free speech and music

Paging Mr. Zappa Where's Frank Zappa when you need him? The last time U.S. senators took to wagging their fingers at media executives and threatening legal restrictions if pop culture didn't get just a bit less ... well ... popular, Zappa shook his finger right back. He unleashed a torrent of righteous outrage at the assembled politicos and their busybody wives -- and he even looked cool doing it. One of the political wives to feel …

…that you have to let your kids wallow in entertainment of which you disapprove. They are your kids after all, and you get to guide their development right up until ... well ... they become teenagers, to be realistic; all bets are off after that. Since Frank Zappa is no longer around to make the suggestion, I'll do it for him: If you don't care for what popular culture has to offer, just turn the TV off.