Save the Date, Los Angeles - February 11

Save the date: Sunday, February 11, 2018 !!!

Pleasant Gehman & Theresa Kereakes Present:

WAR STORIES: Tales of ‘70’s & 80’s punk mayhem told by the perpetrators themselves.
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This is NOT a “normal” spoken word show, but a raucous night of storytelling by LA’s wildest, loudest and most influential punk/alternative/rock’n’roll icons.
 
We all knew each other: hung out often, played music and got drunk together… went on tours together and broke several laws constantly and gleefully. We’ve all written about these things, but this show is mostly telling insane stories….
FEBRUARY 11, YOU GET TO HEAR ALL OF IT!

Featuring
EXENE CERVENKA of X
JANE WIEDLIN of THE GO-GO’S
JACK GRISHAM of TSOL
BOB FORREST of THELONIOUS MONSTER
MIKE MARTT of TEX & THE HORSEHEADS
IRIS BERRY of THE LAME FLAMES
PLEASANT GEHMAN of THE SCREAMING SIRENS
Deejay: LINA LECARO
Emcee: THERESA KEREAKES

SUN. FEB. 11
EL CID
4212 SUNSET, LA
Doors: 8:30 Show: 9:00 18 + Over
Advance Tickets: $12 General, VIP reserved preferred seating $20 
here:
http://ticketf.ly/2B3zwUK
$15 at the door
$10 w/ UCLA Student ID or Punk Conference badge


El Cid is an intimate venue, so don't get shut out - AND save a few dollars by getting your tickets in advance. See you there!

UCLA Punk Conference - February 9 & 10

LA Punk Girls will be presenting: 

LOBOTOMY MAGAZINE: A Teenage Historical Record of Punk Rock

In the mid-1970s, bored and unmoved by mainstream rock n roll, teens and young adults started to make rock n roll rebellious again. No one covered PUNK ROCK in the mainstream media, and if it was covered, it wasn’t understood.

For UCLA’s Punk Conference 2018, Pleasant Gehman and Theresa Kereakes will discuss the path they took that made their fanzine, Lobotomy, the written and visual foundation of the birth and growth of punk rock in Los Angeles as well as a presenter and commentator of the worldwide punk movement. A projected slide show of Lobotomy Magazine pages and photos from the 1970s will illustrate the talk.

Pleasant explains, “I always knew punk was going to be a cultural moment that was as important as Paris in the 1920’s, The Beats in North Beach in the 1950’s, or the Warhol scene in New York. Punk rock created a space for our own community, and I documented it all. Lobotomy Magazine gave a voice to women, disenfranchised youth, groundbreaking artists and writers and other cultural misfits.”

Theresa continues, “if you’ve ever texted anyone ‘pictures or it didn’t happen LOL,’ you will understand why I started taking pictures at concerts. For us, pop culture and especially our own subculture is an important component of history.”