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Saturday, May 28, 2011

Psychic TV sold VWs in 1995 with a song about Roman Polanski.

Psychic TV sold VWs in 1995 with a song about Roman Polanski.: "




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Drivers Wanted. Today I was reminded, via Twitter, that a Volkswagen television ad in 1995 for family-friendly cars featured a song by Genesis Breyer P-Orridge and Psychic TV about rapist-pedophile-filmmaker Roman Polanski. Now that's an art hack.


(Thanks, @thepegisin and @cwoodfield)



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