tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1880836966011998546Fri, 13 Sep 2024 13:23:15 +0000CoolnessCindy's WritingsWednesday WeekMetallicaRamonesSugarcubesBuzzcocksCool Girl DrummersEverything But the GirlJane's AddictionJesus and Mary ChainJonny IIIPrimitivesBook of LoveCharlie ParkerClashFlipperHolly and the ItaliansJoan JettNeneh CherrySex PistolsTransvision VampVarveVelvet UndergroundThe 1980s world of Cindy Jacobson and Autumn Meredith, characters from the Punk Rock Graffiti stories. Featuring their Album Network Crusades, Cindy's first person narratives, and some unreleased stuff. And they want lots of comments. Everyone comment! And yes, Cindy and Autumn are fictitious creations. Eighties punky fun.http://punkrockgraffiti.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (Autumn Meredith)Blogger43125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1880836966011998546.post-3039003533451849297Sun, 25 Apr 2010 22:08:00 +00002016-12-31T12:16:42.471-08:00Neneh CherryCindy and Autumn, Leather Trio Productions.Cindy: "...just the girls on the block with the nasty curves, wearin' padded bras, suckin' beer through straws..."Autumn: Cindy has the headphones on. She's listening to Neneh Cherry. She's acting all strange. I think she likes this album a lot.C: Did you say something, Autumn? Huh?A: "Buffalo Stance" means attitude. It means keep your head up and don't http://punkrockgraffiti.blogspot.com/2010/04/neneh-cherry-raw-like-sushi.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Cindy J)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1880836966011998546.post-6194028349184436754Sun, 25 Apr 2010 22:00:00 +00002010-04-25T16:05:24.647-07:00CoolnessAutumn Meredith/Leather Trio Productions/San FranciscoOne summer night in 1985, me, Cindy and Colleen all went to see the Sea Hags at the VIS club on Divisadero. Cindy was just out of high school and a major misbehaver. Colleen was only 16, and even wilder. I was a sweet and quiet girl of 18. It was Cindy and Colleen who caused all the fuss and made noise, not me. ("Stop lying, Autumn, you were ahttp://punkrockgraffiti.blogspot.com/2010/04/sea-hags.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Autumn Meredith)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1880836966011998546.post-3913907146672127524Sun, 25 Apr 2010 21:18:00 +00002010-04-25T14:22:00.040-07:00RamonesAutumn Meredith/Cindy Jacobson, Leather Trio Productions.Cindy: "How does it feel to be deleted and re-entered?" That is what Yvette said to me the last time I called the Album Network headquarters. I don't know about you, but it sounded naughty bad to me.Autumn: I think she was talking about the computer.C: Oh.A: Hey look, we just got the new Ramones single, "Pet Sematary," in the mail.C: Well http://punkrockgraffiti.blogspot.com/2010/04/ramones-pet-sematary.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Autumn Meredith)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1880836966011998546.post-7057972550124881619Sun, 24 May 2009 21:07:00 +00002010-03-14T12:21:37.886-07:00Jonny IIIVarveI didn't live there, I never went there, and I was just a spunky pre-teen sprog at the time. But I still feel nostalgic about the late seventies Denver/Boulder underground music scene probably because of its connections to San Francisco where I grew up. Well I guess I should start by mentioning Jello Biafra, who is originally from Boulder. But the real bridge and the only reason I know anything http://punkrockgraffiti.blogspot.com/2009/05/rocky-mountain-low-kenny-vaughan-varve.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Cindy J)3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1880836966011998546.post-2654405124651419119Sun, 17 May 2009 22:56:00 +00002016-12-31T11:16:48.461-08:00Cool Girl Drummers"'Witch Baby, come out and play drums for me,' Cherokee said. 'You are the most slinkster-jamming drummer girl and I want to dance.'"I first discovered Witch Baby in Francesca Lia Block's Weetzie Bat books in the nineties. She was a bit like a wilder version of me. The dark haired tomboy. Always hiding and snail-curling. Covering herself in protective mud. I never played the drums, but I could http://punkrockgraffiti.blogspot.com/2009/05/witch-baby-francesca-lia-block-girl.