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Re: tipper girl (no Who content)



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>Mark Leaman writes:
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>While I am against any sort of censorship, the truth of the matter is   
>that Ms. Gore merely added a label
>and made no laws concerning the sales (etc) of identified item.
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>Yeah, but only after a whole lotta people stood up and said "Shut Up!" to   
>Tipper.  I think the entire American civil stratus owes a huge debt to   
>Frank Zappa for being the most prominent figure in revealing the folly of   
>Tipper's crusade.  Without his tireless efforts, we may have seen that   
>Fallwell-ian idiocy succeed and actually become some sort of law.

Kevin:

I don't know that the goal was ever to have any laws about it...not as I
recall. I agree, though, about our debt to Zappa. And I'm ashamed that I'm
in the same state as Fritz Hollings, too.

>BTW:  if you haven't picked up any of the Zappa redux catalog from Ryko,   
>slap yourself twice and go get some.  I just got "One Size Fits All" and   
>am totally blown away.  FZ approved all the masters himself, and they are   
>*stunning.*  I hope that Ryko gets Pete's catalog to reissue.  Then we   
>might have a chance...

I have several of them...not all, for I'm a poor working stiff. I have
OVERNIGHT SENSATION/APOSTROPHE here in the store.
But I wasn't happy about the redone WE'RE ONLY IN IT etc. I think the new
drums and bass are too up front (or they just overpower the other
instruments, at least) and take away from the "feel" of the original. True,
it was Frank himself that did it...but even a genius can't be right all of
the time.

                   Cheers                   ML

"Never underestimate the power of human stupidity."  L. Long