Re: Kasem back in Boston

[Bob Nelson <rac_cooney@yahoo.com>]

In case anyone's wondering about the "dead dog...
ponderous!" line:  for those who didn't know, a group
of media satirists called Negativland put out a CD
single called "U2" around 1991. They got sued by
Island records for using bits of U2 songs and for
supposedly making the packaging look like a U2
record. Also, the single had Casey Kasem outtakes
where he was swearing a blue streak, trying to
dedicate a song to a dead dog named Snuggles.

The single was taken off the market and could be
re-released except for one thing--they'd be sued by
Kasem if they did. Kasem says he's all for free
speech, but apparently putting out a CD with him
using the F- word all over the place isn't OK. Negativland has since
put out a book/CD, "Fair
Use" about the incident.
 Bob Nelson,  former editor of Negativland fanzine
  "NegativFan" (now run by someone else as
  "Negativfanboyland")

- ---Kevin Hilley  wrote:

>  And hopefully an occassional dead dog...PONDEROUS!!!
> 
> --
> The Kevin Hilley Wake-Up Show
>     105.5 WJYY/92.1 WNHQ
> Concord/Manchester/Nashua, NH

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