It's Veterans Day, 1998. I'm interning at the BU radio station, WTBU, which means I get a half-hour of the "real" DJ's shift to play whatever songs I want. I'd been playing mostly Frank Zappa during my sets to counter whatever garbage the DJ had been playing for most of the show. Without even thinking, I grabbed The Lost Episodes and played FZ's "I Don't Wanna Get Drafted":
The DJ (his name was Paul) comes into the studio and says, "Real smart, playing that on Veterans Day."
I still don't see why not wanting to get shot in the foxhole isn't patriotic.
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