Layla and Mariam play only records that are gonna be reviewed in the next issue of MRR! #326 — out next week, dudes…

Conversions at MRR!

Intro song:
BIG BOYS – We Got Your Money

Layla hearts tuff girl vocals
RATAS DEL VATICANOS – Cancer de Prostrata
LIBYANS – Paralyzed
RELIGIOUS SS DISORDER – Insecurity
CONVERSIONS – No-one Is Watching

Layla investigates the new tuff sounds of doom
PUFFY AREOLAS – 1981
CIRCLE PIT – Total Waste
WHATEVER BRAINS – Love Taps
TIMMY’S ORGANISM – I’m On a Hunt

Mariam blasts some hardcore in your face
CÜLO – Nuke Abuse
HOLY SHIT – Black Out, Call In
ORGANIZED SPORTS – 1086
LOS MONJO – Esclavos
DURESS – Guilt

Mariam doesn’t know where she’s going with this
BEYOND PINK – 150 Spän For Ingenting
CULTURE KIDS – Keep Control
OLHO SECO – Botas, Fuzis, Capacetes
VILE GASH – Life-rot
LAURENCE WASSER – Mummy Gelly

Layla gets twizted on the kitchen floor
TWISTED SHOUTS – Statues Lose
HYGIENE – Fixed Odds Betting Terminal
LÖGNHALSMOTTAGNINGEN – Nyalögnhaser
KITCHEN’S FLOOR – Orbit
BRILLIANT COLORS – Bad Vibes

Outro song:
HUSKER DU – Real World

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Threadbared is a blog by former MRR shitworker Mimi Nguyen, that focuses on the politics of style and fashion from a feminist and academic perspective. It’s not really the focus of MRR, but this post struck me as something that would cross over, so to speak. I always argue that punk is an idea, and a possibility, a musical idea or sound rather than a specific look, but having been written off my whole life for not looking the part or wearing the acceptable “punk” clothes it’s clear not everyone is on the same page as me. Mimi outlines more of the history of punk as a specific subcultural style, but what you will probably be more interested in is the fact that this artifact pictured to the left, a guide to punk style from early ’80s LA, features a pre-Go-Go’s Belinda Carlisle, and what looks like Helen Killer?? Plus the zine/booklet is downloadable as a PDF… I saw something similar at a second hand book store: a guide to punk and skate slang and trends in SF from a slightly later era, by Jennifer Blowdryer, and I always regretted not buying it. I love subcultural ephemera….

Friday April 2 at Thee Parkside
$7 • 21 and over

Texas Thieves
Sharp Objects
Ruleta Rusa
Bad Tickers

To benefit Bruce Roehrs’ memorial service. More info here.

Bruce Roehrs passed away in his home on Saturday, March 13th, 2010.  He was a genuine friend to many and always had your back and a kind word to boot.  An ardent music fan as well as a long time column writer/contributor for Maximum Rocknroll, Bruce lived and breathed punk rock. Bruce will be sorely missed.

The Bruce Roehrs Memorial Fund
Bruce took many of his friends, both locals and out-of-towners, to the Columbarium in San Francisco, where he had happily made his home since the mid ’80s. Built in 1898, this San Francisco landmark is home to the memorial sites of some of SF’s founding families as well as some of its more notorious occupants, such as Dirk Dirksen (the punk music promoter nicknamed “The Pope of Punk”). It is a non-denominational memorial site that Bruce loved for its beauty, craftsmanship, and tranquility, and it was where his memorial service was held on Friday, April 9th, 2010. All money donated to the Bruce Roehrs Memorial Fund will be used to secure a spot for Bruce in the Columbarium, a place that is truly worthy of his memory.

We still need to raise a good deal of money for this, so please give if you can.

Feel free to continue to leave comments here. Let us never forget the great Bruce Roehrs!

(photo by Adrian/Annoyed Photo)

Their 7″ came out on Escho Records, which usually puts out dance music, I believe, so it’s not something I woulda discovered if not for the fact my friend Ethan saw them play when he was touring with his band in Denmark and mailed me a 7″. Unfortunately, I think it’s out of print now, but apparently they are working on an LP, which I can’t wait to hear…

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The International Girl Gang Underground compilation zine aims to document and dissect how Riot Grrrl’s legacy has manifested twenty years later, as well as provide guidance for those who want to transform “revolution girl style now!” into “REVOLUTION GIRL STYLE FOREVER!”

We want your submissions!

If Riot Grrrl doesn’t resonate with you or your cause, that’s okay! We also want to know about all the do-it-yourself, grassroots music movements currently being run by women/girls/trans/genderqueer/queer folks today.

Talking points include, but are not limited to:

• ESSAYS ON…
  
  • What would a modern-day “Riot Grrrl manifesta” look like?
  • The successes and failures of Riot Grrrl and what we’ve learned from them
  • Your experience as an immigrant grrrl, genderf**king boy, revolutionary pornographer, Muslimah punk, working class queer, etc
    
• REPORTS ON…
  
  • What was your experience as a Riot Grrrl in the ’90s?
  • What’s going on in your community that supports feminist & queer DIY musicians today?
  • Scene reports from regional DIY music scenes that traditionally are lady- and queer-friendly (London, Berlin, NYC, or your town)
  • Individuals who are making a difference–musicians, activists, writers, whomever!
  • “Where are they now?” (Riot Grrrl edition)
    
• HOW-TO…
  
  • “Get off the Internet and meet in the street”
  • Reclaim feminism for the 4th wave
  • Organize conferences, protests, benefits, etc
  • Combat the “dude-first” mentality of your music scene
  • Use new technologies to organize effectively
  • Start a band/go on tour/create a zine/etc
  • Create spaces for working class, POC, international and rural women and queers
    
• BAND/ZINE/COLLECTIVE/ACTIVIST GROUP INFO…
  
  • We’re creating a directory for the International Girl Gang Underground–send along info on your project to be included!
    
• ART…
  
  • Print, digital, audio, video, whatever–so long as it’s in an easily rendered format for a black & white zine or can be included on an accompanying CD-R for distribution, we want it!
    

I have one thing to ask of you: PLEASE, SUBMIT!

I am surrounded by amazing people that make music and participate in feminist cultural production – that play in bands, write zines, make art, and live life in a do-it-yourself feminist context. We want to hear from you! We want to encourage a multitude of voices in this project, and in particular want to encourage POC voices and trans/queer/genderqueer/ally folks – including transguys and cisguys, to submit their work. The due date is May 31st, 2010, at 11:59 PST.

Go to our website or email us at girlgangunderground {at} gmail(.)com

If you haven’t had a chance to check it out, now is the time. It runs until the 12th of March at Needles and Pens on 16th St., between Guerrero and Dolores in SF’s Mission District.

Paco played us this record a few years ago, and it became an MRR obsession, but I never even thought to look them up on YouTube… The perfect antidote to the endless parade of clueless punks who endorse Skrewdriver (“Only the early work/BlahBlah Blah”). As someone who grew up in Thatcher’s Britain, with the dark shadow of the National Front and Combat 18, that never sits right with me… The lyrics to “Culture Crossover” are so fucking great and punk — Alien Kulture rules…

You can read the Alien Kulture story on their website here or in the Observer here.