Song of the day - 131: Shonen Knife

Oh man.

Song of the day special - 79: Hive Dwellers (Calvin Johnson)

Calvin Johnson! He's back!

Nirvana anecdote

I made $1.71 from coins thrown at me on stage, the night that new Nirvana bonus live CD was recorded.

The 10 Myths of Riot Grrrl

I'd be failing in my duty as a fading music critic if I didn't link to this Guardian article (blog entry).

Skrewdriver (a cautionary tale)

Thought I'd repost this from the Comments section on my recent 50 Bands I Have Seen post. Apologies to anyone offended by the crapness of the logo above.

Huggy Bear: a re-up

Someone quoted me all over this:

Riot Grrrl - the entire series

Thought I'd put all the parts of the Riot Grrrl interviews I did with Julia Downes for her PhD thesis on DIY Queer Feminist (Sub)cultural Resistance in the UK in one place. It's worth checking the original posts for the reader comments, so I've left in the links at the bottom.

Plan B Magazine R.I.P. pt 5 - June 2004

After the (relative) success of the previous entry in this series - Melissa's 'Making Plan B' from right at the magazine's inception - I thought I'd re-post an early blog entry from the same year.

Riot Grrrl 1

Trawling the depths of my computer, I found another couple of documents of interest.