Mixtape 13: for Emma

I Thought You Said Maple Leaves

Side A:

Jens Lekman - Maple Leaves (7" version)
Fontella Bass - Rescue Me
France Gall -Baby Pop
Francoise Hardy - Tout Les Garcons Et Les Filles
April March - Mon Petit Ami
Dressy Bessy - If You Should Try To Kiss Her
Camera Obscura - Let's Get Out Of This Country
Herman Dune - Suburbs With You
Elliott Smith - Independence Day
Frida Hyvönen - The Modern
The Left Banke - Pretty Ballerina
Hello Saferide - I Thought You Said Summer Is Going To Take The Pain Away
Butcher Boy - Days Like This Will Be The Death Of Me
Velvet Underground - Oh! Sweet Nuthin'

Side B:

The Free Design - Bubbles
Bright Eyes - Bowl Of Oranges
Håkan Hellström - Rockenroll Blåa Ögon - Igen
Beach Boys - In My Room
Serge Gainsbourg - Melody
Devendra Banhart - Now That I Know
Säkert! - Är Du Fortfarande Arg?
Marine Girls - Flying Over Russia
Belle & Sebastian - Seeing Other People
The Concretes - Ooh La La
Beat Happening - The Fall
Hormones In Abundance - Cat's Miaow's Crying
Kate Nash - We Get On

(I forgot to take a pic of the cover...)

Cloud

The other day I received this beautiful cloud handmade by Alessandra Taccia. It now lives in my bedroom.

Starting from stitch

I'm attending a sewing class every Friday now in November, organized by the lovely Made in the shade here in Glasgow. Our teatcher is Iona Bruce, who's doing here work under the name i heart...
The first week we made a figure each and I made this little rabbit and the second week we made a book cover with our own design. It's so fun and amazing to be creative again!

Mixtape 12: For Johan

Suck My Left One!

Side A:

Crass - Do They Owe Us A Living?
The Frumpies - Fuck Your Frumpies
Bratmobile - Panik
Kleenex - Ain't You
Fuzzbox - Rules & Regulation
The Shop Assistants - All That Ever Mattered
Mika Miko - End Of Time
Partyline - Partyline
Vivian Girls - No
Bikini Kill - Suck My Left One
Talulah Gosh - Testcard Girl
Henry's Dress - Definitely Nothing
Family Fodder - Sunday Girls
Chain & The Gang - Reparations
Dub Narcotic Sound System - Fuck Me Up
Casiotone For The Painfully Alone - Tonight Was a Disaster
Jesus & Mary Chain - Something's Wrong
Broder Daniel - No Time For Us

Side B:

Gang Of Four - Natural's Not It
Vic Godard & The Subway Sect - Vertical Integration
Th Modern Lovers - Girl Friend
CBC Band - Tinh Yéu Teuyêt Vòi (The Greatest Love Song)
MAKE UP - I Didn't Mean 2 Turn U On
Marine irls - 20, 000 Leagues
TVP - Silly Girl
Melody Dog - Futuristic Lover
The Dogs - Sandy Sandy
caUSE co-MOTION - This Time Next Year
Jad Fair & Yo La Tengo - Principal Punishes Students With Bad Impression & Tired Jokes
Jeffrey Lewis - Time Machine
Josef K - Sixteen Years
Le Tigre - What's Ya Take On Cassavettes
The Pastels - Ditch The Fool
Crass - Well...Do They?

Mixtape 11

I should have kissed you when I had the chance

Side A:

The Jam - A Town Called Malice
The Subway Sect - Ambition
Family Fodder - Savoir Faire
France Gall - Baby Pop
The Free Design - Bubbles
Doris - One Fine Day
The Coasters - Crazy Baby
The Modern Lovers - Astral Plane
Kleenex - Beri Beri
ABBA - The Visitors
Grant Lee Bufalo - The Whole Shebang
T Rex - Jeepster
The Cupids - Bazazz Tengoku
Jorge Ben - Take It Easy, My Brother Charles
Tyrone Davis - Can I Change My Mind

Side B:

Jane Birkin et Serge Gainsbourg - Je T'aime Moi Non Plus
The Ronettes - Be My Baby
Dexy's Midnight Runners - Come On Eileen
The Left Banke - I've Got Something On My Mind
Small Faces - Itchycoo Park
Ruby Andrews - Just Loving You
Adam & The Ants - Kings Of The Wild Frontier
Orange Juice - Wan Light
Derrick Morgan - Look Before You Leap
Millie Jackson - My Man's A Sweet Man
Roxy Music - Virginia Plain
Mott The Hoople - All The Yound Dudes
P.P Arnold - Speak To Me
The Shangri-Las - Shout (Live)
Marine Girls - Marine Girls
Casiotone For The Painfully Alone - I should Have Kissed You When I Had The Chance

Mix tape 10: for Tove

When We Were Winning

Side A:

The Shangri-Las - Give Him A Great Big Kiss
Chocolate Barry - I Cry Because Of You Argentina
The Beatles - Got To Get You Into My Life
T-Rex - I Love To Boogie
Cher - The Shoop Shoop Song (It's In His Kiss)
Dolly Parton - 9 To 5
ABBA - Dancing Queen
Doris - Did You Give The Worl Some Love Today, Baby
The Field Mice - Coach Station Reunion
Talulah Gosh - My Best Friend
Shop Assistants - Train From Kansas City
Shonen Knife - Twist Barbie
The Slits - Typical Girls
Bramtmobile - Polaroid Baby
Beach Boys - All Summer Long
Belle & Sebastian - Judy & The Dream Of Horses

Side B:

Francoise Hardy - Le Temps De L'Amour
Elliott Smith - Let's Get Lost
Serge Gainsbourg - Bonnie & Clyde
Håkan Hellström - Här Kommer Lyckan För Hundar Som Oss
The Rosie Taylor Project - A Good Café On George Street
Pants Yell! - The Not So City Life
The Smiths - I Won't Share You
Casiotone For The Painfully Alone - Bobby Malone Moves Home
Camera Obsura - Eighties Fan
The Aislers Set - Catherine Says
Meldoy Dog - Futuristic Lover
Funday Mornings - Killing Thomas
Cool Rays - Diary Of You
The Pastels - Crawl Babies
Almedal - Och Alla Plasterna
Broder Daniel - When We were Winning

Jigsaw

I wanted to move things forward. I thought that it had become meaningless and that we needed to start the next era. It had seemed miraculously easy to make riot grrl happen, so why couldn't we just re-invent punk rock feminism again and again and again? In fact, isn't that what we are still doing over and over and over again even now in the year two thousand and ten?!!! We are still making things happen, making work, creating culture, self-representing, participating in community life, sharing ideas, listening to each other, disagreeing, discussing, making mistakes, learning and living our lives with our eyes and ears and mouths and hearts open. Right?


This text is written by Tobi Vail on her blog, Jigsaw. You all should read it. It's the blog that affect me most of all.