December 19, 2005

The odd bit of good news from Iran

Call him what you like, Iranian President Ahmadinejad does have a shred of good taste. From Breitbart/AP:
Iran's President Bans Western Music
Hard-line President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has banned Western music from Iran's radio and TV stations, reviving one of the harshest cultural decrees from the early days of 1979 Islamic Revolution. Songs such as George Michael's "Careless Whisper," Eric Clapton's "Rush" and the Eagles' "Hotel California" have regularly accompanied Iranian broadcasts, as do tunes by saxophonist Kenny G.
I can rest a little easier now that I know that this insipid "music" is not being played somewhere on this undeserving planet. An oasis of tranquility where the mind-crushing banality of "lite jazz" doesn't pollute the airwaves... Now if he would ban commercial illustrator Thomas Kinkade, I would consider emigrating. Posted by DaveH at December 19, 2005 2:37 PM