The Badass
Writer, feminist, zinester, artist, punk musician, severely infected with the grrrlVIRUS. Enjoys sleeping, shredding, spreading confetti and doughnuts. Loves chocolate more than men.
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Tag Archives: guitar
DIY Month – Day 12: Write a Song
I’ve been trying to write a new song for quite some time now but none of the tunes I came up with sounded good enough. So I decided to give it another shot last night as part of my DIY … Continue reading
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Tagged composing, DIY, guitar, music, riot grrrl
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DIY Month – Day 5: Guitar Practice
The logical thing to do after making some snail mail art would be to write letters and mail them. Unfortunately, I have yet to get some letters to respond to, so last night I had to do something else, and … Continue reading
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Tagged art, DIY, guitar, music, video
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Winter Guits
Winter is here. I can feel it. The light is gone. The nights are getting colder. And so am I. Yesterday, I woke up with an inexplicable sense of complete and total emptiness and all-encompassing apathy. I walked through my routine, … Continue reading
Posted in Music Inflames Temperament, Rants at Random
Tagged cold, guitar, health, music, psychology, weather, winter
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Mistress Distress
This past weekend kicked all ass. Not only was Nelly, my friend from Sweden, with me, but we also teamed up with my boyfriend and my cousin to record some awesome riot grrrl songs that Nelly and I wrote. In a … Continue reading
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Tagged composing, DIY, feminism, grrrlvirus, guitar, music, riot grrrl, singing
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Strum and Scream
In the past week, I’ve written three songs and started working on a fourth one. They’re really simple, but very powerful songs, too. The first one, “Girls to the Front,” was inspired by the book of the same name (see … Continue reading
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Tagged composing, DIY, empowerment, entertainment, guitar, music, poetry, riot grrrl, writing
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Strumming My Pain
Last night, I practiced some songs on guitar. I haven’t done that in a while because my finger was still healing from the injury it suffered right before Passover. Yeah, it was that deep. Although my version of Sweet Dreams is … Continue reading
Fight Snow With Typewriter
I think this is the second time this happens. I complain about my lack of productivity and then get my ass up and start producing! Yes indeed. Maybe it has something to do with this awful weather. Maybe my “crafty blues” … Continue reading
Weekend and End of Other Things
So I’m in Be’er Sheva right now after 2 shabbats that I wasn’t here. It was fun until now. I played guitar with my cousin after a long time that we didn’t jam together. We played Nirvana’s version of The … Continue reading
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Tagged guitar, israel, music, travel
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Loser!
Dude, I can’t believe how much I’m gonna be banging my head against the wall. Velvet Revolver is having a show tonight right now right here in Montreal, and I’m not going because of all these essays and work and bullshit. I’m … Continue reading
