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Dang
Maybe I'll take some magic marker and write anti-female perjoratives on my body under these layers of clothes.
Gee, you think with Joyce Linehan whispering..
in da Mayah's eah, we might see a Teddie Peanut Butter day honoring Iggy Pop?
Gonna party like its 1993!
Lived through this ... and while there were some kickass bands around here then, I honestly don't remember the whole Riot Grrl thing as being a Boston thing.
I think it made a better theme for a Boston Bike Party ride.
Nobody really seems to
Nobody really seems to remember the band Pop Smear from back in the 90s. They were a really cool band.
More of a Kristin Hersh fan, myself.
I thought Bikini Kill, Sleater Kinney, Riot Grrrl movement, etc, was a Seattle thing. I mean, I think that's what my Sassy magazine said.
Don't forget Donnelly and the Deal Twins
I think they and Hersh had a lot more to do with Boston than Hanna did - and a lot of attitude as well. Then there were the local bands as well as bands like Tribe that were fronted by women and almost broke out.
The West Coast scene was more the Riot Grrl stuff (I would go out and stay with friends in Seattle and go out to clubs back then). Seattle was a very crazy, energetic and not exactly healthy scene. Riot Grrl was partly a response to both cultural and physical intimidation and victimization of women, as well as an exploding heroin epidemic (and then the meth epidemic) eating lives left and right. Boston simply didn't operate at that sort of intensity.
I highly recommend Danny Brand's In Case We Die for a very honest but nasty snapshot.
You go Grrrl!
Fight the patriarchy.
Nonsense, April 9th is the
Nonsense, April 9th is the 150th anniversary of Appomattox which ended the most costly war (over a million casualties) we ever fought. My opinion is that is of much more consequence than some girl band.
"Some girl band"?
I read nothing about April 9th being about "some girl band". I deduce from your comment, you didn't read any such thing either.
what a joke
Oh cool, the most hostile city in the developed world for DIY/independent music now has a 'riot grrrrl day.'
Hopefully Ms. Linehan will then turn her valuable time
to getting that referendum question on the ballot over whether to erect a statue of either Mitch or Mr. Butch in Kenmore Square.
obviously
GOD DAMN MOTHER FUCKING MR. BUTCH.
Mr. Butch was more a creature
Mr. Butch was more a creature of Allston. Mitch certainly belongs in some Kenmore Square, but the one he belongs in doesn't actually exist anymore. Also, speaking strictly for myself, I think the city MIGHT be bumping up against its limit of statues of people. Just sayin'. Maybe THAT should be the referendum question.
guess this makes up for
guess this makes up for godsmack day
No it doesn't.
No it doesn't.
Interesting, considering how
Interesting, considering how the city shuts down DIY venues which is pretty much what allows for these kind of bands to play in the first place. It is nice that Boston is honoring feminism and women in music, but at the same time it's like, 'really?" The city doesn't exactly foster a place to have a thriving scene. It's really hard to have house shows or run any sort of all ages space that isn't a bar here. (And yes, I remember the horror of the Station fire and know of Cocoanut Grove, I get why there need to be some safety regulations in place)
There was some really weird shit going on while the Tsarnaev brothers were on the loose. A few Boston police officers decided it was a high priority to make fake Facebook accounts to try and get the addresses of DIY venues while this was going on. Maybe they thought "Johar" might have been frequenting such radical counterculture spaces (he wasn't). I do have to wonder if "Joe Sly" was in attendance at the Kathleen Hanna talk.
Sigh.....youth.
The current slump in what was once a thriving music scene in this city is in no way related to local authority figures, it's that live venues don't make nearly as much money as they did in the past. You think the Channel and the Rat closed because the city wanted them closed? No, it's because the real estate those places sat on was more valuable in their current incarnations then they were when they presented Motorhead or The Jam.
As far as DIY venues, I can't possibly imagine why ISD would have a problem with unlicensed venues with no fire protection? I mean, why would anyone crow about having a show in a basement of a house built in 1900 when I'm positive the wiring can handle the power requirements of a few amps and some PA's, amirite?
Another reason for the demise
The drinking age rose and shut out most people of college age. When you have an environment where clubs make their money off of drinks, and (unlike nearly every other country save predominantly Islamic countries) the drinking age is pushed well into the later years of the college age crowd, clubs can't make it.