| Let's do it all! Local and global. Maybe I'll find the time and money to fly out somewhere. I dunno. I wish I could make it to the MoMA thing next month.
I need a team of people to help me put up a site, though. And a team of people to compile links, get quotes from people, etc.
And tons of ADVICE and FEEDBACK.
There's no way I can handle this on my own. I still balk at writing a bio/tribute of her for the homepage -- which I plan on doing. Hell, I'm still reeling from the news of her passing.
Send me an email dina.hornreich AT gmail.com if you can help me form a team -- and forward this to anyone you know who can help me make a tribute ezine in memoriam to Ari.
Please and thank you.
Now it makes more sense why I didn't immediately grasp Robin's meaning. I'm Jewish--but I have Typical Girl blood!
Since I've trying to keep track of tributes to Ari and The Slits online, I've actually been thinking that it's be good that they'd be collected somehow. So your idea, Dina, of an online tribute by our group seems quite fitting--especially in the world we now live in--and I think that including links to what is already online via various sources would be appreciated. It'd be a shame for all of these to be "lost" in the noise of the Internet. Please put me down for helping out with this in whatever way I can. (I'm not in Colorado but am a good online chatter!) I'm a fully trained copyeditor and/or proofreader, so I can certainly help make whatever we do be error-free.
Still, a live musical event seems very appropriate too, since I believe Ari was all about the moment. One kind of tribute certainly doesn't preclude another and, perhaps, we could dovetail the release of the e-zine with a live event. It'd be easy to stream the event live (as well as archive it) via one of a number of free services now available.
Long live Typical Girls, Lydia
On Oct 28, 2010, at 12:04 PM, Dina Hornreich wrote: I think a tribute on her birthday is much better than a wake. Didn't Ari have some Jewishness in her blood? We (Jewish people) don't do wakes. Should we put up something online -- isn't there an Ari-Up/Slits website already? I know there's that book on TG (the band). What about an e/zine issue paying tribute to Ari? We could interview people and get stories and quotes (kind of what people are doing with their blogs) and compile them. If it were online, pics and vids could be embedded too? I'm gonna need support with this... I'm assuming no one else on this list is in Colorado!? -Dina Dina Hornreich dina.hornreich AT gmail.comhttp://portfolio.du.edu/dhornreiOn Oct 28, 2010, at 12:24 PM, Annette Weatherman wrote: I think wakes probably take different forms depending on where you are, IMO it just matters what Typical Girls wants to do for Ari . . . . looking to you and others for leadership on this . . . ?
On Oct 27, 2010, at 3:35 PM, Dina Hornreich wrote:
I agree with the plea for the tribute not to be location-centric
because I'm out in Denver, CO. I am so overwhelmed by this loss, it
pains me.
On 10/27/10, Alex murray/leslie <a AT chicksonspeed.com> wrote:
I really like the virtual wake idea and will join this with Melissa and our
girl monster gang in Europe. The slits were one of our biggest inspirations
for starting Chicks on Speed, along with delta 5 and The Raincoats
We once spoke with Paul Smith a few years ago, who was at one point working
with the slits, (in some way) we spoke about us doing a cover of typical
girls, to be released with their mistresspiece, what an honor that would
have been....I always regretted that never happened.
I never met Ari, Melissa did and told me all about it, backstage at the
knitting factory, it sounded wild and passionate, I wish I'd been there
Alex Murray-Leslie
Espaseria 15/5
08003 Barcelona
Spain
Mobile: +34 699 357 238
Chicks on Speed Don't Art, Fashion, Music, published November 2nd by Booth
Clibborn Editions and DCA
On 27 Oct 2010, at 22:06, Annette Weatherman <misschief AT earthlink.net>
wrote:
Where I come from, wakes are both a goodbye and a celebration of a life.
Wakes are held by friends for each other to express grief and love. Wakes
are held to turn sorrow into joy. Bodies are not in attendance at wakes.
Wakes are parties. Wakes are good.
I;m not saying there should be a wake, although I do have an idea for one
that would link us together from all over the world as we celebrated Ari.
