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Posted on Monday, September 27, 2010 | By: Thursday Casserole

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This week marks the 29th annual Banned Books Week!

As a tribute to this recognizable occasion, The Casserole will be bringing you some tunes that were inspired by literary works. You'll get some Radiohead, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, Led Zeppelin, Modest Mouse, and much more!!

This year, Banned Books Week runs from September 26th to October 3rd.
According to BannedBooksWeek.org, "During the last week of September every year, hundreds of libraries and bookstores around the country draw attention to the problem of censorship by mounting displays of challenged books and hosting a variety of events."

This year's Ten most Challenged Books were:

ttyl; ttfn; l8r, g8r (Series) by Lauren Myracle
And Tango Makes Three by Peter Parnell and Justin Richardson
The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Steven Chbosky
To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee
The Twilight Series by Stephanie Meyer
The Catcher and the Rye by J.D. Salinger
My Sister's Keeper by Jodi Picoult
The Earth, My Butt, and Other Big, Round Things by Carolyn Mackler
The Color Purple by Alice Walker

Download the 2009-2010 Pamphlet for a full list of challenged/banned books for the year.


You can go to http://www.ala.org/ or http://www.bannedbooksweek.org/ for more information on Banned Books Week and what YOU can do to support the Freedom To Read!!

And tune in Thursday, September 30th for our Banned Books Week Playlist from 3-6PM right here or on WXAV 88.3FM Chicago!

Playlist 9/30/2010

Led Zeppelin- Ramble On [Lord of the Rings by: Leo Tolstoy]
Jefferson Airplane- White Rabbit [Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by: Lewis Carrol]
The Velvet Underground- Venus in Furs [Venus in Furs by: Leopold von Sacher-Masoch]
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds- Red Right Hand [Paradise Lost by: John Milton]
Franz Ferdinand- Ulysses [Ulysees by: F. Scott Fitzgerald]
Modest Mouse- Tiny Cities Made of Ashes [The Great Gatsby by: F. Scott Fitzgerald]
Metric- Front Row [Great Jones Street by: Don Delillo]
------------THREEVIEW------------
Pink Floyd's "Animals" [Animal Farm by: George Orwell]
Pigs (Three Different Ones)
Sheep
Pigs on the Wing (Part 2)
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David Bowie- Diamond Dogs [1984 by: George Orwell]
The Airborne Toxic Event- Innocence [White Noise by: Don Delillo]
The Smiths- This Charming Man [WWII novel Loving, by Henry Green]
Radiohead- Exit Music (For A Film) [Romeo & Juliet by: William Shakespeare]
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club- Howl [Howl by: Allen Ginsberg]
Bruce Springsteen- The Ghost of Tom Joad [Grapes of Wrath by: John Steinbeck]
Pearl Jam- Pilate [The Master and the Margarita by: Mikhail Bulgakov]
The Doors- Break on Through (to the other side)[The Doors of Perception by: Auldous Huxley]
The Rolling Stones- Sympathy For The Devil [The Master and the Margarita by: Mikhail Bulgakov]
The Beatles- Think For Yourself