chicana power, ey. unlocking the secrets to my past lives...namely my most recent past life as a chola. they called me La Shotgun...i had the baddest feathered hair and bluest eyeliner and deepest blood red lipstick in all of el sereno. i got the tres puntos tatooed on my hand when i was 13, the teardrop on my cheek when i was 14 and later that year, my first constallation of purple hickies...the night i was jumped into "ESR". a year later, while throwing chingasos w/some hinas from clover st., i almost killed a girl w/a homemade shank. llevas feared me, my homies respecteted me and my bitch-ass enemies wanted me dead. i wanted out, but was blasted during a drive-by at my old man's house. i just turned 16, it was 1974.
beatles, X, dusty springfield, neko case, the clash, sleater-kinney(r.i.p.), zeppelin, elvis, goxxip, etta james, buzzcocks, p.j. harvey, x-ray spex, breeders, otis redding, tracy + the plastics, fiona apple, beth orton, suzanne vega, PMS, dana international, peaches, ladytron, clinic, le tigre, stereo total, asha bosle, fela kuti, teenage fanclub, elefant, nina simone, edith piaf, cat power, elvis costello, bonfire madigan, the wedding present, emiliana torrini, portishead, thevery corporation, angelo badalamenti, that dog, lysa flores, raincoats, lulu, aretha, pixies, mazzy star, jesus + mary chain, bobby darin, louis prima, wilson pickett (R.I.P),tijuana no, the specials, los fabulousos cadillacs, stereolab, the who, las 15 letras, shangrilas, jaynetts, supremes, madonna, excuse 17, bikini kill, h2b, k.d. lang, the specials, english beat, skatalites...+more
DEVDAS!!! i heart bollywood!, almodovar, david lynch, cassavettes (GENA FUCKIN' ROWLANDS!), john watters, ang lee, gus van sant, john huges, miranda july (me, you + everyone we know),amelie, hedwig + the angry inch, ma vie en rose, gilda (anything w/rita hayworth), bell du jour (anything w/catherine deneuve), anything w/aishwarya rai, preity zinta or shahrukh kahn. welcome to the dollhouse, napoleon dynamite, 16 candles, run lola run, bend it like beckham, bells of st. mary's (**drool**) --hare rama hare krishna
aimee + jaguar, this bridge called my back, chicana falsa, diary of frida kahlo, are you there god? it's me, margaret, valencia, love in the time or cholera, bless me ultima, so far from god, tipping the velvet, secret diary of laura palmer, griswold (syd hoff, bitches!)
FRIDA KAHLO, vaginal creme davis, gloria anzaldua, cherrie moraga, gertrude stein + alice b. tolkas, pippi + anika, lilly + felice (aka aimee + jaguar), dusty, ann bannon, joan jett...and other dykes who shaped herstory.