What is PUNK?! Misty MF Copeland Once a Firebird, always a Firebird. 🔥✨❤️‍🔥✨🔥

Thank u Art Sound Language for having us & all who came out to enjoy live original 🎶 ✨Donation just sent to @dcmigrantmutualaid.org✨ We started the set w/ 40 Nights Longer. I wrote it last summer while shouldering fresh grief. This song is here for u, too, if u need it! (in bio) Thank u, DC! ✨🖤✨

HEY DC PUNKS!!! It’s PI Day!! Do u know where ur shows are?! Go 2 PIE Shop for their 1:30 matinee & then: Head over to Art Sound Language TONIGHT with me, Resuming Inertia & Short Lives @ 8pm Grab a pizza PIE @ Comet Ping Pong in between… it’s only a couple of blocks from ASL!! ✨🖤✨🥧✨🖤✨🥧✨🖤✨

WE’RE PLAYING THIS AWESOME FUNDRAISER for MoCo PRIDE PROM!!! ✨🏳️‍🌈✨💖🏳️‍⚧️💖✨🏳️‍🌈 I can’t wait to help raise a TON of money alongside Motel Portrait, Pirates of Stonewall, Hotel Sewing Kit, & all of YOU!! ✨🩵THANK U for helping to get the message out & see ya April 4th @ The Garage in Boyds, MD🩵✨ ✨🏳️‍🌈✨💖🏳️‍⚧️💖✨🏳️‍🌈✨

Too many here.... Édith Piaf Marlene Dietrich Mildred Bailey Ella Fitzgerald Sister Rosetta Tharpe Eve Libertine Gabriela Quintero Rhiannon Giddens Patti Smith Jehnny Beth Poison Ivy The Slits Polly Styrene Diamanda Galás Panic Shack Adwaith Magdalena Kožená etc. #InternationalWomensDay

Aimee Mann is a favorite songwriter, and I love her gripping cover of this song by The Cars. youtu.be/HP0sgPwPM2Y?...

Bonnie Raitt! www.youtube.com/watch?v=s4S1...

Debbie Harry, Viv Albertine, Siouxsie, Chrissie Hynde, Poly Styrene, Pauline Black

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shirley... Front woman for iconic grunge band Garbage, mental health advocate, general bad ass. Still rocking in her 60s.

Happy international women’s day from ME to a whole bunch of really badass people who made the industry take us seriously. GIRLS TO THE FRONT!! Add your favorite musician & repost!!! ✨⭐️✨💖✨⭐️✨💖✨⭐️✨

What is PUNK?! Opera & Ballet. Fortunate to be raised in a theatre family, I studied ballet & attended shows often. These artists are some of the most talented, inspiring performers I’ve ever experienced living lives on a shoestring to make their art. punk af. Pic of my ♥️ ballet, Giselle⬇️ ✨🖤✨

Okay would a punk cover of the Golden Girls theme song kind of rip?

New album out today on Means of Production, for Bandcamp Friday. It’s Walk Talk & Audio by Cofferdam. Give it a listen!

DC, THANK YOU!! The money raised for survivors.org will pay for 6 months of support groups!! What an honor to be part of this cause. Thank YOU all for showing up. We’ll keep fighting for our community with every show. ✨💙✨

Happy birthday to Patrick! 📷: @peted301.bsky.social

What is PUNK?! Letting others have a good cry on your shoulder. Recently, I’ve had to be strong for someone & it’s never easy to see people going through a difficult time that, u know from personal experience, is far from over. Keep showing up for them until the glimmer of dawn brings hope. ✨💙✨

Absolutely!! ✨🖤✨

But... you learned it when you were supposed to!! Now you can grow from this new knowledge!!

But we are each a miracle as well. 😘

As an old fart who went straight from Sesame Street (punk as fuck) to The Adolescents, it warms my black heart to see that our message has carried and is understood. Even if your music was shit (it fucking ain't), I'd be your biggest fan. (Have a look at Wolves at the Wall. They get it, too.)

DC AREA PUNKS + RIOT GRRRLS!!! We have a SHOW in a real small venue!! RSVP now & we thank you: partiful.com/e/vnVfKeTrtI... All proceeds from this Gigi Machine will go to @dcmigrantmutualaid.org with a match to the LGBTQ Foundation of Kansas. Abolish ICE. Trans rights = human rights rights. ✨💙✨

What is PUNK?! Humility. When I am lost in ego, I’ll remind myself to ✨go look out at the stars✨ because who am I but a wholly insignificant being in the grand scheme of awesomeness around? There are many beautiful souls out there, many reading this, who learned this lesson long before I. ✨💙✨

What is PUNK?! Owning your own human-ness. “Not Today” is a breakup song? sure. It’s more than that. It’s a cry of defiance. Defying expectations. Defying those who trespass against us. W/an ultimate railing against the betrayal of self felt when we allow those actions to impact our soul. ✨🖤✨

God damned right. Let's add that Punk is being better informed because we have to be. Also, as I posted elsewhere, Punk means that morality is not for sale. (What's that guitar?)

