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According to the misleadingly named Sedalia Democrat newspaper, this custom-made t-shirt didn’t pass the smell test with the parents of Smith-Cotton High School students. However, The Cereal List has some alternative design suggestions that should go over a little better:

Feel free to submit your own ideas in the comments.

A reader sends in the above cell-phone photo of Michael Tilson Thomas and alleges that he has a serious problem with crystal meth, illustrated in the photo by horribly damaged teeth.  It’s hard to make out much detail, but the reader substantiates his allegation with an illicit and shocking recording of MTT rehearsing Samuel Barber’s “Adagio for Strings:”

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Perhaps only crystal meth could cause such insanity!  The Cereal List will investigate the situation.

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An incident on August 8, 2009, at the Monadnock Music concert series in Peterborough, New Hampshire, has forced organizers to hire security guards for their future concerts. A man identified as William Kostric was seen with a handgun strapped to his thigh and a sign that read, “It is time to silence the belltree of Marxism.” Kostric’s sign was likely referring to “Song and Dance,” a 1976 piece by the Marxist composer, Frederic Rzewski. “Song and Dance” was part of a percussion-oriented concert entitled “On the Beaten Path.”

“It was former teacher Larry Mead’s love of classical music that led to an addiction to child pornography…”

-The Monterey County Herald via RedOrbit

The shocking story of Larry Mead received very little attention from classical musicians when it broke in May of 2006. It was a missed opportunity to address a difficult problem:

Classical recordings can facilitate the peddling of child pornography.

Mr. Mead was an avid fan of classical music. He used file-sharing networks to download the latest recordings, but one of the files he downloaded turned out to be child pornography disguised as classical music!

The Cereal List is horrified to learn that perverts have taken advantage of classical music’s innocent, young recording artists, but we must ask ourselves: Why do classical record labels insist on releasing CDs that feature attractive young artists, provocative photographs, and suggestive album titles? If labels employ these titillating promotional techniques to sell CDs, should we be surprised when listeners turn into sex offenders?