Pick a day and an hour. At this hour each of us who loved Ari would
gather, or be alone, and reminisce, have moments of silence or prayer, or
drink some wine, or fire one up or whatever you'd want to do to remember
her and the joyful party she'd always help make for us. We would do this
knowing we were 'in vibration' with each other, from all over the world,
at the same time, making a punky Ari party. We could each send a short
message to the thread during that hour. A 'virtual wake' if you'd want to
call it that.
Otherwise, if it's a "tribute" in some specific locale, the rest of us
couldn't be there . . . not fair!
If it's a musical tribute -- almost seems as though we'd be taking away
from what only Ari and the Slits did and could do. They were SO original,
and iconoclastic, maybe the music best be left in their voices only. Feel
the same way about the Raincoats! These wonderful bands create such a
unique 'atmosphere' that should maybe always be their creation for us.
I dunno, maybe a new work-up of "Typical Girls" could be done by you
musicians who can, since it's the name of the 'network' too, and a
recording sent out to everyone during the 'Ari Hour'!
But anyway, please don't be location-centric as that cuts so many of us
out . . .
JUST SOME IDEAS
On Oct 27, 2010, at 10:19 AM, robin dudley wrote:
i guess you have never been to a wake!? i am from an irish family and
some of the best parties i have ever been to were wakes. of COURSE we
would not have her body in attendance...however when someone dies that is
the irish way of celebrating their life. sorry if you were offended by
the idea!
yes the bass line for newtown was memorable. but i can hardly imagine
other people doing justice to slits music for the most part...
i suspect she was in la with her family but don't know.
From: HunnyPi007 AT aol.com
Date: Mon, 25 Oct 2010 02:32:55 -0700
To: typicalgirls AT lists.ibiblio.org
Subject: Re: [TypicalGirls] the loss of a legend
A wake?! That sounds horrible, and anyway, we're not going to get
anywhere near her body soon enough. Maybe her physical remains have
already been attended to. By the way, does anyone know where Ari died?
Still really strange to write that. Hard to believe and still shaken as
well. But it will happen to all of us one day or another. What I've taken
from this is to live your life as fully and freely as possible and to
follow your dreams, no matter what anyone else says. I believe that this
must become part of your subconscious in addition to being a conscious
plan.
Anyway, I'm "in," too, on any tribute, celebration, honoring of Ari's
life and art. Might this include various bands playing Slits songs? I
remember bringing Slits songs to my bass guitar teacher when I was first
learning to play during my high school years. "Newtown," specifically
comes to mind. Depending on where and when this tribute happens, I'm sure
I can at least put one song together for this, and perhaps "Newtown"
would feel most apt.
By the way, I posted some articles, re-tweets, etc. to my Twitter account
regarding Ari's passing. If you want to see them and get info about other
Typical and non-Typical stuff, go here: Miss Abyss (Abysswit) on Twitter
(http://twitter.com/abysswit). I'll most likely be tweeting more about
Ari, and since there are times when I don't re-post my Typical
Girls-related tweets to this list as well, you may want to be in the loop
there as well.
If you haven't already seen these--or just want to see Ari's spunkiness
in action again--enjoy some cool videos here: Record Shopping with The
Slits! - Los Angeles Music - West Coast Sound & Live at TONY holiday
edition: Merry Christmas from Ari Up! | The Volume | Time Out New York.
Some choice quotes from these videos:
Re: Billie Holiday: "I don't like the suicidal part of it."
"My twins are big basketball fans. I don't know shit about it."
"We are all trapped animals."
Typically untypical,
Lydia
On Oct 24, 2010, at 3:27 PM, robin dudley wrote:
how bout a wake??
From: dina.hornreich AT gmail.com
Date: Thu, 21 Oct 2010 11:43:23 -0600
To: typicalgirls AT lists.ibiblio.org
Subject: [TypicalGirls] the loss of a legend
Dear friends,
I was really shaken-up by Air's passing. Still am. I appreciate all the
information you've posted to help us understand the circumstances.
Still, it is tragic. She was a legend. The last time I saw her perform
was ladyfest NYC almost 10 years ago.
Did someone mention a tribute? Count me in.
Dina Hornreich
dina.hornreich AT gmail.com
http://portfolio.du.edu/dhornrei
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