It's that time again.

I don't know. I'm starting to lose interest in the fight against censorship, largely because of the attitudes of a lot of people involved. You know, the ones who think we shouldn't ban books . . . oh, except for those books (Mein Kampf, books on curing homosexuality, Newt Gingrich's alternate history novels - any books that ( Read more... )

I guess George Carlin finally had to move his shit so someone else would have somewhere to put their stuff. He died of heart failure at the age of 71.

From the Reuters obit: Carlin told Playboy that his sensibilities developed in the 1950s, "when comedy stopped being safe ... (and) became about saying no to authority."He cited such influences as ( Read more... )

I don't listen to hip-hop, or rap, and I wouldn't allow some of the nastier stuff in my house (although I am a proud owner of The Luke LP featuring 2 Live Crew, but it's on tape, not LP). This, however, sounds like censorshipYou don't like it? Don't buy their CDs. You really don't like it? Don't buy anything produced by the same recording ( Read more... )

Banned Books Week is fast approaching (September 29 through October 6)!

In celebration, you can go back and do my Banned Books Meme-Thingy from last year, or go to the Banned Books Week website, see what books and authors have been challenged, then read those books. Don't forget to spread the word ( Read more... )