Song of the day - 96: Patrik Fitzgerald

To celebrate the fact my formative influence Patrik Fitzgerald has befriended me on Facebook, and was even nice enough to "like" a recent Thin Kids video, I figured it's long overdue that I pay tribute to him here.

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

Calvin Johnson! He's back!

Letters from Rosie, 3

The third in the series from my coolest correspondent. (Although I'm pretty chuffed at The Gossip saying they reckon me to be the "most important and interesting critic of all time" - I'd be even more chuffed if I believed they were being remotely serious.)

Incidentally, the criteria she's applying to Vampire Weekend - whose bassist once invited me to perform oral sex upon his penis, following this Village Voice column - I applied to The Vines a few years earlier.

Rosie follows...

ET Recommends - 25: Hello Cuca

You know already, of course. At least, I expect you know already. I mean, you must know already. Don't you? Whatever.

F_ck You And Your Underground.

Thought I'd share this with you, from the first wave of Riot Grrrl (UK). Classic stuff, classic. Tip of the ET glasses and cane to Ms Tobi Vail for re-stoking the fire.

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 3

This is the third part of the interview I did with Julia Downes for her PhD thesis on DIY Queer Feminist (Sub)cultural Resistance in the UK. It (partly) tackles the question of critical distance.

Riot Grrrl 1

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

Plan B Magazine R.I.P. pt 4 - Making 'Plan B'

I just found this in the depths of my computer.