Cuban Punk Rocker In Court Today
The sneer knows no borders.
Gorki Aguila, vocalist for Cuban punk band Porno Para Ricardo, will be tried in a Havana court today:
Aguila was picked up Monday during a rehearsal for an album tentatively called Geriatric Central Committee, an apparent jab at the aging members of Cuba’s communist party leadership.
He is charged with ”pre-crime social dangerousness,” a law the Cuban government uses against people it considers a threat to the revolution.
McCain should snatch this band up, because Daddy Yankee just isn’t going to cut it.
3 Responses to “Cuban Punk Rocker In Court Today”
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On 08/29/08 4:54 PM, Ryan @ Milkweed Records said:
You read articles like this and you’re like, “damn, I am proud to be an American.” Because if I were somewhere else I’d have been thrown in a cell a lonnnnng time ago.
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On 08/29/08 10:51 PM, matthew said:
scary. pretty close to the definition of thought police.
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On 08/31/08 3:04 PM, sleepy said:
pre-crime? wasn’t this in minority report?
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