This just in from MRR correspondent Kate Wadkins…

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

“Yeah no joke. Fucked up. Words kind of fail me. Both stage monitors, three power amps, ALL of our mics, xlr cables, direct in boxes, the sound board itself, ALL of it has been STOLEN. We’re looking at 8 to 10 thousand dollars worth of equipment fucking gone.

The plus side is shows WILL go on. We’ve been through too much already this year to let this even possibly end the Che Cafe. If you’re scheduled to play and are concerned please reply or get in touch with the person that has booked your show.

Please repost and spread the word. Its a beyond fucked up situation and we’re going to need help in getting everything back up to normal. If anyone hears anything, your friend suddenly has a sweet PA, sound system, plethora of mics and cables or notice what is probably our equipment on ebay or craigslist, etc, please please please contact us. Specifically:
Mackie 16 Channel 1604 VLZ Pro
2 X QSC RMX 1450
1 X QSC RMX 2450

Fuck you to whatever piece of garbage broke in and ransacked the place. A police report has been filed. This problem will be solved.”

This is bad news! Che Cafe is an all volunteer run collective space that has been putting on all ages shows in San Diego for decades-if you know anything or can help em out click the link below

http://checafe.ucsd.edu/

I’ll tell you right off I am completely biased when it comes to radio. I love it. Ever since I was a kid until today, I listen almost constantly. Right now I am listening to KUSF 90.3 FM in San Francisco which is my station of choice. It is probably because I work there but also it is my home station. Sadly, San Francisco has only one college radio station. Fortunately, Berkeley has one too.

I grew up in Quincy, MA, outside of Boston where college radio is a staple. There were four stations I listened to consistently WMBR, WHRB, WZBC and WERS. The commercial rock stations would recruit their DJs from college radio so their musical knowledge and daring would move with them. As a result the commercial stations at the time were also playing exciting and interesting music. Unfortunately, that doesn’t seem to be the case anymore.

When I moved to San Francisco in 1990 I immediately sought out the “good” radio stations. I was living in a shitty hotel in the Tenderloin and had only a small boom box to my name. But I needed music and was so happy when I came across KUSF. It took me three months to finally volunteer at the station. Now I have been a DJ there for 19 years.

When I was a kid I wanted to be a radio DJ. To me it was the ideal job, playing records all day and getting paid for it. I did it at home for free so I was already training for it. Of course, when I got older and familiarized myself with how the radio business works, I realized at most commercial stations the DJs were told what to play. Where’s the fun in that? There is so much great music out there. Why limit yourself? This is why I went to college radio. It’s the freedom.

KUSF is celebrating its 32nd birthday on Saturday night, April 25th at the Peacock Lounge, 552 Haight Street, SF with three fabulous local bands Kelley Stotlz, Ty Segall and I Love My Label. Come out and celebrate the joy of non-commercial radio and music. Or if you aren’t in San Francisco, join us by tuning into your local college or community radio station. Open your windows and turn up the volume. Commercial radio may be dead, but community radio should live forever. Use it or lose it.

(show flier above by Doran Shelley)