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Meri St. Mary
Meri St. Mary is an American punk poet, singer, musician and artist. Career Meri St. Mary was part of the early punk music scene in Hollywood, California. She was involved in many projects, including a Ramones video and the punk film '' Suburbia'' as well as television shows (new wave theater) and movies. She also starred in ''Suicide Line'', an underground punk film on 8 mm film, featuring people from the punk scenes of San Francisco and Los Angeles. During the same period she was in two short-lived bands in Hollywood: "Toejam” with Maggie Ehrig, Christina Beck and Suava Smootha (playing KK Barrett's Radio, and introduced by Ice-T), and "Roadhog" with Nickey Beat, Smog Vomit, Rhys Williams (playing Cathay de Grande with Fear and The Minutemen. Known in early Hollywood as Meri (wagon) Housecoat, she was photographed by Bruce Kalhberg (and featured in ''NO'' magazine), as well as other photographers around the punk scene including Moshe Brakha, Gary Leonard, Eric Mueller, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Punk Literature
Punk literature (also called punk lit and, rarely, punklit) is literature related to the punk subculture. The attitude and ideologies of punk rock gave rise to distinctive characteristics in the writing it manifested. It has influenced the transgressional fiction literary genre, the cyberpunk genre and their derivatives. Journalism The punk rock subculture has had its own underground press in the form of punk zines, which are punk-related print magazines produced independently and distributed on a small scale. Many regional punk scenes have had at least one punk zine, which features news, gossip, social commentary, music reviews and interviews with punk rock bands. Notable punk zines include ''Maximum RocknRoll'', ''Punk Planet'', ''Cometbus'', ''Girl Germs'', ''Kill Your Pet Puppy'', '' J.D.s'', ''Sniffin' Glue'', ''Absolutely Zippo'', ''Suburban Rebels'' and ''Punk Magazine''. Notable punk journalists and magazine contributors include Mykel Board, John Holmstrom, Robert Eggp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Mutants (band)
The Mutants are an American band, notable in the history of San Francisco punk rock and new wave music. They are known for their theatrical performances which often include elaborate props, projections, and comical antics. They are credited with being one of the first "Art-punk" bands in San Francisco, and were one of the most popular bands of the San Francisco punk scene during the late 1970s and early 1980s. History The Mutants joined together to perform at the San Francisco Poetry Festival in 1977. They quickly became regular performers in the San Francisco punk rock scene, headlining at the Mabuhay Gardens (aka The Fab Mab), The Savoy Tivoli, The Berkeley Square, The Deaf Club, The Temple (aka 1839 Geary Street), The Old Waldorf, The Warfield, and other punk clubs. They were also noted for being one of the few pop bands to ever perform live at Napa State Hospital, a psychiatric hospital. They also opened for such bands as The Ramones, Iggy Pop, New Order, Lene Lovich, Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tragic Mulatto (band)
The tragic mulatto is a stereotypical fictional character that appeared in American literature during the 19th and 20th centuries, starting in 1837. The "tragic mulatto" is a stereotypical mixed-race person (a " mulatto"), who is assumed to be depressed, or even suicidal, because they fail to completely fit in the "white world" or the "black world". As such, the "tragic mulatto" is depicted as the victim of the society that is divided by race, where there is no place for one who is neither completely "black" nor "white". Tragic mulatta The female "tragic octoroon" was a stock character of abolitionist literature: a light-skinned woman, raised in her father's household as though she were white, until his bankruptcy or death has her reduced to a menial position and sold. She may even be unaware of her status before being so reduced.Kathy Davis.Headnote to Lydia Maria Child's 'The Quadroons' and 'Slavery's Pleasant Homes'. This character allowed abolitionists to draw attention ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
