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| RICK CASTRO- PORTRAIT OF ALICE BAG: MACARTHUR PARK 2019 |
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Showing posts with label punk. Show all posts
Showing posts with label punk. Show all posts
2/13/19
RICK CASTRO BY THE DAY
1/16/19
ALICE BAG
A sketch of a new song, inspired by friends whose light still shines.
Restless days
Trying to stay above the chaos
Restless nights
Tossing sheets right off the bed
Trying to stay above the chaos
Restless nights
Tossing sheets right off the bed
At ease, go on, sleep
Still and calm
It’s a long, long, peace
Still and calm
It’s a long, long, peace
There’s no map to follow
It’s the great unknown
We’re all travelers
You’re not alone (Traveler)
It’s the great unknown
We’re all travelers
You’re not alone (Traveler)
That bright star
That is shining in the distance
It once burned
Oh, but that was long ago
That is shining in the distance
It once burned
Oh, but that was long ago
It sleeps, yeah, it sleeps
Still and calm
Tho' we see it glow
Still and calm
Tho' we see it glow
There’s no map to follow
It’s the great unknown
We’re all travelers
You’re not alone (Travelers)
It’s the great unknown
We’re all travelers
You’re not alone (Travelers)
I see your afterglow
Your spirit echoes on
I feel you here
Although you’re gone
Your spirit echoes on
I feel you here
Although you’re gone
Words and music Alice Bag
https://alicebag.bandcamp.com/track/travelers
https://alicebag.bandcamp.com/track/travelers
8/31/18
6/2/18
ALICE BAG- 77
ALICE BAG - 77
Featuring Kathleen Hanna and Allison Wolfe
Special Guest Seth Bogart & Shirley Manson
Directed by Scott Stuckey
ON SCREEN BAND
Alice Bag
Lysa Flores
Sharif Dumani
Candace Pk Hansen
David O. Jones
LYRICS
77
77, 77, 77
I make 77 cents on the dollar
It's not fair and it makes me want to holler
You work hard but I work harder
to catch where you are, gotta push myself farther
I asked my landlord for discount rent
He said "Oh no little lady, pay 100%"
77, 77, 77
I make 77 cents and it's not right
it's bad for women and worse if you're not white
You're head of household, so am I
It's not just about me, I still need to provide
I cash my check, wonder where it went
I try to stretch it out but it's all been spent
But it's time, it's time (Ooh, ooh, ooh), It's time, it's time (Ooh, ooh, ooh)
It's time, it's time (ooh, ooh, ooh)
Time for change
I'm gonna yell it! I'm gonna march! I’ll cast my ballot!
No, I'm not gonna settle for
77, 77, 77
That makes 77, 23 cents shy
Let's right our aim until we hit the bullseye
Don't pretend, we're paid equal
You wrote the script but I'm writing the sequel
8/31/17
THE SHAGGS
THE SHAGGS- 1975
THE SHAGGS- 2017
The Shaggs
were an American all-female rock and outsider music band formed in Fremont,
New Hampshire in 1968..
The Shaggs were formed by Dot, Betty and Helen Wiggin in 1968,
on the insistence of their father,
Austin Wiggin, who believed that his mother had predicted the band's rise to stardom.
The band's only studio album, Philosophy of the World, was released in 1969.
The album failed to garner attention, though the band continued
to exist as a locally popular live act.
The Shaggs disbanded in 1975 after the death of Austin.
The band is primarily notable today for their perceived ineptitude at playing conventional rock music; the band was described in one Rolling Stone article as "sounding like lobotomized Trapp Family singers."
On February 17, 2017, The Shaggs announced a reunion show at the Solid Sound Festival
in June curated by Wilco.
8/27/17
8/10/17
SIOUXSIE SIOUX DOES HER SET FROM A WHEELCHAIR
Siouxsie leads the Banshees through 1985 set in her wheelchair!
7/5/17
THE RUNAWAYS- 1977
THE RUNAWAYS - Wasted (1977 UK TV Appearance)
The Runaways - School Days (1977)
