Thursday, September 06, 2007

Uh oh, Los Angeles metalheads...

Check out this ridiculous nonsense being reported by Brave Words.

How well do you know the law? Is this "censorship" in the sense that this is a violation of the 1st Amendment?

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Invisible Oranges said...

Not un-Constitutional censorship in the sense that it's done by a private entity, not the government - but still extremely lame and pointless. Hopefully some metalheads will get the idea and not raise their children on Disney products.

1:46 AM
dschalek said...

Agreed. As a private entity, Disney can do business, or refuse to, with whomever they wish. Frankly, I'm not surprised that this move on their part didn't come sooner. I've been to the HOB in Anaheim and it's literally right in the middle of Downtown Disney, an upscale outdoor mall with plenty of businesses, restaurants, and a luxurious Disney hotel. It was a little strange to see a marquee with "Suffocation" written on it amidst all of the people with strollers, young kids, etc. The venue's nice, but has a smaller capacity than the HOB in West Hollywood. It's also further from me. The metal shows that I've been to there have always had a well-behaved crowd, so I'm not sure what prompted this move, other than our art form's usual bad reputation. Most of that reputation these days seems to come from badly behaved crowds at Ozzfest and so forth.

11:41 AM

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