Among the world's population, there are those who consider me a fool for giving Dead Kennedys singer Jello Biafra's spoken-word albums such high ratings. They argue that he does nothing but quote left-wing propoganda as if it were truth, without coming up with any opinions of his own. They chide me about his arrogance and enormous sense of self-worth (as evidenced on this CD by the disgustingly high-and-mighty conclusion, "Lots of people come up to me and say, 'You changed my life'! ... read more

A few days after September 11th, 2001, I was directed to visit Alternative Tentacles' web site and told that I would not believe the idiocy that I found there. And such was the case. As the front page opened, I saw what might be the most depressing comment on the intelligence of the young punk rock generation that I have ever seen (and that includes the responses to my Subhumans reviews). Right there on the front page read the statement: "Many people have written in asking what Jello ... read more

Another triple-spoken-word CD from Eric Boucher - and his best one for sure! The speeches are pulled from seven different locales, including a Hacker's Convention, the Green Party Presidential Nominating Convention, a Community Christian Church in Kansas City (!!!!), a "Slam The N.A.B." Protest, plus clubs in Philadelphia, Toronto and Jello's hometown of Boulder, CO. In addition to a delightful variety of subject matter (The W.T.O. Protests, the Republican and Democratic Conventions, ... read more

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Stop cussing, Pituitary Gland Jenkins. My future employer will refuse to pay me 65 batrillion dollars a minute as I demand on my resume, which is carved in blood on my fiancee's ass. This is another triple-spoken-word CD mostly about politics and censorhips and puch. Fit's GOOD! Actually disc one has a lot of awful overdramatic ... read more

Your prayers worked!!! My Puppy is home and just as frisky and annoying as always!!! THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!!! Also, please note that I may now have prospective employers visiting this site, so no more cussing.

This is a TRIPLE-CD spoken word album, which you'd think would be unlistenable, but it's really not! Jello is SHITfilled with interesting factoids on this one, mostly about the government and religious right of course, but also about "experts"! (Great 30-minute segment about the ... read more

Overly self-congratulatory album title, bland spoken word album. Contains some interesting information about hemp and right-wing bigshots who somehow managed to avoid having to serve in Vietnam, as well as a hilarious personal anecdote about running for mayor and some other interesting political opinions. However, it also includes what are probably the two most humorless and strangely ineffective pieces he's ever written -- "Pledge of Allegiance" and "Die For Oil, Sucker," ... read more

Jello's second spoken word album was another double-LP, this one split between a 45-minute speech on censorship and a 45-minute recollection of his experience being taken to court on obscenity charges for the Dead Kennedys' Frankenchrist album. The first LP begins with an incredibly interesting history of censorship in rock and roll before deviating into an overall look at the PMRC and censorship in general that gets a bit tiresome after a while. I mean, it's a good speech, but not exactly ... read more

Jello's first spoken word album! This is a double album that is split between scripted speeches (some strictly political, others humorously political), short soundbites of radio appearances and a 26-minute casual talk on censorship. Jello is VERY left-wing, to the point of making me question whether he might be too easily accepting everything he reads that fits his world view. In short, everything big business and Christians say is a lie, and everything that the liberal books he reads is ... read more

This rotten soundtrack to a rotten movie features just a handful of Bee Gees songs, all of which prove conclusively that at that time they were giving all their good material to outside singers (Babs Streisand, Kenny Rogers, Dionne Warwick). In addition to the four Bee Gees non-gems, the album contains additional tracks performed by Frank Stallone (Sylvester's depressing brother) and lesser artists. "How can there be a lesser artist than Frank Stallone?" you ask. Well...ever hear of ... read more

Based on the strength of the 15 seconds of "Stayin' Alive" that I'd heard on a radio advertisement for the upcoming movie Saturday Night Fever way back in 1977, I was driven into an absolute panic to obtain and hear the rest of the song--at any cost! So I dug through trash cans for a couple weeks picking out aluminum cans, took 'em down to the automatic can recycling machine, and let it spit out quarters until finally I had enough to buy this, my first musical purchase. Unfortunately, ... read more

