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Girls Rock!: Camp fires up girls (Creative Loafing Atlanta)

30 Apr 2008

Punk rock meets feminism in rock doc... By David Lee Simmons.At first glance, the documentary Girls Rock! could be considered a sequel to the 2005 film Rock School in the way it shows young ones grappling with the chords, growls and group dynamics of rock 'n' roll. But early on, the film by co-directors Arne Johnson and Shane King turns out to be more like an antidote for another kid-centric ...

Patti Smith Horses [30th Anniversary Legacy Edition] (Pitchfork)

24 Apr 2008

Patti Smith sounded both young and old on her 1975 debut, Horses : young because only a young punk can slink into the spotlight and sell an opening line like, "Jesus died for somebody's sins, but not mine"; old, because she was dead serious and sophisticated, an ur-punk but also a poetess and a singer who knew to stop this close to overindulgence.