Project South presents Midnite School:
Black Radical Traditions in the South in the US South: What is the Difference Between Being Black and Being American?
WHERE: Project South office, 9 Gammon Ave., Atlanta 30315
WHEN: Wednesday April 22, 5:30-7:30pm
WHAT: Black Radical Traditions in the South in the US South: What is the Difference Between Being Black and Being American?
MORE INFO: 404-622-0602 or Christi@ProjectSouth.org
Join us for an evening to explore the Black Radical Traditions int he US South. Our goals in this discussion are to expand the context of the "Obama moment" to connect our present to historical examples of change, and to uncover the distinctions between the history of Black Radical Traditions and being American.
then at 7:30pm Outwrite Books presents
a Jon Ginoli of Pansy Division book signing
WHEN: Wednesday, April 22, 2009 7:30 p.m.
WHERE: Outwrite Bookstore & Coffeehouse
WHAT: Jon Ginoli Tells All in his new book Deflowered: My Life in Pansy Division
"We're the buttfuckers of rock-and-roll, We want to sock it to your hole!" With these words written in a notebook, Jon Ginoli sets off on a journey of self-discovery and musical passion to become the founding member of Pansy Division, the first out and proud queercore punk rock band to hit the semi-big time. Set against the changing decades of music, we follow the band from their inception in San Francisco, to their search for a music label and a permanent drummer to their current status as indie rock icons.
We see the highs—touring with Green Day—and the lows—homophobic fans—of striving for acceptance and success in the world of rock. Replete with the requisite tales of sex, drugs, groupies, band fights and label battles, this rollicking memoir is also an impassioned account of staying true to the artistic vision of queer rock'n'roll.
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