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From: wmartin@brl-tgr.ARPA (Will Martin )
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Subject: Re: Correction to "More Falwell vs MTV"
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Date: Wed, 22-Aug-84 11:34:34 EDT
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Would you believe that even PBS has a rock music video show? It is
a half-hour program called "Colorsounds" (if memory serves; I may be
wrong). Here in St. Louis, it is shown in the middle of the day; I 
don't have a TV Guide handy to check if it is daily or weekly.

This is rather strange. They superimpose the lyrics over the videos
as subtitles. Certain letters or words are highlighted in a
contrasting color, keyed to an introductory slide, which is very
terse (it will say something like "Short i"). Slang words, like
"gonna", are included in the lyric subtitles, but are asterisked.
I have never seen any footnote or explanatory message which 
discusses the asterisks; however, I've only seen this a couple times,
on vacation or sick days. (Maybe you have to have a printed guide,
which is only sent to teachers?)

So even trying to keep your kids isolated to the channel carrying
"Sesame Street" and "Electric Company" won't work -- they'll still
see  the videos! HA! (And the latest one of these I saw had a
"Twisted Sister" video which directly and explicitly mocked and
jeered and spat at parents who try to control their children. So there!)

You are doomed...
Will Martin