Mosswood Meltdown Day 3 – Highlights from the Mosh Pit

Buy! your ticket to see your favorite artists.  Attend! to be with your closest 3,000 friends. Embrace! those odd conversations. Experience more music than advertised.  This year at one of the hidden side stages was a “BitchFit” performance.  A band of 4 friends unapologetically kicking in doors and yelling that violence will no longer be tolerated. Frontwoman Ailish shared a megaphone with fans to actively scream NO to their personal situation.  This was followed by the crowd’s response – “fuck (person’s name), you suck.” The four artists are small, but their ideals and voices are changing the world.  Continue reading “Mosswood Meltdown Day 3 — Highlights from the Mosh Pit”

Show Review: Bikini Kill with Frightwig at The Warfield, 8/19/24

We were there for the first Bikini Kill reunion shows in 2019.  They were a profound and moving experience. We didn’t know what COVID was yet, which upended this tour and, well, still upends everything. I’m grateful that they managed to find a way to get back on the road. Everything feels really hard and continues to feel hard, and this band has always been the thing that gives me the strength to persevere and find reasons to be hopeful in the face of hopelessness. Continue reading “Show Review: Bikini Kill with Frightwig at The Warfield, 8/19/24”