Jello speaks! A lot!

I just sat down with Jello Biafra for an hour in front of a microphone & we talked about everything from his new record to Obama winning the Nobel Peace Prize to- well, just listen for yourself, okay?

The batcast (a.k.a. the AT podcast) is split into 2 parts- here's Part One!

(if you're subscribed to the Batcast thru iTunes, it's up there now!)

Gimme Something Better Rocks the Radio!

Gimme Something Better, the ginormous oral history of San Francisco/East Bay punk that includes dozens of AT-related bands & extensive comments from Jello Biafra, is gearing up with a series of shows, spoken word events, and radio interviews. (You can buy it here!)

You can hear co-editor Jack Boulware on KALX's "Soap Box Derby" call-in talk show tonight (Thursday 10/8) live from 9-9:30 pm by tuning into 90.7 FM or streaming it live.

Friday morning, 10am-11am, Jack will appear on KQED's "Forum" call-in talk show, along with a host of book contributors, including Alternative Tentacles' own Jesse Luscious. Tune in at 91.7 FM or stream it live.

Donut in November- GET PSYCHED!

In Brooklyn & San Francisco! Here's the flyer from the band:

180 Gram Donut!

Yes! It's here, the limited-to-1,000 180 Gram edition of the brand new ALICE DONUT record, "Ten Glorious Animals"!

If you order it, we will pack it & send it to you in the next couple of days. Who needs "pre-orders" when you can just get it sent to you immediately?

Rock the Donut!

The Mighty Layman & his new Donut CD!

Neha versus Th' Inbred!

Neha takes on Th' Inbred on the newest BATCAST!

She takes a look back @ the 1980s band new discography on AT, "Legacy Of Fertility," with fresh ears and lots of rare photos!

'School's in! Cologne Rock City!

Ace German photog Marc snapped Jello Biafra & the Guantanamo School of Medicine last night in Cologne, Germany! Check out the photos here (& note the sweet "Iraq Veterans Against the War" shirt!).

Pop Songs and Anarchy!

Want some punk with your power pop, from the Bobbyteens to the Ripoffs to Darrin & the early Donnas to S'Cool Girls? Go see Bobby M, the man, the legend, the obsessive collector!

Jelvins back on VINYL!

Back in print on beautiful VINYL, it's Jello & the Melvins debut, Never Breathe What You Can't See!

Gimme Something Better website rules OK!

Check out the astonishing, time-sucking website for the upcoming "Gimme Something Better" book - complete with hundreds of images from the site AND the opportunity to upload your own images of San Francisco Bay Area punk (From San Jose to the moon over Marin, it's all here?!).

Compiled entirely of oral histories, it's subtitled "The Profound, Progressive, and Occasionally Pointless History of Bay Area Punk from Dead Kennedys to Green Day." Along the way they raided the Alternative Tentacles photo & ephemera archives, as well as speaking with Jello Biafra, Jesse Luscious, and many other Alternative Tentacles-related people!

Jello Parla In Italiano!

Check out this cool long-form interview with Jello Biafra in XL Rupubblica! Try out your Italian with the text or watch the cool English-language streaming video of the interview w/ snippets of Jello Biafra & Guantanamo School of Medicine.

Rock On Wesley Willis! We Love You Like A Milkshake!

May 31, 1963 – August 21, 2003

Listen to the Anniversary Batcast! It includes many Wesley songs PLUS a previously unheard recording of the Jelvins covering "Rock & Roll McDonalds" live in 2005!

Only U.S. show for Jello in MONTHS!

The sizzling new punk band from Jello Biafra, Jello Biafra and the Guantanamo School of Medicine, is playing one show in the U.S. before heading to play Europe next week.

It's this Saturday in Grass Valley, CA, with ace d.i.y. band Git Some. Tickets Available Here. New tracks are up at the band's myspace page. This is the only US show scheduled until November, so don't miss out!

No roadside assistance for gays & lesbians?

Fundie nutjobs American Family Association's latest homophobic tantrum is about the Florida branch of the American Automobile Association's (AAA) decision to offer gay couples (& opposite sex domestic couples) the same membership options as hetero married people.

