»In which everything is less than zero

Another piece of artistic rebellion ("You had better do as you are told / you had better listen to your radio!"):

Wikipedia sez: Costello wanted to play "Radio Radio" on SNL. Columbia Records, Costello's US label, on the other hand, was interested in having an already-established song performed on SNL, to stoke the fires of interest in the band prior to the American release of My Aim Is True and This Year's Model. In the event, Costello began the SNL performance by playing "Less than Zero." However, after a few bars, he turned to the Attractions, waving his hand and yelling "Stop! Stop!," then said to the audience, "I'm sorry, ladies and gentlemen, there's no reason to do this song here," possibly referring to the obscure story behind "Less than Zero," which was written as a reply to British fascist Oswald Mosley. He then led the band in a performance of "Radio Radio." Costello was banned from Saturday Night Live for twelve years. This version of "Radio Radio" (fading into the "false start") can be found (in monaural) on Saturday Night Live: 25 Years of Musical Performances, Vol. 1.

This happened thirty years ago, and I knew naught. The first Elvis record I picked up was the four-track EP (12"!) of "Less Than Zero" on Stiff Records, probably from the musty and dusty basement record shop adjacent the musty and dusty Carribean restaurant (who puts a restaurant in a basement?) on the once-glorious main drag of "upstreet" in Squirrel Hill.