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One dozen California college radio stations will join together Monday to broadcast a statewide, 18-hour anti-censorship special titled "Day of Decency."
The free-speech marathon-scheduled to run from 6 a.m. to midnight-will feature controversial music, interviews and spoken-word performances by a diverse assortment of artists, including poet Allen Ginsberg, former Dead Kennedys' founder Jello Biafra and Ian Mac-Kaye, from the punk rock band Fugazi.
"Censorship isn't just about burning books," MacKaye said Friday in a phone interview from Washington. "There are less blatant restrictions in force now on art and music and other forms of creative expression. It's everywhere and it must be exposed."
"Day of Decency," the brainchild of KUCI-FM music director Todd Sievers and promotions director Danielle Michaelis at UC Irvine, was created to protest the current 24-hour "indecency" ban imposed last year by the Federal Communications Commission.
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