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100 Weirdest Things in Alt-Rock: Part 7

100 Weirdest Things in Alt-Rock: Part 7

FromOngoing History of New Music


100 Weirdest Things in Alt-Rock: Part 7

FromOngoing History of New Music

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Length:
29 minutes
Released:
Jul 12, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

It is a fact of human nature that those given the power to make rules that govern the behavior the rest of us will devote their lives to making and enforcing those rules...
Most of the time, that’s a good thing...if you murder someone in cold blood and you’re caught, you’ll face justice...robbery is illegal...and so is owning a pig in France and calling it “napoleon”...
No, seriously...it’s against the law to name your pig “napoleon” if you live in France...in California, women may not operate an automobile while wearing a house coat...and in Canada, it’s apparently illegal to remove a bandage in public....who knew?...
Then there are all the weird lawsuits–like the dry cleaners who were sued for $54 million for losing a pair of pants...or the American politician who filed a suit against god for causing natural disasters and inspiring terrorists...
And then there are all the tiny legal nuances that either allow cases to proceed or have them dismissed on a technicality—hello, O.J. Simpson...
The world of rock is not immune to legal foibles...crimes, felonies, misdemeanors, weird lawsuits, legal charges, jail time–the works...
Which got me thinking: what are the weirdest intersections of the law and new rock of all time?...I came up with a list of ten....
This is “100 weird things about new rock, part 7: 10 stories from the legal files:... 
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Released:
Jul 12, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode

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Ongoing History of New Music looks at things from the alt-rock universe to hip hop, from artist profiles to various thematic explorations. It is Canada’s most well known music documentary hosted by the legendary Alan Cross. Whatever the episode, you’re definitely going to learn something that you might not find anywhere else. Trust us on this.