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gina young

new album now on iTunes!

About Me

growing up in the washington DC punk scene on the tail end of the riot grrrl movement, gina started playing guitar, writing zines and recording demos. she then moved to brooklyn and started touring nationally, with notable performances including: two Warped Tours (all 50 stops in the US and Canada), Queer Fest Midwest, the Estrojam Festival, Homo A Gogo 2006, LADYFEST in nyc, dc, north carolina, ohio and colorado, the POPMontreal Festival and the NACA Northeast Showcase.
gina has shared the stage with artists such as Team Dresch, Mirah, Kimya Dawson, Paramore, Bitch & Animal, Alix Olson, and even Le Tigre once, back in the day. she has collaborated with artists as diverse as Scream Club, Bonfire Madigan and Jill Sobule, and her music has appeared on PBS and Dawson's Creek as well as in numerous independent films.
gina is interested in the intersections of gender and performance and has written and directed three off-off broadway plays: she cuts herself/she likes to write, phone|sex|cancer and God in a Girl. her fourth play, Salt Water, is currently in development.
gina also tours and performs as one-half of electro/hip hop group TEAM GINA. number one in her top friends if you wanna check them out.
gina has just released her third solo album, 3AM VOICE, which is available from PayPal for $15 using email address [email protected] . you can buy gina's second album, she's so androgynous, on iTunes. just click here: ..

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 3/21/2005
Band Website: ginayoung.com
Influences: mermaids, mostly.
Sounds Like: that really hot jacket that's totally out of style that you found at the bottom of a thrift store pile.
Type of Label: None

My Blog

perhaps a little redundant, but isn’t that life?

seattle this morning is a ..:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" />london grey fog.  and i think, isn't it too early in october for my breath to be freezing ...
Posted by gina young on Sat, 11 Oct 2008 02:14:00 PST

modern: (let’s) dance.

this is thrilling. completely invigorating. and don't give me that whole "i'm so broke" crap. if you scroll down you'll find about a million different discounts, including 15 dollar tickets if yo...
Posted by gina young on Sat, 27 Sep 2008 04:05:00 PST

fuck dat shit

hey friends.i've posted about this before but i'm doing it again because i think the media will never do this situation justice so it's up to us as queers and allies to spread the word. below follows ...
Posted by gina young on Fri, 19 Sep 2008 02:32:00 PST

nyc: support the new jersey seven!

Support the New Jersey Seven!Benefit Party at the Brecht Forum7:00 pm, September 16, 2008Tickets: $10 - 25 sliding scaleNo one will be turned away. Tickets available at event and online. Ifyou are una...
Posted by gina young on Sun, 14 Sep 2008 09:10:00 PST

"give me action and drama... give me 80s madonna..."

blah. sitting at a desk is NOT what i want to be doing after an entire weekend of working 12-hour days at bumbershoot. i have all these weird bumbershoot-related injuries that i can't even figure out....
Posted by gina young on Tue, 02 Sep 2008 10:07:00 PST

tumbling down, tumbling down

leave it to an earthquaketo remind youthat the ground isin facta liquid
Posted by gina young on Thu, 31 Jul 2008 06:59:00 PST

me, i got crew kid seven and a crescent

this tour is a bit of a graveyard for me. i intentionally packed my suitcase with items in various stages of disrepairvintage reebok knockoffs that were once white but never will be again, my favori...
Posted by gina young on Sun, 27 Jul 2008 10:25:00 PST

this is not a team gina tour blog...

& it's just some random pictures taken on my cell phone, in no particular order. a real team gina blog will follow soon on the team gina myspace. swears. ..:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-mic...
Posted by gina young on Wed, 16 Jul 2008 08:57:00 PST

questions you get asked in south carolina

"where y'all from-- tattoo city?"- concierge at the caribbean hotel "so are you two an item or are you related?"- dancer at the penthouse club...
Posted by gina young on Wed, 09 Jul 2008 05:42:00 PST

i want to be a part of it...

sometimes tour rolls in and fixes everything. feeling rootless and disconnected; is it strange that i feel more rooted when i'm travelling? is it strange that most of my best connections are the ones ...
Posted by gina young on Sun, 29 Jun 2008 08:47:00 PST