“Pretty girl keep growin’ up …”
“Pretty girl keep growin’ up / Playin’ makeup, wearin’ guitar.” Those classic lines are from “Left of the Dial” by The Replacements, a song that, in effect, changed my life […]
Category Archives: Random Musings
“Remember when we first met?”
NANA (ナナ) is a 2005 Japanese film directed by Kentaro Otani. The film is a live-action adaptation of the shoujo manga of the same name by Ai Yazawa. Shoujo manga, […]
“Hanging On the Telephone”
Last summer I stumbled upon a 2006 single, on eMusic, by a female-fronted English punk band called Deadline. I was drawn, at first, to the cover art. Tattooed punk girl? […]
Joan Jett & Dave Grohl
On November 15, 2011, Foo Fighters appeared with special guest Joan Jett on The Late Show with David Letterman and performed a scorching rendition of Jett’s “Bad Reputation”. I missed […]
“I said lookout, lookout …”
“Half Fish. Half Snake. All Death.” So says the tagline (on the UK DVD) for the movie Piranhaconda (2012), the Syfy Channel‘s stunningly absurd (and unrelated) sequel to the equally […]
“That book will fuck you up!”
I work for the US Department of Defense and, this week, my furlough begins, which means that I, as an employee of the Federal Government, must take one day off […]
Joan Jett & Evil Stig
Joan Jett is one of my favorite female rockers of all-time, and I’ve been wanting to do a post about her ever since I started this blog. However, Jett‘s career […]
Gretchen Wilson Rocks!
Country chicks rock! Well, some do. And, one of them that do is Gretchen Wilson. I’m not a big fan of country music, but I don’t dislike the genre. I […]
Girls Got Rhythm!
I love all-female tribute bands! Well, actually, I love all-female bands that pay tribute to popular all-male bands. What’s the point of an all-female tribute to The Runaways or The […]
“I’m a Hex Girl …”
The Hex Girls rock! Best all-girl cartoon rock band ever! “But, what about Josie and the Pussycats?” you wonder. “Or Jem?” you add. Well, both were cool all-girl cartoon rock […]
Rock Chicks Rule! 