[TypicalGirls] an update from the list moderator

Aileen Brophy abrophy at gmail.com
Thu Mar 29 16:21:06 EST 2007


I'm curious about the title- does the term "heebie jeebies" have some
kind of connection to Judaism?  Am i missing something?

On 3/29/07, Dina Hornreich <dina.hornreich at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Allan:
>
> Thanks for your input. I did post a response to his piece on punk
> appropriation of Nazi imagery at Jewcy.com -- but I haven't yet mentioned to
> him my impression that he has overlooked some interesting Jewish women in
> punk. Let me finish the book first!
>
> -Dina
>
> P.S. Oddly enough, another person acknowledged at the beginning of the book
> is the musician we hired to do the music for my wedding! His band, the
> Afro-Semitic Experience, will be entertaining all our friends and relatives.
> Weird.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Allan Metz" <ametz at drury.edu>
> To: "Typical Girls: Women in Punk/Post-Punk/Underground Music (Circa
> 1975-1980s)" <typicalgirls at lists.ibiblio.org>
> Sent: Thursday, March 29, 2007 11:11 AM
> Subject: Re: [TypicalGirls] an update from the list moderator
>
>
> ...Finally, I am just getting into this neat book called The Heebie-Jeebies
> at CBGBs: A Secret History of Jewish Punk. So far, I am really enjoying
> Beeber's analysis. I haven't yet read the chapter called, "The New JAPS
> (Jewish American Punks): Jewish American Women and the Birth of Female
> Punk," however I can already tell it overlooks some women celebrated on this
> listserv. I seem to have a vague recollection of hearing that Ari-Up and
> Lora Logic are Jewish and I don't see their names in the index. Anyone
> familiar with this book who wants to chime in?...
> ***Hi Dina: I've read the book, and exchanged messages with the author, who
> appears to be open to suggestions.
>
> In the interest of full discosure, the author cited my book in the chapter
> on Deborah Harry--"Chris Stein Creates the First Punk Princess"--and
> mentioned my name in the Acknowledgements.
>
> Allan Metz
> Blondie, From Punk to the Present: A Pictorial History
> http://www.blondiebook.com/
>
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