Notable Los Angeles: 3/19–3/25
Literary events and readings in and around L.A. this week!
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Swinging Modern Sounds #73: Prince Rogers Nelson, Guitar Player: A Symposium
I started thinking about additional, more slantwise ways we might talk about his legacy. What if I organized a bunch of guitar players?
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Sound & Vision: June Millington
Allyson McCabe talks to June Millington of Fanny, the first all-female rock band to release an album on a major label.
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Hunger Makes Me a Modern Girl by Carrie Brownstein
Tara Merrigan reviews Hunger Makes Me a Modern Girls by Carrie Brownstein today in Rumpus Books.
...moreThis Week in Posivibes: The Female Rock Memoir
In a piece on the explosion of female-written music memoir, Guardian writer Jude Rogers explores what it means for there to be a redress of the idea of rock being historically told through the lens of the male figure. Beginning with Slits guitarist Viv Albertine’s book Clothes Clothes Clothes Music Music Music Boys Boys Boys, […]
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Wanted/Needed/Loved: Mary Timony’s Exquisite Corpses
The stuff I’ve saved over the years aren’t just mementos of the past. They’re also reflections of the memories my friends and I have made together.
...moreAdvice from Sleater-Kinney
Being the reigning curators of all things empowering and sweet that they are, the people at Rookie got Sleater-Kinney’s Carrie Brownstein and Corin Tucker to act as guest advice gurus on the magazine’s series, “Ask a Grown Woman.” The duo answered questions on coming out, how to turn someone down gently, and first kisses. It’s adorable. […]
...moreSleater-Kinney, We Love You
At The Rumpus, we love all things related to Sleater-Kinney. Whether that means following the projects of its members—like the Corin Tucker Band or Wild Flag—or anticipating Carrie Brownstein’s forthcoming memoir, we just can’t get enough. If you feel the same, LA Record posted some incredible pictures of the band’s recent shows at the Hollywood Palladium that you’ll probably want to check […]
...moreCarrie Brownstein Can’t Stop, Won’t Stop
Well this is exciting! Carrie Brownstein’s memoir is making its way into the mediascape! She’s rocked us in Sleater-Kinney, The Spells and Wild Flag, broadcast hyperarticulations on her beloved Monitor Mix music culture blog, and wowed us with her comedic and improvisatory pizzazz on Portlandia. Will all of this and more fit in one memoir […]
...moreNotable New York, This Week 11/2 – 11/8
This week in New York, Performa 09 festival of performing arts inspired by Futurist film, music and literature opens, Bomb throws a Fall Issue Launch Party, Books & Quiche Reading Series is back with Yiyun Li and Salvatore Scibona, Light Industry and Triple Canopy team up to bring you a 14-hour film installation, Robert Wilson’s […]
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