NYU Archives "The Kathleen Hanna Papers"

You may remember that Johanna Fateman and Kathleen Hanna talked about their plans to donate their zines to NYU on Hannah Neurotica's Blog Talk Radio Show (if you missed it, you can listen here!)  Well, according to The L Magazine, NYU's Fales Library has recently acquired The Kathleen Hanna Papers.  Who wants to take a road trip? Hannah..?  Anyone..?  I know Jason will not really be into this trip, with me spending countless hours geeking out at the library and all.  Let me know, cos I'm serious.

             

Beth Ditto's Christmas Special

Thanks to Val Phoenix at Kunstblog for posting about Beth Ditto's BBC Christmas Special! I haven't had a chance to listen yet because I've been busy playing with the new Wii...

     

Holiday Stuff

It's true. I am a sucker for Christmas. It makes no sense really, but I am. I like it! I'm sorry!  So I wanted to share Everett True's Christmas mixes.  The Some More Christmas Playlist features songs for neighbors, hipsters (older and slower mixes), a reggae mix, and even a bonus list. And his 24 More Songs for Christmas mix features everything from Brenda Lee's "I wanna lasso Santa Clause" to Joey Ramones "Merry Christmas (I don't want to fight tonight.)"  You can't go wrong with a mix like that....

You should also check out All Thing's Considered Holiday Music Mix '09 featuring some of Carrie Brownstein's favorite seasonal songs.  And don't miss out on her awesome Monitor Mix Blog!

And you should probably also check out the sales at KRS right now because it's crazy!  I wish I didn't make a resolution to stop spending so much goddamn money on music. You can get the Ladies of Post Punk Pack featuring Essential Logic, Delta 5, Kleenex/Liliput or get stuff from: Marnie Stern, Gossip, Sleater Kinney, Bikini Kill, The Raincoats, Thao, Mika Miko, Stereo Total, The Mary Timony Band, Erase Eratte, Gravy Train!!!!!, Bangs, Comet Gain, Bratmobile, Anna Oxygen, Miranda July, Emily's Sassy Lime, Ronnie Spector, Mocket, Mecca Normal, Excuse 17, Heavens to Betsy, Mary Lou Lord, Julie Ruin, Bitch, Free Kitten, Cadallaca, Sue P. Fox, Casual Dots, Frumpies, Cold Cold Hearts, Deep Lust and Slumber Party all on sale!! A few of the CD's are only three bucks! I just sent an email to my Jason (who is sleeping on the couch) with my wish list.  There is even more than I listed here that is on sale. Yikes. Some days I wish I chose a more lucrative and less morally rewarding career hahahah I'm just kidding (...sort of.)


    

Swagger Like Us Thoughts on Women in Music 2000-09 by Tobi Vail

Check out the great article that Tobi Vail wrote entitled Swagger Like Us: Thoughts on Women in Music 2000-09.  This was featured on Carrie Brownstein's (Sleater Kinney) Monitor Mix blog on the NPR site!

 

         

Grrrl Sounds on WomenArts.org

Check out Women Arts, who are featuring Grrrl Sounds, under feminist art bloggers!

    

Blogs We Love: Seagull Blog

Johanna Fateman owns Seagull Hair Salon with her friend Shaun (see below.)  They also have this great blog, where I saw this adorable picture from their friend Cara Kleid.  They even have their own Myspace Page.

        

     

Blogs We Love: Jigsaw Scrapbook

Jigsaw# 2: essay pt 1
Originally uploaded by The Jigsaw Underground Archive


     

I am so excited that Tobi Vail is archiving her Jigsaw zine at Jigsaw Scrapbook!!!!!!!!!!!

Blogs We Love: Kathleen's Blog

I'm excited to announce Kathleen Hanna has a new blog. Check it out. Makes me wish I was in NY.  Lots of cool events happening there!

Kathleen's Blog

She also shares some pretty awesome art, like this piece from Sarah Maple

           

Peaches Announces New Blog!

Peaches Official Blog

Peachestv

Welcome to Grrrl Sounds!

Years ago I used to have a zine called Frosting on the Cake Lady. I LOVED writing this zine, and had a lot of empowering experiences self-publishing it (including interview Kathleen Hanna.) So, for many reasons, I decided to start this blog. I have hopes for it to evolve into a website, community etc. and would love your help!

This blog will be dedicated to grrrl's who rock, with a primary focus on indie, garage and punk music. I know it looks dull now but I have hope that it will evolve into something greater. I'd love for this site to be interactive and to have guest bloggers, as my knowledge is not comprehensive. So if you have graphic design knowledge, relevant news, record or concert reviews or any ideas please get in touch!

Basically, I'd love to share music with you and have you share music with me. I love female fronted bands, and it's sometimes hard to find stuff, cos a lot of it is obscure. I will be sharing information on a variety of bands, old and new from Bikini Kill to The Trashwomen to Thee Headcoatees to Girlschool to the Shangri-Las.