Take Back the Night...with Girl Germs!

Join Girl Germs and Radio K Friday, April 23 as we sponsor Take Back the Night in Minneapolis' Cedar-Riverside neighborhood. Organized by Minnesota Public Interest Research Group (MPIRG), TBNT is a march and rally that empowers victims of domestic and sexual assault by literally taking to the streets and demanding the power to walk safely at night.
This year's event will take place at the plaza in front of Hanson Hall (at the corner of 19th Ave South and Riverside in Minneapolis). The event starts at 6pm and includes free food, entertainment from musicians and spoken word artists, personal testimony from survivors, a march in the Cedar-Riverside area, and a candlelight vigil. For more info, visit MPIRG's web site.
And while you're at TBTN, look for our table and come say hi! Girl Germs will be there taking back the night with you and handing out Radio K swag!

Record Store Day

Tomorrow is Record Store Day, so don't forget to head out and support your fave local independent record store(s)! We are super excited to hunt down some new records to play for you on Girl Germs. I (Dana) have my eye on the new Scout Niblett and perhaps some vintage Linda Ronstadt. Several artists will be releasing exclusive, limited edition pressings specially for RSD (find a list here, as well as a list of participating stores). Those Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings, CocoRosie, Charlotte Gainsbourg and Black Moth Super Rainbow records all look worth spending a paycheck on.

Spring fund drive, Girl Germs style

What do you get when you combine Radio K's spring fund drive with Girl Germs? For one, you get the satisfaction of supporting the Twin Cities' greatest radio station. But you also get...

FABULOUS PRIZES.

(Take a deep breath)

This is the scene at Girl Germs World Headquarters. We're furiously putting together mixtapes, CD packs and buttons! (Disclaimer: '90s boombox is not a fund drive gift! We're keepin' it!)

To thank you for becoming a Radio K member during the fund drive episode of Girl Germs (this Tuesday, April 13 from 9-11pm), Dana and Anna have put together some pretty awesome swag (if we do say so ourselves...). Your Girl Germs fund drive gift is IN ADDITION to the already-awesome Radio K fund drive gifts (see those here).

$60 or $5/MONTH: 4-pack of limited-edition Girl Germs 1-inch buttons + your choice of a CD pack (see titles here).

$120 or $10/MONTH: 4-pack of limited-edition Girl Germs 1-inch buttons + a mixtape handmade by Anna and Dana, including cover art. What's on this mixtape, you ask? It's a surprise! Telling you would take all the fun out of that amazing first mixtape listen. But rest assured, it will rock your world.
$240 or $20/MONTH: 4-pack of limited-edition Girl Germs 1-inch buttons + Dana and Anna will DJ at your  next party/event. Just give us an idea of some genres or artists you like, and we'll put together and play a two-hour DJ gig that will amaze and delight the guests at your birthday celebration, dinner soiree, dance party, barbecue, bat/bar mitzvah or casual get-together! (Subject to scheduling availability, of course). We will provide all equipment and music.
$480 or $40/MONTH: ALL OF THE ABOVE! buttons, CD pack, mixtape AND DJ gig. It's all yours

Fund Drive CD Packs

So many to choose from! When you call 612-626-ROCK, let your helpful phone room volunteer know which one you'd like. Or if you contribute online at radiok.org, just write a note in your donation form!

#1:
Peanut Butter Wolf's "Ladies First" mix compilation
Lady Sovereign- Jigsaw
CSS- Donkey
The Coathangers- Scramble







#2:
Beth Orton- Trailer Park
Psapp- The Camel's Back
The Postmarks- By-The-Numbers
Eleni Mandell- Miracle of Five
  

#3:
Scout Niblett- This Fool Can Die Now
Gospel Gossip- Dreamland EP
Mirah- The Old Days Feeling
Emma Pollock- Watch the Fireworks







#4:
Tiny Vipers- Life on Earth
Haley Bonar- Lure the Fox
Gospel Gossip- Dreamland EP
Isobel Campbell & Mark Lanegan- Sunday at Devil Dirt







#5:
Maps of Norway- Die Off Songbird
Gospel Gossip- Dreamland EP
Scout Niblett- This Fool Can Die Now
The Brunettes- Mars Loves Venus







#6:
Shannon & the Clams- I Wanna Go Home
Baby Guts- Gasoline
The Coathangers- Scramble
Strut & Shock- Damn You Devil, Let Me Go







#7:
The Postmarks- By-The-Numbers
Psapp- The Camel's Back
Tegan & Sara- The Con
Luke's Angels- Luke's Angels







#8:
Beth Orton- Trailer Park
Feist- Let it Die
The Brunettes- Mars Loves Venus
Tender Forever- Wider







#9:
Peanut Butter Wolf's "Ladies First" rap mix compilation
The Coathangers- Scramble
Baby Guts- Gasoline
Zombie Season- Zombie Season







#10:
Shannon & the Clams- I Wanna Go Home
Gossip- Live in Liverpool album + concert DVD
Zombie Season- Zombie Season
Cocorosie- The Adventures of Ghosthorse and Stillborn







#11:
Electrelane- No Shouts No Calls
Asobi Seksu- Hush
Tiny Vipers- Life on Earth
The Besnard Lakes- The Besnard Lakes are the Dark Horse







#12:
Maps of Norway- Die Off Songbird
Gospel Gossip- Dreamland EP
CSS- Donkey
Celebration- The Modern Tribe







#13:
Shannon & the Clams- I Wanna Go Home
Baby Guts- The Kissing Disease
The Deaf- This Bunny Bites
Scout Niblett- This Fool Can Die Now







#14:
The Owls- Our Hopes and Dreams
Feist- The Reminder
Asobi Seksu- Hush
Haley Bonar- Big Star

Feministing panel at the U of M

If you're in the Twin Cities, check out what is sure to be an informative and entertaining evening with the women who edit Feministing. The event happens Wednesday, March 10 at Coffman Union, with an afterparty at Blarney's.

Also, stay tuned to the Girl Germs blog as well as our Twitter and Facebook pages (and soon to come...a fancy TUMBLR page!) for an interview with one of the Feministing panelists.

Bikini Kill wants your help!

Bikini Kill wants to hear your memories of them! They are also looking for videos of shows - hmmm, documentary in the works, perhaps? Let's hope so!