Gina Arnold
@ginanarchy.bsky.social
...Nearby is the country they call life.
Author: "Route 666," "Kiss This," "Exile in Guyville," "Half a Million Strong".
Substack: Bring Me Giants.
https://gina19e.substack.com/
Author: "Route 666," "Kiss This," "Exile in Guyville," "Half a Million Strong".
Substack: Bring Me Giants.
https://gina19e.substack.com/
open.substack.com/pub/gina19e/... Thanks for checking out my stack - it's free!
Small world after all
Tsunami's Loud Is As and the old weird world of my youth
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November 10, 2025 at 3:34 PM
open.substack.com/pub/gina19e/... Thanks for checking out my stack - it's free!
open.substack.com/pub/gina19e/... I wrote about losing my job and seeing the B-52s on the same day. Sorry for the melancholia, the times are not so great. Thanks as always for checking it out, it's free! :(
Give the past a slip
Devo and the B-52s at Shoreline Amphitheater, Oct. 16, 2025
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October 17, 2025 at 11:12 PM
open.substack.com/pub/gina19e/... I wrote about losing my job and seeing the B-52s on the same day. Sorry for the melancholia, the times are not so great. Thanks as always for checking it out, it's free! :(
Because the world is so kooky I made cookies that look like sliders today.
October 1, 2025 at 5:23 AM
Because the world is so kooky I made cookies that look like sliders today.
Someone is impersonating me on Xtwit. If you, or anyone you know, gets an email purporting to be form me, and saying I will write an article about you if you pay me, please know that it is fake.
September 29, 2025 at 11:51 PM
Someone is impersonating me on Xtwit. If you, or anyone you know, gets an email purporting to be form me, and saying I will write an article about you if you pay me, please know that it is fake.
The other day I had the choice of seeing the Who live, or "Spinal Tap: The End Continues" at the movie theater. Do you think I made the right decision? Thanks as always for reading! open.substack.com/pub/gina19e/...
The Song Remains The Same
"Spinal Tap: The End Continues" - at a theater near you.
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September 25, 2025 at 9:20 PM
The other day I had the choice of seeing the Who live, or "Spinal Tap: The End Continues" at the movie theater. Do you think I made the right decision? Thanks as always for reading! open.substack.com/pub/gina19e/...
Do you think they mean "dogpatch"? Get a human copy editor, #sfchronicle. #typos
August 31, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Do you think they mean "dogpatch"? Get a human copy editor, #sfchronicle. #typos
open.substack.com/pub/gina19e/... I wrote about seeing Diana Ross at the Stern Grove festival yesterday. Thanks as always for reading and sharing - it's always free, just click on through...
In the name of love
Diana Ross at Stern Grove, August 17, 2025
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August 18, 2025 at 9:48 PM
open.substack.com/pub/gina19e/... I wrote about seeing Diana Ross at the Stern Grove festival yesterday. Thanks as always for reading and sharing - it's always free, just click on through...
gina19e.substack.com/p/be-like-wa... I wrote a little essay about seeing the Mekons in Santa Cruz and here it is :)
Be like water
Mekons at Moe's Alley, July 29, 2025
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August 4, 2025 at 3:54 PM
gina19e.substack.com/p/be-like-wa... I wrote a little essay about seeing the Mekons in Santa Cruz and here it is :)
Whale fin spotted off Manresa Beach this morning, post tsunami, post Mekons. I guess there is a morning after.
July 30, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Whale fin spotted off Manresa Beach this morning, post tsunami, post Mekons. I guess there is a morning after.
open.substack.com/pub/gina19e/... Reposting a blog I wrote about #tomlehrer last year. RIP, sir. Such a grand addition to the 20th century musical canon!
