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Mr. Comstock

from Little Dogs by Everything in Pen

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Mr Comstock lived in the late 19th and early 20th century. At a young man, he was revolted by pornography and wanted to do something about it. At that time, there was a law saying that it was illegal to send pornography through the mail, although that law was rarely enforced. Sensing an opening, in 1873 he helped to pass the Comstock Law which set punishments of up to 10 years hard labor for sending pornography through the mail. Emboldened, Anthony Comstock became a special agent of the U.S Post Office, where he would ride the rails, carry a gun, inspect the mail and decide whether it was pornographic according to his standards. Over the next 40 years, he confiscated over 12 tons of materials, including anatomy textbooks, literature and birth control. The Comstock Law remained on the books until 1969.

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Mr Comstock says
I got offended again today
Have you seen what they sell on the streets of this city
Why is there a law
If they don't really mean it

Mr Comstock says
Just give me a job and a gun and your mail
And I'll wipe out all obscenity
Twelve tons burned
I know you'll thank me for it later

Cause I'm stopping porn
For the good of the nation
I'm stopping porn
For moral edification
I'm stopping porn
I'm stopping porn

Mr Comstock says
I got offended again today
But no one sides with smut dealers
But infidels
The liberals free lovers
The long haired men
The short haired women accompany them
Their lives are hollow and rotten to the core
I know you won't want this
For any son or daughter of yours

So I'm stopping porn
For the good of the nation
I'm stopping porn
For moral edification
I'm stopping porn
I'm stopping porn

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from Little Dogs, released December 12, 2012

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Everything in Pen San Francisco

Combining the pop sensibility of Big Star and narrative observations of Jonathan Richman and Aimee Mann, Everything in Pen’s songs cover many topics---war criminals, sexism, and Dave Eggers--through her unique lens as an obsessive reader. She sings the things you won’t say aloud, of the foolishness, the hopefulness and the almost unbearable humanness of us all. ... more

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