Fifty years ago this month, a San Francisco municipal court judge ruled that Allen Ginsberg's poem "HOWL" was not obscene.
Last week a public radio station chose not to broadcast a 1959 reading of the poem due to fear of an FCC fine.
You can listen to an online broadcast of the poem at HOWL Against Censorship.
Last week a public radio station chose not to broadcast a 1959 reading of the poem due to fear of an FCC fine.
You can listen to an online broadcast of the poem at HOWL Against Censorship.
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is the FCC relevant anymore?
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Challenges like this are best when you have all your ducks in a row first.
Would have loved to hear it aired on the radio somewhere. Vogon's taken up listening to talk radio and arguing with the radio. I feel very mommy-voiced when I tell him the same thing I tell Laurel when she yells at a movie or TV show -- it's a one-way medium, they can't hear you.
Someday when I am a benevolent tyrant, public radio will air readings of "HOWL", "America" and my favorite Ginsberg poem, "A Supermarket in California".