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"...Dance"), Mudhoney ("Aim Tastes Good"), and Hamell on Trial, Jello Biafra, and the Bellrays all contributing wildly different takes..."

Dec. 18, 2020 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

Levitation Profile: Flipper

San Francisco noise punks bring chaos to the festival

"...grunge, have remained cult favorites since 1981 when superfan Jello Biafra put their "Ha Ha Ha" as the lead..."

Nov. 8, 2019 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

"Shoot Like a Grrrl" Takes You on a Club Crawl Through Lost Austin

Photographer Martha Grenon's exhibit at SouthPop covers the Austin music scene in the Eighties and Nineties

"...as a band's music does: a shirtless and sneering Jello Biafra brandishing a traffic cone at a Dead Kennedys..."

Aug. 30, 2019 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Crime Month: A Chron "… and Punishment" Playlist

Songs answering the musical question, "Does crime pay?" No.

"...“I Fought the Law,” The Dead Kennedys Count on Jello Biafra and his band to put a nihilistic spin..."

July 17, 2019 Arts Post by M. Brianna Stallings

The Last Black Man in San Francisco

A gentle, poetic look at gentrification that shimmers with the winds of history

"...Finn Wittrock, Danny Glover, Willie Hen, Thora Birch and Jello Biafra...."

June 14, 2019 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Blowing the Dust Off Punk Record Collections

Jason Blackmore explores punk musicians' record collections in Records Collecting Dust II

"...Lonely Hearts Club Band. Or former Dead Kennedys frontman Jello Biafra insisting, "I just wanted access to a whole..."

Aug. 17, 2018 Screens Feature by Tim Stegall

Playback: Starf**king SXSW

SXSW’s bubble burst? Sure, okay – if you say so. Leave the starfucking to us, then.

"...which released catalog gem Rollin' Through the Night on Jello Biafra's Alternative Tentacles label out of San Francisco. Johns'..."

March 17, 2017 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Metaldom Will Miss Red 7

Closing club moshes this final week

"...Marduk and ATX black metallers Averse Sefira vs. anarchist Jello Biafra and avant-garde jam band Dirty Projectors. Earlier, modern..."

Aug. 24, 2015 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Celebrate Bastille Day Austin Style

Boots, baguettes, and Jello Biafra

"...music and spoken word planned. Storm the Bastille with Jello Biafra, Métal Urbain, and more...."

July 10, 2015 Food Post by Virginia B. Wood

SXSW Remembers

Tributes for those killed last year as well as SXSW’s Brent Grulke

"...after 11pm that night at Cheer Ups. Inside Mohawk, Jello Biafra’s Guantanamo Baywatch, the Memories, and Part Time are..."

March 16, 2015 Music Post by Chase Hoffberger

Anarchy in Paris

French electro anarchist Éric Débris resides in South Austin

"...the first time, eventually playing SXSW 2004 and 2005. Jello Biafra showcased the harder, angrier post-millennial Metal Urbain on..."

Nov. 21, 2014 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

Playback: Lines, Rhymes, and Redemption

The line at Fun Fun Fun Fest wasn't the only show last weekend

"...lines, and great stage views as Dead Kennedys axis Jello Biafra & Guantanamo School of Medicine prompted the fest's..."

Nov. 14, 2014 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Fun Fun Fun Fest 2014, Friday

"...Jello Biafra..."

Nov. 8, 2014 Photo Gallery

Fun Fun Fun Fest 2014 Friday Interviews

Interviews for FFF day one

Nov. 7, 2014 Music Feature

Hell Bent for Brisket

Match the FFF Fest performer with the food vendor

"...N. Jello Biafra..."

Nov. 7, 2014 Food Feature by Brandon Watson

Playback: Tip Jar Etiquette

See that tip jar? Give.

"...festival include Portlandia star Fred Armisen, Dead Kennedys mouthpiece Jello Biafra, comb-over character Neil Hamburger, and pasty pop talent..."

July 4, 2014 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Fun Fun Fun Fest Comedy Lineup Revealed

Headliners include director John Waters, actor Fred Armisen

"...Jello Biafra..."

July 1, 2014 Arts Post by Chase Hoffberger

Housecore Horror Gets Heavy Again

Metal/horror festival announces first bands and a very special guest

"...featuring Dave Grohl, Keith Morris (Black Flag, Circle Jerks), Jello Biafra, Reed Mullin (Corrosion of Conformity), Corey Taylor (Slipknot,..."

June 24, 2014 Music Post by Richard Whittaker

Playback: Fun Fun Fun Fest: Hell Bent for Leather

Some heads are gonna roll at Fun Fun Fun Fest 2014

"...collab Run the Jewels, Gary Numan, Dead Kennedys frontman Jello Biafra with his Guantanamo School of Medicine, Atmosphere, Swedish..."

May 23, 2014 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

SXSW Tuesday Showcases

Park your hiney at a Tuesday night SXSW showcase

"...Austin mob, Yuppie Pricks, summon Gordon Gekko crossed with Jello Biafra with uproarious supply-side punk. NYC-based Japanese comic rock..."

March 7, 2014 Music Feature

Left of the Dial: Conversations with Punk Icons

From fanzine to book.

"...thought to ask. To a man, everyone save for Jello Biafra, whom I can testify is tough to steer..."

Oct. 25, 2013 Music Review by Tim Stegall

30 Years of Melvins

Buzz Osborne & Co. almost matched that output these past two years

"...Jello Biafra was the obvious choice for Roxy Music [“In..."

Aug. 9, 2013 Music Post by Tim Stegall

Thanks for the Memories

'Chronicle' staff past and present on 20 years of covering SXSW Film

"...AFI's Davey Havok makes an appearance, and Dead Kennedy Jello Biafra turns up looking appropriately skeevy – make this..."

March 1, 2013 Screens Feature by The Screens Staff

Dicks

Reissues

"...Alternative Tentacle himself, label owner and Dead Kennedy mouthpiece Jello Biafra, the vinyl cracks and distortion of Kill From..."

Aug. 24, 2012 Music Review by Raoul Hernandez

The Rock Garage Texas Live Concert Series Volume 1

Squawk Box

"...channeling Sam Kinison and the Ugly Beats' touch of Jello Biafra. A smidge of Dicks in Churchwood, Pure Luck's..."

Aug. 5, 2011 Music Review by Raoul Hernandez

Dark Shadows

Billy Miller on the return of Cold Sun at Austin Psych Fest

"...in its brief existence, the spell-binding Dark Shadows, which Jello Biafra called “the best psychedelic album I know of.”..."

April 29, 2011 Music Post by Austin Powell

Off the Record

Scouting reports on Austin Psych Fest and Reckless Kelly's Celebrity Softball Jam

"...World in Sound, the liner notes of which feature Jello Biafra heralding the LP as "the best psychedelic album..."

April 29, 2011 Music Column by Austin Powell

Cargo Cult/Texas Biscuit Bombs

"...Boys closer "Baby Let's Play God" flexes the undiminished, Jello Biafra-like gullet shake with which Turner wrote himself into..."

Oct. 8, 2010 Music Review by Raoul Hernandez

Muhammad Was a Punk Rocker

How a fictional music genre blossomed into a real movement

"...The Taqwacores, from the trunk of his car. Then Jello Biafra's outfit, Alternative Tentacles, published the book in 2003...."

March 12, 2010 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Off the Record

UT pulls the plug on the Cactus Cafe

"...was not just a new poster art form," posits Jello Biafra. "It was almost a new kind of humor..."

Feb. 5, 2010 Music Column by Austin Powell

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