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04/19/16 playlist LINK stream WRGP A special playlist celebrating my penultimate show on air!! The Julie Ruin – I Decide Savages -T.I.W.Y.G Bleached – I’m All Over the Place Colleen Green – Things that Are Bad For Me (Part 1) Wet – Don’t Wanna Be Your Girl Babes – ATMO Belle Mare – Dark Of My Evening Sofie Winterson – I Only Wanted You Gracie and Rachel – Go Eskimeaux – Power Violents – Blush Sales – Vow The Jensens – Sick Sad World Loveletting – This World The Tontons – Pony Sara Hartman – Monster Lead Me Home Emily Wells- Mama’s Gonna Give You Love Speedy Ortiz – Pioneer Spine Ex Hex – Radio On Chastity Belt – IDC Tacocat – Dana Katherine Scully Lucy Dacus – I Don’t Wanna Be Funny Anymore The Prettiots – Move to LA Sweet Spirit – Take Me To A Party Molly Nilsson – I Hope You Die Potty Mouth – The Bomb Chastity Belt – Drone WALL – Cuban Cigars The Beverlys – Kissing with Braces Sleater-Kinney – Hey Darling The Coathangers – Excuse Me? DILLY DALLY – I...

03/01/16 playlist link stream WRGP A special playlist celebrating Women’s History Month, nature & art! Assata Shakur – My Beliefs LION BABE – Wonder Woman Shirley Chrisholm – speech from 1972 Solange – Bad Girls (Verdine Version) TLC – Waterfalls Maipei – Don’t Wait Edna St. Vincent Milay – City Trees Eisley – The Valley Retsin – Big Song Girlpool – Plants and Worms Mothers – No Crying in Baseball Courtney Barnett – Small Poppies Bjork – Black Lake Zola Jesus – Sea Talk Ibeyi – River Madame S0 – Let’s Dance (David Bowie cover) ** Le Tigre – My Art Julee Cruise – The Art of Being a Girl Allie – Tundra Waxahatchee – Under a Rock Now, Now – Wolf Tracy Bonham – Mother, Mother HINDS – Garden Koko Beware – Beach Babe Violent Mae – In the Sun PJ Harvey – Down By The Water Janis Joplin – Half Moon Heart – Sunflower Sylvia Plath – Green Rock, Winthrop Bay Joni Mitchell – California

Riot Grrrl #41 2/16/16 Tuesdays 6-8pm stream WRGP playlist link A special playlist dedicated to songs about love & self empowerment by black women in honor of black HERstory month! Queen Latifah – Ladies First Celia Cruz – Yo Vivire (I Will Survive) Queen Latifah – U.N.I.T.Y India.Arie. – Brown Skin The Supremes – Where Did Our Love Go Beyonce – At Last (Etta James cover) Nina Simone – Four Women Billie Holiday – I’m a Fool to Want You Ella Fitzgerald – I Got It Bad (And That Ain’t Good) Dinah Washington – Cry Me a River Sarah Vaughan – I Ain’t Got Nothin’ But the Blues (Duke Ellington cover) Jo Ann Garrett – One Woman Victoria Spivey – I Ain’t Gonna Let You See My Santa Claus Katie Webster – Never Let Me Go Big Maybelle – Don’t Pass Me By Shemeika Copeland – Whole Lotta Water Koko Taylor – I’m a Woman Shirley Horn – Hit the Road Jack Chaka Khan ft. Mary J.Blige – Disrespectful Emeli Sande – My Kind of Love Beyonce – You Don’t Love Me, No No No Quee...

Riot Grrrl 12/17/115 playlist link stream WRGP A special playlist of the best holiday songs Cat Power – Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas Caroline – Winter El Perro Del Mar – Oh! What a Christmas Stevie Nicks – Silent Night Regina Spektor – My Dear Acquaintance Daniela Andrade – Let it Snow Tegan and Sara – The Chipmunk Song The Tuts – Christmas Is in the Air Carole King – Christmas in the Air Parenthetical Girls – Festive Friends (Forever) Girl In a Coma – Blue Christmas LIINES – Lonely This Christmas Eleanor Friedberger – Santa, Bring My Baby Back (To Me) Joan Jett & The Blackhearts – Little Drummer Boy Crocodiles, Dum Dum Girls – Merry Christmas, Baby (Please Don’t Die) Spice Girls- Christmas Wrapping

I'm Nobody! Who are you? by Emily Dickinson, 1830 - 1886 "Emily Dickinson is considered one of the most famous poets in the history of American literature. Though socially shy, she was outspoken and emotional in her lyric poetry (short poems with one speaker who expresses thought and feeling), defying the nineteenth-century expectation that women were to be demure and obedient to men. Her honest and uninhibited writing made her an early feminist voice, even as she maintained an outward appearance of submissiveness. Dickinson’s seclusion allowed her to focus on developing her poetry. Her poems addressed emotional and psychological states such as loneliness, pain, happiness, and ecstasy; death, often personified; religion and morality; as well as love and love lost." - source Efrat Ben Zur - I'm Nobody Efrat Ben Zur is an Israeli singer and actress who made the album  "Robin"  in which she sings Emily Dickinson's poems! Check it out - it...

