A List Of Things Thrown Five Minutes Ago

COME BACK TIPPER GORE, ALL IS FORGIVEN: According to this Rolling Stone article, rock radio stations are combing through their libraries and self-censoring some songs that seemingly have the shock value of Easy Bake Oven, lest they feel the wrath of the FCC. Among those on the list of songs deemed to obscene for our genteel ears: "Who Are You?" "Walk on the Wild Side," "Jeremy," "Jack and Diane," "Jet Airliner," "Closer," "Lawyers, Guns, and Money," and "Money." Sayeth Lou Reed, never one to lose his head about these kinds of things: "It's absurd. It's like being censored by a squirrel. It's beneath me, it's beneath all these artists. It's done by people who are very pious and stupid." A squirrel? Well, you get the point.