Caught in the crossfire? ...hmmm... Have you tried Staples? 237 000812 , _ || ' What is < \, =||= \\ the color /-|| || || of nuisance. (( || || || is it \/\\ \\, \\ democrat or republican? Hey LA! Are you ready for boredom with Goredom. "So what did your dad say when you told him you'd been accepted to Columbia?" "That's nice, we're broke. Now move over. You're in the way, I can't see my show, 'Baretta.'" --[what sitcom was it? They all blurr 2gether, nowadaze.] Well, hello. I'm prime anarchist and here's issue 237 of ATI. Activist's Time to Informya. You're going to LOVE this issue. We've got some real treats for you. And to top it off, there's gorilla bisquits and crispy crab cakes for everyone. Free for the taking. Wait, there's more. [not sold in stores.] You might pay 119.99 for this zine, but you won't. You might pay 99 bucks, or 39 bucks. Or even 19.99. But that's right folks, for just 0.0099 of a dollar you can get the 'zine for free. And we'll toss in floormats free. That's right, you heard right. Matching floormats. Free. ATI, where not only do we write a zine, but we treat you right. "Enjoy..." marco. So who's the blonde woman doing E!'s "talk soup" now? I'm sooooo relieved. But I've got to say, I don't enjoy hearing the word "ta ta's" anymore from a woman OR a man. Grow up, ok? Well, I'm prime anarchist, and I wrote that. LETTUCE From Our Readers: "aye tee eye haz h1z 386 4nd h3 gn0z h0w3 t3w Us3 17^#^%" --[malkav #2600] to ati@etext.org Gloria from All In The Family?!?! And what about Murphy Brown? Or Ophra? What about Judge Judy? And Hillary? What about Hillary? Gloria from all in the family... Give me a break! Pio to ati@etext.org "I'm very happy to not receive your disjointed ranting. Wish you would get a new computer every week! :)" --Shadow's husband. Fine Tuning Your "Eye." ----------------------- Tara Lipinski likes everything. She really IS beginning to grow into her lips, face and bod isn't she? About time! Call me weird, but I'm sick of seeing someone who looks, I don't know. Nine? Positioned and situated in sexy setups. I'm watching a rerun of The List and it made me think of your zine. Say, do you ever get the feeling they pick your 1, 2 and 3 for you and you just have to come up with your own reasons? You notice the audience members look exactly like the stars and hosts? Mort Downey NUMBERS FOR YOUR HEAD: http://www.fcuk.com http://phillyimc.org http://drink.to/Damien http://www.tompaine.com http://www.angrycoffee.com http://www.screechmagazine.com http://watch.pair.com/database1.html http://www.netwizards.net/~acohen/nicole.html http://www.prospect.org/archives/43/43chait.html http://www.misanthropy.net/articles/hearings.html http://void.simplenet.com/articles/nyt/nyt12.html http://www.contentbiz.com/sample.cfm?contentID=617 http://www.jewishworldreview.com/cols/schlussel030900.asp http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/jbfranklins/canf.htm http://www.science.uva.nl/~robbert/zappa/albums/Broadway_The_Hard_Way http://csociety.ecn.purdue.edu/pipermail/slashdot-mailer/1999-July/000161.html http://www.metroactive.com/papers/sonoma/01.09.97/walmart-music-9702.html http://www.infosubway.org/infosubway/wto_report/index.html http://www.forteantimes.com/artic/94/moon.html http://users.erols.com/sevarask/stocklst.htm http://www.ravenswoodinc.com/edit.htm http://www.clicks-and-klangs.com http://www.undergroundnews.com http://www.walmartwatch.com http://www.casadelpan.com http://www.subvertise.org http://www.subvert.com http://www.fibbles.com ----------------- --------------------------- To Beat The Devil : Parenting In Modern America ----------------- --------------------------- By Patrick Moore Special to ATI World News Part 1 I was setting up a computer table one day with my son, Matt, when WCBI, our local CBS affilliate ran a special report. Joseph Lieberman (D-Conn.) had just accepted Al Gore's offer to be his running mate in the 2000 Presidential race. I listened to Lieberman's acceptance speech, and eventually he mentioned that Tipper was "helping America raise PG kids in an X-rated society". I dropped my tools in surprise. There it was. The ghost of the PMRC was now alive and well. It didn't take long to realize that the Gores may well be up to their old tricks again. Over the past 20 years, there has been an enormous move to sanitize American electronic culture. Some of it done voluntarily, to be sure, but by and large, most of it done without the artists' knowledge or consent. And, with few exceptions, this has been done only in America. European artists are, for the most part, free from government interference in their art. I write this in response to Tipper's book, "Raising PG Kids In An X-Rated Society" (Abingdon Press, 1987). Prologue From the mid-1950's to today, censorship has been used to tame "wild" or unseemly music, but more often, the performers.. While black doo-wop groups were popular, the group's album cover usually featured WHITE people. This was to get them in record stores that would otherwise not take them. Even black artists were barred from so-called "white" radio stations. Of course, the only way to get a black song on a white station was to play a cover version by a white artist. Pat Boone started out performing songs by black artists, and all too frequently, these