When it's around 5 p.m. on a Friday and a tipster sends you a photo of a Hummer limo with the words KILL THE POOR emblazoned on it, you don't blink, you just react and share it with the world. Is this really a thing? Is it promoting some album or reality show we're not yet aware of? How poor is poor enough to qualify for extermination? Unclear, but what better way to start the weekend than enjoying the Dead Kennedys' caustic punk go-go classic (listen below) while imagining Jello Biafra lounging ironically in the back, en route to Madison Avenue to finally sell out in a major way? This is real freedom rock, so turn it up, man:
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