Pay Attention to Pencil and Paper

Pay Attention to Pencil and Paper April 16, 2010

Dig out half the plaster — it's a .38 for sure

"Pay Attention," Kasey Chambers
"Pay Me My Money Down," Bruce Springsteen
"Peace," At the Foot of the Cross, Vol. 1
"Peace & Hate," The Submarines
"Peace Is Just a Word," Eurythmics
"Peace on Earth," U2
"Peace Train," 10,000 Maniacs
"Peace Train," Cat Stevens
"Peach," Prince
"Pearl in the Shell," Howard Jones
"Pearly," Radiohead
"Peggy Sue," Buddy Holly
"Peggy Sue Got Married," Buddy Holly
"Peggy's Kitchen Wall," Bruce Cockburn
"Pencil and Paper," Bourgeois Tagg

In Jeffrey S. Victor's Satanic Panic: The Making of a Contemporary Legend, he traces the origins of a 1988 panic and witchhunt in western New York state to a variety of sources, including a Jamestown warehouse where strangely dressed teens supposedly went to worship Satan with their devil-music rock 'n' roll. In reality, the warehouse was a place where local bands met to rehearse and perform.

Among those bands was the In My Tribe-era 10,000 Maniacs. Seriously. People were so worked up they were scared of Natalie Merchant. (For a fun look back at that Satanic panic outbreak, check out the Facebook group I Survived the Satanic Panic at the Warehouse, which includes posts from many of the now-older teens whose black T-shirts 22 years ago inspired fears of apocalypse.)


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