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Removing louna from the series is that they simply did not have enough time to air all the stories they filmed. this was a documentary series about musicians standing up and risking their lives, in some cases, to stand up against government abuse of power, government corruption, and yet a foreign government was able to editorially control what american viewers see on their tv screens. that, to me, is a scandal of epic proportion. this entire documentary s gone. louna s song is the title track to the series, but their episode never happened. the rest of russia is very, very different than moscow. here you drive around it s like bentley, ferrari, maserati. you know, you go to buy a pair of shoes, you pick up a bentley on the way out. you tour a lot in russia. what do you see? we see a lot of problems. we see the level of believing is very low. there is something in rock music that unites everybody. it s something beyond politics. it s certain energy. ....
Is that they simply did not have enough time to air all the stories they filmed. this was a documentary series about musicians standing up and risking their lives in some cases to stand up against government abuse of power, government corruption, and yet, a foreign government was able to editorially control what american viewers see on their tv screens. that to me is a scandal of epic proportion. this entire documentary s gone. louna s song is the title track to the series, but their episode never happened. the rest of russia is very, very different than moscow. here you drive around it s like bentley, ferrari, maserati. you know, you go to buy a pair of shoes, you pick up a bentley on the way out. you tour a lot in russia. what do you see? we see a lot of problems. we see the level of believing is very low. there is something in rock music that unites everybody. it s something beyond politics. it s certain energy. and this energy s the same in ....
Mtv s official reason for removing louna from the series is that they simply did not have enough time to air all the stories they filmed. this was a documentary series about musicians standing up and risking their lives in some cases to stand up against government abuse of power, government corruption, and yet, a foreign government was able to editorially control what american viewers see on their tv screens. that to me is a scandal of epic proportion. this entire documentary s gone. louna s song is the title track to the series, but their episode never happened. the rest of russia is very, very different than moscow. here you drive around it s like bentley, ferrari, maserati. you know, you go to buy a pair of shoes, you pick up a bentley on the way out. you tour a lot in russia. what do you see? we see a lot of problems. we see the level of believing is very low. there is something in rock music ....
So that prevents right now in russia to speak freely. formally nothing but in reality a lot of things. let s talk about mtv. so rebel music as i understand it was an mtv television series whose fundamental principle was to celebrate bands who say difficult things in environments where there might be repercussions. and as i understand it, your band was chosen for one of seven episodes. correct. and in fact, one of your songs was used as the title track for the series. so i get a letter from the producer and essentially it says because of political pressure the russia episode has been removed from the rebel music series. according to the producer, mtv russia pushed back on the content, she presumes because of the negative impact it would have on them and their ability to do business on a day-to-day basis in russia. mtv s official reason for removing louna from the series ....
it s the kgb. they re blocking your signal. i m sure that they are, believe it or not. i m quite sure you ve had someone on your tail the entire time you ve been here. what s rock and roll supposed to be about other than cars and girls and aggression? about dissent. about rebellion, right? in russia, where everything is supposed to be just fine, that can be a dangerous position. travis link is an ex-pat american who manages this band, louna. ruben kazarian is louna s guitarist and songwriter. what we have now here is a facade, and it s very nice. we have elections, democracy, and courts. ....