[TypicalGirls] an update from the list moderator

dpbailey at att.net dpbailey at att.net
Thu Mar 29 16:33:44 EST 2007



I'm assuming (in my one-quarter-Jewish, raised-Southern-Baptist way) it's a play on the ethnic slur "Heeb" (as in, I presume, Hebrew).

Dan

-------------- Original message from "Aileen Brophy" <abrophy at gmail.com>: -------------- 


> 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 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" 
> > To: "Typical Girls: Women in Punk/Post-Punk/Underground Music (Circa 
> > 1975-1980s)" 
> > 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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