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|    Kiwi User to The old geezer    |
|    Re: Blacklist????    |
|    27 Jan 18 16:58:49    |
      From: martin@mydomain.invalid              On Fri, 24 Nov 2017 10:57:04 -0800, The old geezer wrote:              > Was there REALLY a Blacklist of Zappa & his music on American radio???       > "America Drinks & Goes Home" could have beena Monster hit back in '67!!!       > Man! Was it 50 years ago already??? TOG              Wasn't that when McCarthyites and rabid Puritan God-botherers were a       force in the land whose slightest whim was LAW? In those times I seem to       remember heading that radio station owners wouldn't have played anything       that didn't reek of Holiness, American Values and not upsetting the DAR       so I'd imagine that Zappa was right out except in godless places like       California and NYC.              Or have I been misled by Goddamn Commies all these years?                     --       Martin | martin at       Gregorie | gregorie dot org              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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