Husker Du charity donations

[Jim Jones <jones@hopkins-eecs-bravo.arpa>]

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 The following appears in the April edition of SPIN, reprinted
 without permission.
 
 "Husker Du refused their royalty check from _A Diamond Hidden
  in the Mouth of a Corpse_, a compilation album, saying they'd
  rather the money go to AIDS research.  They then challenged
  the other artists on the album to do the same.  So far William
  Burroughs, Laurie Anderson(*), Keith Haring(*), David Johansen,
  Diamonda Galas, Coil, Philip Glass(*), Merideth Monk(*), and
  Allen Ginsberg(*) have all taken the challenge."
 
 * -- These artists do not appear on _A Diamond..._ but do appear
      on other Dial-A-Poet compilation albums.
 
 Even though the money involved probably isn't extraordinary, I
 thought is was a significant gesture nontheless.  Besides, if
 the trend continues maybe the Dial-A-Poet organization could be
 considered a charitable organization.  Just think, tax deductions
 for buying vinyl... :-)
 
 BTW - the album in question _A Diamond..._ also happens to be a
 great compilation.  I'll try to post a review in the near future.
 I'd also like to hear other folks opinions of any Dial-A-Poet
 compilations; so far I've liked _A Diamond..._ best but I'm
 still open to suggestions of others to try.
 
 -jj
 
 "I want to be filthy and anonynmous"
 -- John Giorno (Dial-A-Poet honcho)
 
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