Maximum Rock N Roll Artgasm

this week i was asked to co-lead a zine making workshop at a benefit for the Bay Area Girls Rock Camp - the Bay Area's permutation of the Girls Rock Camp that originated in Portland. this past summer was their first year of camp and they're doing awesome - this week they are moving into a real live office space, and paying themselves! it gives me hope that personally and politically sustainable grassroots programs are alive and kicking. the icing on the cake is that the benefit was at a sweet non-profit, all ages music venue in Berkeley called the Gilman. will definitely be making my way over there in the near future.



the zine making workshop was a fabulous mayhem-magical amalgam of puff paint, cut & paste, markers, and of course creative genius. we rolled in with our own zine, the Ultamini Guide to Zines, for people to take home and stay inspired. and we were asked to lead the workshop at next year's rock camp!




Now to the Artgasm portion of the evening...

when: Saturday night
where: Benefit for Girls Rock Camp, the Gilman in Berkeley
who: Purple Rhinestone Eagle
what: a trio of hard-driving, incredibly talented, invariably Loud women rockers from portland. the combination of the almost-falsetto lead vocals, a healthy dose of rage, and the intense heart thumping beats reminded me of one of my favorite female rock bands of all time, sleater-kinney. it made me want to dance, scream, rock, and be back in college again. good times.