How Buckskin Bible Revue Got Their Name

A long, long, long time ago, about 4.533 billion years ago, an unprecedented occurrence occurred in the vicinity of our home planet. Of course the earth at this time was a very rough place to be and filled with less talking, as no life would evolve for about another .833 billion years. What made this date so extraordinary is in fact a well-hid secret having everything to do with origins of life, explanations of life and death, the future of humanity, and many more secrets of fantastic variety.
It is a widely accepted fact that around this time the late, great Martian civilization reached the peak of their largely hushed but glorious nonetheless history. A strange Martian religion filled with strange rituals was the focus of Martian culture. So long had the elaborate workings of this religion been engrained into the Martian consciousness, the Martians developed a way to ensure their beliefs were always kept near their heart. Indeed, without intending to, as Martians more and more replaced their own consciences with the collective conscience of their doctrine, they evolved to the point where their religion replaced their own heart completely – a bible grew in the place of their heart and nourished the rest of their body.
Despite their great evolutionary successes, the Martians had depleted many of their resources. With the empty assurances promised by their vital creed, the Martians easily overlooking ecological problems and faced fewer and fewer options to insure a successful and prosperous future. Eventually, after many failed attempts the Martians were left with one final option - to leave their home and seek another habitable planet. Travel outside the solar system was dangerous and the Martians each day watched their time slip away.
Earth was not very well equipped to harbor life but it was close and was much more promising than the desolate wreck they were forced to abandon. Much to the horror of the lower class and third-world Martians, the International Martian Federation began a mass sweeping of the planet to locate Martians with the largest hearts. Space on their craft was limited and the government/church wanted to ensure that only the most religiously fervent would sow their seeds in an exotic, new home. Leaving behind friends and family to a certain death, the elite squad of Martians set off with their lofty goal of terraforming earth. The voyage went as planned until their craft came within the gravitational pull of the earth. Then, as a direct result of the bad karma accrued from leaving behind so many mothers and fathers and brothers and sisters, the Martian ship spiraled into a fateful plunge towards the earth.
The force of their impact was so great that much of the earth’s mantle was ejected into space. Within several centuries, the debris had settled into a rough orb that became smoother and grayer over time and came to be known today as the moon.
The tale must jump forward now if it ever to reach a conclusion and the heart-wrenching fate of the remaining Martians is no use telling as it can only end in tears. From the time humans first began to gaze at the sky and moon, there was always an almost nostalgic feeling of awe and wonder. Then at some point in human history, a new technique known as science discovered a reality shattering truth – a very small black dot on the moon. From that point forth, all of science’s efforts went towards defining and magnifying that point. It was speculated to be the switch to turn off the universe or in another controversial view, the map of human history stretching indefinitely into the future and past.
After the invention of the telescope, the point was further defined as a rectangular object and the theories of button and map were large ruled out. Many churches around the world attempted to discredit and hush these findings, fearing a loss of their monopoly on wonder. Still, science worked diligently and telescopes became more advanced. Soon it was made clear that it was a rectangular box of some kind, about seven by ten inches and several inches thick. As soon as possible a plan was formed to retrieve the object and as you have heard, the United States of America reached the moon first. What you have probably not heard is about the object they successfully retrieved. Religion has silenced nearly all accounts of the real objective of the moon missions but nevertheless the story is told by those who know. When the object was retrieved, the astronauts sent a single word message to NASA, ‘book.’ After a safe landing on earth, a secret meeting was called between leading scientists and the heroic astronauts.
The story becomes somewhat hazy now as anyone who experienced what happened next is now dead or unable to tell the tale. It is said that at the meeting all doors were locked and the book was examined. It appeared to almost be living, or at least that it has lived at some point. The book was covered in a leathery hide, and the pages were malleable. It was expressed that the texture was similar to buckskin The exact text is unknown but in symbols, an elaborate ritual was described involving music, dance, and drama. The scientists and astronauts carefully memorized the instructions and began to act out the ritual. What happened next is very unclear now. All that is known is that for several days the door was locked and muffled, unearthly music escaped through cracks. Suddenly, the sounds exploded to a tremendous volume like all the sounds in the universe, compressed into one second, played backwards. A bright flash of light capped the peak and at once the building and scientists and astronauts cleanly and clearly vanished. Again, widely hushed, this event became known as the “Buckskin Bible Revue”
Amazingly only several scientists left behind orphans. These orphans wandered the earth for years searching for purpose before by chance, or perhaps by fate, found themselves sharing a bench on a fall day in a park in Boise, Idaho. Immediately, there was a connection, as if they were twins separated at birth, and their talk soon moved the “Buckskin Bible Revue.” Since they experienced the sound of the tragedy in close proximity, in the NASA nursery, they knew they had to create a band to recreate that sound as a tribute for all the innocent Martians dead by the cruel hands of blind zeal.
 

Yeah Willy - I think there's a little Ray Bradbury lurking within that. Very hard to beat.
See you soon, BBR
 

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