lynda carter
4 Dec
actor. singer. underoos fashion icon. mother of james and jessica.
Tag Archives: singer
betty grable
26 Nov
actor. singer. dancer. my grandpa’s favorite pin-up girl. mother of victoria and jessica.
“The woman’s vision is deep reaching, the man’s far reaching. With the man the world is his heart, with the woman the heart is her world.”
francoise hardy
21 Nov
french singer. songwriter. guitarist. model. 1960s fashion icon. astrologer. mother of thomas.
jolie to the max. “mon amie la rose”
nina simone
17 Nov
singer. songwriter. pianist. composer. civil rights activist. mother of lisa.
“I had spent many years pursuing excellence, because that is what classical music is all about… Now it was dedicated to freedom, and that was far more important.”
sit. watch. listen. “ain’t got no…i got life”
sissy spacek
13 Nov
singer. actor. activist. mother of schuyler and madison.
“When I started out in independant films in the early 70s, we did everything for the love of art. It wasn’t about money and stardom. That was what we were reacting against. You’d die before you’d be bought.”
brody dalle
10 Nov
singer. guitarist. songwriter. mother of camille harley.
If punk rock has a heart, it belongs to brody dalle of The Distillers and Spinnerette. Read an interview with brody at antiquiet.
“I’d like to be an artist like Tom Waits where I’ll just make records and occasionally go out on tour. I’ll do it just for the pure pleasure of making records. And if a select few people like them and want to buy them, then that’s amazing. I’m lucky.”
watch “ghetto love” by spinnerette
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top that, aka, total blackmail material
During my latest trip to Brooklyn and northern New Jersey, my best friends and I recorded ourselves performing the infamous Top That rap from the classic 80s film Teen Witch. What follows is that rap plus a montage of shenanigans that most people would consider embarrassing.
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who does she think she is?
As I sat in this room, a make-shift theatre in the back of an organic grocery shop, with four women and two nursing babies, I was carried by their momentum. Surrounded by their art and baby food jars felt as organic as the produce shelved around me.
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porn flakes: what moms are having for brunch
Oh, thank God, I thought. They’re porn-friendly moms. Now I can relax and enjoy my third cup of coffee.
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see, i can be crafty too
I busted out the old sewing box my mom gave me years ago and fished around for a solution. And what did I find? A Led Zeppelin patch I got from the record store I worked in 15 YEARS AGO. Here’s what went through my head at this discovery…
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drunken deceptacons
Remember how I wrote about going home to Virginia for Christmas? Well, I left out a little something we now refer to as “The Disco Christmas Sleepover of 2009,” wherein my best friends and I drank too much and decided to do a dance video.
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