Song of the day - 131: Shonen Knife

Oh man.

The 20 Most Read Entries On My Blog

Regarding the most read entries on this blog, there have been several changes at the top. Dialogue and controversy wins out this time round, quite encouraging to witness.

The 11 Most Read Entries On My Blog

I'm going to discount the Lady Gaga = hermaphrodite one. It was top of Google Image search for months, and hits were accordingly skewed. (And don't bother searching for it, because I took the entry down: you can find the photograph here, if you really want to.)

Why Girls Can't Rock

Lifted from the Bikini Kill blog.

Nirvana anecdote

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

the actual origins of Sub Pop

It's about time someone put this up on the Internet. Trust K Records.

Sub Pop: The True Story

Just been interviewed for a forthcoming oral history of grunge, and it reminded me I've been meaning to post this up on my blog for quite a while.

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.

Riot Grrrl 1

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

The Vaselines vs Philip Larkin

You need this.