Boy George presents Captain Sensible and Lene Lovich in grossout animal rights film ‘Meathead’
The bad news first: the episode of Boy George’s nineties talk show Blue Radio on which Poly Styrene appeared, though she said she almost didn’t…
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Jello Biafra and his father interviewed at the ‘Frankenchrist’ obscenity trial
Jello Biafra in court, 1987 (via Heather Harris Photography) In December 1985, a Southern Californian teenager named Tammy Scharwath bought the Dead Kennedys’ latest album,…
‘How the World Went Mad’: A diagnosis of the confusing, topsy-turvy world of President Donald Trump
I could start with a nod to Franz Kafka’s Metamorphosis by writing: “Rupert Russell awoke one morning from unsettling dreams to find the world had…
Here’s how to hack an election
Election hacking has been a pretty hot topic recently. Now that we know it is possible, you know, controlling the fate of a governed body…
When Johnny Thunders endorsed Jesse Jackson’s presidential bid in song
Let it be said that I had this, at least, in common with Johnny Thunders: we both supported Jesse Jackson’s candidacy in 1988. I was…
Short-lived, almost-forgotten satire mag ‘Americana’ took a shiv to FDR’s America
We think of the era of below-the-belt satirical media with a left-wing edge as a thing that was more or less invented in the postwar…
When Luis Buñuel wrecked Charlie Chaplin’s Christmas
Eduardo Ugarte, Luis Buñuel, Jose Lopez Rubio, Leonor and Tono at Charlie Chaplin’s house, 1930 Whenever someone voices alarm about the “war on Christmas,” I…
When Iron Maiden’s mascot knifed Margaret Thatcher
Derek Riggs’ original artwork for the ‘Sanctuary’ single sleeve Who doesn’t love the metamorphoses of Iron Maiden’s cover star, Eddie? (Don’t answer that.) To flip…
‘I replaced Donald Trump with his Disney animatronic figure and honestly, it’s an improvement’
There’s not really much to say here except that Born Miserable replaced the real Donald Trump in photos with the Disney animatronic Donald Trump, posted…
The Internet wants Reese’s to do something about net neutrality murderer Ajit Pai
Ajit Pai, who is on the fast track to becoming this season’s Martin Shkreli, has gotten major press the past few days as the FCC…