mostly me susan ploetz but also jimmy thomas of little hunks helped out.
Influences
ANNETTE PEACOCK. WEAVES. UZEBEKISTAN. SWEET MOVIE. MIDWEST SUMMER. GRACE JONES. THE PRETENDERS. FELA KUTI. HAIR NETS. ARIAS. MARY J BLIGE. KUDURO. PSOAS. MESONYTONS.---> INTO DOLPHINS. BRAS. PISO SOMALIM. THE E HOLLYWOOD TRUE STORY OF WILL SMITH. SONGS OF THE DONG PEOPLE OF CHINA. THE ROGER RABBIT. HEADSTANDS. STARTER JACKETS. GREEN TEA CHOCOLATE. KATHY ACKER. SALLY'S BEAUTY SUPPLY. INFLATABLE BOY CLAMS. SE ASIA. FARAH KHAN. PASHA!!! QQ (STUKIE). LINDSAY KEMP. SPICE (JAMAICAN DJ). YI YI THANT/AUNG HEINA. GRETA GARBO. GINA X. KONGAS.
Sounds Like
Nico. Bjork. White Magic. Quixotic. The Knife. Arthur Russell. Janet Jackson. Cat Power. The Cure. Donna Summers. The Blow. Joanna Newsom. Ciara. The Gossip. Fassbinder. Tracey Thorn. Everything but the Girl. Tweet. Kate Bush. Animal Collective. Yeah Yeah Yeahs. Young People. Gang Gang Dance. Juana Molina. The Slits. Miranda July. Lavender Diamond. Jenny Lewis. Yoko Ono. Blonde Redhead. Le Tigre. Mary J Blige. Mirah. Cassie. Dear Nora. Chicks on Speed. Sonic Youth. Kim Gordon. The Smiths. Morrissey. Blondie. Tracy and the Plastics. M.I.A. Meridith Monk. The Raincoats. High Places. Sleater Kinney. Madonna. Broadcast. Stereolab. Beyonce. Aaliyah. Electrolane. Dynasty Handbag. Tender Forever. Aphex Twin. Stevie Nicks. Joan Armatrading. Roberta Flack. Leonard Bernstein. Frieda Hyvogen. Fleetwood Mac. Kylie Minogue. New Order. Massive Attack. LCD Sound System. Tussle. Ratatat. Deerhoof. Velvet Underground. The Microphones. Mount Eerie. Karen Dalton. Suicide. Can. Dee Lite. Sylvester. Chris and Cosey. Destiny's Child. John Cage. Sade. Prince. Vincent Gallo. Final Fantasy. Ludus. Apollonia 6. Planning to Rock. BARR. Marine Girls. Legendary Pink Dots. Boredoms. OOIOO. Annette Peacock. Grace Jones. Leonard Cohen. Satie. Bat For Lashes. Human League. SWV. Nico Case. Nick Drake. Nick Cave.Debussy. Cocteau Twins.
Pash or Pash(ly) is Susan Ploetz pretending to be a band all by herself. The band motto is "Heal Those Wounds". A lot of people use Pashly as a salve, rubbing it on indiscriminately, but really there are highly complex systems and structures to the uses and meanings of PASHLY.
Pashly is Ploetz is making words, music, movement, feelings, visuals, stories, video. From the Midwestern inner-city opium dens of her youth, to on-the-floor Javanese art salons to New York boiler room raves, Pashly has been forming a secret invisible movement inside everyone who sees her.
Susan Ploetz has toured in the US, Canada, and Asia with her work. She has self-released 2 CDs: "Meet Me behind the Couch" and "Soft is Not Weak". She performed as a part of the Ladies of the Lake night at TBA 05 and opening for BARR in the TBA of 07. and has a small role in Gus Van Sant's "Paranoid Park". She co-curated a performance/experiment night called "Grab Bag" with Khaela Maricich of The Blow, started in July 2006.
pash has performed at PICA's TBA Festival, Ladyfest Olympia, Yale, Sarah Lawerence, Bard, Reed College, NYU, The Kniiting Factory, CMJ Music Showcase, among other venues. pash has toured with The Blow, Al Larsen, Old Time Relijun, and Anna Oxygen. Pash (ly) has played with: BARR, Lucky Dragons, Anne Waldman, Yelle, Dirty Projectors, Calvin Johnson, High Places, The Mircophones/Mt Eerie, E*Rock, Yacht, High Places, Dynasty Handbag, Jenny Hoyston, Extreme Animals, Valet, Nikki Click, Tender Forever, Leg and Pants Dans Theeatre, Scream Club, Lauren Flax, amongst others.
Thanks pash(ly) - yeah, I came up with that one on my own. Animated gifs and muscle dudes speak to me in a timeless yet old-fashioned way. It's unfortunate how cheapened (common?) they've become with the advent of the internet, and, well, gifs.
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