Monthly Archives: March 2005

Jello Über Alles 0

This week’s This American Life had a fascinating look at Michael Guarino, the prosecuting lawyer in the 1986 obscenity trial against Jello Biafra and the Dead Kennedys over their Frankenchrist album and the H. R. Giger print included with it.

How many times were you a minor? 0

On a lighter note, while this news story isn’t really something to laugh at, it has a wonderful example of bad writing that made me laugh…

It’s only domestic violence if you’re married 3

Here’s a jaw-dropping, ‘holy shit’ item: in Ohio, beating someone you live with is only domestic violence if you’re married, and the justification used for this is Ohio’s constitutional ban on same-sex marriages.

Marilyn Monroe 0

Up until last week sometime, I’d never actually seen a Marilyn Monroe film. I knew who she was, of course, and had seen the occasional brief clip from one film or another here and there, but I had yet to actually watch any of her work.

They used to be funny… 5

When did Steve Martin stop being funny? It had to be sometime after 1991, when he wrote and starred in one of my personal favorite films, L.A. Story.