[The wanderers of the new century are not allowed to appear in this century, and are not allowed to appear in any century. ]—John Major, 1992.
In October 1989, the police raided "Central Army", the largest underground radio station in London. The British telecommunications watchdog ICSTIS (Independent Telephone Services Regulatory Commission) ordered the cancellation of two telephone voice lines 0898 and 0836, which were two special lines that connected the London area to electric music for dance parties.
You can think of this as a game, or you can think of it as a struggle; in short, that's the way it is. For some people, life is like music. For others, music that can’t be listened to is like those middle-class lives that are like shit, and they can’t stand it even if they try their best.
Twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week, a huge number of records and playback equipment, and games moving around in various apartments... This illegitimate tradition dates back to the distant 1964 "Caroline" radio period already exists. Hmm, man, you know, "Caroline" is on a boat doing their illegal broadcast.
The existence of a large number of illegal radio stations is not so much an entertainment as it is an inevitable product, as Prime Minister Major said, in any era and in any century, the official values of the country cannot be shaken: what we need is neatness Neighborhoods, grassy city parks, Times Square all over the place and that sort of thing and -- and patriotism with one heart and one mind...that's the moral of the country. Understand? Man, national morals.
It's just that you can't believe that in such a proud era of "national morality", 647 underground radio stations were actually seized during the 1990 raid.
These stations are filled with music rarely played on official radio, wacky news, the latest party information... full of anarchic traditions that have existed since the founding of Britain... although this stuff doesn't kill anyone , but it is easy to attract the onlookers of the cops, just because unfortunately they do not conform to national values. "This is no joke man, it will kill people," said Mr Edward Lee, Minister for Trade and Industry. The newly promulgated Broadcasting and Television Law in 1990 gave the authority a greater right to confiscate broadcasting equipment belonging to private property. One reason is that illegal radio stations may occupy emergency contact signal channels.
Don't assume that some unrealistic situation can be called "Utopia". Without Utopia, Utopia, like national morality, belongs to things that do not exist at all. Freedom always depends on yourself. It doesn't matter if the ship sinks, doesn't it? There will naturally be other ships in the future, "Caroline" sinks, "Central Army" disperses, it doesn't matter. And "Kiss" and "Sunset," and countless other buddies whose names you don't know, don't you? Radio Rock means that it's not rock that saves the world, it's always action that saves the world.
In 1993, dozens of local radio stations established the "Progressive Party", which, together with another agency, lobbied Congress to abandon the "Draft Criminal Procedure and Public Order Act". And in 1995, another underground unit, the Spiral Tribe, carried equipment on a round-the-clock tour for half a month in 1995, including hundreds of tons of tanks and MiG jet fighters—of course, they were "Art" used to decorate the stage.
It's never over, you know.
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