Katzenjammer is a 4-member Norwegian band that mixes genres. There’s some folk + pop + rock + balkan. It is just good times. Also, they switch up which instruments they each play. & not surprisingly, a banjo is involved.
I know, I know. Everyone has probably had just about enough of me telling them to listen to Katzenjammer. Unless they’ve actually started listening to them, in which case they now understand how right I am.
From a recent UK interview, when they are asked about the potential difficulties of being an all-girl band in the music industry:
We hardly think about the fact that we’re a girl band. The word feels wrong in a way. We’re a band, we happen to have tits. In the beginning of Katzenjammer, we sometimes felt that people (mainly crew on stage in a new venue) didn’t treat us as they would treat the guys before and after us, but that always changed as soon as we started to play. Quite amusing to see their change of behavior, actually! We hope to be good ambassadors for girls who wants to play in bands, and expect that this will not be a question on the agenda in ten years.
They are toe-tapping good fun & look like they put on a hell of a live show. & it is always good to have banjo-practicing-inspiration so I can be in a cool band someday with my friends. Anyone want in on that?
Cynthia’s Grinchmas Challenge is all about choosing your own way (whether it be traditional or not) & feeling good during those choices. & this season – the more reminders of this, the merrier.
So this 8-track compilation is my Grinchmas tribute. It has some ups, some downs, & some grittiness…& some hope.
I’ve been thinking about dying my hair pink again. Whether or not that has anything to do with this music recommendation is beyond me…
I totally have a soft spot for female MC’s. Queen Latifah. Missy Elliott. Eve. & this past week, it has been all about listening to Nicki Minaj. I like a lot of her stuff. & she seems like she understands a lot of the (seedy) inner workings of the entertainment industry.
“When I am assertive, I’m a bitch. When a man is assertive, he’s a boss. He bossed up,” she says. “No negative connotation behind ‘bossed up.’ But lots of negative connotation behind being a bitch.”
I got a little inspiration from Deanne over at Hoop Lovers from her latest video of practicing a bit of sustained spinning. The only thing is – I was having “a day”. You know. One of THOSE days. Unbrushed hair. Undressed.
Remember when we used to spin in circles until we fell down? I grabbed a mini hoop, put on a skirt (rather than my pajamas pants) & …tried.
I’m posting this because it’s not beautiful, it’s not particularly graceful, & it’s not ‘skillful’.
I’m posting this because it IS an exercise in me trying to break out of a depressive cycle. To move my body however I want within my little hoop. & that’s a triumph in itself. Spin. Breathe. Repeat.
(Bonus points to anyone who can spot when I start to get really dizzy…)
