The videos are flowing in from Jon Ginoli's current book tour! Not only is he reading from his new book "Deflowered: My Life In Pansy Division," he's also playing tunes from Pansy Division record old ("Curvature" from "Undressed") and new ("Pat Me On the Ass" from "That's So Gay"). See both in this clip from his San Francisco reading @ Booksmith a few days ago!
3/25/09
Phantom Limbs RECORD RELEASE tonight!
Tonight it's the Chicago CD/DVD RELEASE party for the Phantom Limbs at the Beat Kitchen! Featuring Phantom Limbs frontman's new band Loto Ball Show, plus Young Widows, Millions, & My Disco!photo: Phantom Limbs @ 924 Gilman, Berkeley CA, in 2000.
3/19/09
SXSW, dicks, and hipsters
Gary Floyd and the Dicks are in the news! Here's a live review by Christopher Weingarten, and a news piece on MSNBC by Robert Wellington. There's also a preview here from Austin Decider.
Other AT bands are at SXSW as well, including Dash Rip Rock, The Evaporators, and Star Fucking Hipsters (which features members of Leftover Crack).
Star Fucking Hipsters
March 19, Opal Divine's Freehouse 700 W 6th St. 12 midnight set
Evaporators
March 21, Habana Calle 6. 1:00 am set
Other AT bands are at SXSW as well, including Dash Rip Rock, The Evaporators, and Star Fucking Hipsters (which features members of Leftover Crack).
Star Fucking Hipsters
March 19, Opal Divine's Freehouse 700 W 6th St. 12 midnight set
Evaporators
March 21, Habana Calle 6. 1:00 am set
3/17/09
Guardian UK "Label of Love"
A look at the 30 year history of Alternative Tentacles by Guardian UK writer Owen Adams. Check it out here.
3/12/09
Micheal Parenti on Democracy Now!
AT political theorist & author Michael Parenti spoke with Amy Goodman on this mo
rning's Democracy Now. He dissects the bailout, health coverage, and capitalism in general. Here's a sample:
"Well, I argue that one of the functions of a capitalist state is to defend capitalism from itself, to defend capitalism from the capitalists. It was Marx—dare we mention him? I hear he’s coming back in style. It was Marx who said one capitalist will kill many other capitalists, that the system begins to consume itself. We see that with Bernard Madoff and the like."
Check out the fascinating books & dvds we carry from Parenti, including the awesome "Rulers of the Planet" dvd from 2005!
rning's Democracy Now. He dissects the bailout, health coverage, and capitalism in general. Here's a sample:"Well, I argue that one of the functions of a capitalist state is to defend capitalism from itself, to defend capitalism from the capitalists. It was Marx—dare we mention him? I hear he’s coming back in style. It was Marx who said one capitalist will kill many other capitalists, that the system begins to consume itself. We see that with Bernard Madoff and the like."
Check out the fascinating books & dvds we carry from Parenti, including the awesome "Rulers of the Planet" dvd from 2005!
3/9/09
For the Ladies!
"Countries around the world recognized International Women's Day on Sunday, with some marking it as a national holiday.In Russia, where International Women's Day is a holiday, men were streaming into flower markets and florists around the country to buy bouquets for the women in their lives.
International Women's Day was declared in 1910 by the German socialist leader Clara Zetkin at a conference in Copenhagen as a day of solidarity, and marked the fight of women for equal rights."
There's tons of work to be done, from preventing rape-as-a-weapon in places like the eastern Congo to equalizing pay rates between males & females in the West. Check out this wide ranging Democracy Now interview with Amy Goodman, Alice Walker (pictured above), & Medea Benjamin (Code Pink)!
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