THE RUNAWAYS "LIVE IN JAPAN" 1977
6/5/17
RODNEY ON THE ROQ
RED VINAL BAM-BAM COSTUME BY ME- RICK CASTRO, (I LOVE RICKY) CIRCA 1980
PHOTO BY JULES BATES
HAIR & MAKE UP- LISA COHEN
RODNEY ON THE ROQ
1. Introduction - Brooke Shields
2. Bloodstains - Agent Orange
3. Amoeba - The Adolescents
4. Wild in the Streets - Circle Jerks
5. Tragedies - U.X.A.
6. Pushin' Too Hard - The Klan
7. No Values - Black Flag
8. The Outback - Rik L Rik
9. Right Time - Crowd
10. I Don't Want to Hold You - David Microwave
11. Wild - Nuns
12. Furry Friend - Fender Buddies
13. Laurie's Lament - The Vidiots
14. TV Love - The Simpletons
15. Surprise - New York
2. Bloodstains - Agent Orange
3. Amoeba - The Adolescents
4. Wild in the Streets - Circle Jerks
5. Tragedies - U.X.A.
6. Pushin' Too Hard - The Klan
7. No Values - Black Flag
8. The Outback - Rik L Rik
9. Right Time - Crowd
10. I Don't Want to Hold You - David Microwave
11. Wild - Nuns
12. Furry Friend - Fender Buddies
13. Laurie's Lament - The Vidiots
14. TV Love - The Simpletons
15. Surprise - New York
5/29/17
3/15/17
THE BIRTHDAY PARTY
The Birthday Party
"Junk Yard"
1982
Ferocious
Nick Cave
Mick Harvey
Phill Calvert
Rowland S. Howard
Tracy Pew
possessed
1/12/17
1/9/17
ALICE BAG- "I'M NOT A RIOT GRRRL"
I’m Not A Riot Grrrl
Over the past few years, I have been called a “Riot Grrrl” on numerous occasions. I think Riot Grrrls are pretty cool but I am not one and to tell you the truth, I’m not even sure that I could claim to have influenced or impacted that movement at all. Many of the women who were involved in creating Riot Grrrl were completely unaware of the women involved in creating the “first wave” punk scene.
By the time the male-dominated punk scene of the mid-late 1980′s created the need for women to call “girls to the front,” the systematic erasure of female
contributions to the West Coast punk scene had already been long
underway.
contributions to the West Coast punk scene had already been long
underway.
There was a time when women involved in the punk scene were simply called “punks.” No differentiators, qualifiers or labels were needed. For those first, crucial, formative years of punk during the late 1970’s, we all felt empowered, we all felt equal. We were co-creators of punk. To negate that part of punk history is to once again negate the contributions of women. Turning us all into Riot Grrrls positions us in a different time and location. I am not from Olympia; I am from East L.A.
Top to bottom: Kira Roessler, Penelope Houston, Dianne Chai, Karla Maddog, Trudie Arguelles, Patricia Morrison, Phranc, The Go-Go’s, Punks on the stairs at the Elks Lodge in Los Angeles, 1978.
In 1990, when Bikini Kill was being formed, I was playing in a band called Las Tres at Troy Café in downtown Los Angeles. Las Tres was made up of three Chicana punks. Like the Riot Grrrls, we clearly identified as feminist but we wrote and performed songs in English and Spanish about being women, about being brown. We were influenced by the sound of Mexican trios, which we fused with the spirit of punk rock. Maybe you’ve never heard of Troy Cafe, or Las Tres, or Mexican trios, but we were there, doing our own thing - not Riot Grrrls, but every bit as valid and meaningful.
In 1990, when Bikini Kill was being formed, I was playing in a band called Las Tres at Troy Café in downtown Los Angeles. Las Tres was made up of three Chicana punks. Like the Riot Grrrls, we clearly identified as feminist but we wrote and performed songs in English and Spanish about being women, about being brown. We were influenced by the sound of Mexican trios, which we fused with the spirit of punk rock. Maybe you’ve never heard of Troy Cafe, or Las Tres, or Mexican trios, but we were there, doing our own thing - not Riot Grrrls, but every bit as valid and meaningful.
So, while I praise the Riot Grrrl movement for advancing the cause of feminism with creativity and courage, please don’t call me a Riot Grrrl. I am a punk. My story matters and it doesn’t need to be changed or re-labeled.
8/20/16
8/5/16
7/29/16
THE NEW YORK DOLLS ALBUM COVER
New York Dolls debut studio album by American hard rock band the New York Dolls, was released on July 27, 1973, by Mercury Records. The band formed in 1971 and developed a following while playing regularly in lower Manhattan. However, they were unappealing to record companies because of their onstage cross-dressing and vulgarity, while most record producers were reluctant to work with them. For shock value, the band was photographed in exaggerated drag on the album cover.
New York Dolls received widespread acclaim from critics when it was first released but sold poorly and had a divisive effect on listeners. Despite its commercial failure, the album was an influential precursor to the 1970s punk rock movement and has since been named in various publications as one of the greatest debut records in rock music and one of the greatest albums of all time.
the now classic and history making images were shot by BOB GRUEN
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