Destination 7" with The No No's, The Lookers, The Panties and The Need

What a nice day. Slept in, lunch with a friend, a little bit of feng shui (cleaned out a closet), exercise, a bubble bath and a gift from Jason:  the Destination 7" featuring The No-No's (Portland band with members of Lois, Tiger Trap, Built to Spill, The Halo Benders, Bangs and Dub Narcotic) The Lookers (featuring Sarah Dougher), The Panties (one of Heather Dunn's other bands besides The No-No's) and Olympia's The Need

(Rachel Carns of Kicking Giant and Fakes fame and Radio Sloan) on Mr. Lady and Ross Records from 1997.  I love how the sleeve is just a screen-print on an actual map, so every one is unique. So creative.  I miss Mr. Lady.

          

Riot Grrrl Retrospective 8 - Discovery, Exploitation, Blackout

                    Image by birdfarm via Flickr

 
Discovery, Exploitation, Blackout

Nomy Lamm, Nikki McClure, Allison Wolfe, Rachel Carns, Sharon Cheslow and Jean Smith talk about the media blackout. 

Riot Grrrl Retrospective 7 - The Triumph of Attitude

The Triumph of Attitude

Tobi Vail, Emily's Sassy Lime, Rachel Carns (The Need), Sharon Cheslow, Layla Gibbons (now coordinator of Maximum RocknRoll ) and Nikki McClure talk about DIY ethic and empowering girls to start bands.

The Fakes

Released in 1995, The Fakes were a project that included Rachel Carns (the Need, Kicking Giant), Kathleen Hanna (Bikini Kill, Le Tigre, Julie Ruin), Tim Green (Nation of Ulysses, Fucking Champs), Billie Strain. Sue Fox and others. I remember reading in an article or zine somewhere that they made this record so you could listen to it and think "hey, I can do that." Very much in the DIY ethic and an empowering record that talks a lot about abuse survivors.


You can still buy the CD format at Chainsaw Records. And you can listen to samples on Amazon.