Literally typing the word 'Paedophile' (& hyper-linking it too!!) gets you feeling weird, paranoid and uncomfortable; is that a knock on the door?? Phew, I'm OK!!

Right now Paedophilia has hit Pop-Culture's radar hard what with Jacko's trial & Jonathan King's early release on Tuesday. With Jacko, I do believe it's half a dozen of one, 6 of the other i.e. he's gone very wrong somewhere but so have certain parents and $$-eyed close associates.

Jonathan King's creepy grin, arrogant smug denial and loud, self-publicized innocence gives rise to unsettling intrigue. Today 'The Sun' began its 'Don't Give King A Thing' campaign, urging readers to boycott downloading King's 'My Love, My Life' single.

This raises a question I've wondered for a while now, probably triggered at the time when Gary Glitter's sparkle fizzled out. How sour and dangerous can Pop Idols become before mainstream media totally blanks their musical legacy and past huge hits?

When I play Michael Jackson's "Billie Jean" in a club, it always gets positive whoops & cheers, no wonder, it's a class record with class Quincy Jones production. If MJ's found guilty, will we still hear, play and download his seminal songs on the radio, MTV, I-Tunes etc.?

Gary Glitter's abuse of his celebrity status and subsequently, young teenagers was totally inexcusable but lots of his tunes were, and I think, still are awesome. "Another Rock & Roll Xmas" and "Leader Of The Gang" - glam-pop stompers! Will we ever hear those on those "I Love Xmas/I Love The 70s" type programmes? Will Film/TV makers feel forever tainted by what they know about him and others, thus avoiding using music by the criminal connotations songs evoke?

Rebel-rouser, 'The Killer', Jerry Lee-Lewis married his young cousin in 1957 causing a fair degree of moral outrage; his music is still heard and placed in Film/TV to this day.

I'm not being Devil's Advocate for the hell of it or more importantly labelling any of the above artists as paedophiles, rather here's a provocative debate about when and what levels of crimes/circumstances does previously wide-spread music suddenly become censored, in fact, totally wiped off hard drives.

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