bscenity violations, asking retailers to remove the album from the stores could constitute an illegal action (prior restraint). Mr.Pittman decided not to follow Mr.Schills advice, and on June 12, 1990, at least six vice detectives visited 84 record stores in San Antonio and ordered the store owners to remove the "Nasty" album from their shelves to avoid arrest under the Texas obscenity laws (Anderson 1990; King 1991:143). (see December 10, 1990). On August 10, 1990, the members of Too Much Joy, a relatively unknown band from New York City, were arrested because they had performed several songs from the "Nasty" album at an adults-only show (OGallagher and Gaertner 1991:110). On October 3, 1990, a Fort Lauderdale jury found a shop owner guilty of obscenity for selling the "Nasty" album. The retailer was sentenced $1,000 fine, but he refused to pay and went in appeal (no written opinions and no transcript of the first trial are available, I have no information on the appeal, see Furer 1991:493). At least four other record store owners have been arrested for selling the same album (National Law Journal 1990; Anderson 1990; Beatty 1991:625-626). In Eau Claire, Wisconsin, law enforcement officers were reported to have asked record store owners to keep "Nasty" off the shelves and not sell it to minors (Jones 1991:73). In September, 1990, a privately owned club called the Windjammer, in Misquamicut, Rhode Island, drew up a contract with 2 Live Crew for a concert to be held on October 6, 1990 (Morant 1992:20-24). The town council asked one of the club owners, M.J. Murphy, to appear at a public hearing before the council to discuss the moral aspects and safety precautions of the planned performance. The council president wrote a letter to the owners, and stated concerns on matters including inadequate parking facilities, safety problems, insufficient sanitary facilities, lack of ability to protect public places, inadequate avenues for fire exit, ...
