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Subject: Re: why best buy sucks


On 17 Dec 1996, Bo Williams wrote:
[about a washing machine and music anology, best buy, poindexter's, & joe 
schmoe's local but aspiring appliance-o-rama]

just wanted to pass on a bit of information regarding music and marketing 
gleaned from NPR while I was driving back from the mountains on monday
[hey! I just hit all the requirements: music, relevance and source]:

not only do chains like wal-mart and best buy limit what they choose to 
sell - some might call this censorship or others say it is their business
discretion - but according to NPR's reporting, they also surreptitiously 
choose to edit out manageable offensive parts of the music commodity, 
whether that be objectionable artwork on the CD (no mo' album art anymore 
anyway) or the music lyrics themselves.  these edited/censored versions 
contain no label that they have been altered and are only done so under 
contract that the changes be made before they are put on the shelves at 
said mega-chain.  so in effect, you may be getting a fundamentaly 
different product at one store compared to another without knowing it.  
[insert appropriate washing machine analogy here]  i say it is time 
tipper gore rejuvenated her flagging pmrc campaign with a new effort: the 
cmrc - the consumer's music resource council.  let's stick some labels on 
the altered product; hell, it's not like we'd be missing anything peering 
through the 5" jewel case between a couple of extra stickers.  

ok, 'nuff of that - never been much of an active boycotter anyway.  
besides, i dare you to have tried to find a tickle me elmo at a local, 
non-chain toy store.  let's stick to music, ok? ok.

richie

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