Sunday, 25. April 2004
Topic: MUSIK - on April 25, 2004 at 10:31:00 PM CEST
Gallery Of The Forbidden
The exhibits in this GALLERY OF THE FORBIDDEN feature artifacts related to various historical censorship incidents. Many highlight a couple of often-overlooked aspects of censorship:
It is the packaging of musical products – rather than the "controversial" lyrical content within – that has often provided busybody “moral guardians” with the easiest avenue of attack against artists whose ideas (or existence) they object to.
And, it is the corporate music biz itself – rather than the traditional "usual suspects" (parents, preachers, principals, & police) – that does most of the "reining in" of today’s artists.
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