LABEL THIS – PLEASE!

It’s been 13 years since a conservative movement succeeded in getting warning labels afixed to recordings thought to be potentially offensive. And what’s happened to labels? “These days, if you mean business in the market, you’d better have a sticker.” The labels have come to signify edgier work and – not surprisingly – that’s the music kids want to listen to. So what, really, is the point of labels? – Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 10/29/00