Ari-Up (born Ariane Forster, 1962), of the highly influential and 100% original all-girl punk rock / reggae band The Slits, sadly died today (Wednesday, Oct 20th).
Her mother, Nora Forster, and stepfather, John Lydon, released the following statement.
A mere two months after the dissolution of The Smiths, former New York Dolls fan club president Steven Patrick Morrissey released a single of his own, the now-classic “Suedehead” in February of 1988. The song was a bigger UK hit than any of his previous work with the band, and the defensively sardonic debut solo LP Viva Hate arrived that March. A falling out with producer and collaborator Stephen Street put plans to record a second album indefinitely on hold. As such, Morrissey released a string of hold-over singles: “The Last of the Famous International Playboys,” “Interesting Drug,” and “Ouija Board, Ouija Board” all in 1989. Critical backlash at “Ouija Board” -as well as an ongoing royalty dispute with former Smiths band makes Mike Joyce and Andy Rourke – nearly derailed Morrissey’s solo career altogether.
David Arquette made a name for himself in the Scream trilogy and since then has had a long career in television and film. But for his directorial debut, The Tripper, Arquette has gone back to the horror genre, this time infusing it with political overtones. The Tripper is about a Ronald Reagan-obsessed serial killer that targets a bunch of hippies.
INTO: Surfing the web, drinking, partying with friends, sleepovers, pillow fights, cats, long drives (especially at night), living life and smiling every day…all day.
NOT INTO: Fighting, politics, hangovers, doing dishes, small yappy dogs.
MAKES ME HAPPY: My friends, my family, my kitten, shopping, eating junk food all day while sitting on the computer blogging about how much fun last night was…even if I can’t remember it.
MAKES ME SAD: Saying goodbye, sad movies, finding out my milk has expired, pulling my iPod out only to find it’s dead.
HOBBIES: Making jewelry, vintage shopping, blogging about living richly for cheap, surfing the web for any various reasons. I also collect masks.
5 THINGS I CAN’T LIVE WITHOUT: My Computer, my Kitten, my credit card, my Vans Era sneakers, and my sunglasses.
I SPEND MOST OF MY FREE TIME: Sitting on the computer or partying. If I’m not doing one of those two things…something is probably wrong with me LOL!
Artist/SG Member Name: Marcus Gregory a.k.a. Tigerwong
Mission Statement: That’s a tough one. I first got inspired to draw by my father when I was 7 or 8. We were on a family vacation and he doodled a cowboy on a napkin. I was amazed. I tried to draw my own little cowboy on my own napkin (it wasn’t very good) and ever since then I’ve loved drawing. I never knew what I wanted to do with it until started animating. Now animation is pretty much my mission in life, though illustration is fun, too.
