It's the WOW Thanksgiving Show!

More songs about buildings and food!

Cynthia Fee - "Thank You For Being a Friend (Theme to "The Golden Girls")
June Christy with Stan Keron and His Orchestra - "Shoo-Fly Pie & Apple Pan Dowdy" V/A: A Woman's Place is in the Groove (Acrobat)
Janet Klein & Her Parlor Boys - "Biscuit Medley: I'm the Only Gal in the World Can Take a Biscuit Apart, How Long Is It Gonna Take?, Georgie" Put a Flavor to Love (Coeur De Janette)
Apples in Stereo - "Strawberryfire" Her Wallpaper Reverie (SpinART)
Shonen Knife - "Cookie Day" Happy Hour (Big Deal)
Dame Darcy - "Chicken" Greatest Hits (Bop Tart/Action Driver)
The Cramps - "Chicken" Date With Elvis (Vengeance)
Cibo Matto - "Know Your Chicken" Viva! La Woman (Warner Bros.)
Bessie Smith - "Nobody In Town Can Bake a Sweet Jelly Roll Like Mine" V/A: Sugar in My Bowl - Vintage Sex Songs 1923-1952 (Buzzola)
Bessie Smith - "I Need a Little Sugar in My Bowl" V/A: Sugar in My Bowl - Vintage Sex Songs 1923-1952 (Buzzola)
Faye Richmonde - "Tony's Got Hot Nuts" V/A: A Dirty Shame Soundtrack (New Line Records)
The 5.6.7.8's - "One Potato" S/T (Time Bomb Records)
Gore Gore Girls - "Sweet Potato" Get the Gore (Bloodshot)
Imperial Teen - "Sweet Potato" The Hair the TV the Baby & the Band (Merge)
Southern Culture on the Skids - "Camel Walk" Santo Swings 7"s (Estrus)
The Beautys - "Hello Floor" Thing of Beauty (Cheetah's)

Tune in Tuesday: Thanksgiving Food Special!

Don't forget to tune in tomorrow, Tuesday November 25th, for the Women On Women Music Program's special Thanksgiving food special show! We'll be featuring songs about food and giving thanks all night long, so leave your requests in the comments if there's something you'd like to hear.

* Please note: WOW will be delayed by one hour tomorrow, due to the broadcast of the Loyola University Ramblers basketball game. Expect us to be on from 9pm to 10pm, immediately following the game.

Video Fridays: The Moldy Peaches

I don't think I've seen choreography this awesome since the "Stand" video.



(Seeing as there's been a renewed interest in the Moldy Peaches ever since Juno came out, I thought I'd share this little gem. Sure, "Anyone Else But You" is a beautiful song, but have you ever seen the band behind the song? Was it what you expected?)

Women on Women Radio Show - Setlist 11/18/08

Numbers - "At the Mall" Ee-Uh! (Troubleman Unlimited)
Imperial Teen - "Imperial Teen" Seasick (Slash)
Mojave 3 - "Hard to Miss You" Spoon and Rafter (4AD)
Metric - "Combat Baby" Old World Underground, Where Are You Now? (Elgonix)
Pretty Girls Make Graves - "All Medicated Geniuses" The New Romance (Matador)
New Pornographers - "The Bleeding Heart Show" Twin Cinema (Matador)
Scotland Yard Gospel Choir - "I Never Thought I Could Feel This Way For a Boy" S/T (Bloodshot)
Future Bible Heroes - "I'm Lonely (and I Love It)" I'm Lonely (and I Love It) (Merge)
Mates of State - "Parachutes (Funeral Song)" Team Boo (Polyvinyl)
Babes in Toyland - "Sweet '69" Nemesisters (Reprise)
The Gossip - "Yesterday's News" Movement (Movement)
Sleater-Kinney - "Sympathy" One Beat (Kill Rock Stars)
Miss Alex White & the Red Orchestra - "Future Talk" Space & Time (In the Red)
Jesse Sykes & the Sweet Hereafter - "Tell the Boys" Oh, My Girl (Barsuk)
The Moldy Peaches - "Nothing Came Out" S/T (Rough Trade)
Joanna Newsom - "This Side of the Blue" The Milk-Eyed Mender (Drag City)
Amanda Palmer - "Blake Says" Who Killed Amanda Palmer (Roadrunner)
Kristin Hersh - "Vanishing Twin" The Grotto (4AD)
Azure Ray - "The Drinks We Drank Last Night (Live)" New Resolution (Saddle Creek)
Bjork - "All is Full of Love" Livebox Sampler (One Little Indian)
Rosa Passos - "Feitico da Vila" The Best of Rosa Passos (Velas)
That Dog - "Ms. Wrong" Totally Crushed Out (DGC)
The Breeders - "Invisible Man" Last Splash (4AD)
Josephine Wiggs - "Head to Toe" Bon Bon Lifestyle (Grand Royal)