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Autumn Meredith)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1880836966011998546.post-6077108272002386290Thu, 14 May 2009 16:30:00 +00002009-05-14T18:04:12.999-07:00Cindy's Writingsby Cindy Jacobson/Leather Trio ProductionsI'm I-Beamin'. I'm Sidewalkin'. I'm Sugarcubin'. I'm just a-Ikky Boppin' on down Haight street. I go across Stanyan street and what do I see in Golden Gate Park? Hippies and punks. What a strange culture clash. They're playing Hendrix-like acid rock out of tiny battery powered amps. They're playing saxophones and singing songs. The hippies are clumped in http://punkrockgraffiti.blogspot.com/2009/05/golden-gate-park-and-san-francisco.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Cindy J)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1880836966011998546.post-5613665049433106198Wed, 13 May 2009 03:56:00 +00002016-12-31T13:00:31.128-08:00MetallicaKeisha W., Leather Trio Productions.Autumn asked me to write about Metallica cause that's how we met. This was in 1987. I went into the Record Vault to buy Garage Days Re-Revisited (now on Garage Inc) (Amazon link), and I met Autumn there. There weren't too many girls who liked Metallica so we knew we had something in common right away. We've been friends ever since. First I have to tell you http://punkrockgraffiti.blogspot.com/2009/05/mighty-metallica-by-keisha.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Autumn Meredith)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1880836966011998546.post-6733455079006534620Fri, 03 Apr 2009 16:49:00 +00002009-04-03T09:54:18.453-07:00MetallicaCindy J/Autumn Meredith, Leather Trio Productions.Autumn: Cindy is in a huff.Cindy: Yeah. My dad did not get nominated for an academy award.A: She's talking about Clint Eastwood. (Note: this was written in 1989 and 20 years later, Clint Eastwood was again overlooked by the Academy, this time for Gran Torino. He has won Academy Awards in the last 20 years, but not for best actor.)C: Bird was 1988'http://punkrockgraffiti.blogspot.com/2009/04/grammys-1989.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Autumn Meredith)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1880836966011998546.post-2703432407317268450Mon, 09 Feb 2009 15:59:00 +00002009-06-20T10:33:20.747-07:00CoolnessCindy: Here's our thoughts on last night's Grammy award bash.Autumn: U2's set looked very Zoo TV. The song sounded like "Hold me, Thrill me..."C: They're going backwards.A: I read a magazine during the boring parts.C: I fell asleep.A: Kid Rock!!! Give the man some Grammys!!!C: He has Lynyrd Skynyrd songs inside his songs.A: That's Grammy worthy.C: Miley Ray Cyrus and Taylor Swift were actually http://punkrockgraffiti.blogspot.com/2009/02/grammys-2009.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Cindy J)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1880836966011998546.post-5805400335942880479Mon, 09 Feb 2009 06:28:00 +00002010-04-26T14:48:49.349-07:00CoolnessCindy J, Leather Trio Productions:Living right here in San Francisco there's a cool blues and jazz singer who calls herself Sugar Pie Desanto. Her real name is Umpeylia Marsema Balinton. She was born in New York 53 years ago, but she was raised in San Francisco. In the sixties she lived in Chicago where she recorded whole lots of cool songs for Checker records. She returned to San Francisco in http://punkrockgraffiti.blogspot.com/2009/02/sugar-pie-desanto-down-in-basement.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Cindy J)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1880836966011998546.post-164366622246207786Sat, 27 Dec 2008 19:43:00 +00002012-12-03T11:57:32.060-08:00Cool Girl DrummersVelvet Underground"I was sitting drumming thinking thumping pondering the Mysteries of Life." --Lou ReedAutumn Meredith, Leather Trio Productions: Two cool things happened in 1967. My parents had their only child, me, and the first Velvet Underground (iTunes Link) album came out. I got the album when I was sixteen at this used record store in North Beach where Cindy's boyfriend, Billy, later worked. I always http://punkrockgraffiti.blogspot.com/2008/12/maureen-tucker-and-velvet-underground.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Autumn Meredith)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1880836966011998546.post-4167793068219364033Tue, 18 Nov 2008 19:19:00 +00002008-11-18T11:27:17.282-08:00Cindy's WritingsCindy Jacobson, Leather Trio Productions.The other day Billy used the "L" word. Shit, did I chew him out. First it's a totally stupid thing to say. I mean yuppie couples probably use this kind of nonsense on each other all the time. "I love you honey." "I love you darling." Second, it doesn't count unless he says it in French. And none of this whispering, "Je t'aime," either. He's gotta shout it http://punkrockgraffiti.blogspot.com/2008/11/betty-blue-joan-jett-and-art-of-saying.