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Via Journalist Fight Club:

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If only our liberal media could somehow find the strength to channel this vibe…

Updated again on 11/6:  Blink notes that this conspiracy, courtesy of FOXNEWS, is false.  It appears that a Cumulus Media did 'something', but Clear Channel, at least on this issue, is in the clear. 

Updated Again:  I'd be remiss not to point out that the starting point for these allegations came the paragon of Fair and Balanced Reporting, FOXNEWS, as reported by Roger Friedman:

Alas, there’s a hitch: Radio will not play "Magic." In fact, sources tell me that Clear Channel has sent an edict to its classic rock stations not to play tracks from "Magic." But it’s OK to play old Springsteen tracks such as "Dancing in the Dark," "Born to Run" and "Born in the USA."

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Clear Channel seems to have sent a clear message to other radio outlets that at age 58, Springsteen simply is too old to be played on rock stations. This completely absurd notion is one of many ways Clear Channel has done more to destroy the music business than downloading over the last 10 years. It’s certainly what’s helped create satellite radio, where Springsteen is a staple and even has his own channel on Sirius.

It’s not just Springsteen. There is no sign at major radio stations of new albums by John Fogerty or Annie Lennox, either. The same stations that should be playing Santana’s new singles with Chad Kroeger or Tina Turner are avoiding them, too.

Updated: I've recently received an email from 104.5 management stating that this is most-definitely NOT-TRUE and that they have even been offering downloads of Springsteen.

I saw this at Down with Tyranny last night and again via Attytood this morning.  Pro GOP-radio outlet Clear Channel has allegedly blacklisted Bruce Springsteen as being "too old" for their demographics.  Much like with the Dixie Chicks in 2004, this probably has more to do with pleasing the Strong Daddies of the GOP who will continue to allow more media consolidation than it is out-and-out corporate censorship.  Of course, if you're a wingnut who has deeply internalized the conservative ideology and are reacting to your lizard-brain's fight, flight, or flee instinct to everyone of the failures of the last six-years, I can certainly see how you wouldn't want a mainstream guitar-slinger pointing out the obvious, with lyrics like these, from azlyrics:

Who'll be the last to die for a mistake
The last to die for a mistake
Whose blood will spill, whose heart will break
Who'll be the last to die for a mistake

The wise men were all fools
What to do

The sun sets in flames as the city burns
Another day gone down as the night turns
And I hold you here in my heart
As things fall apart

The local Clear Channel owned stations are WDAS (105.3), WIOQ (102.1), WISX (106.1), WRFF (104.5), WUBA (1480 AM), and WUSL (99.0).  The only station that would conceivably play Springsteen is 104.5 FM. 

An email sent to their request line (email) and to General Manager Manuel Rodriguez (email) has not been returned or replied to as of yet. 

And as a privately-owned, publicly-traded entity, Clear Channel is  well within their right to program as they see fit.  You, as a listener and consumer, also have the right to listen to someone else and inform their advertisers of your displeasure.

Bad Religion, from the Empire Strikes First (Amazon), Los Angeles is Burning (lyrics):

Wow.

Lyrics.

Bad Religion's "Dreams of Unity" from the live album "Tested" (Amazon), from 1997, which I didn't know existed until 5-minutes ago…

No matter how hard you try, no matter how sincere your intentions, sometimes you just have to admit that you may not be able to change people, and you may not be able to make things better… 

Lyrics via Songmeanings.net:

I had a dream of unity
where we would walk side by side
but today I see that it's only me
just tryin' to get by
sometimes we strive undeterred
to walk as one toward our goals
but as people stray toward more selfish ways
we see we have no control
I had a dream of unity
where we would walk side by side
but today I see that it's only me
just tryin' to get by
just tryin' to get by

South Jersey girl Antonella Barba has had someone leak some erotic (and pornographic, go look for them yourself if you want them - NSFW) photos of her on the internets, prompting some to say that she may get the boot from American Idol.  Is this yet another example of schadenfraude gone wild? Are Americans too anxious to see the rich and famous, infamous, and newly-famous fall from grace?

Perhaps Craig Ferguson had the right answer in some cases. And in a time when nearly everyone has digital cameras, there's mountains of homegrown pron out there [survey, no images, just text, probably SFW]. Even the judge in Brittney's "sex-tape" libel suit [pdf, 3rd page, lines 3-9] thought it's not that big a deal.

"Applying any legal standard propounded by the Plaintiff, is it "sexually deviant,"¹ "immoral sexual condict,"² "lustfull and sexually promiscuous,"³ pornographic,⁴ "extremely promiscuous,"⁵ or "serious misconduct"⁶ for any married couple to tape themselves having sex for their own personal use, in this day and age?  Arguably not."

Is it really a big deal? Is the big deal that the photos exist, that they were leaked, or that she allowed them to be taken?  And what of the guy in the pictures?  Is this the double standard at work?  When you read some of the comments by people criticizing her, it sounds like they are making an analogy to American Indians and fears that having their pictures taken would steal their souls - does Barba become cheapened by those photos?

Although I knew about this for a little while, I was in teh blue, so it must be true.  The comments thread at MeFi is full of pretentious wankery, but the first three albums are great.  Hopefully there will be a tour.  Meanwhile, here's a taste from YouTube of the 2003 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame show, where they did three songs.

Also, here's the trailer to Stewart Copeland's rockumentary, Everyone Stares, a playlist of "official" music video releases, as well as some pre-Synchronicity (small venue) concert footage, also via YouTube. 

I saw this a while ago on Jessica Haralson's Facebook, and just had someone else forward it to me.

Penn Masala (Wiki), a group of Southeast Asian UPENN students, have successfully rewritten the lyrics to Enrique Inglasias' "Hero" with an ode to Facebook Stalking.  It is VERY well done and delightfully entertaining.

"Don't Drag Me Down", by Social Distortion from the album "White Light, White Heat".  Lyrics from SongMeanings. 

Ignorance like a gun in hand
reach out to the promised land
Your history books are full of lies,
media -blitz gonna dry your eyes
You're eighteen wanna be a man
Your granddaddy's in the Ku Klux Klan
Taking two steps forward
and four steps back
Gonna go to the White House
and paint it black

Lyrics: 

now I believe in unity, and I am willing to compromise,
but I'm not gonna lie or sell my soul

From the "still playing music era of MTV", aka 120 Minutes.