February 2012
3 posts
BLVD Records is now tumbling (click here, follow) →
BLVD is my record label. we started the tumblr for easier/quicker updates and other fun stuffs. please help spread the word. we’re pretty cool, if you like music and records. <3<3
http://blvdrecords.tumblr.com/
http://www.facebook.com/BLVDrecords
http://blvdrecords.com
http://twitter.com/blvdrecords
i forgot about this place.
hi dudes. what’s up?
December 2011
3 posts
Hello, I Am Fat. →
I get that you think you’re actually helping people and society by contributing to the fucking Alp of shame that crushes every fat person every day of their lives—the same shame that makes it a radical act for me to post a picture of my body and tell you how much it weighs. But you’re not helping. Shame doesn’t work. Diets don’t work. Shame is a tool of oppression, not...
October 2011
4 posts
If you're in Chicago and like punk/garage, click... →
Spread the word!
A garage/punk night run entirely by women? Yes.
Awesome playlists, curated by awesome ladies? Yes.
Fun times? Yes
Cheap drinks? Ummmm…
Let me tell you about my Wednesday drink specials: $2 PBR bottles, $4 Stoli flavors, $4 Sailor Jerry, $6 Melissa’s Mini Martinis AAAAAND $3 Blue Moon or Sam Adams drafts.
Every Wednesday, at Late Bar.
September 2011
20 posts
POPULATION, STARING PROBLEM, AUTONOMY, CEMETERY at... →
rebelrebelbatcat:
rebelrebelbatcat:
Writeup on the show we’re playing Friday with a bunch of really good friends/bands. This one’s gonna be perfect, if we have anything to say about it.
This is tonight!
It is gonna be pretty awesome I think.
And then Tuesday (10/4) we play with Deaf Wish, Daylight Robbery and Broken Prayer at the Empty Bottle! Which will also be awesome. Nothin’ but good...
playlist: bittersweet babes
finally got around to writing out my playlist from the 9/8/11 set at Late Bar with DJ Peroxide. more djing gigs are in the works.
the wake- testament cold september- you drive me da- dark rooms pleasure leftists- animal hurt night gallery- constant struggle arthur russell- don’t forget about me nick cave & the bad seeds- deanna pisces- motley mary ann brian eno- needle in the...
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A Message To Women From a Man: You Are Not "Crazy" →
this is kinda blowing my mind right now. every woman AND man should click the above and read this. and ignore the horrible comments.
“gaslighting” ftw.
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i've been so busy working on this night (clicky... →
…that i’ve been neglecting other netspaces. if you’re in Chicago and like going out and drinking, and/or punk/rnr, and/or fun bar/nightlife events organized and run by cool women, then follow this.
other thoughts:
+i miss livejournal +i work a lot +i’m not looking forward to fall +big life changes happening +i like you.
August 2011
1 post
July 2011
2 posts
Click here & listen: Pink Frost- Pink Frost →
Sadness over the untimely loss the other day of a young member of Chicago’s gaze/darkrock community. This is for Mark & friends.
May 2011
3 posts
rebelrebelbatcat:
Population - Bits of Blue
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clicky here: BLVD RECORDS →
about 4 months ago i got REALLY busy and forgot about tumblr. this is what i’ve been busy with: starting up an awesome record label.
so…hello. i’ll be posting and hopefully reading/looking again.
“I am not free while any woman is unfree, even when her shackles are very...”
– Audre Lorde (via thatswhatshesaidquotes)
January 2011
29 posts
Rebranding Body Image: The fat lady sings, but... →
lenoralenoire:
I’m feeling particularly fiery this fine afternoon…I thought I would jot down some things that I hold near and dear, and things I feel everyone should realize/consider/practice.
Please realize that body-shaming is a multi-billion dollar industry.
Please consider…
“Loving & accepting your body is a revolutionary thing”…
A Woman Walks Into a Rape, Uh, Bar... →
A great piece on the unfunniness of rape jokes.
Watchthe fat body (in)visible.
for the record geeks: my 30 fave albums of 2010.
finally, and in no particular order, my favorite 30 records of 2010.
you can read more here (where i used to write about music very irregularly): http://zoomusique.blogspot.com
Super Wild Horses- Fifteen (HoZac) Frankie Rose & the Outs- S/T (Slumberland) Swans- My Father Will Guide Me Up A Rope to the Sky (Young God) Caribou- Swim (Merge) Antony & the Johnsons- Swanlights (Secretly...
the common-sense guide to being a survivors'... →
ourlovewilldestroy:
Wrote this today as a simple resource re: what it means to be an advocate for sexual assault survivors. Let me know if I’m missing anything; feel free to relink/reblog if you think it’d be useful.
this is important.
