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Depeche Mode “Policy Of Truth ” limited edition release (1990)

Every time I hear “Policy Of Truth”, I think of the very first time I saw Howard Stern on television (WOR-9). Pee-Wee Herman was arrested for exposing himself at a movie theater. Stern’s notorously naughty reputation on-air was the perfect opportunity to play Pee-Wee in what had to be one of the most atrocious make-up jobs I’ve ever seen. But oh, how fall-on-the-floor hilarious it was when he parodized Pee-Wee’s Playhouse (1986-1991). It made me a lifelong Stern supporter because every other copycat shock-jock around him and after would never even be one-sixteenth as funny he was. After Stern’s usual ninth-rate charades, he had special guests on involving BDSM masters and slave-women in leather, grown men dressed as babies, leatherheads, and zipperfaces. (Were you expecting Miss Yvonne, Captain Carl, Cowboy Curtis, and The King Of Cartoons?) One act he invited on was a ginger mistress in all black as she stepped all over her slave’s face with her high heels; all while “Policy Of Truth” played in the background. I will never forget that even if I was asked to.

(2024, Sunshine Sound, F10037) Bootleg medley by Francois K, created sometime in the early 80's. Apparently only Francois, David Mancuso, and Larry Levan had plates.