Earlier this semester, I enrolled in Music 070 in an effort to con my way out of Penn’s quantitative data requirement. It’s one of the few eligible classes not in the math department, so I figured I’d breeze through the course and maybe pick up some beat-boxing skills on the way.

But alas, my plan failed miserably — I should’ve known I was doomed when I listed “Alicia Keys” as my all-time favorite composer. While everyone else in the class seemed to pick up complex rhythms and time signatures with ease, I was left giggling whenever someone said pianist. So I dropped the course and that was that.

This is not to say, however, that I hate Penn for making me suffer through an inevitable semester of math. I’m slowly starting to realize how important math is to every situation; I can’t even pay my tuition bill without adding together some huge numbers.

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We have media conglomerate Clear Channel to thank for taking Howard Stern off the air, blacklisting the Dixie Chicks, policing the air with a “zero tolerance” indecency policy and now, for not playing The Boss’s new album on the nearly 1,200 radio stations it owns.

That’s right, folks. Rock and roll legend Bruce Springsteen’s “Magic” has been banned. The album, which has garnered critical acclaim (five stars from Rolling Stone) and continues to climb the charts, has been deemed inappropriate.

After the jump: Racy lyrics from the banned songs.

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