They are urging their flocks to barrage the Florida AAA with demands to not offer family rates to gay & lesbian couples.

You can go to Equality Florida's website to write AAA thanking them for not buckling to hate-mongers who apparently prefer gays & lesbians to be stranded by the side of the road.

Is this REALLY a huge issue for them or their followers? What's next, being pissed off at gay & lesbian seniors getting discounts @ movie theaters? Fucking creeps.



P.S.- Not that AAA is a saintly organization- they harassed Florida ska-punks Against All Authority about the band's parody of their old logo (see above).

Star Fucking Hipsters NEW SONG & TOUR!

Star Fucking Hipsters- led by STZA from Leftover Crack- has uploaded up a brand new song from their upcoming Alternative Tentacles debut "Never Rest In Peace"!



All of you U.K. kids should get out & see SFH starting tonight in Kingston, West Sussex!
Jul 31 2009 8:00P the Fighting Cock Kingston
Aug 1 2009 8:00P barfly (cheap show) Cardiff
Aug 2 2009 7:00P Star & Garter Manchester
Aug 3 2009 7:00P End Bar Newcastle
Aug 4 2009 7:00P Sumo Leicester
Aug 5 2009 7:00P Asylum Birmingham
Aug 6 2009 7:00P Underworld London
Aug 7 2009 6:00P Rebellion Fest! Blackpoole

2 Brand New Jello songs up!

Check out 2 of the brand new Jello Biafra and the Guantanamo School of Medicine songs on the band's myspace page!

The album's being mastered today, and the art is being hammered out as we speak. The full length CD & LP will be out in Late October, and is called "The Audacity of Hype!" HYPE!

Leftover Crack in NYC & Philly!

Yours truly had a chance to see Leftover Crack in their native habitat on the East Coast last week- here's a taste of the chaos!

NYC July 3rd!


Philly July 4th matinee!

Rubber Duckies & pop punk

Some AT propaganda being squatted by some pop punk ducks at last weekend's Insub Fest in Baltimore!

More soon?

P.S.- Thanks to MrsWaves for the pic!

The Bat At Insub Fest!

Alternative Tentacles is a proud sponsor of this year's epic Insubordination Fest in Baltimore, MD! It's this weekend and features Pansy Division and Reverend Norb's Boris The Sprinkler. You may remember Norb's contribution to the Alternative Tentacles catalog: his twisted take on Bob Dylan as Nob Dylan and His Nobsoletes!

Both Pansy Division & Boris The Sprinkler play on Friday June 26th, along with the Dead Milkmen, The Steinways, Toys That Kill, Underground Railroad to Candyland, and more!

NOB DYLAN AND HIS NOBSOLETES - Postively 12 Stiff Dylans! CD
PANSY DIVISION - That's So Gay CD

PANSY DIVISION - Life In A Gay Rock Band Double DVD

Insubordination Fest myspace

Insub Fest tickets

Win a signed Witch Hunt poster!

To celebrate the new Witch Hunt LP/CD "Burning Bridges to Nowhere," we're giving away signed tour posters to 3 lucky customers!

Jared the Mail Order Prince will choose 3 people who've ordered the new release on CD or LP. The lucky 3 will receive the 2009 US Summer tour poster signed by all 4 band members, in addition to the new Witch Hunt release.

Do you want in? Just place your order for "Burning Bridges to Nowhere" on our website by Midnight Pacific time Tuesday, June 23, 2009, and you're in the running for this ace prize!

To get you in the mood, here's the podcast interview Jared & Jesse Luscious did with the band when they were in the Bay Area last week on tour.
Direct link to the Witch Hunt AT Batcast, surf to the Batcast page, or subscribe via iTunes to the Batcast & never miss a show!

They're ON TOUR now!

Logical Nonsense live!

Logical Nonsense live! (while this isn't from their reunion show last month, it's still ace!)



P.S.- We've been swamped @ BAT HQ getting new releases ready for the fall, including a new Jello Biafra music project. Stay tuned for details, true believers!