What is PUNK?! Standing up against those who drop bombs on children. Standing up against those who perpetrate ANY ACT of violence against children. Shame on people in power letting them get away with it. Shame on people making excuses for it. Wars won’t distract, only clarify the abuses. ✨🖤✨

What is PUNK?! LBGTQ+ ally ship!! I’ll be part of fundraiser for Pride Prom ‘26 at LIVE FROM THE GARAGE on April 4th & I’ll be joined by Berra + others tba! Pride Proms provide a safe, joyous space for LGBTQ+ youth to experience this milestone without fear or harassment. Join us April 4th. ✨🖤✨

Punk is righteous.

Punk is a Revolution! Anything short of that is just cos-playing...

I was the first boy in our school to buy the Sex Pistols ‘God Save the Queen’ 45” single in the original picture sleeve on the day it came out. (I still have it.) I was a famous! I had Sixth-formers asking to borrow it to record onto cassette. I was 14. Can you imagine? Punk for life. I’m nearly 63.

Henry Rollins

Friday night!

The true mark of a punk rocker.

Someone tried to tell me a real punk is centrist and a political

"...in a mean world, being earnest, kind, and looking out for others is "the most punk rock thing you can do"."

What is PUNK?! Resistance. Truth. Dignity. At this very moment, there are liars- & those gleefully complicit-in positions of power saying things thinking that makes it so. To all those types, clowns one-&-all: We, The People, scream Not Today!! ✨🖤✨

What is PUNK?! Reclamation. I recorded “Not Today” at Inner Ear w/ Don Zientara. Based on an experience w/ someone who monitored how I dressed, how I styled my hair… I reclaimed myself when I left. I trimmed my bangs & started wearing my pigtails again. ✨🖤✨ Stream now: ffm.to/gigi-marie-n...

I’m obsessed by the story of marginalized characters. The sobs that sprung from me at 10 years old watching “Amadeus” & feeling the total injustice of its closing scene. I won’t spoil it. The similarity in outrage I felt when learning about Maria Anna & her unsung contributions. Nannerl Mozart. ✨🖤✨

Today in anti-valentines week festivities is Missing Day: Acknowledging and expressing feelings of longing for someone who is no longer a part of your daily life. That’s what they all feel, baby. “Funny… You” ✨💙✨ Stream it & share it w/ the one u don’t miss most: open.spotify.com/album/6iQjoq...

OUT NOW: Laughing Hyenas - That Girl: Live Recordings 1986-1994 thirdmanrecords.com/products/tha...

Like most musicians, I have multiple vocations. I find such fulfillment from each, I really can’t see one ever totally eclipsing the other. Yesterday — in my other *gig* — someone was brought to my room because they called it their safe space. I’m humbled to know I’m that person for others. ✨💙✨

Can’t wait to do this again March 14th!! Get your tickets now, DC: artsoundlanguage.com/products/mar... Proceeds from every ticket will go to @dcmigrantmutualaid.org Let’s melt ICE together. ✨💙✨

Hey! This Sunday! Come hear some new songs and see a new film inspired by a 400+ year old play. One of our artists, Safety Bear (Safety Bard?) will be putting the Shake in Shakespeare. Honeslty, I don't know what I'm saying anymore. It'll be a cool show! tinyurl.com/VeronaGents

I wish people knew how much joy they give me when I see them walking their dogs. Seriously: Driving by dogs makes my day. They’re old & fat; I love them. They’re piss & vinegar; I love them. They’re all curiosity & energy; I love them. We don’t deserve dogs. In particular, basset hounds. ✨🖤✨

"I may not be much, Mr. Finch, but I'm still sheriff of Maycomb County, and Bob Ewell fell on his knife.” Rest easy, Robert Duvall. My Boo Radley. ✨🖤✨

Rare Public Appearance on 2/27! Come see us at Comet Ping Pong! Along with the great Dot Dash!

Until we have a government that works to serve (not scare) the people & hold predators accountable, I’m gonna go ahead & be President of myself. Join me March 14th at Art Sound Language in DC. ✨SHORT LIVES✨🖤 ✨GIGI MARIE✨🖤 ✨RESUMING INERTIA✨🖤 Get tix now 🎟️✨🖤: artsoundlanguage.com/products/mar...