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Art Sex Music by Cosey Fanni Tutti

By - Jackie Lo   Art Sex Music is an autobiography by Cosey Fanni Tutti, an English performance artist, musician and writer, best known for hertime in the avant-garde groups Throbbing Gristle and Chris & Cosey. Tutti first performed under the name Cosmosis and changed to the name of Cosey Fanni Tutti after it was suggested to her by a friend based on the title of the opera Così fan […]

todayMay 22, 2025 44

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Lollapalloza: The Uncensored Story of Alternative Rock’s Wildest Festival by Richard Bienstock and Tom Beaujour

By - Jackie Lo My first music festival was Lollapalooza. It was 1997 and my friends and I piled in to whoever had the most reliable car at the time and drove the 3.5 hours to see Julian & Damian Marley and the Uprising Band, James, Korn, Tricky, Snoop Doggy Dogg (as he was billed back then), Tool, and Prodigy on the main stage with Failure, Pugs, Lost Boyz, Demolition […]

todayApril 17, 2025 48

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“Corporate Rock Sucks: The Rise & Fall of SST Records” by Jim Ruland

By - Jackie Lo SST was THE record label everyone wanted to be signed to in its heyday. What started as a mail order business for ham radio enthusiasts that Greg Ginn created when he was just 12 years old, eventually became one of the most influential independent record labels putting out some of the greatest underground records of the 80s and 90s. “Corporate Rock Sucks: The Rise & Fall […]

todayMarch 20, 2025 72

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This Woman’s Work: Essays on Music

By - Jackie Lo Representation is as we all know is so important. And ME being a musician that is also a woman I have always looked for the other women in music to help navigate me. Whether it be female composers when I was studying classical music, women in rock bands when I discovered guitars and writing rock records, to all my fellow female radio DJs out there showcasing […]

todayFebruary 20, 2025 45

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Rebel Girl – Kathleen Hanna

By - Jackie Lo There are a handful of women that I’ve admired and have guided me on my musical journey. PJ Harvey, Kim Gordon, Kim Deal, Liz Phair, and Kathleen Hanna. By the end of this year, I’ll be able to say that I’ve seen all of them live on stage. As a teenager in the 90s, these were the bands I listened to. As a 20-something year old […]

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