The Vatican forgives John Lennon

By Gina Vivinetto I’m sure Beatles fans everywhere breathed a sigh of relief when the Vatican announced recently that it had forgiven John Lennon for saying 40 years ago that the Beatles were more popular than Jesus Christ. What a crock-of-shit media spin that was. Lennon said in the spring of 1966 what many ordinary [...]

Chicago’s home boy should pick a home girl

By Trish Bendix Barack Obama has won his place in the White House, so naturally, the next topic of discussion: What music will he be Barackin’ to at his inauguration? Beyonce and her boo Jay-Z have already been secured, and rumor has it Britster Leona Lewis will also be on hand, but what about Obama’s [...]

Come inside the homes of ’70s rock stars’ parents

By Gina Vivinetto Apartment Therapy is a lovely site featuring snapshots of beautiful homes and decor. Every once in a while the site tosses in a nutty, priceless piece like this one where they’ve dug through an old Life magazine and reprinted photos from an article showcasing the homes of parents of 1970s rock stars [...]

Flaming Lips celebrate ‘Christmas on Mars’

By Carrie Waite Every Thanksgiving, after we gorge ourselves silly on turkey (or Tofurkey) and pumpkin pie and make our way to the bottom of the mashed potato mountain, we sit around and watch Christmas movies. Usually it’s Ralphie. Sometimes it’s Rudolph and Hermie. Once in a while we’ll go with a more adult themed flic [...]

A little intro: photographer Carrie Waite

By Carrie Waite Rock n’ roller. Music geek. Audio file. I’m not really any of these things.  And don’t you ever fucking call me a hipster.  Scenester is nearly as criminal a term.  I’m just looking for a little inspiration, ya know?  That’s all.  Just a little.  I get it from music.  From my friends.  It’s [...]

Sleeveface: fun with vintage album covers

By Gina Vivinetto You can kill a lot of time at Sleeveface.com. Readers send in funny images of themselves staged with vintage vinyl album covers. (Yet another reason vinyl records are better than CDs). Here are some of our favorites (click on any pic to enlarge): Freddie Mercury: Simon & Garfunkel (Look at the scarf! [...]

Hear the new Guns N’ Roses on Myspace

By Gina Vivinetto Are you on Myspace? Are you curious about Chinese Democracy, the new Guns N’ Roses album, but you don’t want to pay for it? Good news, the band’s profile page is streaming it for free. Axl Rose and his rotating cast of session musicians began recording this album 16 years ago – [...]

Today’s fake band names

By Deborah Frost * LEZBOLLAH * Shiva for Snowy Now you add more.

Rockrgrl Day coming to IMA

By Gina Vivinetto Mark your calendars, rock ‘n’ rollers for Rockrgrl Day at the Institute of Musical Arts in Goshen, Ma. on Dec. 6. Rockrgrl Day is an all-day symposium organized by Carla DeSantis, editor of the groundbreaking Rockrgrl magazine. It’s a day of sharing ideas and networking for anyone interested in pursuing a career [...]

Cherie Currie’s Guide to Life: Gay Marriage

By Cherie Currie Legalizing gay marriage will ensure children will be educated on the fact that they are NORMAL if they are attracted to the same sex. Hell, it may not seem normal to some of you folks, but to me? We all — I don’t care who you are — have pondered that idea [...]

It’s all about the hits (or is it?)

By Stephanie Koppel Can you imagine going to a Stones show without getting any “Satisfaction”? How about an Aretha show with no “Respect”? And even if you can’t stand the song—or the singer—you’d probably be a little annoyed if Amy Winehouse did a gig without checking into “Rehab.” Warrant lead singer, Jani Lane, once said [...]

You might want to check out ‘Tittyshakers’

Tittyshakers: Home of the Sleazy Sound is where you’ll find everything you need to know about the saucy 1950s jazz music that women in old movies always disrobed to. In the author’s words: “The roots of tittyshaker can be traced back to 50′s America where in major cities through to backwater shacks and pit-stop bars [...]

Recent interviews with Deborah Frost

Here are links to two recent interviews with rock critic, musician, and Sweaty Bitch contributor Deborah Frost: The first is Deborah’s spotlight interview in the “Women Who Rock” section of Life, Words, Rock ‘N’ Roll and the second is a recent chat with Blizz of Rock where Deborah’s band the Brain Surgeons were chosen as [...]

Put The Runaways in the Hall of Fame

In honor of our newest blogger Cherie Currie, we’re reminding you to put her old band The Runaways in the Rock ‘n’ Roll Hall of Fame: Sign the petition!

A few suggestions for the New York Times (a rant)

By Deborah Frost Yesterday, Saudi Arabia, today Santa Monica! You know what no one really wants to say– the subtext of all this mishegoss, if you will– is that there IS no news that is fit to print! It would probably make more sense– from the business cost-effective side, anyway– for the Times to shut [...]

New Clash book just in time for the holidays

By Gina Vivinetto Just in time for the holidays, aging punk rockers (and newbies who wanna know) can buy each other this big, fat coffee table book about The Clash, pioneers of British punk rock and one of the most intelligent, socially conscious bands of all time. Not to mention a band unparalleled in its [...]

When should women stop performing?

By Gina Vivinetto “Is it harder for women in the industry in general? Definitely. I was trying to make a case for Madonna the other day, saying that she’s to be admired for her longevity in a genre that has mostly been for younger acts. Men are able to sustain a career into their 50s [...]

Flush the word turds, babe

By JG Eleven years ago, I landed a fun job as a copy editor for an alt-newsweekly. It was at that fun little indie paper, which later became an un-fun corporate-owned paper, that I began writing about music. When I was a newbie, the music editor at the time farmed out CD reviews. He was [...]

Elvis Costello’s talk show debuts next week

By Gina Vivinetto Former angry young man Elvis Costello will debut his new one-hour talk show Spectacle: Elvis Costello with… on the Sundance channel December 3. I know, it’s hilarious to picture Elvis chatting up famous rock stars. Take it from someone who’s interviewed him: Elvis is an effin’ mumbler. Mr. Costello’s first guest will [...]

Indie rockers on ‘Pete & Pete’

By Gina Vivinetto I ain’t gonna front: I lifted this right off the fab blog Gaytriarchy, whose resident homo made a delightful video of all the indie rock and hipster celebrity cameos on Nickelodeon’s brilliant The Advenutires of Pete & Pete. Look for Iggy Pop, Juliana Hatfield (as the Lunch Lady, remember?), mail carrier Ann [...]

Carrie Brownstein: Wii Music kind of sucks

By Gina Vivinetto Carrie Brownstein, former guitarist for Sleater-Kinney, reviewed Wii Music for Slate, deciding, ultimately, that the game falls short. Carrie writes: “(T)he game doesn’t go far enough; despite exalting creativity, you still feel more like an audience member than a band member—on the sidelines, watching yourself on-screen, where it seems like you’re having [...]

Get ready for Sweaty

Hello and welcome. On behalf of the Sweaty Bitches of Rock ‘N’ Roll (SBORR), we thank you for choosing our fun, decidedly non-academic forum to peruse. We know you could pick any blog and you chose us. For that we say, “Mazel tov!” We intend to have good times here. We’re also going to pitch [...]