...Jello Biafra.

I was kinda excited about this when I bought the tickets, but now I'd really just rather stay in and play with my cat.

His spoken word rants were pretty inspiring and witty back in the day, but I have a fear he's gotten a bit overly bitter, paranoid and "Air America"-ish in his middle-age dotage.

Maybe I'll be pleasantly surprised. I have second row seats, so maybe if he gets really worked up I'll get some Jello spittle on my shirt.

Anyway. Should this go in the Non-Prince Music forum or Politics & Religion? It's really kinda both and neither.

And now that I've written that last paragraph, this thread could also go in the Site Discussion forum.

I'm glad I'm not a mod anymore.

Is that what you call it now?

Anx said:

pNr

Get an autograph for me!!!

We have professors and lecturers at our Philosophy department that are just as fucked-up as Jello Biafra.

purplerein said:

PEN0R?!

yeah, but he's also a punk music legend. he could be talking about the music industry tonight for all i know.
[Edited 7/3/06 12:09pm]

I guess that's a no on the autograph.

jerseykrs said:

it's a

i will try!

i had a roommate in college who went to one of his spoken word rants. there was an autograph session afterwards, and as he approached jello, my prick roommate had the nerve to say "do you want MY autograph?"

jello's response: "NEXT!"

Anx said:

awesome

it's 10:48pm right now.

when i left, it was 10:25pm.

jello had just ended the FIRST HALF of his spoken word show.

he was talking since 7pm. he's going to talk some more.

THE SHOW IS STILL GOING ON.

Saw his schtick in Austin in '89 (?) and it was the same deal: ridiculously long and divided into two parts. I would describe it this way, even back then:



For me, he lost all credibility here:

http://www.deadkennedysnews.com/faq.htm

Sounds like a Must-Miss to me.

Ace said:

he lightened up a bit. of course, i like hearing him speak, so i just zoned out during his more paranoid/idiosynchratic stuff and perked up when he actually had something new to say.

i love that he reads from a bunch of folded up handwritten notes with newspaper clippings taped to them. he probably lives in a storage locker these days.

Imago said:

i didn't buy the tickets for YOU, did i? how about one or two of THOSE apples, miss lonia????