to the covering. The radio will advise you what to do about taking the body away for burial. If however you have had a body in the house for more than five days, and if it is safe to go outside, then you should bury the body for the time being in a trench, or cover it with earth, and mark the spot of the burial. ”

On the other hand, the campaign was criticised for being a waste of taxpayers money and misleading, even deluding the public into a false sense of security. As by following those instructions, the public assume they'll be safe. The booklet was never distributed and the series of films were never shown, hence comedians such as Ben Elton ridiculed it in shows like The Young Ones as useless and a waste of money.

While somewhat fatalistic, it suggested that surviving a nuclear attack was possible and desirable. This was lambasted by British radical communist historian, E.P Thompson, who wrote Protest and Survive in response.

The film was created by Richard Taylor cartoons (the same company that made the legendary Charley Says series) and was narrated by the Shakesperian actor, Patrick Allen. It consisted of Voice-over narration, stills photographs and simple (if somewhat kitsch) animation. It was very simple to follow and very clearly laid out, which made it more chilling to watch. However, Allen does have the comically patronising line:

"Oh, don't forget your tin opener and bottle opener."

The Patronising nature of the film, as well as its fatalistic tone and grim content was wide open for ridicule. Especially with it being at odds with the kitsch animation style. The Harcore punk band, Discharge, wrote a song of the name name, criticising the campaign. Comedians also ridiculed the leaflet and PIFs, attacking the percieved hypocrisy of the government creating the conditions for nuclear war, yet trying to placate the public and the critics of the propaganda campaign that a war won't escalate if the government has a nuclear arsenal (Mutually assured destruction's not mad enough?). HM government was effectively accused of fudging the issue , as the Bomb Episode in The Young ones illustrates:
NEIL: Seriously, we ought to do something about this bomb! I'm going upstairs to get the incredibly helpful and informative "Protect and Survive" manual! Nobody better touch this while I'm gone!

Neil discovers the bomb

RICK: What are you doing?
Neil is reading his survival manual while painting himself white with a paintbrush
NEIL: Oh, painting myself white to deflect the blast!
RICK: That's great, isn't it, Racial discrimination, even in death! What are these? indicates a few lunchbags on the table

Rick's arrival after making his demands to Maggie Thatcher

NEIL: Oh, sandbags!

The table now has a drape over it saying, 'KEEP OUT, FALLOUT'. Mike enters carrying food in both hands
MIKE: Neil, where's the table?
NEIL: Oh, good. You got the provisions.
MIKE: Yeah
NEIL: No, not on the roof man!, put it in the food zone! Anyway, it's got to be tinned if it's going to survive ten years of fallout!

Excerpts of The Young Ones episode, Bomb
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emergency ration pie, usually small enough to fit in the pocket of a reasonably sized trench coat and of the pork variety, should be eaten furtively and nibbled on in a mouse like manner, for general day to day survival in an urban setting, to be eaten in times of great hunger, not to be confused with standard issue special forces ration pies
'I say John boy, is that snuff in that tinfoil package?'. No Biggles, that is is my survival pie. My stomach thinks my throat's cut!'
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