FW: The Who Sell Out

[Robert <http://dummy.us.eu.org/robert>]

 > From: Brian <http://www.cs..edu/~b>
 > Date: Sat, 1 May 2021 13:32:44 -0700
 >
 > On 5/1/21 8:22 AM, Robert wrote:
 > > https://www.theguardian.com/music/2021/apr/26/the-who-sell-out-reissue
 > 
 > Thanks!  That's a great article.
 > 
 > At the time, I saw the fake ads as just part of the tribute to Radio 
 > London, which was ad-supported, as opposed to the official, legal BBC, 
 > supported by a tax on radios and TVs.  (They used to have trucks full of 
 > electronics driving around to detect radios and TVs in houses that 
 > hadn't paid that year's tax.)
 > 
 > (Have you seen the movie "Pirate Radio"?  Much of it is just a silly 
 > funny movie, but its opening sequence with a zillion kids bopping to the 
 > radio is a work of art.)