Awesome downloadable mixtape of lady art/music collectives (Disband, Les Reines Prochaines, etc.) from Jenny Woolworth’s Women in Punk Blog.
Also check out the 90s American Girl Poprocks Mixtape from a few months back. I’ve been rocking it nonstop. Nostalgia in a can, man.
Last night some ladyfriends and I hit up the Outfest screening of Le Tigre: On Tour at the Ford Amphitheatre. It was amazing! Watching JD, Johanna, and Kathleen navigate gender politics, Hatebreed, and inane interviewers with wit and pizazz was nothing short of inspirational. And of course the live footage, complete with costumes and choreography, was super fun, as Le Tigre shows always were.
Film still via Le Tigre: On Tour site.
Tomorrow would have been Ian Curtis’ 54th birthday, and to honor the occasion, this week’s Part Time Punks radio show will be a tribute to Joy Division. As an extra special bonus, the entire Joy Division performance from their December 18, 1979 gig at Les Bains Douches in Paris will be broadcast in its entirely (for the first time EVER!!!). Tune in to KXLU tomorrow from 3-6 PST (88.9 FM Los Angeles and/or kxlu.com).
AND THEN, this Sunday at Part Time Punks the club, it’s Factory Records Nite.
(And we could dance.)
Just announced! And, $20 early bird tix here for the next 48 hours.
(Supposedly this is what it was like last year, although my memories are markedly different.)
I will spare you my long-winded, faux therapist-like rationalization for what I’ve been listening to lately, but just know it involves Springsteen, summer, sleepless nights, and southern Illinois. (And no, I haven’t left town.)
(Photo taken by my little sister circa 2006. Pretty sure I was driving my grandpa’s Oldsmobile.)