Re: GOOD GAWD, Y'ALL!

Date: Wed, 02 Apr 2003 19:48:27 -0500
Newsgroups: alt.religion.kibology
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talysman wrote:
> Edwin Starr dies of sheer HORROR!
>
> -> London-AP -- Soul singer Edwin Starr has died.
> ->
> -> Starr died today at his home in Nottingham, England,
> -> of an apparent heart attack, according to his
> -> manager. Starr was 61.
> ->
> -> Starr had a number-one hit in 1970 with "War." His
> -> other hits included "Contact," "H.A.P.P.Y. Radio" and
> -> "Agent Double O-Soul."
>
> I have found only one american news source reporting this, so far,
> probably because the american media doesn't want the terrorists to
> WIN. under normal circumstances, the radio would be playing tribute,
> but you can bet Clear Channel won't allow any radio stations to play
> "WAR" right now.
>
What was their reason for altering playlists a while back, it wasnt war
then.Musta been terror broadcasts that could turn radio listeners into
the califnornia raisinettes.
"The first step in that process is communication, both among ourselves
and with the rest of the world. Our primary means of communication is
music. So it's no coincidence that there has been a great increase in
music censorship. It began right after September 11, when the 1200-
station broadcast behemoth Clear Channel Communications banned all music
by Rage Against the Machine and issued a don't-play list of 150 songs,
ranging from Nena's anti-nuke "99 Luft Balloons" to John Lennon's
sublime "Imagine," with its lyric "I hope someday you'll join us/And the
world will live as one."
Clear Channel protested that it wasn't really a ban but its true colors
were revealed October 1 when the company fired Davey D from his post as
Community Affairs Director at KMEL/San Francisco. For over a decade,
Davey D, the world's foremost hip-hop journalist, has put controversial
issues and personalities on the air at KMEL. Will Steve Harvey at Clear
Channel-owned KKBT be the next victim of the chain's sleazy quid pro quo
with the government? (On September 13, just before the Clear Channel
censors went into action, the FCC declared its intent to lift all
ownership restrictions on broadcast chains)"
http://www.counterpunch.org/ballinger1.html
And to think, KMEL is KSHE's sister station-OR IS THIS JUST PORPAGANDA?
> standard death ray disclaimer: last person to mention Edwin Starr
> by name was David Bromage, in sept 2001.
>
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