The Time Is Now

Today cities around the country hosted protests against California's Proposition 8, a ballot initiative to ban gay marriage in California (where it had been legalized just months ago)that passed on November 4. Also passed on Election Day were similar propositions in Arizona and Florida as well as a law in Arkansas that outlaws adoption by unmarried persons (cough...gays...cough).

Arguments for gay marriage have been articulated in newspapers, blogs, and t.v.: every citizen should have equal rights, denying some citizens equal marriage rights is unfair because they pay full taxes, it is matter of basic civil rights - the list goes on and on.

This movement isn't just about marriage rights, though. Not everyone wants to get married. Not everyone will get married, even if they have the legal right to. It is about no longer placing those in the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender community in the "other" category. And when people are placed in that category, it is so much easier for people to see them as diffrent - as less than. Which leads to violence. It is easy to hurt someone who you don't see as human as yourself. Or to hurt yourself when you're tired of being treated like a second class citizen.

We can't allow another Matthew Shepard to happen. Another Brandon Teena. We can't continue standing by while the gay teen suicide rate rises. The time for civil rights for EVERYONE is now.

So what can you do about it? Don't be complacent. Even if you aren't queer, even if you don't want to get married, this is something you should be concerned about. Tell your friends and family why this issue matters. Write letters to legislators. Donate funds to legal advocacy groups that are doing some of the heavy lifting around this issue, like Lambda Legal andNational Center for Lesbian Rights. Tell friends who are getting married that instead of a gift, you're going to donate to marriage equality in their name.

Boycott businesses that either donated funds directly to Yes on 8 or are in bed with groups who donated to Yes on 8:
McDonalds Corporation
Home Depot
Bonneville Radio Stations (In Chicago, they have 101.9, 100.3, 97.1, and 96.9 F.M.)
Lowes
And I'm getting really local here: Century 21 theater in Evanston.

This is a call to action - the kind we can't do on air. I'm talking to you, person who sits on their couch and thinks "Wow, this is all really messed up" and does NOTHING. Get up. Do something. We don't have time to waste.

Video Friday: Janis Ian's Married In London

The lack of civil rights of GLBT folks is no laughing matter, but Janis Ian brings humor to a horrible situation with her song "Married In London". Check out the video below. If you want to join the movement for marriage equality, join Chicago Against Proposition 8 this Saturday November 15 at 12:30 at the Federal Plaza (Dearborn and Adams). Raise your voice, raise your fist.

Women on Women Setlist 11/11/08 - Every Tuesday from 8 to 10pm, 88.7fm/wluw.org

April March - "Chick Habit" V/A: Quentin Tarantino's "Death Proof" Soundtrack (Warner)
The Goodies - "Sophisticated Boom Boom" V/A: One Kiss Can Lead to Another: Girl Group Sounds, Lost & Found (Rhino)
Tiger Trap - "Supreme Nothing" S/T (K)
The Slits - "Typical Girls" Cut (Island)
Asylum Street Spankers - "Funnel of Love" V/A: Hard-Headed Woman: A Celebration of Wanda Jackson (Bloodshot)
Imperial Teen - "Sugar" On (Merge)
Paula Kelley - "Showdown" Nothing/Everything (Stop, Pop, and Roll)
Dressy Bessy - "In Your Headphones" Holler and Stomp (Transdreamer)
Vivian Girls - "Wild Eyes" S/T (In the Red)
All Girl Summer Fun Band - "Something New" Looking Into It (AGSFB Music)
Yo La Tengo - "Double Dare" Painful (Matador)
Juliana Hatfield - "Fleur de Lis" Only Everything (Atlantic)
Eleventh Dream Day - "Ice Storm" Stalled Parade (Thrill Jockey)
Electrelane - "Two for Joy" Axes (Too Pure)
Edith Frost - "Thine Eyes" Calling Over Time (Drag City)
Penelope Houston - "Walnut" The Pale Green Girl (DBK)
The Cramps - "Lonesome Town" Gravest Hits (Illegal/IRS)
The Shaggs - "Who Are Parents" Philosophy of the World (RCA Victor)
The Luv'd Ones - "Walkin' the Dog" Truth Gotta Stand (Sundazed)
Pixies - "Bam Thwok" S/R on iTunes
Bratmobile - "The Real Janelle" The Real Janelle EP (Kill Rock Stars)
That Dog - "Ms. Wrong" Totally Crushed Out (DGC)
Puffy Ami Yumi - "Planet Tokyo" Hi Hi Puffy Ami Yumi Soundtrack (Epic)
Delta Five - "Mind Your Own Business" Singles and Sessions 1979-1981 (Kill Rock Stars)
Tracy + The Plastics - "Henrietta" Culture for Pigeon (Troubleman Unlimited)
Hole - "Gutless" Live Through This (DGC)
Sahara Hotnights - "Hot Night Crash" Kiss & Tell (RCA)
Numbers - "Disease" In My Mind All the Time (Tigerbeat 6)
Yma Sumac - "Five Bottles Mambo" Mambo (The Right Stuff)

