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From: reiher@ucla-cs.UUCP
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Subject: Re: Need Frank Zappa Quote!  Slade Gordon in tears?
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Date: Tue, 8-Oct-85 02:27:42 EDT
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Posted: Tue Oct  8 02:27:42 1985
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In article <775@psivax.UUCP> al@psivax.UUCP (Al Schwartz) writes:
>I think this posting reveals the following things:
>
>1. Ray Frank knows nothing about Frank Zappa, including his IQ.

Indeed.  The LA Weekly, a free LA semi-counterculture paper, printed the
entirity of Mr. Zappa's statement (though not, unfortunately, the questions
and answers that apparently followed, which lead to the newsmaking statement.)
Mr. Zappa displayed ample intelligence, if perhaps not enough wisdom, in his
statement.  It was well-reasoned, but too inflammatory and rather insulting
to certain Congressmen and their wives.  Not the way to get things done in
D.C.  Interestingly, Mr. Zappa's hostility to certain members of the committee
led to flashy stuff which caused the press to overlook his main point, his
contention that the record companies were trading ratings on records for
a bill to tax blank tapes and use the revenues to reimburse record companies
for the money presumably lost to unauthorized taping of records.  I didn't
hear a word about this in any of the coverage of the hearings, though I admit
I didn't look into them in depth.
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        			Peter Reiher
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