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The Vinyl Guide - Artist Interviews for Record Collectors and Music Nerds

Ep160: Jello Biafra - Record Collector

The Vinyl Guide - Artist Interviews for Record Collectors and Music Nerds

Nate Goyer

Music, Music History, Music Interviews

4.7579 Ratings

🗓️ 18 March 2019

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

Jello Biafra joins us to talk about his record collection, his process for shopping, selecting and listening to vinyl, his taste, his recommendations and general bits of wisdom and humour that has come to define him as an artist.

If you like records, just starting a collection or are an uber-nerd with a house-full of vinyl, this is the podcast for you. Nate Goyer is The Vinyl Guide and discusses all things music and record-related.

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0:00.0

Well, hey everyone, welcome to this week's episode of The Vinyl Guide.

0:03.6

This week, we have an amazing guest, Mr. Jello Biafra.

0:08.4

Jello has had an adventurous life, as most of you know, founding and fronting one of the most

0:13.6

beloved punk bands of all time, Dead Kennedys, founding and leading the Alternative Tetticles

0:18.7

record label, fronting bands like the Guantanamo School of

0:22.5

Medicine and Lard amongst others, putting out many spoken word albums, touring the world, speaking out

0:29.2

about social issues, defending the often marginalized members of our society, and all in all being

0:34.8

a very creative and good-hearted human beings. And while Jello has had many moments in his life that are worthy of full-length interviews,

0:42.3

today we are interviewing Jello Biafra, the record collector.

0:46.3

That's right, he is one of us, complete with the habits, obsessiveness, and interest,

0:51.3

alongside the need to pick through a crate of records to find some gold.

0:54.9

That is the jello we're talking to today.

0:57.5

And by the way, on this podcast, you will be hearing only about half the interview.

1:02.8

We have the extended version of the full interview available to patrons of the vinyl guide at patreon.com

1:09.6

slash vinyl guide. Now, if you're already a patron of the show,

1:14.1

congratulations. Go up there. You can hear the full 85 plus minute interview right now.

1:18.6

If you're not a patron, well, it's not too late. Go to patreon.com slash vinyl guide.

1:25.0

Sponsor the show and hot damn, you'll be hearing the full conversation just like that.

1:31.0

Plus I'll tell the full story of this interview what led up to it, some interesting anecdotes, all at patrium.com slash vinyl guide.

1:38.8

And if you're a fan of Jellobiopra and enjoy his work in ethos head over to alternative tentacles.com and buy a record

1:47.2

or three. It's really fun to explore the music they have available, plus the vinyl's only like

1:52.3

10 or 12 bucks. So support our buddy Jello, enjoy some new music, and buy vinyl at alternative

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