Issue #382: Turn Off The Radio

In Dead Prez’s “Radio Freq,” the second verse starts:

What's on the radio? Propaganda, mind control
And turnin it on is like puttin on a blind fold
Cause when you bringin it real you don't get rotation
Unless you take over the station

That last line, “unless you take over the station,” left a strong impression on my young mind — I was probably 14 when I firs…