SHUT UP YA FACE: ON BANS, BANDS AND SCARED OLD FOLKS
NSW police are hell-bent on shutting down Western Sydney hip hop crew OneFour, apparently encouraging venues to cancel gigs or block them, suggesting the quartet are dangerous, subversive and associating with gangs. The Sydney Morning Herald asked for some comment on the sense and efficacy of such censorship. Luckily, I had a few thoughts. Ban OneFour, that’ll teach ‘em. Ok boomer. It’s true enough, but not necessarily straightforward to say that censorship doesn’t work when