versions lacked the energy and charisma of the original. A white disc jockey named Dewey Phillips on WHBQ radio in Memphis frequently played records by black artists on his "Red, Hot And Blue" radio program. Phillips' rural black dialect and rapid-fire speaking manner endeared him to Mid-South audiences. But most importantly, it helped WHBQ's ratings in the mostly black Mississippi Delta. In 1954, he played a record by an unknown truck driver named Elvis Presley. The response was so great that Dewey wanted to interview Elvis that night. Audiences were unsure whether Elvis was black or white, as he performed Bill Monroe's "Blue Moon Of Kentucky" in a style similar to black blues singers. Elvis was indeed white, and in the heavily segregated south, white people didn't imitate blacks. Elvis' records were restricted to "race" stations or, more frequently, sold under the counter to avoid offending white customers. When Elvis hit nationally, White citizens' councils tried to put the brakes on Elvis' popularity. The main TV networks then, NBC and CBS, decreed that he could only be shown from the waist up after "Concerned Citizens" groups complained of Presley's "vulgar" appearances on the Steve Allen show. The 1960's rolled around, and the censors were quiet for a while, but soon the Vietnam conflict was upon us, and "advisors" were coming home in body bags. People started asking why, and the government wasn't telling. Instead, folk musicians started performing songs critical of the government, while Elvis was in Hollywood. 1966 saw the first instance of a record cover being censored by a record company. When Capitol Records released the Beatles' "Yesterday and Today" Lp, the original cover featured the group in bloody butcher smocks, with broken baby dolls and pieces of raw meat strewn about. Commonly referred to as the "butcher" cover, this was the Beatles' response to their US label's practice of issuing bowdlerized versions of their albums. 1966 was also the year "Freak Out", by The Mothers Of Invention was released. The "head mother", Frank Zappa, would face off with his label, MGM Records, more than once. In 1968, MGM committed a mortal sin when the album "We're Only In It For The Money" was released. Without Zappa's knowledge or consent, MGM edited the album. When Zappa recieved an award for WOIIFTM, he insisted the award go to the person who censored the album, because it was "more representative of his work than mine". The head of MGM records at the time was Mike Curb, an ultra-conservative who openly supported Ronald Reagan. After the turmoil of the 1960's, record companies looked for ways to cash in on the youth market. In the mid-1970's, Disco became the first musical trend the major record companies fully embraced. It should be no surprise then that the soundtrack album to "Saturday Night Fever" became one of the biggest selling records in history. But as surely as disco swept the nation, another trend was taking hold. Punk music was the exact antithesis to disco; it was highly charged, sometimes political, and always volatile. Subject matter was diverse, it could be about a war or it could be about an artists' relationship with their record company. And it was all personal. One thing that set punk apart was that it was "Do-It-Yourself"; that is, groups could write, publish, record and release their material. And it was done the way the artists wanted, free of outside interference. The Dead Kennedys is one of the best examples of this philosophy. Eventually, the major labels found a way to get in on punk too. "New Wave" became BIG business in the 1980's. The video boom of the late 1970's created a market for video performances of music. Now, not only did an artist have to perform musically, they also had to act too. On August 1, 1981, MTV was born. Music would never be the same. It must be stated that in the early days of music video, station managers weren't so much concerned with the videos themselves, as long as there were music videos to air. Michael Jackson's 1982 blockbuster, "Thriller" owed much of its success to MTV, as it did constant airplay on American radio. All this was about to change. In 1984, Prince starred in and wrote the music for "Purple Rain", a semi-autobiographical movie. The sountrack album became one of Warner Bros. Records biggest selling titles. Among the millions who bought the album were the children of Sen. Albert Gore and his wife, Mary, better known as "Tipper". When they brought the album home, they were shocked at the lyrics of one song, "Darling Nikki". Tipper contacted some of her friends (also wives of high-powered congressmen) and they jointly wrote a letter to each of the major labels. But in signing the letter, they used their husbands' names, as opposed to their own. For example, rather than signing "Mrs. Tipper Gore", she signed "Mrs. Albert Gore". The major labels laughed the idea off. Enter the RIAA The Recording Industry Association Of America is best known as the lobbying group for the recording industry. They represent most of the record labels operating in the US. After Tipper got the brush-off from CBS and Warner Bros., she contacted the head of the RIAA, Stan Gortikov. Now calling themselves the "Parents' Music Resource Center", she explained the groups demands to