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_818 PAGE 14 The Tech FRIDAY, OCTOBER 9, 1987 Bgqpg&bsl-·qqq9999999999 --qlgy--ILh 11 - ~~~~~~~~~~~~- - - -- l I------· A R T S · -- = ,-- I-: I Veteran Punk Rocker Jello Biafra speaks at Brandeis JELLO BIAFRA Yo! We're the United States Marines. Center in publishes a pamphlet Formerly of . Now, we know how you've been killing called The Punk and Heavy Metal Hand- On stage at Brandeis University, each other for at least two thousand years, book, where "you can learn the differences Wednesday, September 30. but, we're here now, so stop all this fight- of how [your child] could be a hardcore in' and stuff; OK? Dude! We're here to punk, a skinhead punk, a skate punk, a By PAUL SHERER protect national security here! We're here peace punk, a suicidal punk, a cult punk, to protect the families of Christian a pop punk, or a weirdo!" TTENTION. heroin Under Nazi AMERICA IS warlords most faithful to the west!" punks the booklet lists Dead Kennedys, NOW UNDER MARTIAL He then moved on to a long attack on who in fact attacked Nazi punks on their LAW," the voice blared over President Reagan, album the whom he referred to In God We Trust Inc. public address system. throughout as "Grandpa The "All Caligula" and book describes how "cult" (i.e., constitutional rights have been sus- "Ronald McReagan." He discussed punk and heavy metal) pended. Stay the graffiti "is fre- in your homes.... Do not president's alleged senility, telling about quently placed underground, attempt to think, for depression an under may oc- official dinner in Brazil at which Reagan bridges, in flood control channels, and un- cur. Your neighborhood watch officer will offered a toast "to the people of Bolivia;" der freeway underpasses, to be closer to be by to collect. urine samples. Anyone he told of a 1986 campaign rally for Okla- hell and the devil." Not as amusingly, list- .B failing to display the mandatory embossed homa Senator Don Nichols, where Reagan ed under "signs and symbols of, cult and a black velvet Mexican t painting of Alex- "urged voters to support the reelection of heavy metal graffiti" is the Jewish ander Haig will be shot. Anyone Star of failing to Don Rickles." David. 1 attend prescribed worship services on Sun- Throughout the evening, Biafra Biafra discussed 1 days will be promptly mixed schools which special- arrested and sent to leftist rhetoric with cutting humor. He ize in disciplining "rebellious" youth, in- a reeducation resort... The number one ended a diatribe about the Nicaraguan cluding the Heritage School and several E enemy is questions. .. " E contras by asking if anyone would "be others located near Provo, Utah. He told i With this Jello Biafra walked h on stage, ready for the look on poor Nancy's face of kidnapping, handcuffing, solitary dressed in a black leather secret police con- when she finds out that the 'freedom fight- finement, and other abusive methods used 5 trenchcoat and dark shades, and launched " ers' are the ones bringing in all those by these schools, with the end result being into an evening of biting political satire E drugs to our children?" teenagers has calm as zombies." c and social commentary. The former lead S Changing his target to mass culture, Some people carry engraved B singer/lyricist of the punk band Dead Ken- pens or Biafra pulled out a Rambo doll: "Pull the chewing gum to give out to people. Jello nedys brought his distinctively cynical S views string in his back, rewrite history. Pull the Biafra dispenses band names, for which he to stage in a combination of theater, string lecture, and discussion in his back, and we win the war... is frequently asked. Band names, he says, at Brandeis Univer- Don't sity on Wednesday, September think about it, kill it, that's what we follow the same tried and true formulas. 30. teach your child. This Reading off note cards in a voice Christmas, walk tall Need a name for your band? How about drip- Cover of In God We Trust, Inc. with - Ramrnbozo the Clown! Kill one ping with sarcasm, Biafra took a hard them of these - Bark on Cue, Black Lung, all, let God sort them out. Iron Eagle, Top Pets Eat Their Masters. Shut Up and Buy, look at consumerism, mass culture, drug a mock television nature program called Gun, war is sexy, war is fun. Eat your G.I. John Wayne on Acid, Video Sexpope. El- scares, and censorship attempts by paren- Mild Kingdom, featuring "ferocious lions tal and religious Joe Sugar Bombs for breakfast! Any kid vis Rehnquist, Bank of Sodom. Motor- groups (including making we borrowed from the zoo. Watch them can references to his own conquer Libya. Just steal daddy's sheep. recent trial), inter- stalk and attack the prey we tied down fighter plane... spersing this with leftist-oriented attacks Easy, right? Well, look Biafra went on to discuss his trial for ahead of time for that perfect camera who came home in a wheelchair." Biafra "Distributing Harmful Matter to Minors." on the military, corporations, and Presi- angle !" ripped the legs off the doll and tossed it The charges stemmed from an insert in dent Reagan. But whatever one's political The program cut to "the jungles of dar- views, the evening was thought-provoking aside. Dead Kennedy's Frankenchristalbum - a kest Lebanon," to an interview with an The highlight of the evening was a look poster reproduction of a work and entertaining. American by H.R. soldier stationed in Beirut. Bia- at the hysterical reaction of parents to cur- Giger, a Swiss Surrealist artist and Acade- In the first segment, Biafra talked about fra produced his best surfer accent: "Hey! 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