Rach Green, Angry Lemon, Feminism (yeah I fuckin said it), the Fit, Garbage, the Bouncing Souls, trans activism, Hum, Fugazi, my friends (who are brilliant geniuses, every last one of 'em), Dennis Cooper, Angela Carter, tryna be every girl I wanted to be in 1993, Placebo, Aimee Bender, Ani Difranco, Kathy Acker, Julie Ruin, Paul Thomas Anderson, Beth Orton, Def Jux stuff from before like 2003, Love Actually, Kid606, the doorbell song, the tough badass feeling that comes from sprawling aross a subway platform in a really inappropriate dress, Julie Verhoeven, Zadie Smith, queer history, AM Holmes, tackling friends hello, the Harry Potter books, Anne of Green Gables, Kelly Link, Ali Smith, yelling
Sounds Like
Somebody who can play guitar and can't really sing but will not shut the fuck up.
I got better at performing, but I'm still kind of a shitshow live. I mean- not with my band; going to see Angela Chase is like going to see Led Zeppelin in 1971, or Nirvana in 1992. I just mean solo me. The subtext here is supposed to be, "I am a fuckup and kind of an idiot, so if I can do this, then so can you." Because I want to play a show with you.
These are the bands I've been in, more or less chronologically: Lens, the LPs, Two Rude Dudes, Fighter Hayabusa, the Patriot Act, Birds Are Dinosaurs, War Cave, The Fuck This, Strictly Platonic, An Elevator Full of Zombies, Angela Chase. I am still in Angela Chase; a lot of the rest of those are made-up bands I pretended to be in when I was fifteen, or dumb ideas that never took off, or me fucking around with pirated laptop electronic music software. Angela Chase is like the Pixies crossed with Fugazi crossed with something else awesome, though, and we are always available to play birthday parties, Bat Mitzvahs or Satanic rituals.
I've shared stages with Angry Lemon, Annie Danger, Athens Boys Choir, Audrey Howard and the Misters, Dallas Marie Spitzer, 8-Inch Betsy, Julia Serano, Mosshead, Red Durkin, LESBIANS, the Shondes, Stewart, Thea Hillman, Tough Tough Skin, Von Iva, and lots of other geniuses. I also play at every performance night at X Marks the Spot I can get to.
My old account got deleted because I'm too punk for myspace, or something.
i've leaving it to you to realize that i'm awesome and book a show for me in oakland three months in advance and also give me a place to sleep and to make awkward drunken advances for being so awesome. go!
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getting annoyed on that forum again (for the billionth time) and found myself missing your lucid commentary and epic usage of the word "gross". Hope things are going well.
I wish I had internet at home, or--failing that--speakers and a soundcard on Strand's computer. Then I could hear your Angry Lemon cover! Is it Cockroach?
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