Re: PMRC/Little Light/Homeground inanity

[ed@das.llnl.gov (Edward J. Suranyi)]

Upon further study of the love-hounds archives I discovered that
I made an error in my letter to the _Little Light_ people.  So
I just sent them the following letter:
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					 3550 Pacific Ave. #312
					 Livermore, CA 94550
					 (415) 447-3405
					 April 16, 1991

Dear Sir,
     In my previous letter, which you probably got yesterday, I said
the following:
     "In the same article, you say "Homeground is spreading the persistent
rumor that MTV wouldn't play "Running Up That Hill" in its original form,"
and you contradict them.  Well, I'd sure be happy if you were right, but
you're the first person I've ever heard say this.  I know they showed 
short clips of the real video as parts of interviews, but I've just 
read over the love-hounds archives from the fall of 1985 and nobody
there said they saw the whole thing on MTV.  Several saw it on other
(mostly local) music video channels.  I find it hard to believe that 
they played it "about one-fourth the time," because somebody would
have said something!  Are you sure it's MTV you're talking about?"
     Well, I have a correction to make.  All my sources tell me that
the real video *was* played on MTV -- exactly once, on August 20, 1986.
This was because the video had been nominated for an MTV award, as you
correctly stated, so they had to show it once.  This showing was
advertised in Billboard in a full-page ad as a "special screening".
     Now, the real video *was* shown often on such shows as Night
Flight and Heart Light City.
					     Sincerly,

					     Ed Suranyi
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Ed
ed@das.llnl.gov