Do You want the Vox Humana Delivered to YOUR home? Simply fill out and send the following form to: WTUL, Tulane University Center New Orleans, LA 70118 Your Name: ________________________ Your Address: ____________ Which times you tune in WTUL:-------- do occur after all. While we are on However, with the shift in Ameri­ ..!W.!._!T~U~L!.....;E~x:.!:::e:.!::c~u~tl~·v:.....!e~S~ta=f:..::f"---_ Editor's fore ward: the subject.. .. can thinking towards th e right s ince A . K yle Berman the 1980 election, the re had been Chris Lidy General Manage r Anyway, have a nice Novermber , growing pressure on the FCC to Mark Meister Program After thinki ng long and hard, and don't forget that we have a update and make more s tringent James Lien Music doing library research , exten­ couple shows coming up on De­ their rules on obscenity. This pres­ " Ranger" Gill Creel Music sive questionares, and public cember seventh and nineth. sure first became tangible in 1985 Sus an E s tes Ass t.Music s urvey t ype things , I realized • Missing them would be a mistake during the congressional hearings Mark Vic knair Classical that not all of these magaz ine/ very hard to correct. •• on pornographic music, lead by Brian Goldberg Jazz literary works are prefaced with r-----------------, Tipper Gore (and parodied in Frank Jordan Rosen berg Sports an 'editor' s note ' or anything Mondays at Tipitinas, Zappa's album, Frank Zappa Meets Suzanne Kais er Community Events by the pers on res ponsible , in the Mothers of Prevention). Less Erik Andries Aprentice WTUL presents: many cases, for the tras h the direct pressure was added by the Todd Andres Business public is privle dged to read. I Meese Commission's report on por­ Libby Curtain Public Relations THE TULBox decided not to be o ne of those nography. Both of these events Sarah Roth s tien Public Service types and have included a fore­ sought to redefine what would be Todd Pierce Production Every Monday from 11 until 2 ward. considered pornographic and ob­ Nancy Russo Asst. Business the TULBox showcases bud­ scene, as well as increase Erica Herndon Asst. Business As the ' new ' publications direc­ ding local talent. Come to government's latitude in taking K yle Berman Publications Tips on Mondays and see it. tor I bring to you the WTUL action against pornography and Leonard Be rtrand Technical mo nthly magazin e. It has an obscenity. Table of Contents: assortment of articles ranging cover art by Dave Baker on diverse topics in and outside Feature Article: Even though neither of thes e "in­ the field of radio. Everything vestigations" had any direct conse­ 2- Editor's Foreward was included because we think Censorshi p in Reagan's quences on the communication s that in effect, radio (and spe­ Amer ica -- Brad Greenfield. industry , the FCC final ly caved in to 3- Censorship cifically WTUL) is the mos t im­ these pressures in 1987 and rede­ Brad Greenfield portant medium for the trans­ "Shit", "piss", "cunt", "tits", fined its rules on obscenity. The FCC mi ssion of what is new and good. "cocksucker", "motherfucker", did away with the seven dirty works Our views are (or s hould be) 4- Techno and "fuck." These were the seven and insead adopted the definition of yours, and we will try to instruct Tim Gilbert offical "dirty words," which obscenity as, "language or material you on a wholesome way to live , started George Carlin's career and that depicts or describes, in terms have fun, and, this is th e most 5- The Abyss the Federal Communication Com­ patently offensive as meas ured by important, listen to music. WTUL Stephen Wilson mission (FCC) ruled in the late co nte mporary community standards is a whole mus ic experience, seventies constituted obscene for the broadcast medium , sexual or lis ten 24 hours a day, everyday 6- N.O. Clubs language and absolutely could not excretory activities or organs." of the year. If you can'tlisten to be said on radio or television. The WTUL, we provide for you this 8- WTUL's Top 27 & vast majority of the members con­ This redefinition provoked an im­ magazine, the VOX Humanna, Upcoming Releases sidered these rules responsible mediate outcry from industry me m ­ every month for you to read over and fair, and there were very few bers , who found the definition far and over again. Don't leave your 9- They Might Be Giants infractions of the rule while it too ambiguo us to be a useful g uide radio without o ne. Emer gencies Mark Vicknair was in effect. for d~ t e rmining wha t is obscene. In -2- -3- W e I c o m e t o t b e A b y s s: hosts do not like playing these vid­ effect, t he FCC announced that ob- the obscenity code. Stephen Wilson eos but say, "The humongous sala­ scen ity was whatever the admini­ ries and many other perks make it stration felt it was at the time. A final example of the new defini­ There is a new T.V. show in town worth it." Also, since the show is Further angering radio industry tion in action came in January and you belter watch your step. If new, they have to play what they members was the announcement when a reading of Allen Ginsburg's you don't watch your step you'll can get. that there would no longer be "safe poem~ was cancelled because fall into The Abyss and boy is it hours" after lO:OOpm, when the it was felt that it, also, would violate cold in there. The show is taped at very interest­ obscentity rules would be relaxed. the obscenity code. It is ironic that ing locations. The first one on an The FCC has promised that it will while the reading of one of the The Abyss is a new alternative aircraft carrier and the second at further clarify its definition of greatest and most influential poems thrash metal weirdness music video the Audubon Zoo. Acutally, these obscenity, but, as yet, has not. of modern America is considered show produced by TUV AC (Tulane images were projected on a blue obscene, Linda Kozlowski's model­ University Video Access Center) screen behind Ian and Steve but Much of the controversy has gal­ ing of Fredrick's of Hollywood's which airs on Cox Cable Channel don't tell anyone, the effect is .YJli.Y vanized around one New York ra­ bondage line on NBC'sFavorite Son 49. The air times are supposedly realistic. dio personality, Howard Stern, is considered wholesome and mor­ Tuesday 8:30pm to 9:00pm, Thurs- who's sexually explicity humor has ally uplifting in comparison.•• day 6:30pm to 7:00pm, and Saturday So, do yourself a favor and become provoked a storm of criticism from 10:30pm to ll :OOpm, with a new a loyal viewer of this innovative porponents of the FCC's acions. A Techno show each Tuesday. new program. Don't get too close representative for Mr. Stern stated, though, you wouldn't want to fa ll Tim Gilbert: "If they're saying, 'You can't dis­ The Abyss is hosted by two WTUL into the Abyss. cuss sex on the radio,' we don't alternative thrash metal weirdness By request, the following playlist think we'll conform with that, we'll type DJs. They are Steve, of the [editor's note: we are disappointed is being published. Some of the fight that on constitutional Generally Hostile _me~al show (Sat- to have to announce that The Abyss' most popular techno club hits of grounds." urday/Sunday, m1dn1ght to 2am) future is in serious jepardy, as there the past 18 months as aired on and Ian, of the plain old Hardcore just are not enough "alternative the November 2nd show: While the obscenity rule is still show (Friday/Saturday, midnight thrash heavy metal weirdness" relatively new, it has already had -The Weathermen, "Poison" (1988 t? 2am). The don't particularly videos being sent to the show's pro­ some startling effects. For the first Play It Again Sam USA, Chi­ like the name of the program but ducer. It looks like New Orleans just time since 1975 criminal action was cago) say, "The humongous salaries and doesn't get her Thrash Videos being considered against radio sta­ -KMFDM, "Don't Blow Your Top" many other perks make it worth yet.].. ' tion KPFK-San Francisco for vio­ (1988 Wax Irax, Chicago) it." lating the obscentiy rule with its -Cabaret Voltaire, "Don't Argue" broadcast of the play Jerker. or the (1987 EMI, UK) When you tune into The Abyss what EXHORTER Helping Hand (the last criminal -Manufacture, "Armed Forces" you will see are music vieos that action was also against KPFK, for (1988 Nettwerk, Vancouver) cannot be found on TUV AC's other FRIDAY broacasting George Carlin's "Seven -Test Dept., "The Faces of Freedom" program, A". For instance, groups December 9th Dir ty Words" monologue). Far more (1985 Some Bizarre, London) troublesome t han this action, -Robotiko Rejekto, "Rejekto" (1987 like Megadeth, Death Angel, Testa- at Muddy Waters however, was the recent cancella­ Techno Dromes Int' l/ZYX, ment and Nuclear Assault. You tio ns of a reading by Alice Walker Frankfurt) will also see videos by bands such as Lizzy Borden and L.A.Guns. The Brought to you by of her book The Co lor Purple be­ WTUL cause of fears t hat it might violate (Continued on page 6) -4- -5- New Orleans Clubs "Tips," is dedicated to the memory known names, though they usuall y Techno: WTUL: Undercover Correspon­ of Professor Longhair, but that hale from the Cresent City.