Women of the punk era

"Punk was something you did rather than listened to, or admired. It was about being that person yourself, rather than standing back and thinking that somebody else was great."

Read Cazz Blase's three-part report on the women of the punk era on the f-word here.

SALT

Who's with me for a trip to the flicks?!

Apparently, Angelina Jolie was asked to be a Bond Girl and refused, saying that she would rather play Bond. A year later, when Tom Cruise turned down the role of Salt (too close to Mission Impossible), the character's gender switched and Jolie stepped in.

I'm really looking forward to seeing a big action movie that centres around a woman and with a strong leading lady.

AMAZING! From Deerhunter's Blog: Janelle Monáe

DEERHUNTER / ATLAS SOUND / GHETTO CROSS by bradford cox and cole alexander: Janelle Monáe is the new Bowie: "i'm really surprised she is not Lady Gaga level by now. This performance is mindblowing and recalls Young Americans-era Bowie with obvious..."

Nina Simone Treat

It's been a while since I last posted.

Let me make it up to you with this...

Meshes of the Afternoon

Part One

Part Two

In her own words.

A Poem by Denise Levertov

Variation on a Theme by Rilke
A certain day became a presence to me; there it was, confronting me--a sky, air, light: a being. And before it started to descend from the height of noon, it leaned over and struck my shoulder as if with the flat of a sword, granting me honor and a task. The day's blow rang out, metallic--or it was I, a bell awakened, and what I heard was my whole self saying and singing what it knew: I can.