'OutKast' not allowed in Kansas libraries

[mountainvue]

KANSAS CITY, Missouri (AP) -- The Kansas attorney general has withheld more than 1,600 compact discs from distribution to state libraries because officials determined the albums promote violence or illegal activity, records show.

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The confiscated CDs included recordings by 25 musicians, including rap artists such as OutKast and Notorious B.I.G., rock bands Rage Against the Machine and Stone Temple Pilots, and even older acts such as Lou Reed and the 1980s experimental group Devo.

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The American Civil Liberties Union said the decision amounted to censorship.

"What he's doing is enforcing his concept of decency on libraries around the state of Kansas, and that's not his business," said Dick Kurtenbach, executive director of the ACLU in Kansas and western Missouri.

http://www.cnn.com/2004/SHOWBIZ/Music/08/06/library.cdsettlement.ap/index.html

[LTR]

1. DEVO????????

:wtf:

Can't a guy even listen to "Jocko Homo" in the privacy of his home?

[Reverend_Smitty]

2. God Damn you Devo!!!!!!

and that subversive stranglehold you have on today's youth!

[ArnoldLayne]

10. Crack That Whip

:dem:

[flamingyouth]

3. Apparently "Hey Ya!" is un-American too!

I knew there was a reason I always liked OutKast, other than their catchy melodies and humorous lyrics!:D

[Reverend_Smitty]

4. Kansans apparently don't like to...

"shake it like a Polaroid picture"

[flamingyouth]

5. What's cooler than being cool?

Not Kansas.

[Reverend_Smitty]

6. lol...

good one!

[mwdem]

8. Shit, I have to live here..

hell on earth.

[Fleshdancer]

12. damn those one hour photo processing lobbyists! n/t

[DrWeird]

7. Great line...

"(W)e feel we removed most of the albums that did not mesh with the values of a majority of Kansans."

The Attorney General continued, "burnt every last book, too. In fact, the only thing left in the library is the Wrestlemania tape. Boy, I tell ya what, we had one big fiasco when Cleetus taped NASCAR over the top of that one. Chicken feathers everywhere, I tell ya what.

[flamingyouth]

9. It's very Cotton Mather, it is

:scared:

[Khephra]

11. Let me join the chorus...DEVO?

It must be because of songs like this....

It’s a beautiful world we live in
A sweet romantic place
Beautiful people everywhere
The way they show they care
Makes me want to say
It’s a beautiful world
For you
It’s a wonderful time to be here
It’s nice to be alive
Wonderful people everywhere
The way they comb their hair
Makes me want to say
It’s a wonderful place
For you
Hey
Tell me what I say
Boy ’n’ girl with the new clothes on
You can shake it to me all night long
Hey hey
It’s not for me

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

13. Or something more appropriate, perhaps:

Gut Feeling/ (slap Your Bushy)


Something about the way you taste
Makes me want to clear my throat
There's a message to your movements
That really gets my goat
I looked for sniffy linings
But you're rotten to the core
I've had just about all i can take
You know i can't take it no more
Got a gut feeling
Centered 'round long time ago
On your ability to torment
Then you took your tongs of love
And stripped away my garment
Got a gut feeling

Slap your mammy down
Slap your pappy down again
Oh move it up and down now
Oh move it all around now

[Massacure]

14. I hope the ACLU comes hard after them.