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Cindy J)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1880836966011998546.post-867298207629671107Sun, 28 Sep 2008 19:25:00 +00002008-09-28T12:28:34.887-07:00CoolnessCindy Jacobson/Autumn Meredith. Leather Trio Productions.Cindy: I'm writing my half of this from Chicago where I'm visiting my dad and step mom and my two half brothers who are total Ninja Nintendo brats. And if I hear one more word about those dweebs the Chicago Bears--ooh! Football has gotta be the stupidest game ever invented. Here are my favorite albums of 1988. Everything But The Girl/http://punkrockgraffiti.blogspot.com/2008/09/favorite-albums-of-1988.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Autumn Meredith)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1880836966011998546.post-113450508296960305Sun, 03 Aug 2008 17:34:00 +00002008-08-03T17:16:05.343-07:00Wednesday WeekAutumn: This was originally done for some now forgotten fanzine. Or maybe it was in the Wednesday Week newsletter. I think it might be unpublished. Our archives are in disarray.Cindy: We should mention that we forgot who asked the questions, but it was definitely a boy.What do you think of Tiffany and Debbie Gibson?Autumn: I don't think of Tiffany.Cindy: I think of Debbie Gibson, sometimes. She http://punkrockgraffiti.blogspot.com/2008/08/two-wednesday-week-fans-interviewed.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Autumn Meredith)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1880836966011998546.post-7191296196347086041Tue, 15 Jul 2008 19:42:00 +00002016-12-31T11:13:18.128-08:00FlipperCindy Jacobson, Leather Trio Productions/San Francisco.Flipper was to San Francisco what X is to L.A. or the Ramones are to New York. Actually I've never really cared much for Flipper's studio albums. Only their live shows really captured what they were all about. I remember the first time me and Autumn saw them. It was at the Elite club, which used to be called the Fillmore, and is now called http://punkrockgraffiti.blogspot.com/2008/07/flipper-noise.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Cindy J)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1880836966011998546.post-5189682741300636825Wed, 02 Jul 2008 17:35:00 +00002012-12-03T12:27:34.873-08:00Charlie ParkerCindy and Autumn, Leather Trio Productions/San Francisco.Cindy: One of my favorite things to do is rent a Clint Eastwood western and watch it on Billy's VCR.Autumn: Cindy doesn't have a VCR. All she has is a little B&W TV with a broken antenna. She doesn't even have cable.C: I am not an eighties kinda girl.A: In order to be an eighties kinda girl you gotta have cable.C: Clint Eastwood is my http://punkrockgraffiti.blogspot.com/2008/07/clint-eastwoods-bird-charlie-parker.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Autumn Meredith)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1880836966011998546.post-7255934474278392966Sun, 29 Jun 2008 23:43:00 +00002008-06-30T09:58:21.521-07:00CoolnessA carefully calligraphied handbill posted near the corner of Divisadero and Haight:A Musical EventA DanceA Black CelebrationAn Observance Of The Full MoonYour Musical Menu:The Pink Floyd (When They Had Syd)The CreationPrinceEddie CochranThe Beatles (circa 1966)The Who (circa 1965)Billie HolidayDepeche ModeWednesday WeekThe SugarcubesAttire: Skin Tight Clothing, Black Preferred, See Through On Thehttp://punkrockgraffiti.blogspot.com/2008/06/no-rules.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Autumn Meredith)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1880836966011998546.post-4255573626737115550Sat, 21 Jun 2008 19:06:00 +00002008-06-21T15:30:45.687-07:00Everything But the GirlJust a few months ago I wrote my first crusade. It was about Everything But the Girl and their fourth album, Idlewild. Since then they've released a single in England called "I Don't Want to Talk About it." And Sire added it to the Idlewild CD in America. I believe it's a cover of an old Rod Stewart song. (Editor's note: it was written by Danny Whitten of Crazy Horse.) It's real soft and pretty, http://punkrockgraffiti.blogspot.com/2008/06/cindy-tears.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Cindy J)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1880836966011998546.post-3028322156760926447Mon, 16 Jun 2008 17:54:00 +00002009-01-11T23:19:11.312-08:00Jane's AddictionIt all started when my friend Colleen quietly uttered, er I mean loudly blurted, "Jane's Addiction are God" in Album Network. We didn't know the controversy this would cause. C'mon really. The thundering godhead (oops) noise of Perry, Dave and the boys? God? Or maybe they're just U2 from hell. You decide..."Jane's Addiction - the band that pulls you into your speaker and consumes you until you http://punkrockgraffiti.blogspot.com/2008/06/on-whether-janes-addiction-iswas-god.