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Emdebe: some wikification

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some wikification

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 --The Rev. [[Jeff Ling]], consultant to the Parents Resource group, quoting "offensive" lyrics from an LP by the Mentors. Among the phrases: "I will drive my love into you."
-The irony of the song – which will be released Nov. 15 on Zappa's [[Barking Pumpkin]] label – is that officials who oppose what they consider obscene or pornographic images in rock find themselves describing many of those very images ON a rock LP.
+The irony of the song – which will be released Nov. 15 on Zappa's [[Barking Pumpkin Records|Barking Pumpkin]] label – is that officials who oppose what they consider obscene or pornographic images in rock find themselves describing many of those very images ON a rock LP.
 Poetic justice? Sweet revenge?

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 Guess who "sings" on Frank Zappa's soon-to-be-released "[[Porn Wars]]" recording?
-None other than SEVEN members of the U.S. Senate, including Sen. [[Paula Hawkins]] (R-Fla.), Sen. [[Ernest F. Hollings|Ernest (Fritz) Hollings]] (D-S.C.) and Sen. [[Albert Gore|Albert A. Gore]] Jr. (D-Tenn.).
+None other than SEVEN members of the U.S. Senate, including Sen. [[Paula Hawkins]] (R-Fla.), Sen. [[Ernest F. Hollings|Ernest (Fritz) Hollings]] (D-S.C.) and Sen. [[Al Gore|Albert A. Gore]] Jr. (D-Tenn.).
 Zappa has woven statements made by these of ficials at the Sept. 19 Senate Commerce Committee hearing on so-called "porn rock" lyrics into a provocative 12-minute track that will appear on his upcoming "[[Frank Zappa Meets The Mothers Of Prevention|Frank Zappa vs. the Mothers of Prevention]]" album.

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 Presumably not, according to Zappa. He said, smiling, "You bet I called a lawyer on it."
-The founder of the [[Mothers Of Invention]] said he is also producing an hourlong video for home use covering key moments in the hearings.
+The founder of the [[The Mothers|Mothers Of Invention]] said he is also producing an hourlong video for home use covering key moments in the hearings.
 On "[[Porn Wars]]," Zappa programmed the voices into a digital computer system keyboard, which allowed him to "play" the voices in registers ranging from "gorilla" to "munchkin" to "mega-chipmunk" to "mosquito."

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 [[Rip Rense]], Los Angeles Times, October 24, 1985
-Guess who "sings" on Frank Zappa's soon-to-be-released "Porn Wars" recording?
+Guess who "sings" on Frank Zappa's soon-to-be-released "[[Porn Wars]]" recording?
 None other than SEVEN members of the U.S. Senate, including Sen. [[Paula Hawkins]] (R-Fla.), Sen. [[Ernest F. Hollings|Ernest (Fritz) Hollings]] (D-S.C.) and Sen. [[Albert Gore|Albert A. Gore]] Jr. (D-Tenn.).

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 "You testify before one of those Senate hearings and see how arrogant they are and what relative position they think they hold in the universe," Zappa said in the recording studio of his Laurel Canyon home.
-"They have blown themselves out of proportion to reality. There are a couple that ar e OK...Bu t there's no way I could have just walked away from Washington, D.C., and just laughed it off. It's too depressing."
+"They have blown themselves out of proportion to reality. There are a couple that ar e OK ... But there's no way I could have just walked away from Washington, D.C., and just laughed it off. It's too depressing."
 The avant-garde "Porn Wars" is an ambitious collage that blends electronic music and statements actually made to the committee and to Zappa, who testified against the Parents Music Resource Center's campaign against sex, violence and drug references in rock music.
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 --The Rev. [[Jeff Ling]], consultant to the Parents Resource group, quoting "offensive" lyrics from an LP by the Mentors. Among the phrases: "I will drive my love into you."
-The irony of the song – which will be released Nov. 15 on Zappa's [[Barking Pumpkin]] labe l--is that officials who oppose what they consider obsce ne or pornographic images in rock find themselves describing many of those very images ON a rock LP.
+The irony of the song – which will be released Nov. 15 on Zappa's [[Barking Pumpkin]] label – is that officials who oppose what they consider obscene or pornographic images in rock find themselves describing many of those very images ON a rock LP.
 Poetic justice? Sweet revenge?
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 After a pastiche of Hollings arpeggios and Trible trills, there is an abrupt quotation that was initially recorded for "[[Lumpy Gravy]]," Zappa's 1968 ballet: "This must be the end of the world. All the people (are) turning into pigs and ponies. I can't let it happen to me."
-In reply to a senator's question about why the hearings are being held, Zappa's disfigured voice chants "sex... sex... sex," while Ling – again reading a Mentors lyric – declares, "Listen, you little slut."
+In reply to a senator's question about why the hearings are being held, Zappa's disfigured voice chants "sex ... sex ... sex," while Ling – again reading a Mentors lyric – declares, "Listen, you little slut."
 One of the hearing's most celebrated moments – an exchange between Zappa and Hawkins over what kind of toys Zappa buys for his kids – is saluted in the recording, as well as a compliment to the rock musician by Democrat [[Al Gore|Gore]] of Tennessee, "I respect you as a true original and as a tremendously talented musician." The latter is punctuated by Hollings – at near-Chipmunk tone – repeating the line about his becoming a rock star.
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 Presumably not, according to Zappa. He said, smiling, "You bet I called a lawyer on it."
-The founder of the Mothers of Invention said he is also producing an hourlong v ideo for home use covering key mom ents in the hearings.
+The founder of the [[Mothers Of Invention]] said he is also producing an hourlong video for home use covering key moments in the hearings.
 On "[[Porn Wars]]," Zappa programmed the voices into a digital computer system keyboard, which allowed him to "play" the voices in registers ranging from "gorilla" to "munchkin" to "mega-chipmunk" to "mosquito."

