In November 2003, Autofact Records issued a limited edition, triple LP edition of Earth's mind-erasing album 'Earth 2.' It's a remarkably devotional object - stark, leaden, arcane. No expense was spared in its production, no detail left unexamined. It would stand as the definitive document of a masterpiece. Six months later, the owner of Autofact Records was sentenced to three years in federal prison after pleading guilty to wire fraud. Host Ethan Swan digs into these two intertwined events and the forces of participation, compulsion, and justice in underground music circles.

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