"punk" Articles & Blogs:
RIP Punk Rock Icon Poly Styrene
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Poly Styrene (1957-2011), born Marianne Elliot Smith, was a true fighter in life and in her battle with cancer. She passed away yesterday evening and it stands to be said that the punk rock world has certainly lost a true icon. She was a punk amongst punk...[Read on] |
Rockin’ With the Boys: The Women of Punk
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Whoever said women can’t rock and roll never heard of these musical punk rock sirens. Armed with guitars and a “we’re not gonna take it” attitude, these women took on the musical world and earned their places as punk rock goddesses.
PJ Harvey
PJ...[Read on] |
Alexander McQueen (1969-2010)
| Backstage at an early Alexander McQueen show, 1993. Photograph by Michael Roberts. Isabella Blow was the first one to tell me about this ‘amazing new talent’ Alexander McQueen. “You absolutely have to do a huge story on him,” she s...[Read on] |
Women Make Movies plays in SF
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Here’s a great opportunity for all of you in the Bay Area to see these great movies on the big screen. Usually the only way to see Women Make Movies films is at a festival or if it gets picked up for TV. But this week at the Roxie in SF, these fil...[Read on] |
Let the good times roll
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Drew Barrymore’s directorial debut isn’t the only place where you can find wheels a-turnin’ lately. Roller skating is as hot as ever and there are a number of roller sports that have novices and spectators alike spinning:
Roller Disco: Whether or n...[Read on] |
Notes on a Scandal, or, VMAs=FAIL.
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MTV gets a lot of grief about losing it’s music video mojo, but after last night’s debacle of a Video Music Awards, rejecting the music world doesn’t seem like a bad idea. At least in the interest of sanity.
By now the world knows abo...[Read on] |
Music: Try the Alternative Scene
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When it comes to music, chicks who do things differently are a bit of a rare commodity. You know, those chicks who take risks and sort of go off the beaten path; the Lady Gagas of the world, if you will. Alternative music already takes a stand to mainstre...[Read on] |
Toronto Announces Docs to Screen at Festival
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The Toronto Film Festival has announced 25 documentaries that will screen at this year’s festival.
While I won’t pretend that this site or any other has influence on the decisions that are made on what films to screen, I couldn’t help but smile w...[Read on] |
April Chick Picks
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While it’s said April brings lots of showers in preparation for May’s flowers -at ChickSpeak, we think April is the first month where the sun shows its face, and therefore, is time to celebrate!With flowers (and allergies) abounding, the dream of summ...[Read on] |
The Best of the 90’s Chicks
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The 1990s were a great decade. Between the fashion trends - The Rachel, anyone? - and the dope tunes, you could say the 90s were all that and a bag of chips (if you so chose to keep circulating that lingo, that is). And there was one nineties staple that ...[Read on] |
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