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GB_RN

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8. Probably Because...

Reply to MyOwnPeace (Reply #1)

Tue Sep 3, 2024, 10:38 AM

Sep 2024

At most venues, the music has been licensed from the record label, and then they can pick shit out of that available playlist. Also, any controversy that’s ginned up from playing shit that the musicians might object to being played by the politician is free publicity. And with some politicians, like Cantaloupe Caligula the Corpulent, there’s no such thing as bad publicity.

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