This weekend the Guardian did a 6-page spread on Visible Girls: Revisited, the retrospective-and-redo of the famous 1981 series. Here’s a playlist of the music I was listening to when that original photo was taken.
Read moreIt’s been a day of hard news. But here’s a song I love, I’ve always loved. It always helps me. Perhaps it…
Read moreInternational Women’s Day is the anniversary of the very first performance of my long-ago band, Janes Plane. Here’s how I framed that story in my memoir, And Now We Are Going to Have a Party.
Read moreHere’s a playlist of the nine songs included in the CD inside And Now We Are Going to Have a Party.
Read more33 years ago today, International Women’s Day 1982, my band, Janes Plane, debuted…
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Memoir. Winner of the Lambda Literary Award. “…an extraordinary writer and an astonishingly brave woman. This is a map of the changing world, the world that changed as Nicola became the writer she is, and the world that has changed as so many women and queers and outlaw voices speak.” — Dorothy Allison
Read moreI have a new toy: A ukelele made by a friend, Karina. And, trust me, it was a complete surprise. (Though apparently…
Read moreBecause Sunday is for music. And there’s nothing at all wrong with watching a good looking woman dancing (and she can dance)…
Read moreThe first song is “Something to Live For,” written by Billy Strayhorn (who arranged the music, too, I think) and performed by…
Read moreThis isn’t a video, just an excuse to play the music. “Papa’s Got a Brand New Pigbag” by Pigbag, was a track…
Read moreI’m now just over halfway through the third draft of Hild. I’ve squeezed out a paragraph here, a sentence there–but then wrote…
Read moreLast night I went to a private event for the Women’s Funding Alliance. We were feasted by Seattle celebrity chefs (including Becky…
Read moreMusic, video, wit, and scholarship combine to bring you three-minute history primers on iconic subjects (aaaand you can dance to it). Via…
Read moreAnother hot day coming up. I’m not going to tax your poor tired brains with anything difficult. Instead, we’re going to go…
Read moreThe crack team of Dave Soldier and Komar & Melamid have scientifically created the world’s worst song: It clocks in at over…
Read moreThere’s a concrete replica of Stonehenge here in Washington State. A Yorkshire lad, Rupert Till, paid it a visit and discovered unexpected…
Read moreEvery Friday I’ll amuse myself by putting up something from my audio files. Sometimes it will be an interview, sometimes a reading,…
Read moreFrom: Traci I’ve read all your books (and loved them!) and I have a question. Since you’re a musician as well as…
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