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Dayglo Abortions News Coverage about obsenity law...
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wT3xn1tqbZM

In 1988 Victoria's Dayglo Abortions were charged with Canada's first music obscenity laws. This is very rare footage of the T.V. coverage that followed. (courtesy CHEK-6 News)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kYMFZEn8UBI&feature=related

BCTV news report with Tony Parsons from 1988.
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There's some classic footage!!! Now where do I find the video they show in both news reports?!? - Fri, 18 Jan 2008 11:41am Edited: Fri, 18 Jan 2008 11:48am
Sati
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Thanks for posting that!
the 2nd one showed Odyssey's storefront and the guy from Noize was interviewed... he looks pretty much exactly the same! - Fri, 18 Jan 2008 1:21pm
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Sweet! Wow. I don't remember this. Probably because I was one year old at the time. "the only radio station that will publicly broadcast their music can be found at the University of Victoria." :) - Fri, 18 Jan 2008 2:05pm Edited: Fri, 18 Jan 2008 2:06pm
Sati
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Thats not true. 1988? CITR @ UBC was! - Fri, 18 Jan 2008 2:23pm
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