Gortikov. This time, the labels took notice. The RIAA and the PMRC entered into an informal agreement: the old "scratch my back and I'll scratch yours" routine. In consideration for helping the PMRC with their agenda (creation of a rating system for recorded music), the husbands of the 'Washington Wives" would pledge to support HR 2911, a bill that, if passed, would add a tax on blank recording tape and home recording equipment. Needless to say, the major labels asked their artists not to testify at the Senate hearing where HR 2911 would be debated. A few did. Frank Zappa and John Denver testified. So did Dee Snider of Twisted Sister. Despite repeated statements that the PMRC wasn't attempting to censor rock music, high-powered record store chains began distributing letters that said they would not carry any record with any warning sticker on it whatsoever. And those who testified against the PMRC were dealt with. Frank Zappa was rewarded with the first "Tipper Sticker" (parental advisory stickers) on his 1986 "Jazz From Hell" album, the first (and only) fully instrumental album to be given such treatment. John Denver was dropped from RCA Records after 16 years. All the while, several local and state governments began expanding their "obscenity" laws to include music. And, the PMRC was a willing partner in these endeavors. The first legal battle came in 1987, when Jello Biafra was tried on a charge of "distributing harmful matter to minors". On April 15, 1986, a joint force of San Francisco and Los Angeles police officers raided Biafra's apartment, trying to find Swiss artist H.R. Giger, whose painting "Penis Landscape" was included in copies of Dead Kennedys' "Frankenchrist" album. The trial ended in a hung jury. The prosecutor, Michael Guarino, later regretted carrying Biafra to court. The 1990's saw the first convictions of artists who say naughty things. And, the most famous song you've never heard, Ice-T's "Cop Killer" became the target of right-wing protests. William Bennett and C. Delores Tucker stormed a meeting of Time Warner shareholders, accosting the stockholders of "peddling smut". Time Warner caved in, and dropped artists and labels that had been controversial, including Ice-T's label, Interscope. One of the more onerous practices invented in the 1990's was having full and edited versions of certain records released. The first major release treated in this manner was Nirvana's "In Utero". Geffen Records edited the back cover and track listing to get the record into chain stores like Wal-Mart. If an artist refused to be edited, then Wal-Mart refused the album. In one of the more unusual twists of fate, Sheryl Crow found herself banned from Wal-Mart shelves. Not because of profanity, but because her song "Love Is A Good Thing", from her self-titled 1996 album, has the lyric: "Watch out sister, watch out brother, Watch our children as they kill each other with a gun they bought at the Wal-Mart discount stores." (Con't next issue:) [ Part 2: A Parent opposes the PMRC ] "Politicians marinated in money." --Theresa Amato A PAWN rePRESS reRELEASE For Immediate Perusal. 1-800-primeanarchist extention WRLDNWZ for more info. Nasty New Worm Proliferates. The CDC (center for distress control) has issued an advisory that a viral pneumo-worm has finally been released. This strain is much more obnoxious than happy95, unhappy99 and even the herbiethelovebug virus that attacks address books. Explaining the process is Captain Dreadnaught, a security analyst at Computational Computer Computing, Incorporated, a think-tank in Alexander, Virginuous. "Well, basically what it does is sets cookie crumbs into your hard drive if you're using version 48.9 of Winthose2000. And the minute you open up your Inert Exploder browser, it changes all your bookmarks to sites like http://www.softpinkxxxgrlz.com, http://www.touchmymonkey.net or http://www.haveone.org/asmic/time.html This gets people in a lot of trouble with spouses, parents, children, local law enforcement and sometimes even makes their local ISP mad at them." Dreadnaught went on to say this virus is not harmful in any other way, that's why his thinktank is using the words "obnoxious" rather than dangerous as you are in no particular danger other than having your whole mind [expletive]'d with. CCCI recommends you clean out your bookmarks file after every session if you know anyone "faint of heart." And as usual, says the CCCI, diabetics should never order the white bread at Subway counterfood Sandwich Shops. (A)(C)(T)(I)(V)(I)(S)(T) (T)(I)(M)(E)(S) We end ATI with thoughts: "a thousand spiders can live in your bedroom without ever biting you." { yiddish proverb , not attributed to Josef Lieberman } [][][][][][][][] For Russ by Marc Levy His name was Mark. Only knew him to say hello. Squad leader in 1/6. Went out to police his own automatic And told his men to stay back, He'd do it on his own. Then walked into it Blowing three Claymores. Not much left But a suicide note in his pack. "Stop the war," it said. WAVE - Win A Vermouth Enema. _disc lamer_ This 'zine marked up while under the influence of 20 ounces RC Cola, four Carlos V mexican Nestle candy bars, 2 lactaids, 2 teaspoons cayenne pepper, con agua y hielo, and one Annie Humphrey CD. 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