Ep 11: Plastic Surgery Disasters

This week we tackle Plastic Surgery Disasters, the blazing second album by classic hardcore punk band The Dead Kennedys. Is this still a relevant commentary of our time or as dated as Jerry Brown’s ‘70s loafers? We attempt to answer that question and along the way, we also find out…

• Why Jello Biafra could have made a good campaign manager for the Republican Party and why you should vote for Joey Shithead instead
• About the hysterical connection between Bruce Springsteen, wine, centerfolds, Thanksgiving, and John Belushi
• What the Stanford Prison Experiment is and why there is no hope for humanity
• How, back in 1982, the Dead Kennedys not only predicted the rise of Big Pharma but also a forest fire that was started decades later by a hippie cooking up some bear urine
• Who is sick of everyone hating the Eagles and Yes (Answer: US!)
• How the humor of The Dead Kennedys was influenced by Frank Zappa and The Ramones, and how the DK’s themselves greatly influenced a Mad Magazine and National Lampoon loving nerd-in-training
• How Jeff thinks there is a similarity between Steely Dan and The Dead Kennedys (ok, at least the lyrics…)

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