So is the article suggesting that Primal Scream is being talked about in a
HUAAC and Aware will blacklist them? No. So how are they being
"blacklisted" at all? To suggest that Americans think that primal scream
should be squelched because we think they are communists or something
is,....dumb.
I see that the NME story is similarly devoid of facts:
http://www.nme.com/news/101350.htm
Basically the story stays "primal scream has a controversially themed track
on their new album. I bet it will get banned in the states!" with no
reason for saying this--no mention of any group taking action to even try
and make it have a hard time to get released through protests or etc. Not
even to speak of, I don't know the logistics of how a piece of music would
go about being"banned" in the states. How would that work? What American
government agency will "ban" it (akin to the BBFC in the UK which one could
say does ban films there)? Maybe Wal-mart would not carry it....but does
that mean it has been "banned"???
At 05:47 PM 4/10/2002 +0100, you wrote:
quoted 62 lines the word "Blacklisted" is probably most well known from the McCarthy era,
>the word "Blacklisted" is probably most well known from the McCarthy era,
>you'd hardly call the fucked up actions of the movie business in those
>days "pure economics" - it WAS censorship, why would they mean anything
>different by it here?
>
>skism.
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Bill Wright [mailto:plswdth@att.net]
> > Sent: 10 April 2002 15:34
> > To: idm@hyperreal.org
> > Subject: Re: [idm] [ot] Primal Scream could face US blacklist over 'Bomb
> > Pentagon' track
> >
> >
> > This has nothing to do with "censorship in the US". They said
> > blacklist---basically meaning unmarketable I would assume (they have no
> > label in the US and no one would want to pick them up).
> >
> > Its unfortunate UK media sources would run a story to insinuate there is
> > some evil force (blacklisting? must be a government agency!) keeping art
> > unheard in US, especially considering the British government has been
> > censoring art there for quite some time. The only force keeping Primal
> > Scream down in the US is pure economics.
> >
> >
> >
> > At 10:15 AM 4/10/2002 +0100, you wrote:
> > >Censorship in the US...................
> > >
> > >
> > >Primal Scream's new album could be blacklisted in the US, according to
> > >reports.
> > >
> > >The album contains a track call Bomb The Pentagon, which criticises
> > >America's foreign policy.
> > >
> > >It was written and premiered live shortly before the September
> > 11 attacks.
> > >
> > >Full story: http://www.ananova.com/yournews/story/sm_563564.html
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
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