"Finley recorded her first album in 1988, setting her Beat-influenced poetry to a variety of dance backings on The Truth Is Hard to Swallow. Soon afterwards, she became a highly visible symbol of Congress' efforts to deny NEA grants to potentially offensive material, as Senator Jesse Helms blasted Finley in 1990 for a piece in which she smeared chocolate over her nude body. When the NEA refused her application for a grant because of the content of her work, she and three other similarly affected artists sued; a federal district court declared the so-called "standards of decency" provision unconstitutional in 1992, a decision upheld four years later by the Circuit Court of Appeals."
"Her performance work, all self-authored, was mainly centered around the oppression of women and resultant feelings of rage and self-loathing, but also addressed sexual repression, domestic abuse, homosexuality, and other taboo subjects. It was confrontational, provocative, often scatological, and left no room for neutrality."
Steve Huey, All Music Guide
01 Sushi Party
02 Sacred Meat
03 Tender Animal
04 Dear P.M.R.C.
05 Gringo
06 Enter Entrepreneur
07 Strangling Baby Birds
08 The Father In All of Us
09 Tales Of Taboo (Radio Mix)
10 Belgian Waffles (Instrumental Version)
11 The Yam Jam (Bonus Rap / Beat)
12 The Naked Truth (A Capella)
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WOW - thanks for this one!
I really like Karen Finley. I think she's extremely expressive, and obviously has had some serious traumatic childhood experiences with yams and belgian waffles, haha.
The only thing missing on this album is her song "Lick It" which appeared on the "Tales of Taboo" EP.
Awesome blog, keep up the great work!
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