Riot Grrrl #33 12/10/15 playlist link stream WRGP A special playlist in honor of Emily Dickinson (born December 10, 1830) This episode was a lot of fun to put together in honor of Emily Dickinson's birthday. There were so many songs I wanted to play, but here are the songs and poems that I think are quintessential of Emily Dickinson's poems. My favorite poem is  I'm Nobody  and I think Efrat Ben Zur sings it beautifully! I also love Girlpool and the song "Emily" and so this was a great match. I also enjoyed including different women reading her poems and even female artists that cover her poems. I also wanted to create an aura of isolation because she almost never left her house and is famous for always staying in. Despite this, she made over 1,000 poems in her lifetime that are still being read and studied almost two centuries later. She is a true riot grrrl for her feminist themes and autonomy of her own life. Laurie Anderson – The Lake – I...

A very special edition: Covers by riot grrrls 12/3/15 Playlist link Stream WRGP Dead Sara – Heart-Shaped Box (nirvana cover) Amanda Palmer – Fake Plastic Trees (radiohead cover) PJ Harvey – Highway ’61 Revisted (bob dyaln cover) Evelyn Evelyn – Love Will Tear Us Apart (joy division cover) Juliet Simms – Oh! Darling (beatles cover) the bird and the bee- How Deep Is Your Love (beegees cover) Anni B Sweet – Take On Me (aha cover) Dum Dum Girls – There is a Light That Never Goes Out (smiths cover) Cat Power – (I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction (rolling stones cover) The Donnas – Dancing With Myself (billy idol cover) She & Him – God Only Knows (beach boys cover) Mike + Ruthy – I’ll Keep it with Mine (bob dyaln cover) Russian Red – Girls Just Want to Have Fun (cyndi lauper cover) Sinead O’ Connor – All Apologies (nirvana cover) 

Riot Grrrl #27 Hispanic Heritage Edition Thr.10/22/15 Playlist link WRGP stream This is a special episode of Riot Grrrl in honor of Hispanic Heritage Month September 15 through October 15. We're celebrating some of the best female voices in the spanish music industry and some legendary artists. Celia Cruz – La Vida Es Un Carnival (The Queen of Salsa from Cuba) Ximena Sarinana – La Vida No Es Facil (from Guadalajara, Mexico) Aerolineas Federales – Soy Una Punk (from Spain) Juanita y Los Feos – Reina Por Un Dia (from Madrid) Natalia Lafourcade – Hasta la Raiz (from Mexico) Juliera Venegas – Parte Mia (from California) Andrea Echeverri – Baby Blues (lead singer of Aterciopelados from Colombia) Bomba Estereo – Algo Esta Cambiando (from Colombia) Selena – I Could Fall In Love (Queen of Tejano music) Francisca Valenzuela – Peces (American-born Chilean) Volovan – La Luna (from Mexico) Juana Molina – Wed 21 (...

Riot Grrrl #25 Thr. 10/8/15 Playlist link Stream WRGP The Corin Tucker Band – Riley PINS – Lost Lost Lost Warpaint – Krimson Summer Twins – Blinds MisterWives – Our Own House Bleachers – Reckless Love ft. Elle King Dog in the Snow – Factory Patti Smith – Pumping (My Heart) Bleached – Love Spells The Pandoras – That’s Your Way Out The Detroit Cobras – Cha Cha Twist Childbirth – Nasty Grrls Pom Poms – Betty Speedy Ortiz – My Dead Girl Patti Smith – Gloria Riot Grrrl of the Week: PATTI SMITH  whose 1975 album Horses changed my life. Her new novel "M Train" is out Oct.6, 2015.

Riot Grrrl #24 Thr. 10/1/15 Playlist link Stream WRGP Christine and the Queens – Tilted La Femme -La femme Lonelady – Groove It Out Oh Land – Wolf & I Bleachers ft. Charli XCX -Rollercoaster Natalie Walker – Colorblind Lucius – Two of Us on the Run Thee Headcoatees – Davey Crockett Royston Vasie – Go It Alone Gore Gore Girls – All Grown Up The Delmonas – Comin’ Home Baby Holly Golightly – Seven Wonders Demolition Doll Rods – Get It On The Husbands – Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow HINDS – Davey Crockett

Riot Grrrl #23 Thr. 9/24/15 Playlist link Stream WRGP HINDS – Between Cans (Live) The Corin Tucker Band – Doubt WILD FLAG – Endless Talk Sleater-Kinney – Rollercoaster The Ghost Ease – RAW Fabulous Disaster – Gia Wax Idols – Dead Like You Xray Eyeballs – X St. Vincent – Prince Johnny Florence + the Machine – Which Witch Juana Molina – Un Dia Lady Lamb – Billions of Eyes Tennis – Needle and a Knife Camila Moreno – Delfin del deseo Young Ejecta – Mistress

