Fuck Yeah! Queer Music

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September 2011

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Nominate Homoground for PodCast Award! →

scantron: Help us out by nominating Homoground in the People’s Choice & GLBT categories for the upcoming Podcast Award! You can only nominate once, so make it count! Deadline is midnight Sept 30th! http://podcastawards.com Do it! Homoground is awesome and well worth your vote.

"Digital and vinyl serve two different...

ilivesweat: The fine gentlemen* at I Live Sweat gave me the opportunity to write an article comparing digital to vinyl, but, to be honest, as I started to think about it, I realized that the only time you see articles comparing these two things is when someone has a passionate opinion about one or the other. And yes, I could do that kind of article, but what good would it do us? Not much. My...

Joan Jett and the Blackhearts nominated for the... →

Well all know I’m obviously pulling for her, but Heart is also nominated, and I loves me some Heart.

avry: WPATH announces new standards of care for transgender and gender nonconforming people hairyqueerkid: transbranch: This makes me really happy! I’m wondering though, will i have to keep gender identity disorder on my permanent medical record, or can i now get it removed? !!!!!!!!!!!!!! This is really important and makes me happy in SO MANY WAYS. Because my default disposition...

TO THE PROTESTORS:

rosalarian: iamwhoiamandidontgiveadamn: sapphrikah: If they make you sign ANYTHING if you are arrested make sure to tell them you do so under “duress and coercion” and even initial the form with “V.C. Your Signature” which is latin for Vi Coactus”. Hopefully you all have internet access so you can see this, as I understand it had been (still is?) shut off as a policing tactic. All of my...

crasstopher: feministdykeslut: castrophany: MY FRIENDS ARE BEING HELD IN THE BACK OF A POLICE WAGON, SWEATING AND BEGGING FOR WATER. THE POLICE ARE REFUSING TO TURN ON THE AIR OR PROVIDE THEM WITH WATER. A MAN HAS A SERIOUS HEAD WOUND AND NEEDS IMMEDIATE MEDICAL ATTENTION. I QUOTE “HIS FINGERS ARE TURNING BLUE AND THEY’RE LAUGHING AT US”. Do not let the nypd get away with this. SIGNAL...

Reggie Clemons could be the next Troy Davis. →

mixedbyziggy: From http://www.justiceforreggie.com: In 1991, two young women went missing after visiting the abandoned Chain of Rocks Bridge in St. Louis Missouri — a popular hang-out with local teens — with their cousin. The cousin told the police an impossible tale: that the girls had been pushed from the bridge, but he was ordered to jump by an unknown assailant and survived the nearly...

FY!QM reviews: The Shondes' Searchlights

When I first listened to “Close The Door,” the first track off of The Shondes’ latest album, Searchlights, my immediate thought was “Drums! There are drums! And I can hear them!” It is no secret that I absolutely adore The Shondes; they put on a phenomenal live show and are some of the most awesome, social justice minded individuals I have ever had the pleasure to...

I am not Troy Davis.

littleorphanammo: On the one hand I think it’s interesting and hopeful that white people (because POC don’t need another lesson) are personally identifying with the horrific injustice of Mr. Davis’ case, and that they are mobilizing. That they are recognizing how racially unequal the justice and prison system is, in general. For every Troy Davis we hear about there are hundreds and thousands...

funkyfest: poeticallyspeaking13: …these posts about Troy Davis, I’m becoming increasingly annoyed. Non-people of color are absolutely shocked at the atrocities that played out last night. They’re posting pictures of themselves crying, they’re posting texts about faulty legal systems and are trying to comfort one another by offering solutions to make the current system better. I’m not...

sansrevolution: Think the death penalty isn’t about race? Have some statistics Racial discrimination remains a dominant feature of criminal justice in the United States and Alabama. More than half of the over 3300 people on death row nationwide are people of color; nearly 42% are African American. Prominent researchers have demonstrated that a defendant is more likely to get the death...

The justice system in this country is disgustingly broken. My thoughts are to Troy Davis’s family.

R.E.M. ends it after 15 albums and 30yrs together →

queerphonics: R.E.M., the band that defined college rock and the first popular Alternative Rock band has called it quiets after 31 years of music. As Mike Mills has put it “We’ve made this decision together, amicably and with each other’s best interests at heart. The time just feels right.”

Message from Troy Davis: 'Never Stop Fighting For... →

fuckyeahmarxismleninism: Troy was found guilty of murdering a police officer 19 years ago, based upon the testimony of 9 witnesses. Today, 7 of those 9 have recanted their testimony entirely, and there are enormous problems with the testimony of the remaining 2 witness accounts. There is NO OTHER EVIDENCE. The murder weapon was never found. There is no DNA to test. Troy is scheduled to die by...

32 Flavors by Ani DiFranco on Live from the... →

queerphonics: Hulu just released for your viewing pleasure 32 Flavors on Live from the Artists Den.

FY!QM Reviews: Wild Flag's Self-Titled

It’s finally here! The self-titled debut from indie rock super group Wild Flag is finally here! Released this past Tuesday, Wild Flag is an exciting debut that not only fills the Sleater-Kinney shaped hole in all of our hearts, but makes an artistic statement all its own, setting it apart from the members’ previous projects. Wild Flag distills some of the best of mid-90s indie rock...

wingolamo: partysoft: hyper—ballad: dykesanddykery: Throughout the past decade, the indie rock duo Tegan and Sara—comprised of identical twin sisters Tegan and Sara Quin—has become a symbol of LGBT youth, with all of its strength, talent, sweetness, passion and heartache. From their signature love songs, acoustic performances and electro/dance collaborations to their ON, IN, AT book...

wingolamo: hello new punks: “at a recent stop on their tour RVIVIR organized the crowd from… somekindahell: sundayafternoonrain: somekindahell: hellonewpunks: “at a recent stop on their tour RVIVIR organized the crowd from smallest to tallest to make sure the females of the crowd were not oppressed by the large stature of the males. they get offended when dudes stage dive with...

15 Essential Women Punk Icons →

daisyfairy: listen to one song download every album ever released

A mix for anyone struggling paycheque to...

dtronix: A mix for anyone struggling paycheque to paycheque. Tracklisting: 1. NOFX - Go to Work Wasted 2. The Ramones - The Job That Ate My Brain 3. Cock Sparrer - Working 4. Against Me! - What We Worked For 5. Off With Their Heads - Die Today 6. Teenage Bottlerocket - Bloodbath at Burger King 7. Jello Biafra and Mojo Nixon and the Toadliquors - Hamlet Chicken Plant Disaster 7. The Vindictives...

The Shondes are going on tour and releasing a new... →

I unabashedly love The Shondes. And starting today they are heading out on tour for their new record, Searchlights, which is being released September 20. Once I get my vinyl in the mail, I will be reviewing it, but in the meantime, check out BUST magazine’s send-off to the awesomely queer quartet, and if you get the chance, go see them while they’re on tour. They are an awesome band...

"If you didn’t want to scoop ice cream for a...

ilivesweat: (Photo by Roland J. Wall) It occurred to me this morning that it really wouldn’t have made a rat’s ass of difference if I’d spent the last three years seriously trying to develop marketable skills, and looking for real jobs, instead of listening to music, going to shows, and writing three punk novels. If last night’s Republican presidential candidates debate is any sign (I can’t...