Skip to Content.
Sympa Menu

typicalgirls - Re: [TypicalGirls] an update from the list moderator

typicalgirls AT lists.ibiblio.org

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

List archive

Chronological Thread  
  • From: dpbailey AT att.net
  • To: "Typical Girls: Women in Punk/Post-Punk/Underground Music (Circa 1975-1980s)" <typicalgirls AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [TypicalGirls] an update from the list moderator
  • Date: Thu, 29 Mar 2007 21:33:44 +0000

 

 

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/
> >
> >
> >
> >
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> >
> >
> > > _______________________________________________
> > > TypicalGirls mailing list
> > > TypicalGirls AT lists.ibiblio.org
> > > http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/typicalgirls
> > >
> >
> > _______________________________________________
> > TypicalGirls mailing list
> > TypicalGirls AT lists.ibiblio.org
> > http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/typicalgirls
> >
> _______________________________________________
> TypicalGirls mailing list
> TypicalGirls AT lists.ibiblio.org
> http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/typicalgirls



Archive powered by MHonArc 2.6.24.

Top of Page