European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 22, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Good of boys jumping on the anti ban Wagon John Windrow Quot i got a phone Call the other Day from Cousin Debco Down in the Florida Panhandle. We were Little boys together and went our separate ways. Now i work for a newspaper in Minnesota the snowmobile and overcoat state and he Nins a whiskey Beer guns ammo and music store in Florida the Sunshine and Bikini state sometimes i think he got the Best end of the Deal. A How s it going. Zeb Quot i asked. A you been to. Disney world lately Quot Debco was in no mood for Small talk. Quot you Media folks have got to do something about the repression of free speech Down Here in f16rida, he fairly shouted into the Telephone. I had never realized that Debco was so big on the first amendment. 1 was thrilled. A what s the problem Zeb a i said Quot this Ole boy just left Here madder than All get out Quot Debco said. Quot he a the third one today. A the drives up in his pick pm up truck. We Chat about Gator football awhile and then he says a i reckon i la take a Case of Blue ribbon Beer and a quart of wild Turkey. Don t bother to wrap Mem up. In a just Gonna drink Mem in the truck. A a a no problem a i says. A a and i need a .357 magnum and a ak.-47 assault Rifle in Case i see any game while i m driving  a a a no problem a i says. In a wrapping it All up thinking about what a big Sale in a making and this Law abiding free adult american citizen says a and give me 2 live Crews album. I seen Mem on can and i want to know what All this fuss is  a a a we got a problem a a a i says. Cousin Debco had come face to face with the latest free speech Donnybrook the Banning of 2 live Crews records in certain sections of Florida. Sheriffs Are threatening to arrest merchants who sell the stuff because most folks consider it obscene. A folks Are coming in Here All the tire want ing that album Quot Debco said. Quot when i Tell Mem they can to have it they get mad and stomp out . Quot i did no to know there was so Many rap fans Down there cuz a i said. Quot hell there aint a a Debco said. A these folks think that in Vienna they be put up statues of Beethoven Mozart and Buck Owens they never heard of 2 live Crew until they got banned. That a what makes Mem want  i thought about that awhile and said a you know Zeb times have changed. You remember when we were kids in Tennessee and our favorite song was a meat Cutter blues Quot he certainly did remember it and we Sang it together Over the phone wire our voices making Harmony from the Balmy Gulf of Mexico to the Bright Blue headwaters of the Mississippi. Quot of in a the old meat Cutter mama i can Cut your meat i can Cut it All Day Long mama Cut it so Nice and neat. I can grind your sausage baby i can Cut your Ham cause in a the old meat Cutter right Oilitta Alabam i got a Brand new knife and i grind it All night Long when i Cut your meat l Ean Cut it to the Bone Quot singing it reminded me of those hot languid summer nights when we squared the girls about the Concrete floor at the National guard armory and then slipped put to sneak a Beer in the parking lot a a it a too bad they done to have songs like that anymore Zeb Quot i said. A a Why a they have to come out with All this racy stuff Quot Quot what you talking bout Quot Debco said. A a a meat Cutter blues is one of the sexiest songs Ever put out. My daddy whipped me once for singing it behind the Bard on  1 a really a i said astonished. A i thought it was just about a romantic travelling Butcher Quot Quot ainu to you Ever heard of symbolism Quot Debco said. Quot its poetry you Moron. Most poetry is a scandal a and he Hung up disgusted by my naivete. In be been thinking about a a meat cute r blues a and Zeb is right res a scandal. I can to believe i Sang it to Betty Lynn the girl of my dreams one night when we were tooling around in my �?T57 Delray. No wonder she dropped me like a hot Rock. She thought i was a sex maniac. If id even hummed it in Florida id probably still be in jail. John Windrow is a forms s Ara find strips Sailor now living in Minnesota. A. Contents Centrepiece Mediterranean Bureau staff writers Gary Miller and j. King Creger take a Tongue in Cheek look at off the Road mopeds and other hazards of the italian streets and sidewalks. Pages 6-. Back Home. 2 everyone s  the new ban stateside mews. 3 Light look at what a almost news observations. 4 the secret Supply of slogans any worries a pity of slogans bout autobahn drive mgr Home front. 5 picking right computer Monitor. A pm i Reading for computer fans. Science. 8.9 Hubble s game plan rearranged at a glance  books. 10 lists. 0/best Sellers a a a Quot James j. 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