I got four new cds when I was in london and only paid for one of them. My favorite of them is nazis from mars! They are so much fun . . . seriously check them out. Clare told me today that these girls we know are thinking of doing a ladyfest in dublin in October and asked if I would help out. I really want to get involved, I will have to do most of the planning online since I wont be arround for the summer. I could ask nazis from mars come to lady fest!!! After walking clare to work, I went on a mission to find this one girl who wants to do lady fest. She works at the veggie resturant in town. she wasn't there but I enjoyed a yummie vegan breakfast reading an Emma Goldman book. Then I continued my journey to this new book shop that the same girl and her husband opened. But of course it is closed on monday . . . I do know where she lives but if she is not working or volunteering at the store, I'm sure she is taking a much needed day off. She lives in the space that use to be called space craft when it was a theater/community centre. They still let people use there space - it where we made the puppets for mayday and it is where they held the info shops with vegan cafe.

ok here is one of the songs from nazis from mars, imagine poppy punk and the girl has a dutch accent . .

I hate your government,
I hate your president
oh yeah! I hate them all

I hate kings and queens
I hate those human beings
oh yeah! I hate them all

and I am constant rebel
and I am constant rebel
and I am constant rebel
lets start riot!
lets change the world

I hate beourocracy
and your democracy
oh yeah! I hate it all

I like to be free
and (word I can't hear) anarchist
oh yeah! I like it all

and I am constant rebel
and I am constant rebel
and I am constant rebel
lets start riot!
lets change the world

I'm compleatley psyched about heading to vienna, I will have to read up more about it over the next few weeks, but I'm more excited about going to lady fest!! I was thinking about it and it was four summers ago when I went to the first ladyfest in Olympia. It was a great time, at the time I was starting a transition in my life I had only been into that music for a few months, and I was newly out and didn't know much about queer theory, gender politics, anarchy and such. I went to a workshop that talked about poly relationships, it was the first time I had a word for it. It was a great introduciton to that world. At the time I went to see the bands, say one film and went to a few workshops and a few parties. I was looking over the workshops, I know I would get more out of it now, there was no way I would have missed any of them. When I was there I was with a few friends and my girlfriend, my friends were big into ladyfest but my girlfriend was not all that interested. We spent time chatting, swimming, going on walks and so on. Leaving the first ladyfest I felt rejuvinated, I felt a strong connection with the music, the diy culture, genderqueers, the riotgrrl idea of feminism. ok and I have to admit it the girls themselves are so hot!!! I mean the week in olympia was filled with so much eye candy that my eyes were coated with suger. its better then just going to a show filled with cute girls. cuz at ladyfest you get to see how fun, creative, and smart they are aswell . . . damn cute I say!!