Tao Lin mixtape for The Media: Very Okay

SOME OF MY FAVORITE SONGS from fvckthemedia on 8tracks Radio.

[via lizpelly on tumblr]:

a mixtape by Tao Lin for fvckthemedia.com 

1 algorythx and gurantaxtaxq by blackblack
2 teenage unity song by the miracle of ‘86
3 together again by falling for a square
4 the commuter by falling for a square
5 blue of distance by very okay
6 where you go by very okay
7 tampa bay by johnny hobo and the freight trains
8 where is my coffee? (where is it?) by johnny hobo and the freight trains
9 diana by p.s. eliot 

Thanks to Tao Lin for putting not one but two Very Okay songs on this mixtape for The Media, whom I love. I miss being in this band, and playing music with these people!

Here's some things that us Very Okay bandmates are up to now:
(me) // Angie // Cynthia // Jared

VIDEO: ZINE CULTURE AT SARAH LAWRENCE

It's like our own version of LIVE! TONIGHT! SOLD OUT!!

Last Tuesday night, I rode the Metro North up to Bronxville to visit Sarah Lawrence for a zine reading hosted by Kate Angell. Kate, a frequent collaborator and friend, recently established a zine collection at my alma mater, and organized the zine reading as a celebration.

I read the introduction to International Girl Gang Underground and one of my favorite pieces from the zine by contributor Katie Crutchfield. My dear friend Cynthia took this video so I could share it with you. I intended to also read my piece "This is a Thank You Song..." but wanted to leave enough space for the other speakers.

Kate and her librarian-partner-in-crime Charlotte Price (who recently moved to the Music Library at Sarah Lawrence) made delicious baked goods, which I thought looked enticing placed next to Stephen Duncombe's Notes from Underground and Cindy Crabb's Doris collection.

27 YEARS

NEW NEW NEWS

1. Myself and Cynthia submitted comics to NOT YOUR MOTHER'S MEATLOAF: A Sex Education Comic Book. More information can be found at: sexedcomicproject.blogspot.com. It will be debuting this weekend at the Intersextions Conference at the New School: http://intersextionsconference.eventbrite.com

It's just a preliminary version of the comic, but we're stoked -- and we'll be at the conference Saturday morning for the Everyday Sexism and Modes of Resistance panel/discussion. Afterwards we're heading to Purchase for CULTURE SHOCK, so shout yr girls a holler if you'll be at Purchase College.

2. We also submitted to I Stopped Talking an Hour Ago, a zine about women in punk, compiled by our friends Jes and Megan. I will be finishing the cover art for this within the next week or so, and that'll be available over the summer.

3. My first show playing with Carnal Knowledge is May 13, with Tobi Vail's band, The Old Haunts, and Molly Neuman's band, Love or Perish. It's at the Fort.

4. Cheeky news: we're going to be recording for an Art of the Underground single ASAP. Choke 7"s should be coming soon from Freedom School. We also have a bunch of fun shows coming up, and tour June 4-14 with Screaming Females. Other stuff too, but I don't want to count my eggs before they hatch!

5. Cover show Sunday! 4/20 at 6pm
1410 Lincoln Pl. Crown Heights, Brooklyn

DISCOUNT (me, Angie, Cynthia, & Krista!)
SAVES THE DAY
NIRVANA
GORILLA BISCUITS
HUSKER DU

Come early for BBQ, baked goods & outdoor activities! Hope to see you there.
Happy spring, y'all!

Cupcake

Cynthia is an angel baby because she brings me secret surprises like this. Apparently this beautiful gem is from a Kosher bakery called My Most Favorite Food.

both of these pieces are going to be part of a drawing + printmaking installation i'm doing for my "printmaking visiting artist" class. the first one is a silkscreen i did of cynthia, 2-color, before it became patches and the face of her latest demo CD. the second is a pencil drawing of megan.