What is Obscene?
(ZNS) A disc jockey on WOWI-FM in Federal Court on November 28 th. Nesci
Norfolk, Virginia, faces a possible two-year reports that he has already recieved the
prison sentence and a $lO,OOO fine simply support of the American Civil Liberties
for playing portions of the Woodstock Union and the Stern Community law firm
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album on the air.
Disc jockey John Nesci (Neshy) was According to Nesci, the case against
indicted last month by a Federal Grand him appears to have been compiled by the
Jury on "obscenity and indecency charges" FBI and by local FCC officials in the
after he allegedly played Country Joe Norfolkarea; he said that the national FCC
MacDonald's "Fish Cheer" on the air last office in Washington, D. C., seemed to
summer. The "Fish Cheer" contains a know very little about the charges when
section where Country Joe and the FISH they were first filed.
lead the audience at Woodstock in spelling A touch of irony to the case is a
out a four-letter word for sexual fund-raising festival which is currently
intercourse. being planned for Nesci in Norfolk.
Nesci reports that he was visited Country Joe and the Fish have reported
several months ago by FBI agents, who thit they're interested in appearing in
told him they had been monitoring his Norfolk to publicize his case and to help
show for a 30-day period. The FBI agents raise money with a concert there.
then played a series of tapes they said they
had recorded during Nesci's show,
including a segment of the Country Joe
song and another segment where Nesci
warns listeners about certain license
numbers used on unmarked police cars.
Nesci was later indicted on obscenity
charges, and then was arraigned in Federal
Court on September 18th. He is scheduled
to go on trial for the "obscenity charge" in
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undertones—if one wanted to sit with a pad
WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF? and pencil to keep score. The acting was
good, for it must have taken a long time
Who is Virginia Woolf? After a large for. Taylor & Burton to learn to act so
group of students sat in the lecture room incoherently. There were moments ofi
for two hours and twelve minutes, no one laughter; however, they were generated
can truthfully answer. This picture traveled from comments in the audience and not
in circles leaving the veiwers in a state of from the movie itself. Next time there is a
confusion. Of the four characters only movie in C-1 go to see it. They will get
Martha & George (Elizabeth Taylor & better as time goes on. They wouldn't dare
Richard Burton) had names, the other two get worse.
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films
(ZNS) Jethro Tull will release an
lbum later this month entitled "Living in
he Past"'
The LP will go on sale at the same
time that the English group does an
extensive concert tour of the East and
Midwest.
(George Segal & Sandy Dennis) were
referred to as "HEY YOU". The film had
psychological and socialogical
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(ZNS) Grunt Records has releases Papa
John Creach's newest album, "Filthy," to
tie in with Hot Tuna,s current concert
tour.
Creach is a member of Hot Tuna , as
well as Jefferson Airplane.
(ZNS)Alice Cooper--probably the
most outrageous rock personality of the
day--has signed for a TV spot.
Alice Cooper will appear, of all places,
in the "All in the Family" show where he
will play Archie Bunker's next door
neighbor.
(ZNS) Cheech and Chong were forced
to cancel an appearance at Constitution
all in Washington, D.C., recently.
Instead, they played at the JFK Center
n Washington— to sell-out audiences —after
he Daughters of the American Revolution
etoed their concert at Constitution Hall.
(ZNS) Neil Young has just finished
hooting an auto-biographical movie called
"Journey Through the Past" which will be
released next month.
The sound track from the film is said
to include some Crosby, Stills, Nash and
Young recordings, some Buffalo
Springfield material and an original song
from Young.