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Awesome Girls
Spring has sprung – I’ve been feeling fresh as a daisy after one heck of a gloomy, rainy winter. My season so far has included a bouquet of treats including, hanging with gal pal and fellow cosmetics maven Yana Chupenko of Tony & Tina Cosmetics who blasted in from NYC to tear up the town for LA Fashion Week.... Continue »
Kick Ass Festival
Any of you who know me, know me as the happy, irrepressible girl that no adversity can keep down! And I’m not about to be stopped now! Despite my most recent woes from my former ownership of Coney Island High, which resulted in all my assets being frozen by a former disgruntled partner; I went down to SXSW to... Continue »
Recap and the future!
Let me start by wrapping up 2004, and saying what an amazing year it was! In November, one of my bands, Coronados, went on a South American tour, hitting Argentina and Uruguay. The main attraction was the annual B.A. Stomp! This garage and rock and roll festival was headlined by the amazing Defectors from Denmark! What a bunch of... Continue »
Good News for Cool Grrrls
Cool Grrrls rocked TV land once again when we were contacted be featured on Canada’s lifestyle show, “Envy.” I teamed up with former Los Angeles CG columnist, Josi Kat, to meet the producers down at my favorite coffeshop, Duke’s on the Sunset Strip. There, we were interviewed on-camera by the show’s host, Hayley Verlyn on what’s happening on the... Continue »
Loving SF again!
Hey everyone. I want to start out with a couple of announcements. First off, I became the new Editor of our Coolgrrrls website a few months ago. (So if you see some heinous mistakes, I am the one responsible!) Also, I wanted to congratulate Sabine from Germany for being voted CG of the year by all her fellow CGs... Continue »
New York at Its Best
At CBGB New York-style Rock and Roll – nice and Sleazy I wanted to put on a “The Best of NYC Rock” show, and what better partner in crime than The New York Waste? I see a lot of bands, and we wanted to make a night that was also good for fans – if you came to see... Continue »
Love the Snow
Hello everybody! I hope you all have a rockin‘ 2005! As you probably all know, I’m back in Germany and it is really cold here. If I look out of my window, all I can see is snow, snow, snow. This is quite a contrast to my adventures in California. And I guess it’s also due to the weather,... Continue »
Fresh Start for the Year
Happy New Year! It’s a fresh start, if we can just get past all the rain that’s been drenching LA lately! But that hasn’t stopped me from keeping my New Year’s goals. And one of them is looking at LA for all its kitschy, kooky, star-studded glory. My first stop was Schwab’s on Vine. While the gentrification of Hollywood... Continue »
Longing for SF!
Hey Everyone. I have been keeping myself crazy-busy lately, going back and forth between San Francisco and Los Angeles. I went for a visit to SF in mid November, and had such a great time that I realized I need to be back there. I am so happy when I am in San Francisco! And I’ve been so bored... Continue »
U2 Mania
Hello Hello! I’m at a place called Brooklyn! U2 gives us something we can feel Coolgrrrl Movie grrrl April and I have been rocking out to U2 for over 20 years now! SCARY when you add it up, but we listened to them from their first record when we were jailbait! So when April calls me the night before... Continue »
Last Post This Year
Hello all! I’m back just before the end of the year! In time to tell you what’s been happenning in the Argentinean scene lately, and what’s in store for 2005 summer. Back in August Hyperstatic invited a really cool band from Rosario (Santa Fe province) called All The Hats to play in Cordoba city. They have one EP and... Continue »
Major Festival!
ELECTRICITY – 4.-7. 11.2004 The 3rd Electricity Festival, organized by Splitter Promotion, took place in Saarbrücken. It is the biggest festival in the whole area, and even the provincial government, under the patronage of prime minister Peter Müller supports it. It invites more than 80 national & international Acts and DJ`s.(!) In the beginnings, it was all about electronic... Continue »
Birthday Celebration
Well it’s my birthday and I’ll fly if I want to. As another year made history in the story of my life, I decided to fly up to San Francisco to celebrate. From trolley car rides to clam chowder on the wharf, Kerouac’s digs to the hotel Hemingway frequented, you can read all about my journey to the city... Continue »
The Summer of My Life!
Huntington Beach, CA – 2004 If you are from cold and gray Germany there is nothing better than spending two months in sunny and crazy California. I had so much fun within those two months it was almost scary! I had lunch with Texas Terri, ran into my old buddy Tony Hawk at the XGames, saw Social Distortion live... Continue »
Concert Garage Saarbrücken
Solea, Turbostaat & DOVER Finally the concert season has started again! There is nothing better than to know that when it`s freezing cold outside, a warm cozy concert hall is waiting for you. No winter depressions for us! Why do I say us? I hired a professional photographer: Marion Pietz, called Majo. Nothing is too expensive for coolgrrrls.com! (To... Continue »
I’m Now in a Band!
Well I’ve been busy these last few months. Since I’ve discovered the purpose of my life is to create music for everyone, I’ve thrown myself passionately into music! I accepted the offer from Mike, to join his band “Flowers of Babylon.” I also conspired with Mike to create a new scene to expose the cream of Hong Kong band... Continue »
Little Steven’s International...
The single most fun day of my entire life For those of you who do not know Little Steven’s Underground Garage radio show, Steven has dedicated himself to preserving rock and roll as a cultural force. As Rock and roll gets shoved off commercial radio by pop princesses, emo crybabies, nu-metal and other soundtracks to sell cars and soda,... Continue »
Vegas Rockaround
Hey everybody. This year’s 2nd Annual Las Vegas Rockaround was an absolute blast. I had a great time last year, but there were more people this time, and it got even better. I don’t know how Tom Ingram does it. He manages to organize these fantastic events that seem like they would be nightmares to put together, yet they... Continue »
