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.
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> -----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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