Playlist for 11.23.2010

Hello, friends! We are sorry to tell you that we are no longer able to offer streaming archives of new Girl Germs episodes. This is due to a new Radio K policy resulting from changes made by the company that handles our royalties. All the more reason to tune in Tuesday nights from 9 to 11 p.m. (via 104.5 FM or Radio K's website). BUT, we will still continue to offer the playlists. Like this one.

ESG	My Love for You	A South Bronx
Mum	Kay-Ray-Ku-Ku-Ko-Kex	Sing Along to Songs You Don't Know
Lesley Gore	The Look of Love	Phil's Spectre III
Y La Bamba	Crocodile Eyes	Lupon
Nina Simone	Gimme Some (Mike Mangini remix)	Verve Remixed 4
Fiona Apple	The Way Things Are	When the Pawn…
Lucy Michelle and the Velvet Lapelles	Bula Bula	Good of That
Corin Tucker Band	Half a World Away	1,000 Years
Wendy O. Williams and Lemmy	Stand By Your Man (Tammy Wynette cover)	Stand By Your Man [EP]
Mika Miko	On the Rise	We Be Xuxa
Screamin Cyn Cyn and the Pons	Damn Girl	Damn Girl
Hole	Gutless	Live Through This
The Coathangers	Parcheezi	The Coathangers
Nancy Sinatra	Burnin' Down the Spark	Nancy Sinatra
Stereolab	Laserblast	Not Music
Rings	Mom Dance	Black Habit
Hecuba	The Magic	Paradise
Cibo Matto	Sugar Water	Viva! La Woman
CSS	Rat is Dead (Rage)	Donkey
Blondie	Heart of Glass	Greatest Hits
The Knife	We Share Our Mother's Health	Silent Shout
Lykke Li	I'm Good, I'm Gone	Youth Novels
Santogold	Shove it (featuring Spank Rock)	Santogold
Lady Sovereign	9 to 5	Public Warning
Heart	Little Queen	Essential Heart
The Big Sleep	Murder	Son of the Tiger
You Say Party, We Say Die!	Quiet World	Lose All Time
Eagle and Talon	Ice Life	Thracian
Ana Tijoux	Partir de Cero	1977
Robyn	Dancing On My Own	Body Talk
Red Aunts	Alright!	Ghetto Blaster

Lady you should know about: Wendy O. Williams

Where to even start with Wendy O. Williams? She is definitely one of the most groundbreaking artists of our time - if not the most. She's best known for fronting the Plasmatics, but she was also an artist, daredevil, film and TV actor, animal rights activist and even worked for a time as a macrobiotic cook!

Williams was born in 1949 and left high school to travel around the world. In 1976 she arrived in New York City and met Rod Swenson, who would become her life-long partner and collaborator. Williams and Swenson formed the Plasmatics, an ever-changing lineup of musicians centered around Williams and guitarist Wes Beech, with Swenson acting as the band's manager. the band embarked on a career of outlandish performances that often became violent spectacles, status quo-challenging statements and a trademark punk-metal sound.

The Plasmatics became huge in the NYC punk underground in the late '70s and were a mainstay of the CBGB's lineup. They eventually started attracting larger audiences, drawing famous fans like Gene Simmons of KISS, and signed to Capitol Records (who later dropped them) in 1982. Williams' unpredictable and chaotic performances - one of which resulted in her being arrested for obscenity and beaten - included chainsaws, nudity and explosives, even driving a car through a wall of televisions for a video. Williams embarked on a solo career after the band parted ways in the mid-'80s and recorded a duet of Tammy Wynette's "Stand by Your Man" with Lemmy of Motorhead (which you just might hear on the show tomorrow...). Williams and Swenson eventually moved to Connecticut, where Williams committed suicide (after two previous attempts) in 1998.

Through her music, attitude, appearance, lyrics and articulate outspokenness Williams questioned and challenged how we perceive just about everything from femininity and violence to materialism and music genres. And for that, she is a lady you should know about.

Playlist for 11.16.2010

Here's what Pink Mink played when they stopped by Radio K to guest DJ with Jenny!

Artist // Song // Album
The Vaselines Sex with an X Sex with an X
Michael Franti featuring Lady Shaw Shake It The Sound of Sunshine
Dolly Parton Jolene The Essential Dolly Parton volume 2
Pink Mink Earthquake on the Loose Demo
Nico These Days Chelsea Girl
Basia Bulat Heart of My Own Heart of My Own
Hot Lava Lady Postman Split with the Sad Cobras [7"]
Gospel Gossip Nashville Dreamland [EP]
Deerhoof The Perfect Me Friend Opportunity
The Revillos Where's the Boy for Me Motorbike Beat
The Pretenders The Wait Pretenders
The Avengers The American in Me The American in Me
Stereo Total Patty Hearst Paris-Berlin
The Muffs Lucky Guy Muffs
Teenage Jesus and the Jerks Orphans Everything
Heart Bebe Le Strange Bebe Le Strange
Tina Turner The Acid Queen Acid Queen
Suzi Quatro 48 crash The Wild One: Classic Quatro

Grease Rag Minneapolis’ 2nd Annual Winter Maintenance Skill-Share- This Sunday!

Attention, germ-ridden cyclists- Grease Rag Ride & Wrench of Minneapolis is holding their 2nd annual Winter Maintenance Skill-Share this Sunday, November 21st at Sunrise Cyclery in Uptown. The group, who holds regular open shop nights on the 1st and 3rd Thursdays of each month from 7-9 pm at Sunrise, aims to “encourage and empower women/trans/femme (WTF) cyclists in a collaborative and fun learning environment through rides, discussions, shop nights and educational seminars in a safer space in Minneapolis.”

