Network Awesome has curated 30 shows containing almost 400 video
clips to explore the role women have played in Punk music from the
70's to today. With rare
interviews and concerts, videos, documentaries and
feature films, Network Awesome broadcasts a compelling week of TV
designed to entertain and provoke.
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figures of the day such as Alice Bag and Gudrun Gut, with essays by Dr.
Helen Reddington, Jessica Hopper, Kathryn Fischer, Candace McDuffie and
more.
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Upcoming Network Awesome specials include:
- The Cremaster Cycle by Matthew Barney July 25-29
- The Films of Paul Grimault July 23rd
- Nuke P*rn Weekend: Aug 6&7
- Early Japanese Animation Aug 8-12
The Women Of Punk - July 18-22, 2011:
MONDAY Live Music Show - The Women of Punk vol. 1 (article by Jessica Hopper)
Collection of Clips showcasing the varied women of Punk.
Doc - The Runaways
Recent interviews with many of The Runaways looking back on the wild times of the past. Jem and the Holograms - The Beginning (pending interview with series creator Christy Marx)
Slyly subversive 1984 cartoon about rival good vs evil all-girl punk bands.
Doc - Siouxsie and the Banshees
Archival interviews and concert footage from all eras of the iconic singer and group.
L7 - the Beauty Process
Amazingly weird film about L7 made by Nirvana Bassist Krist Novoselic.
Vivienne Dick - Beauty Becomes the Beast
No-Wave
art film shot on Super-8 and preoccupied with female sexuality,
relationships and 'transgressive behaviour'. Staring Lydia Lunch, Lizzy
Mercier, Klaus Nomi.
TUESDAY Live Music Show - The Women of Punk vol.2 (article by Kathryn Fischer aka Mad Kate )
Collection of Clips showcasing the varied women of Punk. Doc - Who is Poly Styrene?
Documentary on British musician, songwriter and singer for the punk rock band X-Ray Spex. Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling (G.L.O.W.)
Special feature on "Hollywood and Vine", "Dementia", and a few more of the Punk villains of GLOW.
Talk Show - Punk Women
Collected interviews from: Wendy O. Williams (Plasmatics), Ari Up (The Slits), Lydia Lunch (Teenage Jesus and the Jerks), Penelope Houston (Avengers), Gee Vaucher (Crass) & Cherie Currie (The Runaways).
Collection - 60 minutes with Kate Bush
Rare interviews, concert footage, and videos from this iconoclastic artist. Red Aunts - Saltbox In 1995, Red Aunts shot homemade videos for every song on their "Saltbox" album. These are the shambolic results.
WEDNESDAY Live Music Show - The Women of Punk vol. 3 (article by Dr. Helen Reddington)
Collection of Clips showcasing the varied women of Punk. The Bags - Live in Hollywood 1978 (Interview with Alice Bag from The Bags)
Entire legendary concert shot on VHS. Watch Tom Waits get punched in the face!
Jem and the Holograms - Video Wars
A particularly cutting episode of the cartoon series. Collection: Girls Bite Back
Startling
interviews and live performances from an almost-lost 1984 documentary by
Wolfgang Büld. Features Malaria!, Nina Hagen, Liliput, The Slits, and
Siouxsie and the Banshees. Doc - Coup D´Etat: Re-socializing Gender Roles
Follows
cutting edge female musicians, comic book artists, film-makers
and performance artists to convey how artistic _expression_
continues to be used as a tool to create social change while
articulating the problems of American society. Produced & Directed
by T. Khyentse James, 2008 and features Kathleen Hanna, Miranda July,
Sharon Jones and many others.
Live Music Show - The Women of Punk (2000 - present)
Collection of Clips showcasing the varied women of Punk as it's manifested today.
Features
Bikini Kill, Team Dresch, Cobra Killer, Finally Punk, Erase Errata, All
Girl Summer Fun Band, Mika Miko, Vivian Girls, The Need, Bleach03.
THURSDAY Live Music Show - The Women of Punk vol. 4
Collection of Clips showcasing the varied women of Punk.
Collection: Gudrun Gut + Malaria (Interview with Gudrun Gut)
Historic
fixture in the German punk & industrial scene and
influential radio show host and runs 2 women-centric record labels.
Collection: Vivienne Westwood Interviews with the British fashion designer largely responsible for bringing punk and new wave fashions into the mainstream. Collection: A Brief History Of Peaches (article by Candace McDuffie)
Rare interviews, concert appearances and getting to the bottom of "Peaches Christ Superstar". Doc - The Gits The
Gits were a promising band from Seattle, poised to explode on the
national scene when powerful singer Mia Zapata was brutally raped and
murdered. This is a heartbreaking look at the band and the aftermath of
Mia's murder. Movie - Lovedolls Superstar
1986 indie movie following the all-girl punk band The Lovedolls, features cameos by a wealth of indie rock
heroes like Jello Biafra, Redd Kross and Sky Saxon.
FRIDAY Live Music Show - The Women of Punk vol. 5
Collection of Clips showcasing the varied women of Punk.
Doc - Blondie
Brutal documentary tracing the ups and downs of this great band that just happens to include Debbie Harry. Patti Smith Live - Rockpalast 1979 April 22, 1979 special on the Patti Smith Group filmed live on German TV's "Rockpalast" show. 13 songs in glorious color.
Vivienne Dick: She Had Her Gun Already (1978)(Interview with Vivienne Dick)
No Wave art film shot on Super-8 and starring Lydia Lunch and Pat Place.
Trailer Trash: The Women Of Punk
Compilation of Movie Trailers focusing on our week's subject. Includes
the films: Times Square 1980, She's A Punk Rocker UK, Tank Girl, Liquid
Sky and many more.
Movie - Ladies And Gentlemen, The Fabulous Stains (feature article)
This excellent film shows Diane Lane as an angry teen who starts a punk
band and attracts a cult
following. The film was a flop at the time, but re-runs on TV influenced
the Riot Girl movement. Also includes a behind the scenes documentary.