Anyone listened to “Slipstream” yet? I picked up Bonnie Raitt’s first CD in seven years at the check out line in Whole Foods and it’s worth the wait. I love her voice, her lyrics, and the music. There is nothing not to like about this awesome CD. Reel Girl rates “Slipstream” ***HHH***
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Bonnie Raitt’s new CD is amazing!
Posted in Music on April 23, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Artemis strikes again
Posted in Music, tagged Artemis, Dar Williams on April 10, 2012 | 1 Comment »
If you’ve been following Reel Girl, you know I’ve been comparing Katniss Everdeen to Artemis ever since I read the book. On the Ms. Blog today there is a post about the musician Dar Williams who I love. Her new CD “In the Time of Gods” was inspired by the Greek gods and goddesses. Here’s [...]
Taylor Swift sings her way from victim to hero, triumphs at Grammys
Posted in Cool and radical girls, Music, ReelGirl recommends on February 13, 2012 | 11 Comments »
When my daughter was seven years old, she turned me on to Taylor Swift. Every time the car radio scanned to a Swift song, she’d call out from the back seat, “I like this!” So last night when Swift sang “Mean” at the Grammys, I got chills. Swift’s original lyrics and radiant performances make her [...]
Pregnant women are smug
Posted in Music, tagged Garfunkel and Oats, Pregnant women are smug on January 29, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Have you heard of Garfunkel and Oates? They are hilarious. Here’s the link.
Warren Hellman’s last song
Posted in Music, tagged The Wronglers, Warren Hellman on December 24, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
At Warren Hellman’s memorial service, Heidi Clare, the fiddler for his band the Wronglers, told the crowd about the first time they played “The Big Twang Theory” just a few days earlier in Warren’s hospital room. “The doctors gave him some hard news,” Clare said. “He was sitting in a chair, banjo in hand. He [...]
Warren Hellman, you will be missed
Posted in Music, Uncategorized, tagged Cup O' Joes, Jimmie Dale Gilmore, tha Ballad of Sarah Palin, The Wronglers, Warren Hellman on December 20, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Warren Hellman was one of the smartest, coolest people on the planet. Extensive obituaries for the Bay Area investment banker and musician are all over the internet (locally at SFGate and the Bay Citizen which he helped found) with headlines like “The Billionaire Who Loved Bluegrass” and “Renaissance Man in a Cowboy shirt.” Posts and [...]
Is Eminem still too controversial to win Grammy?
Posted in Music, tagged Bob Dylan, Dixie Chicks, Eminem, Freud on February 14, 2011 | 9 Comments »
Is Eminem too controversial to win the Grammy for Album of the Year? Over the years, Eminem has won 13 Grammys but he’s never been recognized outside of the rap genre. This year he was nominated in ten categories including Song of the Year and Record of the Year, along with 8 other nominations. He [...]
Female desire and the princess culture
Posted in Body image, Books, Cool and radical girls, Health, Media, Movies, Music, Politics, Princesses, ReelGirl recommends, Sexuality, Sports, Statistics, Superheroes, Television programs, Toys & products, tagged Cinderella Ate My Daughter, Disney, Peggy Orenstein on January 18, 2011 | 31 Comments »
Thank you Peggy Orenstein for writing the brilliant book Cinderella Ate My Daughter. Every parent should read this new, excellent analysis of the ubiquitous princess kid-culture and its various mutations in the world of grown-up women. Orenstein, a NY Times journalist, mom, and writer takes on and deconstructs two (so annoying!) messages every parent [...]
ReelGirl Star of the Week: Willow Smith
Posted in Body image, Cool and radical girls, Media, Most girlpower *GGG*, Music, ReelGirl recommends, Toys & products, tagged Britney Spears, Jada Pinkett Smith, Lemon Meringue, My Little Pony, Plum Puddin', Rapunzel, Strawberry Shortcake, Tangled, The Braiding Friends Hair Braider, Will Smith, Willow Smith on October 25, 2010 | 3 Comments »
Girls and hair, girls and hair, girls and hair! Toys marketed to girls– more often than not– involve hair. Very long hair. Barbie, of course, is well known for her waxy blond locks. Strawberry Shortcake and her friends Plum Puddin’ and Lemon Meringue wear stiff rectangles of hair that stretch to their knees. Even toys [...]
Bluegrass and baseball! Great time to be a San Franciscan
Posted in Cool and radical girls, Music, Sports, tagged Elvis Costello, Gillian Welch, Guy Clark, Hardly Strictly Bluegrass, Joan Baez, Patti Smith, Richard Thompson, San Francisco on October 4, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Just back from Hardly Strictly Bluegrass, the free three day music festival in Golden Gate Park. Patti Smith is one of the all time best performers I’ve ever seen. She is a total rockstar, swaggering on stage like Mick Jagger or Jim Morrison, so in control of everything, with her callbacks and clapping, she played [...]
