RONALD REAGAN’S WOULD-BE-ASSASSIN ASKS DEVO WHERE HIS SONG PUBLISHING IS
Getty ImagesDevo’s Gerald V. Casale addressed President Ronald Reagan’s would-be-assassin John Hinckley’s concerns over lack of songwriting publishing money. The year after the 1981 assassination attempt, Devo used some of the Hinckley’s poetry to actress Jodie Foster for their song, “I Desire.” Hinckley’s attempted assassination was the final act in his obsession with the actress…