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B-sides: Calliope Musicals

by Katie Presley
October 19, 2010 at 12:52pm

I’ve been in Austin, Texas for the past week, and the highlight of my hectic live show calendar has been Calliope Musicals, a young, up-and-coming indie country/folk band started by Carrie Fussell and Matt Roth less than a year ago. This is exactly the kind of thing indie fans swoon over: the chance to say we knew them back BEFORE they went mainstream and got picked up by the...

Tube Tied: Notes on Mad Men's Fourth Season

by Michelle Dean
October 19, 2010 at 11:59am

Mad Men's fourth season, which finished this past Sunday night, had a dualistic quality, it seemed to me. On the one hand, the season had some of the strongest episodes of the entire series—particularly "The Suitcase," which I wrote about in this space before. On the other, it had easily the worst, most blunt, least moving finale of all four seasons. It also signaled a sort of repetition in...

Music Matters: There's More Than One Way Of Knowing

by Sarah Jaffe
October 19, 2010 at 10:03am

I still haven't read Sara Marcus's book on Riot Grrl, Girls to the Front, but I did bring two friends down to a reading in NYC last night that featured Marcus, poet Rachel Eliza Griffiths, and Rob Sheffield.

Marcus gave the most rock'n'roll reading I've ever heard for what's essentially a history book, though a vibrant, living history book built on having lived through that...

Adventures in Feministory: Voltairine de Cleyre, Anarchist without Adjectives

by Lindsay Baltus
October 19, 2010 at 9:50am

Voltairine de Cleyre was an Anarchist thinker, lecturer, and writer. A contemporary of Emma Goldman's, she was known for her strength of will and commitment to the power of the individual. (Incidentally, she was also a total babe.)

I wanted to write about de Cleyre for the obvious reason that she was a totally brilliant early feminist, but also because while Goldman, her...

Political InQueery: The Poverty of Citizenship

by Everett Maroon
October 18, 2010 at 10:40am

I had fully intended to take on the "everyone for themselves" quality of predicting election results, spending some time researching through the he said/he said (that's not a typo) of who will win the House and Senate when the smoke clears on November 3. And then German Chancellor Angela Merkel opened her mouth. What flew out was such a smelly stream of political diarrhea that I have to shift...

On Our Radar

by Katie Presley
October 17, 2010 at 9:42am

Another week has come and gone, and we’ve got it covered. Here’s what we’ve been reading over at Bitch HQ.

BitchTapes: Books!

by Erica Steckl
October 15, 2010 at 3:05pm

Mmm…books! Autumn and books just seem to go hand in hand. This week’s BitchTapes is a mix of musicians celebrating books in their songs or group names. Best enjoyed while stepping on crunchy leaves on the way to your local independent bookstore. Track list after the jump!

Grand Rounds: Dissecting Grey's Anatomy: Can't Fight Biology

by Greys Bloggers
October 15, 2010 at 1:42pm

This week on Grey’s Anatomy, we went from fire poles to therapeutic worms, and everywhere in between. Will the doctors of Seattle Grace successfully reassemble their lives after the shooting? Is Cristina seeing the light at the end of the tunnel? Is Lexie feeling the bite of a green-eyed monster? And is Dr. Avery a sleazebag or what?! Is Frances Conroy cool or what?!...

Political InQueery: Policing Masculinity

by Everett Maroon
October 15, 2010 at 11:27am

In last night's Nevada Senatorial, Sharron Angle told Harry Reid to "man up." This was in response to Reid's pressure on Angle regarding her stance on Social Security. The exchange:

Reid: Don't frighten people about Social Security. The deal that was made by President Reagan and Tip O'Neil is holding strong. The money is there and taking care of our folks and will for...

Music Matters: Gonna Love You Like I'm Indestructible

by Sarah Jaffe
October 15, 2010 at 10:34am

Or: How Robyn Released Three Albums in a Year And Kept Them Interesting.

When I look back at 2010, it will probably have been the Year of Robyn. It was the Year of Pop Music for me, really, but I came back to Robyn again and again. Part of that was accidental—I finally sat down and listened to Robyn, really absorbed that a really great dance-pop track was as brilliant an achievement as...

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