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One day that October, Annie was late coming home from school. As the afternoon wore on toward evening, I began to feel concerned. Then I could not help but recall how my mother must have worried just like this the evening I met Mrs. Annie Smith and stayed out after dark. But I was sixteen then, practically a woman. My Annie was too young yet ( Read more... )

Purple Music Series #6

You all knew this one was coming, right?
Awesome song. Outstanding guitar solo.

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The concert where this was filmed was actually Wendy's very first gig with the Revolution. This was before Wendy & Lisa were out, but their scenes in the film are gaydar-rich nonetheless. For example, at 6:02 check out Wendy's facial expression when ( Read more... )

Song

Genre

Author

Remarks

Clampdown

Folk-punk

-

A folky treatment of an originally punk song.

I Don't Wanna Talk About It

Folk rock

-

Mona Lisas and Mad Hatters

Folk

-

Let Me Go Easy

Country

AR

Winthrop

S.S.S.

ES

Free of Hope

Southern rock

-

With some blues- ( Read more... )

Song

Genre

Author

Remarks

Shame on You

Rock

AR

A great crowd-pleaser, an infectious romp, with that Spanish tinge. Totally fun and totally serious at the same time. How many musicians can pull that off?

Get Out the Map

Folk rock

ES

It's nearly country rock, but I come down on the side of folk rock with this one.
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Closer to Fine

Folk

ES

This famous song speaks for itself. The most singalongy of all their singalongs.

Secure Yourself

Folk

AR

Kid Fears

Folk rock

AR

The polyphonic section is utterly transcendent.

Prince of Darkness

Folk

ES

Blood and Fire

Folk

AR

Tried to Be True

Folk rock

AR
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The Danish artist Lili Elbe, the first person to get sex reassignment surgery, is about to become more famous when the film The Danish Girl is released, starring Nicole Kidman as Lili. Her wife Gerda Gottlieb Wegener (1886-1940), also a Danish artist, stands to become better known in the queer art world. Especially for her 1920s pictures of women ( Read more... )

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/05/01/AR2009050103406.htmlRead more... )

By fatima - Mirrored from Feministing
(I am thrilled to see someone speaking out about this, so brilliantly... right on, fatima)

http://community.feministing.com/2009/04/the-truth-about-femmesor-we-fu.html

the truth about femmes...or we ( Read more... )

Since I began address canvassing last week, I've discovered that this is the most pleasant way to earn money I've ever experienced. The work is dead easy, just walking door to door and entering map spots on a hand-held computer with GPS. I'm so glad they sent me out this time of year, when the spring weather is so beautiful, the trees are all in ( Read more... )

Dear sister ( Read more... )