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Cindy J)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1880836966011998546.post-1050659361233221763Sun, 08 Jun 2008 21:34:00 +00002016-12-31T12:58:44.741-08:00MetallicaAutumn Meredith, Leather Trio Productions.Boy stuff. Boy stuff... Imagine guitars, bass and drums all locked into a groove, pounding, crunching, punching you in the stomach. This is Metallica's ...And Justice For All (Amazon link). My boyfriend Cliff says it's the best album ever. He also says this about Puppets and Appetite For Destruction. It's obvious he can't make up his mind. Here's what youhttp://punkrockgraffiti.blogspot.com/2008/06/and-justice-for-all-metallica.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Autumn Meredith)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1880836966011998546.post-4036678302644166905Sat, 24 May 2008 23:00:00 +00002008-05-24T16:06:40.187-07:00Jane's AddictionPrimitivesSugarcubesCindy Jacobson, Leather Trio Productions/San Francisco.Here's a very "leather trio" of cool things...1. Jane's Addiction - Nothing's Shocking (WB) Perry erupts like a volcano while Dave, Eric and Stephen shoot off musical sparks. I warned you about Jane's Addiction. This album is a California earthquake. Personal to Esa Navarre: Cindy says Jane's Addiction are God. Colleen says so too. That's twohttp://punkrockgraffiti.blogspot.com/2008/05/coolness-88-janes-addiction-primitives.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Cindy J)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1880836966011998546.post-5670233046745993100Sun, 18 May 2008 20:23:00 +00002010-07-30T13:14:32.415-07:00BuzzcocksClashRamonesSex Pistolsby Cindy Jacobson(I wrote this in 1988 so think of yourself as being in a time warp of coolness while you're reading it. Pretend you're in the late 80s looking back on late 70s punk rock. -Cindy J)"We're the flowers in the dustbin. We're the poison in your human machine. We're the future, your future." -Sex Pistols, 19771988 seems to be the year when lotsa punk rock compilations are coming out, http://punkrockgraffiti.blogspot.com/2008/05/punk-rockin-clash-ramones-sex-pistols.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Cindy J)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1880836966011998546.post-3855395309677121440Sat, 10 May 2008 20:06:00 +00002008-05-10T13:56:54.540-07:00Cindy Jacobson and Autumn Meredith. Leather Trio Productions/San Francisco.Autumn: So here comes none other than David Lee Roth with one of the cutest sleeves ever. Check out that "Damn Good" CD single. The little girl looks just like you.Cindy: Back when I was just a toddlin' little blonde Cindy brat. My dad says all I did was poop and cry and giggle and fall down on my rumpus.A: All the things http://punkrockgraffiti.blogspot.com/2008/05/when-we-were-toddlers.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Autumn Meredith)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1880836966011998546.post-5230258051690317089Mon, 28 Apr 2008 18:45:00 +00002012-12-03T11:50:25.605-08:00Holly and the ItaliansTransvision VampCindy J. Leather Trio Productions.This happened like two months ago, okay? Me and Billy (that's my boyfriend) are flying down Geary in his car, windows open, radio screaming. We got it tuned to "Live-105" (KITS). They're blastin' out "Tell that Girl to Shut Up" by someone I don't know who it is I wanna know now I love this song--just who is doing this cool cover version? It's like two o'clock in http://punkrockgraffiti.blogspot.com/2008/04/tell-that-girl-to-shut-up-transvision.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Cindy J)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1880836966011998546.post-1945400966685441573Sun, 20 Apr 2008 16:22:00 +00002016-12-31T12:22:04.099-08:00Joan JettBy Cindy Jacobson and Autumn MeredithCindy: The other night me and Autumn went riding around on my Honda Shadow, just cruising around San Francisco, checking out the night. We decided to hit North Beach so when we got to downtown I zipped up Grant and parked in the alley right next to Vesuvio's. We walked over to Broadway to see what was happening at some of the clubs. The Stone had a bunch of http://punkrockgraffiti.blogspot.com/2008/04/riding-with-james-dean-joan-jett.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Autumn Meredith)1