Nebraska’s Lincoln Star reported on another record burning that torched everything “from Abba to Zappa.” Frank Zappa was fascinated, horrified, and bemused. The rock-music legend was a widely respected cult icon, one of the best guitar players in America, and an accomplished composer. He believed anti-rock hysteria was due to a new television phenomenon: televangelism. “With the proliferation of video religion in the United States,” said Zappa, “and all these fundamentalist organizations gathering up millions of dollars, you’re looking at a whole nation full of potential mutants who could be
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