Riot Grrrl #19 Thr. Aug. 6, 2015 Playlist link Stream WRGP The Bombshells – Intro The Bombshells – I Want You Now Yeah Yeah Yeahs – Dudley Coves – Beatings La Luz – You Disappear Potty Mouth – Cherry Picking Dum Dum Girls – Lines Her Eyes Moon Honey – The Two Fridas Vapid – Die Bully – Picture Best Coast – In My Eyes Kid Wave – Gloom Eskimeaux – Broken Necks Sylvan Esso – Coffee Rosy Finch – La Colina Highlights: "You Disappear" by La Luz off their second album produced by Ty Segall! I really enjoy their album cover and overall aesthetic. "The Two Fridas" by Moon Honey . Not sure what to make of this band, but I enjoy their bandcamp website. For each song, they provide lyrics and quotes. For this song , inspired by the one and only Frida Kahlo, they display her quote: "“My blood is the miracle which runs in the vessels of the air from my heart to yours.” "In My Eyes" by Best Coast is off their latest album release titled Calif...

Riot Grrrl #18 Thr. July 30, 2015 Playlist  link Stream  WRGP HINDS - Chili Town The Casket Girls - Same Side PJ Harvey - This is Love The Breeders - No Aloha White Lung - Down with the Monster Free Kitten - Oh Bondage Up Yours Worriers - Yes All Cops Against Me! - Unconditional Love PINS - Molly Feels - I Wished For Butterflies Vivian Girls - John, I'm Only Dying Lady Lamb - Billions of Eyes The Amps - She's a Girl The Coathangers - Love Em and Leave Em Skinny Girl Diet - Trade Your Brains Xray Eyeballs - Egyptian Magician SOAK - Sea Creatures Best Coast - Jealousy Highlights: "Chili Town" by HINDS because I really like their Spanish accent fused with their garage-y feel and the lyrics about a girl just doing whatever she wants, like pretending to flirt with a guy. I've been obsessed with them this whole summer and can't wait for them to release an album! I've recommended them to everyone I know - so good. Their demos are A++...

Riot Grrrl #15 Thr. July 9, 2015 Link to playlist Link to stream Downtown Boys - Monstro Alabama Shakes - Don't Wanna Fight Thee Tsunamis - Female Trouble Sleater Kinney - #1 Must Have Liz Phair - Girls! Girls! Girls! Ex Hex - How You Got that Girl Sky Ferreira - Ain't Your Right Shana Cleveland & The Sandcastles Elle King - American Girl (cover) Bully - Too Tough Chastity Belt - Time to Go Home Soko - Bad Poetry Colleen Green - Deeper than Love Waxahatchee - Breathless Meg Myers - Sorry Highlights:  "Monstro" by Downtown Boys is such a good and unapologetic song about feminism: "Today we will scream at the top of our lungs that we are brown, that we are smart!" The singer, Victoria Ruiz does just that - screaming, sometimes in Spanish, and celebrating herself, her body and her intelligence.  "Don't Wanna Fight"by Alabama Shakes because Brittany Howard's voice shinesin this song! "Female Trouble" by T...

Riot Grrrl #14 Thr. July 2, 2015 Thursdays 5-6pm Riot grrrl era/feminist punk/female fronted music Link to playlist: http://fiusm.com/2015/07/02/riot-grrrl-14/ Link to stream: http://fiusm.com/wrgp Skating Polly - Intro Wolf Alice - Silk Grass Widow - Goldilocks Zone Gothic Tropic - Flash Dance Brilliant Colors - Absolutely Anything Allo Darlin' - If Loneliness was Art Cayetana - Dirty Laundry God Help the Girl - God Help the Girl soundtrack Teen - All the Same Laura Marling - Warrior AURORA - Little Boy in the Grass Little May - Boardwalks Empress of - Tristeza Xenia Rubinos - Help Honeyblood - Killer Bangs Elle King - America's Sweetheart Highlights: I really enjoyed playing Wolf Alice because I'm obsessed with their debut albumMy Love is Cool. It's really fun to listen to & "Bros" is probably one of my favorite tracks of the summer. Allo Darlin' is a new band I recently discovered. I chose this song because I thought the tit...

Riot Grrrl #13 Thr. June 25, 2015 Thursdays 5-6pm Riot grrrl era/feminist punk/female fronted music Wolf Alice - Fluffy Marmozets - Why Do You Hate Me? Against Me! - True Trans Soul Rebel The Shondes - The Garden Autoclave - Dr.Seuss Ida Maria - Oh My God Twin River - Secret In A Seance Gin Wigmore - Written in the Water Dirty Ghosts - Shout It In Girlpool - Cherry picking Fat Creeps - Nancy Drew The Duke Spirit - Bodies Marnie Stern  - proof of life Torres - New Skin Fka Twigs - Water Me Highlights: Against Me! : Because it's time to celebrate amazing trans artists in music, like Laura Jane Grace, and this album has been really eye-opening for me. The album, Transgender Dysphoria Blues deals with Grace's journey with gender dysphoria and is something I haven't heard much about before, so this is a really interesting and personal take. Girlpool : If you know me, you know I looooove girlpool. Their debut album has some ...