Frank Zappa, the pride of Glen Burnie, Maryland. Most people consider Glen Burnie to be a rough, redneck part of the Baltimore area, and there's certainly some truth to that, but there exists a wonderfully weird, iconoclastic sense in the streets.
I was 12 when that crap hit the fan with Gore and Mrs. Gore, and I still say that despite what Al wants to do for the world, his wife wants to make it less liveable. Tough trade-off. Air is important, but so is the First Amendment. I can plant a tree, but I couldn't buy the Beastie Boys album until I grew up? What the hell? I will also maintain that Tipper was the first (or at least most public) of what I call Busy Moms. You all know the Busy Mom, or at least the stereotype - a mom so busy with issues and projects and volunteer work that she wakes up one day surprised to find that her kid is a now a teenager. So, rather than take the time to teach her child about what the world is truly like, she turned to the Government and asked the Feds to protect her child. Excuse me - isn't that the job of PARENTS? All she did was make the 2 Live Crew sell a bunch of albums in the `burbs, and damn did they flat-out suck. So much better rap to get into white America, but she made them a cause-celebre. I listened to their crap, compared to Public Enemy and Run DMC, and thought "Oh geez, she's an idiot." Hell, my stepfather MADE me listen to Bob Dylan, Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin and Frank Zappa. I didn't like all of it at the time, but I appreciate his efforts. Amazing how quality always seems to outlast the crap. And Zappa would have been a deadly candidate in the debates. He was a libertarian, and in a time where every political subject wasn't subject to religious review and approval. His views on tax reform would have crushed any of those Ivy Leaguers. Zappa would have been a populist, if anybody would have taken him seriously. - Ray --- In [email protected], "algriner1" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Wow...I'm now not sure if I feel cutting-edge, because I was aware > of/involved in the music censorship issues since the inception of the > PMRC, or terrified because I suddenly feel, well, like an old fart... > Jeez, Nate, did you HAVE to point out you were 5? > > But yeah, when they made Zappa, they broke the mold. > >
