We’re on KBOO tomorrow!!
LORENZO AND I WILL BE DISCUSSING THE BAND AND THE UPCOMING “EXTREMELY LOUD AND INCREDIBLY QUEER” TOUR ON KBOO’S OUT LOUD (PORTLAND 90.7 FM) TOMORROW AT 6PM. RAD!!
new web stuff!
Along with a new website redesign, we now have a merch store! We have t-shirts, CDs, and even cassette tapes. Sometimes in the summer, I bust out my cassette player (aka, “the rock box”), bungee cord it to the handlebars of my bike, and blare old mixtapes around town. I kind of heart cassettes.
i’m a cassette tape. buy me!!
We are working on some more merch, so stay tuned!
Feminist anti-Putin punk ladies arrested for “hooliganism” (i.e., performance art)
The activist ladies in Pussy Riot! staged an anti-Putin protest inside the largest Orthodox Cathedral in Moscow, performing their “punk prayer” song entitled, Mother of God, Send Putin Away. Three women have been arrested and face up to seven years in prison on charges of “hooliganism.” If you want to stay up-to-date, there is now a Free Pussy Riot! webpage. They also have a facebook group.
this is what feminism looks like compilation 2
Riot Grrrl Berlin just released their second compilation of awesome music from female / trans artists. There are SEVENTY ONE freaking bands on this mega-comp, including The Happening and The Shondes. You can download the comp for free here: http://riotgrrrlberlin.tumblr.com/compilation02.
alexico – el nombre del perro
This video uses the kind of art that I really dislike. That Ren & Stimpy / Spongebob Squarepants gross-out aesthetic just really doesn’t do it for me. But I do have to say that I have a seriously short attention span, and I actually watched this whole video. Its kind of sexist and problematic, but it held my attention for more than 3 minutes. So A+ for being totally not boring!
On Vimeo, they describe this as an “Animated music video for energetic musician Alexico, tells the story of Alexico and his dog-friend as they travel through the galaxies, discovering new lifeforms and civilizations in planets far, far away.” I especially like when they travel to the vagina planet.
EDIT 3/10/12:
Although I was kind of weirded out and simultaneously obsessed with the video, I forgot to mention that I actually really do like the music. Alexico has a lot of other videos on his site. So check it out.
three awesome projects to support!!
There have been a lot of really awesome art projects happening lately.
Firstly, our good friend Nicole Georges did a zine for The Dill Pickle Club’s Oregon History Comics Series. Her piece is about the Vanport Floods, which my grandmother actually survived. She was crotchety and not very affectionate, but I think women were pretty constrained back then and it was very hard for her in that place in time. I’m going to read it and think of her with complex feelings. You can buy it online here. I just bought mine today.
The second really cool project is that Portland’s own Aubrey Bernier-Clark is directing chapter 3 in the live-action version of Michelle Tea’s Valencia. Talented filmmakers all over the country are doing different chapters with different actors, and it is just such a cool concept. Aubrey has a Kickstarter going to help fund this — $25 gets you a DVD of the finished product.
AND FINALLY, Homoground has just 12 days left on their Feminist Playing Cards Kickstarter. These are playing cards of feminist musicians, drawn by feminist artists. What an awesome project!! I don’t really play games with cards (I’m more of a Ticket to Ride / D&D kind of girl), but I want.
Edith Piaf by Marissa Paternoster
whitney houston / robyn mashup
This is all kinds of awesome.
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