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 --The Rev. [[Jeff Ling]], consultant to the Parents Resource group, quoting "offensive" lyrics from an LP by the Mentors. Among the phrases: "I will drive my love into you."
-The irony of the song--which will be released Nov. 15 on Zappa's [[Barking Pumpkin]] labe l--is that officials who oppose what they consider obsce ne or pornographic images in rock find themselves describing many of those very images ON a rock LP.
+The irony of the song – which will be released Nov. 15 on Zappa's [[Barking Pumpkin]] labe l--is that officials who oppose what they consider obsce ne or pornographic images in rock find themselves describing many of those very images ON a rock LP.
 Poetic justice? Sweet revenge?
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 Neither, according to Zappa; it's just art.
-"There are aspects of phase music employed (on the record)... It uses MUSIQUE CONCRETE techniques. It's kind of like a cubistic portrait of Congress at work...'Congress Descending a Staircase.'"
+"There are aspects of phase music employed (on the record) ... It uses MUSIQUE CONCRETE techniques. It's kind of like a cubistic portrait of Congress at work ...'Congress Descending a Staircase.'"
 The new track, which isn't likely to get much airplay because of its use of four-letter words, begins with preliminary co mments from sen ators and then seems to break away dramatically into a series of voices swirling, growling, chattering, chanting and wailing.
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 After a pastiche of Hollings arpeggios and Trible trills, there is an abrupt quotation that was initially recorded for "[[Lumpy Gravy]]," Zappa's 1968 ballet: "This must be the end of the world. All the people (are) turning into pigs and ponies. I can't let it happen to me."
-In reply to a senator's question about why the hearings are being held, Zappa's disfigured voice chants "sex... sex... sex," while Ling--again reading a Mentors lyric--declares, "Listen, you little slut."
+In reply to a senator's question about why the hearings are being held, Zappa's disfigured voice chants "sex... sex... sex," while Ling – again reading a Mentors lyric – declares, "Listen, you little slut."
-One of the hearing's most celebrated moments--an exchange between Zappa and Hawkins over what kind of toys Zappa buys for his kids--is saluted in the recording, as well as a compliment to the rock musician by Democrat [[Al Gore|Gore]] of Tennessee, "I respect you as a true original and as a tremendously talented musician." The latter is punctuated by Hollings--at near-Chipmunk tone--repeating the line about his becoming a rock star.
+One of the hearing's most celebrated moments – an exchange between Zappa and Hawkins over what kind of toys Zappa buys for his kids – is saluted in the recording, as well as a compliment to the rock musician by Democrat [[Al Gore|Gore]] of Tennessee, "I respect you as a true original and as a tremendously talented musician." The latter is punctuated by Hollings – at near-Chipmunk tone – repeating the line about his becoming a rock star.
-The work concludes with [[Ernest Hollings|Hollings]]' apparent aside into the open microphone at the end of Zappa's appearance: "We haven't got 'em whipped on this one yet. We've got a bear by the tail here..." The remarks are followed by ominous, fading chords.
+The work concludes with [[Ernest F. Hollings|Hollings]]' apparent aside into the open microphone at the end of Zappa's appearance: "We haven't got 'em whipped on this one yet. We've got a bear by the tail here ..." The remarks are followed by ominous, fading chords.
 Are there any legal problems in using the voices?

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 Guess who "sings" on Frank Zappa's soon-to-be-released "Porn Wars" recording?
-None other than SEVEN members of the U.S. Senate, including Sen. [[Paula Hawkins]] (R-Fla.), Sen. [[Ernest Hollings|Ernest (Fritz) Hollings]] (D-S.C.) and Sen. [[Albert Gore|Albert A. Gore]] Jr. (D-Tenn.).
+None other than SEVEN members of the U.S. Senate, including Sen. [[Paula Hawkins]] (R-Fla.), Sen. [[Ernest F. Hollings|Ernest (Fritz) Hollings]] (D-S.C.) and Sen. [[Albert Gore|Albert A. Gore]] Jr. (D-Tenn.).
 Zappa has woven statements made by these of ficials at the Sept. 19 Senate Commerce Committee hearing on so-called "porn rock" lyrics into a provocative 12-minute track that will appear on his upcoming "[[Frank Zappa Meets The Mothers Of Prevention|Frank Zappa vs. the Mothers of Prevention]]" album.
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 --Sen. [[Paula Hawkins|Hawkins]] endlessly repeating the phrase, "Fire and chains and other objectionable tools of gratification in some twisted minds."
---Sen. [[Ernest Hollings|Hollings]] saying, "Outrageous filth" and "maybe I could make a good rock star, I don't know."
+--Sen. [[Ernest F. Hollings|Hollings]] saying, "Outrageous filth" and "maybe I could make a good rock star, I don't know."
 --[[Paul S. Trible Jr.|Sen. Paul S. Trible Jr. (R-Va.)]] chanting the word, "Rape."