Rock N Roll Story Guys

Episode 105 – Dead Kennedys vs L.A. County


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The guys get into the tale of Jello Biafra and that time his house got invaded by cops because of… penises.

 

SHOW NOTES:

Songs used in this episode: Dead Kennedys “Too Drunk to F*ck”

Other episodes of Rock N Roll Bedtime Stories referenced:

Episode 28 – W.A.S.P vs the PMRC

Episode 36 – Rock n Roll vs Satanic messages

Episode 55 – AC/DC vs the Night Stalker

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alien_(film)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H._R._Giger

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Li_Tobler

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penis_Landscape

https://diffuser.fm/jello-biafra-obscenity-trial/

Info on the whole series of paintings: http://alienexplorations.blogspot.com/1973/04/landscape-xx-wrk-219.html

http://alienexplorations.blogspot.com/1985/10/dead-kennedys-frankenchrist-and-penis.html

Alien winning the Oscar: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pcwd40G4NFk

https://www.rogerebert.com/mzs/grim-and-endless-night-sweet-prince-of-darkness-hr-giger

NYT article from August of 1987: https://www.nytimes.com/1987/08/10/arts/singer-s-trial-on-nudity-in-album-begins-today.html

https://qz.com/210900/the-obscenity-trial-that-made-h-r-giger-an-icon-for-punk-rock-and-free-speech/

https://boingboing.net/2018/06/28/dead-kennedys-jello-biafra-i.html

Jello on Oprah: https://youtu.be/IKRGX1a-JBE

Jello talking to AltPress in 2021: https://www.altpress.com/jello-biafra-tea-party-revenge-porn/

Vox article about Jack Chick: https://www.vox.com/culture/2016/11/8/13426962/jack-chick-alt-right-fundamentalism-tracts-catholics-trump

The This American Life episode: https://www.thisamericanlife.org/285/know-your-enemy

 

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