''High Priest of Harmful Matter: Tales From the Trial'' is the second spoken word album by Jello Biafra. Biafra summarizes the recent history of censorship in America, focusing on crusades to ban subjects such as evolution from school textbooks. He reveals that some court cases on the subject were made to appear local and as if brought by ordinary citizens (for example, Mozert v. Hawkins City Board of EducationPhiladelphia Inquirer, February 7, 1993, "A call for sanity on what Johnny can read"
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such as Pat Robertson. He also explains the part that Christian fundamentalist groups played in the creation of the Parents Music Resource Center. The second part of the record is devoted to Biafra's lively description of his own experience with the court system after complaints to law enforcement by the PMRC over the Dead Kennedys' '' Frankenchrist'' album.

Track listing

;Disc 1 ;Disc 2 Track 1 is a CD bonus track, taken from the compilation album ''Oops! Wrong Stereotype''.

References

{{Authority control 1989 albums Alternative Tentacles albums Jello Biafra albums Spoken word albums by American artists