Yesterday, I met up with Slits founding member Ari Up and new addition Hollie Cook (spawn of Sex Pistol's Paul Cook) at the East Village reggae record haven Jammyland. While a frazzled Ari Up, feeling out of it from a virus she's been fighting, combed the bins, I got to sneak in a few questions about the ladies' recent comeback.(Ari Up with her own record in hand)For those of you not familiar w...
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700 billion. Defense is the only thing this country will spend more money on in 2008 and that's by a measly 28 billion.Today's news from Washington should be an eye opening experience for many of us.This is what Bernanke said today:In the case of Lehman Brothers, a major investment bank, the Federal Reserve and the Treasury declined to commit public funds to support the institution. The failur...
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I've been listening to a ton of Grrrl rock this week. I got some Muffs, Cub, Bratmobile, and a bunch of others. I cannot get this Slits song out of my head. It's so awesome. I love Ari Up's voice. It gives me shivers. I've been looking up some albums I don't have. I didn't realize that Kill Rock Stars had rereleased so many classic Grrrl ablums. I think I'm going to download Liliput, De...
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On November 22nd Blast First Petite Records will re-release The Slits' second album, Return of the Giant Slits. The double CD will include the original tracks from the 1981 release plus a bonus CD of b-sides, dub mixes and photos by Anton Corbijn.SourceThe Slits UKOriginal band lineup on the 1981 album:Ari Up (Vocal), Viv Albertine (Guitar), Tessa Pollitt (Bass), Bruce Smith (Drums), Steve Ber...
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Veteran punks The Slits have inspired a myriad of musicians and trends in their 29 year career. Most recently, The Slits are credited as the inspiration for Chloe Sevigny's new line of clothing. Last Monday, the band performed at Sevigny's party and Webster Hall in NYC was jam-packed with famous hotties like the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Joanna Newsom with Andy Samberg, Seth Meyers and more. The Slit...
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Went to check out "the slits":http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Slits show last night, and had a great time. "The Monster Women":http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=10637965 of eureka opened the show with some rockin zombie riffs as they usually serve up cold off of the slab, followed by "The Eureka Garbage Company":http://www.myspace.com/theeeurekagarbagec...
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In recognition of International Women's Day, I'll be honoring my Sisters all week long... This photo created by my dear friend, the dangerously scintillating, Zoethrix.
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Tobi Vail, badass drummer and one of the coolest survivors of the riot grrl scene, sums up her Thoughts on Women in Music, 2000-09 for Carrie Brownstein's Monitor Mix Blog on NPR. Her opening sentence—and that whole paragraph—is awesome: At...
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THE SLITS live show at El Corozon, Seattle, November 22, 2006.It was, as they say I believe, totally crunk! I certainly worked up a sweat and more.Review on junkmedia.org: The Slits - Still Punk After All these Years.Short clips from show posted by mtcjoseph:Clip 1, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ft0i7nz_0rE:Clip 2, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PuGzOiFE-Us:MORE SLITS VIDEO at youtube
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WordPress database error: [Got error 12 from storage engine] SELECT ID, post_title, post_date, comment_count FROM wp_posts WHERE post_status = 'publish' AND post_type = 'post' AND ID != 8124 ORDER BY RAND() LIMIT 5 Criminally underrated or obscenely overrated? Regardless of your answer, punk outfit The Slits left a remarkable legacy in their wake. Precisely what their legacy represents is u...
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I have been looking forward to seeing them live this weekend for weeks but I can't go. I'm nearly broke and I don't trust my car to make the 3.5 hour trip to DC. I have to work Monday night so I can't make the Charlottesville show either. Oh well at least I get to see a few good local bands tonight plus one out of town band. Time to go drink too much and rock out.Edit: The Slits is who I'm talk...
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Still feeling my way around this Mog thing. So far I really dig it. Brilliant idea. To test how things work here's a video. The Slits-Typical Girls. As time goes on I'll post more often. I recently abandoned MySpace so Mog will fill the time I spent there.
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Legendary 70's punk-rockers The Slits have confirmed new details of a tour in support of their comeback full-length record due later this year. The new long-player, titled Trapped Animal is due on October 5th from the band, who's lineup has changed a fair amount since their birth.
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