[TypicalGirls] an update from the list moderator

Dina Hornreich dina.hornreich at gmail.com
Thu Mar 29 17:13:24 EST 2007


Indeed, Dan, that's part of it. I think it also refers to a condition which Beeber, by using the Yiddish term "shpilkes" interchangeably with "heebie-jeebies," characterizes stereotypical New York Jewish neuroticism. 

-Dina

----- Original Message ----- 
  From: dpbailey at att.net 
  To: Typical Girls: Women in Punk/Post-Punk/Underground Music (Circa 1975-1980s) 
  Sent: Thursday, March 29, 2007 3:33 PM
  Subject: Re: [TypicalGirls] an update from the list moderator






  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 recoll ection 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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