That was the week that was
Revisiting the music of my parents: Tom Lehrer
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July 27, 2025 at 9:12 PM
open.substack.com/pub/gina19e/... Reposting a blog I wrote about #tomlehrer last year. RIP, sir. Such a grand addition to the 20th century musical canon!
open.substack.com/pub/gina19e/... I wrote a little thing about seeing David Lee Roth at the Mid-State Fair in Paso Robles last week. Thanks for checking it out - it's free to read, as always. (Photo of my favorite metal band.)
Under the covers
David Lee Roth at the Chumash Arena, July 22, 2025
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July 25, 2025 at 9:01 PM
open.substack.com/pub/gina19e/... I wrote a little thing about seeing David Lee Roth at the Mid-State Fair in Paso Robles last week. Thanks for checking it out - it's free to read, as always. (Photo of my favorite metal band.)
open.substack.com/pub/gina19e/... I wrote a little thing about punk rock in #Superman - not Rock N Roll High School, as pictured, although I do discuss that as well. Thanks as always for checking it out - it's free!
Man and Superman
"Superman" and the politics of punk
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July 15, 2025 at 2:03 AM
open.substack.com/pub/gina19e/... I wrote a little thing about punk rock in #Superman - not Rock N Roll High School, as pictured, although I do discuss that as well. Thanks as always for checking it out - it's free!
I am the editor of the oxford handbook of punk, so hey feel free to ask me my opinion on the freewheelin' use of the punk rock sub theme in the new Superman movie!
July 14, 2025 at 6:35 AM
I am the editor of the oxford handbook of punk, so hey feel free to ask me my opinion on the freewheelin' use of the punk rock sub theme in the new Superman movie!
New post on my substack, about Lloyd Cole, Joan Didion, Southern California and other stuff. open.substack.com/pub/gina19e/...
The Long Goodbye
Lloyd Cole at Largo at the Coronet, July 2, 2025
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July 7, 2025 at 5:54 PM
New post on my substack, about Lloyd Cole, Joan Didion, Southern California and other stuff. open.substack.com/pub/gina19e/...
www.facebook.com/653396420/po... great article
Chris Colin
I wrote about my car, our collective sanity and the state of Fuck It.
(Please share so they hire me again! Please share your sludge tales, too. We need to be daylighting this stuff.)
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June 29, 2025 at 8:21 PM
www.facebook.com/653396420/po... great article
Thanks to all who came to the book launch of the Oxford Handbook Punk!
June 18, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Thanks to all who came to the book launch of the Oxford Handbook Punk!
Reposted by Gina Arnold
From my column, linked below
June 14, 2025 at 1:56 AM
From my column, linked below
Stop by and say HI if you're around Kings Cross tomorrow night!
June 13, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Stop by and say HI if you're around Kings Cross tomorrow night!
Jose on Malta Air makin' flyin fun again.
June 9, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Jose on Malta Air makin' flyin fun again.
Apparantly, we got the guillotine
June 7, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Apparantly, we got the guillotine
Wordle was a beast today
June 6, 2025 at 9:49 AM
Wordle was a beast today
open.substack.com/pub/gina19e/... I wrote about seeing Gang of Four last night. Thanks as always for reading and sharing - it's free!
Punk in the Present Tense *
Gang of Four at the Chapel, May 23rd, 2025
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May 24, 2025 at 8:25 PM
open.substack.com/pub/gina19e/... I wrote about seeing Gang of Four last night. Thanks as always for reading and sharing - it's free!
open.substack.com/pub/gina19e/... I wrote a little review of Nick Cave's most recent performance in S.F. - his last auditorium performance on the US leg of the Wild God tour. Thanks for reading...it's free as always! #cruelworld #NickCave
What you pawn, I will redeem
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds at the Bill Graham Civic Auditorium, May 14, 2025
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May 16, 2025 at 9:34 PM
open.substack.com/pub/gina19e/... I wrote a little review of Nick Cave's most recent performance in S.F. - his last auditorium performance on the US leg of the Wild God tour. Thanks for reading...it's free as always! #cruelworld #NickCave