Lit Bombast: Making Waves
It’s been a slow week on Ribbon Around a Bomb, but today, my friends, is the best day ever. I’m finally done with my final papers for Winter quarter of … Continue reading
San Francisco: Radio Valencia Listener Appreciation Party!
La Lengua life tips: 1. Do not attend grad school. (Unless you’re cool with forfeiting yr life.) 2. Obvs attend this event. (Unless you hate music and beer.) I’ll be … Continue reading
In the Mood For… Vintage Vinyl Babes
What’s not to love? [Chris Noel] [Carole Singleton] [Nina Hagen with Dolly Parton record] [Muhammad Ali and female vinyl enthusiasts.] [Joanie Labine] Found most of these images here.
RAB Radio #36: Bitchschool
My musical confederates: A new Ribbon Around a Bomb podcast is available for streaming or download. [Lydia Lunch] In this week’s installment, DJ Ashtray and I are joined by local … Continue reading
Arts Bombast: Tracey Emin
YBA posterchild Tracey Emin makes fabulous art/poetry with neon signs. She was also KNIGHTED by the queen this year. I don’t know, these are really doing it for me today. … Continue reading
RAB Radio #32 and #33
Hallelujah, there are two new Ribbon Around a Bomb Radio podcasts uploaded on Radio Valencia for your listening pleasure! #32- Snakes Crawl is a legit-per-usual assortment of female-fronted punk, including … Continue reading
Style Ish: DIY jackets
There are few things in this life better than a tried-and-true, genuinely DIY punk jacket. Whether denim or leather, it defies the conventional style notions that “less is more” and … Continue reading
RAB Radio #21: Burning Skulls [Halloween Edition!]
Okay, so I’m a couple days late, but last week’s edition of Ribbon Around a Bomb radio was (predictably-but-still-fantastically) HALLOWEEN-themed. Gore, death, bats, blood, ghosts and zombies are ALREADY some … Continue reading
RAB Radio #20: Refusing to Be a Man
Every Saturday night, I DJ a radio show of all female-fronted punk, post-punk, no wave, garage rock… that kind of thing. In this installment of Ribbon Around a Bomb Radio, … Continue reading
Arts Bombast: Franklin Furnace
Franklin Furnace has been “making the world safe for avant-garde art” since 1976. That was the year that outsider/performance artist Martha Wilson founded the institution with the intention of promoting … Continue reading
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