Censorship and Belgrade show

On the other hand, the decision of TV Novi Sad executives not to broadcast Pekinška Patka’s NORK special saw large coverage in other media, and the band’s fans responded to concert cancellations and media bans by spraying “Čonta je Bog!” (“Čonta is God!”) graffiti throughout Novi Sad. Several Novi Sad intellectuals publicly defended the band, including famous poet Miroslav Antić , in his column in Dnevnik . Finally, due to the ongoing conflicts between the communist leaderships of the Socialist Autonomous Province of Vojvodina and of the Socialist Republic of Serbia , the criticism and censorship the band was facing in Vojvodina’s capital Novi Sad did not influence the band’s reception in Serbia’s capital Belgrade, where the band continued to hold concerts and enjoy media attention. Several days before the New Year’s Eve of 1979, Pekinška Patka performed in Technical Engineering Students’ Club in Belgrade together with the band Zvuk Ulice ( Sound of the Street ).