I love these guys so much, I don't want to have to say anything bad about them. They are Miracles on Earth. I say, if you can keep making albums fellas, then keep making albums! For God's Sake, please keep making albums. Now this particular one has a few problems, but that doesn't mean I don't want more. And TOUR! Please! And eat healthily. I'd be happy to send the Bee Gees my recipe for vegan tamales...it could add years to their lives! And confidential to Barry: take magnesium supplements. ... read more

Another decent album, well-crafted and reasonably "contemporary" in sound and scope. "Alone" was a big enough hit that you still hear it in supermarkets and things. If I was as loose with my numbers as Mark was, this would surely be a "7". But I need to save up those numbers, you never know what could come down the pike.

Some of this album suffers from the same lack of excitement that plagued their last three, but the inclusion of the lovely ballad "For Whom The Bell Tolls" makes up for it, as that particular track is the easily their best post-'70s song. Barry and Robin both out-do themselves vocally on that number--any true Bee Gees fan will burst into tears with LOVE and ADMIRATION. And "Paying The Price Of Love" is pretty "HOT" as well, in a completely different way. This album ... read more

Overall it's a better album than their previous effort, but it lacks that "One" special song. I personally wouldn't mind some more falsetto from Barry, but what the fuck, I'm just still glad they're still alive and that they've left that '80s production behind.

The title track is one of the best Bee Gees tracks EVER--and it's no surprise that it brought them right back to the top of the charts again, even in the fickle ol' US of A! Great video, too...they're looking hipper then they have since 1968. The Gibb Brothers' expertise at turning male pattern baldness into a visual advantage is rivalled only by their skill at staying on top of the Billboard charts. The rest of the album is fair-to-middlin'. A couple of the songs really irritate. "Tokyo ... read more

Didn't their "E.S.P." warn them not to release this UNLISTENABLE MONSTROSITY? Thank God they ditched their old logo--this record is not worthy of it! The main problem is the production--it's all that '80s shit with the cheesy synthesizers and drum machines and grotesque guitar solos. Having mediocre songs with titles like "Backtafunk" doesn't help matters any either. This album is a major bummer and (falsely) hinted that the Bee Gees as a band had reached the end of the ... read more

Considering what a huge #1-with-a-bullet hit Spirits Having Flown had been, it's amazing that this record's release a couple years later was barely noticed by anyone--even the Bee Gee faithful. It must've sold less than 1% of what Spirits did. A decision had obviously been made to junk the falsettos and get with the modern-rock sound of the time. It wasn't a good decision, and more importantly, it wasn't a good album. And it was to be their last for quite some time!

Even with the depressing specter of Sgt. Pepper in their recent past, nothing could prevent this "first-Bee-Gees-album-since-Saturday-Night-Fever" from being a mega, massive, monster, mammoth, hit! Which of course it was. But, unperturbed by the fact that they were the biggest selling act since Abraham Lincoln, the Gibb men took extra care in the Quality Control department with this album and the fact remains, all sales-figures aside, this record is a stone-cold classic! Though they ... read more

Due to some legal mumbo-jumbo with Atlantic Records, the Bee Gees were unable to get Arif Mardin back to produce the follow-up to their all-time great Main Course, so they had to do it themselves. Was that a problem? NO! This thing's mother-forking fantastic! Everything you'd hope for in a follow-up...and more! It's ever more discoey than Main Course, but I don't mind--bring it on! "You Should Be Dancing" and "Love So Right" were the big hits off this. And you just gotta ... read more

Holy Moses, this record is UNSTOPPABLE! From the first notes of "Nights on Broadway," you feel that you are in the hands of masters! As good as Mr. Natural was, it offered no hint that the next time they entered the studio the Bee Gees would unleash an ATOMIC BOMB of an album! Motherfucking Jesus, Stand Aside And Behold The Main Course! I'm not just talking about the hits, like "Nights on Broadway" and "Jive Talkin'"...I’m talking about these album tracks ... read more