What Veterans' Day Means For Female Veterans

Veterans' Day is often overlooked by our generation, or taken over by flag-waving conservatives, so I think it's important to remind ourselves of the great sacrifice that veterans have made, and continue to make, on behalf of our country. While I personally work towards a day where our nation will be focused on preemptive peacemaking rather than war, even a war protester like myself acknowledges that we will always need a military for our defense, and I am humbled by the sacrifice of those who choose that path.

Today, let's remember especially the female veterans of war, a population often overlooked. We've heard before about how female soldiers experience sexual assault at disproportionately high rates, but new disturbing reports now indicate female veterans are getting the short end of the stick when it comes to homeless housing services as well. Female nurses from World War II, the Cadet Nurse Corps, are still unrecognized as official veterans by our government, largely because of their sex.

Today, take a few minutes to send a few emails to your representatives. First, write in support of the Cadent Nurse Corps Equity Act. Next, visit the Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America website, where you can ask President Bush to sign the GI Bill, which would provide additional services and assistance for our generation of veterans. Finally, if you have a veteran in your life, give them a call today!

Patriotism

Today I am proud of my country.

Last night was one of the most remarkable nights in the history of the United States. It was the result of the work of so many before us: Martin Luther King. Angela Davis. Frederick Douglass. Rosa Parks. Malcolm X.
It should not have taken us this long to get here, but we finally did and not a moment too soon.

Last night the voices of so many Americans were finally heard. The voices of the poor and the middle class, the voices of the young and old, straight and queer, of people of every race and national origin. Voices saying that we are tired. We are ready for change. We are ready to be heard.

Today I am proud of my country.

God bless President Barack Hussein Obama and God bless America.

Election Night Setlist - Women on Women Music Show, Every Tuesday from 8-10pm, 88.7fm/wluw.org

Go Obama!

While we anxiously watch the election returns, Emily plays you some music:

Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings - "This Land is Your Land" Naturally (Daptone)
The Gossip - "(Take Back) The Revolution" Arkansas Heat (Kill Rock Stars)
Deerhoof - "Family of Others" Offend Maggie (Kill Rock Stars)
ESG - "UFO" A South Bronx Story (Universal Sound)
The Creatures - "Around the World" Hai! (Instinct)
Nico - "No One is There" The Marble Index (Elektra)
Yma Sumac - "Goomba Boomba" Mambo! (The Right Stuff)
Patti Smith - "Kimberly" Horses (Arista)
X - "4th of July" See How We Are (Elektra/Rhino)
Nina Hagen - "TV-Glotzer (White Punks on Dope)" 14 Friendly Abductions (Columbia)
Lunachicks - "Light as a Feather" Jerk of All Trades (Go-Kart)
Essential Logic - "Music is a Better Noise" Fanfare in the Garden (Kill Rock Stars)
Nita Rossi - "Untrue Unfaithful (That Was You)" V/A: One Kiss Can Lead to Another - Girl Group Sounds, Lost & Found (Rhino)
The Hidden Mitten - "Roma! Roma!" Roma! Roma! EP (S/R)
Papas Fritas - "Lame to Be (version)" Pop Has Freed Us (Minty Fresh)
The Violents - "Pants of Flame" Rebecca's Morning Voice (Mud)
Tsunami - "Water's Edge" Deep End (Simple Machines)
Ssion - "The Woman" Fool's Gold (Sleazetone)
Ex-Girl - "Venus vs. Gas Onna" Endangered Species (Alternative Tentacles)
Ono with Le Tigre - "Sisters O Sisters" Yes, I'm a Witch (Astralwerks)
Free Kitten - "Never Gonna Sleep" Sentimental Education (Kill Rock Stars)
Blondie - "Union City Blue" Eat to the Beat (Chrysalis)
The Breeders - "Wicked Little Town (Hedwig Version) V/A: Wig in a Box: Songs From and Inspired By Hedwig and the Angry Inch (Off)
All-Time Quarterback - "Why I Cry" S/T (Barsuk)
The Velvet Underground - "I'm Sticking With You" VU (Verve)
Holly Golightly - "Walk A Mile" Truly She is None Other (Damaged Goods)
The Angels - "I Adore Him" V/A: One Kiss Can Lead to Another - Girl Group Sounds, Lost & Found (Rhino)
Go Sailor - "Together Forever In Love" Go Sailor (Lookout!)

