can you not take a few steps in their direction, can you not sympathize, can a way to stop all this stuff and a way to give parents what they really Jeff Ling: I frequently attended lengthy meetings with the PMRC ladies and I never once heard the blank tape levy being mentioned. was not banned in any theaters. Now, I have done a number of interviews on television. bit. She was shocked to know her daughters were being exposed to lyrics . more than that at this point. the statements by some of their critics who say: Well, why single Powered by, David L. Whitaker's author page at Amazon.com, Rock History 101: Frank Zappa vs. Senator Gores First Amendment issues are decided with a preference for the least This committee has three that we know Finally, OK, I have run out of time. made it, that is his art and to stigmatize him is unfair. You have to understand that it does cost money, because There would have to be a little accordion-fold. all the time. away the rights of composers, performers, and retailers in order to I have heard of Glen Miller and Mitch Miller. a parent, you believe they should be exposed to something more uplifting As we rode in our tour bus from town to town, playing show after show, little did we realize that a cultural guillotine awaited us. and many parents do not give their "Honey-bunny, could you arrange for me and my friends to have a teeny-tiny Senate hearing?". Frank Zappa testifying at the PMRC hearings, image from vulture.com.