Comments on: “What about a tuba?”: Mika Miko and the telephone http://feministmusicgeek.com/2009/05/06/what-about-a-tuba-mika-miko-and-the-telephone/ Feminist discourses in wax and plastic Wed, 01 Feb 2012 16:54:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Lydia Lunch: Diva? « Feminist Music Geek http://feministmusicgeek.com/2009/05/06/what-about-a-tuba-mika-miko-and-the-telephone/#comment-749 Thu, 10 Dec 2009 23:58:32 +0000 http://feministmusicgeek.com/?p=277#comment-749 [...] Lunch is also a helluva commentator. Acerbic and frequently bored, she’s a delightful addition to any music documentary. In fact, she practically saves 2004’s Kill Your Idols, Scott Crary’s otherwise messy attempt to outline the New York downtown scene from the proto-punk offerings of The Velvet Underground and Suicide to the ascendance of then-up-and-coming acts like The Yeah Yeah Yeahs and Liars. Here, she tells her version of the unhistoricizable subgenre that is no wave and strongly endorses against band formation and traditional instrumentation, suggesting kids pick up tubas instead of guitars. [...]

]]> By: Caitlin http://feministmusicgeek.com/2009/05/06/what-about-a-tuba-mika-miko-and-the-telephone/#comment-59 Thu, 07 May 2009 17:05:30 +0000 http://feministmusicgeek.com/?p=277#comment-59 I got a dedication! I remember giving that presentation and feeling a little sad that more folks weren’t as excited about the “Business Cats” clip as I was. And then, after I saw “Ladies and Gentlemen, the Fabulous Stains” I thought, ‘Damn! I could have made a great connection there’, as that first scene in the video is a direct reference.

Yay punk rock girls!

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