Vote, Women!

Today is Election Day in the United States of America.

The Women On Women Music Program would like to remind you that it is especially important that all women get out the vote. If you'll permit me a little family history - I say this as the granddaughter of someone who could not legally vote when she was born, simply because of her sex. My grandmother Helena, born in 1913, was seven years old when women finally got the right to vote. Her mother, my great-grandmother, cast her first vote in 1920. Even then, the struggle wasn't over - likely a Democrat (as most Irish Catholic Iowa farmers were), my great-grandmother had to wait twelve more years, until 1932, to see one of her chosen candidates actually win! Coincidentally, 1932 was the year my eighteen year old grandmother would have cast her first ballot, for Franklin D Roosevelt. No doubt mother and daughter were thrilled to see some hope and change in the form of this exciting new candidate who promised a "New Deal" with Americans suffering under the economic crisis of Great Depression and threats of global war.

Sound familiar? Here's hoping that when my mother, sister and I walk through the gates of Grant Park this evening, we'll have just as much reason to celebrate as those two Iowa women did seventy-six years ago.

Some things to remember:

• Polls open at 6:00am and close at 7:00pm. If you are in line at 6:59pm, you are legally permitted to cast your ballot, no matter how long you may have to wait in line after the polls close.
• To find your polling place in the city of Chicago, visit ChicagoElections.com.
• You will need to verify your name and address and sign your signature to receive a ballot. You do not need to show ID, but it is a good idea to bring some, just in case there are any problems.
• You are not permitted to "electioneer" within 100 feet of the polling place. Some people have interpreted this to mean that you are not allowed to wear pins, shirts or hats in support of a candidate. This is under dispute, but to avoid problems just take off your hat or pin, or wear a sweater over your shirt, while you are in line and voting.
• If you have any problems at the polls, call 311, 911 (emergencies only) or the Chicago Election Day hotline at (312) 269-7870.
  

After you vote, don't forget to tune into tonight at 8pm to WLUW on 88.7fm in Chicago and wluw.org online. Emily will be playing a special election celebration set in honor of the occasion!

RIP, Yma Sumac

It is with great sadness that I announce the death of one of our perennial favorites, Latin/Lounge/Exotica singer Yma Sumac.

Renowned for her astonishing vocal range (five octaves at the peak of her career!), Yma started out as Zoila Augusta Emperatriz Chavarri del Castillo, an untrained and unknown singer from Peru. Before moving to the States in the mid 1940s with her bandleader husband, she adopted the stage name Yma Sumac (originally Imma Sumac) and with it, an exotic, mysterious, and glamourous persona. Sometimes claiming to be an Incan princess, and the direct descendant of Peru's last Incan emperor, Yma took Hollywood by storm. Throughout the 50s, she worked with Les Baxter and Billy May, producing the best known works of her career, including Mambo! and Voice of the Xtabay, among others.

Her songs can be heard on the soundtracks to films such as Death to Smoochy and The Big Lebowski, and her "Bo Mambo" was sampled by the Black Eyed Peas on "Hands Up" from 2003's Elephunk.

Here is a video tribute to Yma Sumac, set to the song "Malambo No. 1."