C.B.

I'm the MC

Um, so I'm supposed to be saying, um

Let's hear it for Sonic Youth, all the way from the States

Except uh, actually I'd like about two minutes of your attention

Shut your fucking face, I want just two minutes of your attention

And I have a very interesting little story to tell you

Two minutes, not very long, right?

And it's a-, it's a very instructive little story

Um, Sonic Youth is um, are a band, um (so my eyes thought)

Shh, shh, shh, um

They are about to put out a record in this country

Except uh, their record company, uh has decided to put a no-no on the record (hello)

Because of um, the cover which is offending uh, some people at Rough Trade

And now it's not

I mean it's not very offensive cover

It's uh, it's got a naked lady, a naked Puerto Rican lady

It's not very obscene, she's not doing anything weird

Um, it has nothing to do with

You know, in this day of AIDS and um, and Ethiopia, and all that shit

Uh, you will think that the major alternative record company would

Uh, have better things to do than worry about, uh

The shape of our bodies, you know

So uh, I thought I'd let you know, uh

So uh, next time you go and buy a record and you think, uh

You're really alternative and groovy and uh, everybody is int–

Is into the alternative charts

Remember, it's just like the other side, except it's a bit, a bit stranger, you know

I mean just remember, it's not, uh (hello)

There's n–

There's no fucking culture there, you know

There's, there's just as much censorship among people or age or you know

Than anyone else

We'd like to thank Claude for that delightful speech