Today at 1 Eastern, 12 Central, 11 Mountain, 10 Pacific—take your pick!—I'll be on the Utah public radio station KUER, talking about rumors of rock'n'roll Satanism:
Jack T. Chick
In the 60s, 70s, and 80s, there were a lot of rumors about the dangers of rock music. If you played The White Album backwards, was John Lennon really saying "turn me on dead man"? Did Led Zeppelin have hidden messages in Stairway to Heaven? Ministers preached and albums were burned to protect against communism, secret societies, and the occult. Tuesday, we're talking with folklorist Lynne McNeill and journalist Jesse Walker about the era of backmasking paranoia and asking what it reveals about our fears.
