Thursday, September 26, 2013
The Punk Singer
I Had a chance to see a showing of "The Punk Singer" last night at the kickoff to this year's Oakland Underground Film Festival at the Grand Lake Theater, and I have to say that it was really well done. So much better than I was expecting after watching the Kickstarter video several months ago. It's amazing how far we've come that budget limitations in 2013 doesn't automatically mean a low budget looking film the way many of us remember low budget films (B-movies) back in the day.
"The Punk Singer" is Sini Anderson's documentary about Kathleen Hanna (Bikini Kill, Let Tigre, The Julie Ruin), which is already enough information for most of the folks who follow this blog, but it also delves into subjects like her recent battle with late term lyme disease, feminism, the riot grrrl movement, her marriage to the King AD Rock (Beastie Boys), getting punched in the face by Courtney Love (who hasn't?), and of course the chronology of events leading up to the formation of Bikini Kill. Nuff said.
Labels:
Bikini Kill,
California,
Cinema,
DC,
DIY,
Electronic,
Film,
Hardcore,
Kathleen Hanna,
Le Tigre,
New York City,
Oakland,
Olympia,
Punk,
Riot Grrrl,
The Julie Ruin,
Zine,
Zines
Wednesday, September 25, 2013
BLACK FORK
Black Fork - Total Eclipse Of The Brain
"Clamp down your imagination running wild. Your hopes, your thoughts, your dreams: they’re gonna die and there’s nothing I can do to change it."
Labels:
90s,
924 Gilman,
Berkeley,
Black Fork,
California,
East Bay,
Hardcore,
Lookout,
Mess Me Up,
Nineties,
Oakland,
Punk,
Records,
Rock For Loot,
Severance Package,
Swann Danger,
Talk Is Poison
CHRIST ON PARADE
A couple of photos from a CHRIST ON PARADE show we booked at Bottom of the Hill in 2007. Photos by Wayne van der Kuil
Labels:
Anarcho,
Bottom of the Hill,
California,
Christ On Parade,
East Bay,
Hardcore,
Neurosis,
New Method,
Oakland,
Punk,
Pusmort,
San Francisco,
Thrash,
UGZ Presents
ANTISCHISM
Antischism - All Their Money Stinks Of Death
"Senseless killing for corporate profit that’s their foreign policy"
Labels:
90s,
All Their Money Stinks Of Death,
Anarcho,
Antischism,
Columbia,
Crust,
Damad,
Guyana Punch Line,
Hardcore,
Initial State,
Political,
Punk,
South Carolina
SKARP
SKARP back in 2005 at the Arcadia Skate Ramp Hotel in Oakland, CA. The Arcadia Skate Ramp Hotel was a short lived venue in West Oakland that we booked shows at between 2004-2006. We booked SKARP for the first time in 2001 at Burnt Ramen Studios in Richmond, CA, and I'm pretty sure that this was the last time we booked them. It was a fun night and SKARP were as good as I'd seen them up to that point. Photos by Murray Bowles
Labels:
California,
East Bay,
Grindcore,
Hardcore,
Jay Unidos,
Metal,
Murray Bowles,
Oakland,
Punk,
Seattle,
Skarp,
Skate Ramp,
UGZ Presents,
Urban Guerrilla Zine,
WA,
Washington,
West Oakland
Friday, September 6, 2013
SOULS OF MISCHIEF
Souls Of Mischief - Never No More live at Hiero Day 2013
Labels:
2013,
93 Til,
93tilinifnity,
California,
Community,
East Bay,
Fest,
Festival,
Hiero Day,
Hieroday,
Hieroglyphics,
Hip Hop,
Linden Street Brewery,
Oakland,
Positivity,
Rap,
Souls Of Mischief,
Unity,
West Oakland
Wednesday, September 4, 2013
TRAGEDY
Labels:
2008,
924 Gilman,
Berkeley,
Blowback,
California,
D-Beat,
East Bay,
Hardcore,
His Hero Is Gone,
PDX,
Portland,
Punk,
Tragedy,
UGZ Presents,
Urban Guerrilla Zine,
Warcry
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