The Winter Maintenance Skill-Share is free and open to all WTF cyclists, plus you can expect vegan goodies, collaborative learning about maintaining your bike in the winter, and opportunities to rub elbows with some awesome, like-minded bike enthusiasts. Events start at noon and go 'til 3 on Sunday. Check out Grease Rag’s wordpress for more info and updates! You can RSVP to the event here.

Grease Rag pics on Flickr
Sunrise Cyclery

Stream for 11.09.2010

Playlist for 11.09.2010

Black Mountain	Wilderness Heart	Wilderness Heart
PJ Harvey	The Whores Hustle and the Hustlers Whore	Stories from the City, Stories from the Sea
Crunt	Unglued	Crunt
Sleater-Kinney	The Fox	The Woods
Blonde Redhead	Not Getting There	Penny Sparkle
Stevie Nicks	Edge of Seventeen	Bella Donna
Zola Jesus	I Can't Stand	Stridulum [EP]
Bat For Lashes	I'm on Fire (Bruce Springsteen Cover)	Fur and Gold
Warpaint	Undertow (Blackbird Blackbird Remix)	Undertow [single]
Indeep	Last Night a DJ Saved My Life	After Dark
Crystal Castles	Crimewave	Crystal Castles
Digitata	You Best Believe Me	Two Daggers
Roberta Flack	Killing Me Softly	Killing Me Softly
Linda Ronstadt	Hurt So Bad	Mad Love
Hot Lava	Ghosties	Lavalogy
Splendora	You're Standing on My Neck	In the Grass
Ella Fitzgerald	Where or When	The Complete Ella Fitzgerald Song Books
Mavis Staples	Don't Knock	You Are Not Alone
My Bloody Valentine	Lose My Breath	Isn't Anything
Oh Land	Son of a Gun	EP
The Supremes	Baby Love	The Ultimate Collection
The Detroit Cobras	You'll Never Change	Tied and True
Land of Talk	Speak to Me Bones	Applause Cheer Boo Hiss
Nena	99 Red Balloons	99 Luftballoons
M.I.A.	Galang	Arular
Brazilian Girls	Jique	Talk to La Bomb
John Legend and the Roots	Wake Up Everybody (featuring Melanie Fiona)	Wake Up!
Mirah and Spectratone International	Community	Share This Place
Joni Mitchell	Both Sides Now	Clouds
Madder Rose	One Armed Bandit	Panic On [EP]

TV Party With Girl Germs: Daria! Monday, November 15th

We are beyond stoked that the first installment of our new winter TV-screening series, TV Party with Girl Germs, is coming up on Monday, November 15th at the Red Stag Supperclub. Good TV? At a bar? With fellow Girl Germs fans and drink specials to boot? Sounds like you'd be nuts not to come out!

We're kicking off the series with our favorite precocious MTV girl, Daria. A painfully sarcastic, yet honest and insightful teenager, Daria proved to be a refreshing voice of reason for those of us disenchanted with mainstream culture. Her quips and dry sense of humor prove no less relevant today than when her eponymous show first aired, between 1997 and 2002. Her critical attitude and unflinching individuality make her a perfect Girl Germs icon to celebrate.

We'll be screening episodes of this classic 'toon from 9 pm onward- The Red Stag is also offering happy hour specials from 9 pm to close; that's $3 domestics, $4 select taps, $4 select cocktails, $4 Crispin Ciders and $3 house wine. Plus, parking is abundant (and more importantly, free!)

We hope to see you out on Monday! Episode requests are welcome, in blog comments or via our Facebook event page. Write an episode request for a chance to win a special Girl Germs prize (winner picked at random and awarded at the event!).

TV Party with Girl Germs is sponsored by Radio K and The Onion.

Stream for 11.02.2010

Playlist for 11.02.2010

Young Marble Giants	Salad Days	Colossal Youth
Chairlift	Planet Health	Does You Inspire You
Garbage	Vow	Garbage
Is/Is	Eating Hourglasses	This Happening [EP]
Sharon Van Etten	One Day	Epic
Tracey Thorn	Oh, the Divorces!	Love and its Opposite
Regina Spektor	Fidelity	Begin to Hope
Peaches	Talk to Me	I Feel Cream
Sonic Youth	Little Trouble Girl	Washing Machine
Christmas	Namiot	Namiot [7"]
The Ronettes	Baby I Love You	Best of
Best Coast	When I'm With You	Crazy for You
Mazzy Star	Wasted	So Tonight That I Might See
Nancy Sinatra	Daytripper (Beatles cover)	You Go-Go Girl!
The Sugarcubes	Birthday	Life's Too God
Black Tambourine	Pack You Up	Black Tambourine
The Slits	I Heard it Through the Grapevine	Cut
Electrelane	I've Been Your Fan Since Yesterday	Singles, B-Sides and Live
Janis Joplin	Me and Bobby McGee	The Essential Janis Joplin
Yoko Ono	Walking on Thin Ice	Walking on Thin Ice
Ike and Tina Turner	Nutbush City Limits	Proud Mary: The Best of Ike and Tina Turner
Dixie Cups	I'm Gonna Get You Yet	Chapel of Love
Joan Jett	Crimson and Clover	Fit to Be Tied
Shop Assistants	Train from Kansas City	Will Anything Happen
CocoRosie	Terrible Angels	La Maison de Mon Reve
Azure Ray	Dragonfly	Hold on Love
Sia	Oh Father (Madonna cover)	We Are Born
Marnie Stern	For Ash	Marnie Stern
Selby Tigers	Flashbars	Charm City
Desdamona	Faulty Fuses	The Ledge