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- From: ALEX MURRAY-LESLIE <a AT chicksonspeed.com>
- To: "mike AT appelstein.com" <mike AT appelstein.com>, "Typical Girls: Women in Punk/Post-Punk/Underground Music (Circa 1975-1980s)" <typicalgirls AT lists.ibiblio.org>
- Cc: "Typical Girls: Women in Punk/Post-Punk/Underground Music \(Circa 1975-1980s\)" <typicalgirls AT lists.ibiblio.org>
- Subject: Re: [TypicalGirls] THE SLITS REFORM FOR NEW SHOWS
- Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2008 20:18:35 +0100
I would say the shags
How wonderful was that first record
Sent from alex iPhone
On 17 Nov 2008, at 20:06, "Mike Appelstein" <mike AT appelstein.com> wrote:
This is why I love Typical Girls - here we have an argument regarding the
Slits' first shows by people THAT WERE THERE. Where else on the web are we
(slightly) younger post-punk obsessives going to get that?
<<for some reason people like to think these girls just picked up
instruments and jumped on stage. they practiced and wrote for months before
performing.>>
So is it time to retire the myth once and for all that the original punks
"couldn't play?" From what I can hear, the guitar bands could play fine.
Malcolm McLaren always promoted that myth about the Sex Pistols, but it's
clear Cook, Matlock and especially Jones were perfectly accomplished
players. Perhaps, in the mid-1970s, musicians were still so enamored of
extended guitar solos that listeners weren't used to a simpler approach. I
mean, the Sheffield bands like Cab Volt were using synths they "couldn't
play" a la Pere Ubu or Eno-era Roxy Music...but I tend to think that's a
whole different scene and philosophy.
Were there any bands that truly, obviously "couldn't play" at their first
shows? The Flowers of Romance? Early Germs?
- mike
mike AT appelstein.com
http://www.appelstein.com/blog
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Re: [TypicalGirls] THE SLITS REFORM FOR NEW SHOWS
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Re: [TypicalGirls] THE SLITS REFORM FOR NEW SHOWS,
robin dudley, 11/13/2008
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Re: [TypicalGirls] THE SLITS REFORM FOR NEW SHOWS,
robin dudley, 11/13/2008
- [TypicalGirls] Vivien Goldman on a Panel Saturday 2 p.m. at the Brooklyn Museum, Eleanor W., 11/13/2008
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Re: [TypicalGirls] THE SLITS REFORM FOR NEW SHOWS,
Annette, 11/16/2008
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Re: [TypicalGirls] THE SLITS REFORM FOR NEW SHOWS,
robin dudley, 11/16/2008
- Re: [TypicalGirls] THE SLITS REFORM FOR NEW SHOWS, Annette, 11/16/2008
- Re: [TypicalGirls] THE SLITS REFORM FOR NEW SHOWS, robin dudley, 11/16/2008
- Re: [TypicalGirls] THE SLITS REFORM FOR NEW SHOWS, Annette, 11/17/2008
- Re: [TypicalGirls] THE SLITS REFORM FOR NEW SHOWS, robin dudley, 11/17/2008
- Re: [TypicalGirls] THE SLITS REFORM FOR NEW SHOWS, Mike Appelstein, 11/17/2008
- Re: [TypicalGirls] THE SLITS REFORM FOR NEW SHOWS, ALEX MURRAY-LESLIE, 11/17/2008
- Re: [TypicalGirls] THE SLITS REFORM FOR NEW SHOWS, Mike Appelstein, 11/17/2008
- Re: [TypicalGirls] THE SLITS REFORM FOR NEW SHOWS, J Neo Marvin, 11/17/2008
- Re: [TypicalGirls] THE SLITS REFORM FOR NEW SHOWS, J Neo Marvin, 11/17/2008
- Re: [TypicalGirls] THE SLITS REFORM FOR NEW SHOWS, Annette, 11/18/2008
- Re: [TypicalGirls] THE SLITS REFORM FOR NEW SHOWS, robin dudley, 11/19/2008
- Re: [TypicalGirls] THE SLITS REFORM FOR NEW SHOWS, Annette, 11/20/2008
- [TypicalGirls] FW: THE SLITS REFORM FOR NEW SHOWS, robin dudley, 11/26/2008
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Re: [TypicalGirls] THE SLITS REFORM FOR NEW SHOWS,
robin dudley, 11/16/2008
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Re: [TypicalGirls] THE SLITS REFORM FOR NEW SHOWS,
robin dudley, 11/13/2008
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Re: [TypicalGirls] THE SLITS REFORM FOR NEW SHOWS,
robin dudley, 11/13/2008
- Re: [TypicalGirls] THE SLITS REFORM FOR NEW SHOWS, robin dudley, 11/16/2008
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