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He was Mike D’s bandmate. I’d met him briefly once before, but something had changed. I knew immediately that I would do anything to be near him. I felt like a dog that had gotten lost in the woods for years and was finally seeing its person again. Adam Horovitz was sitting on a construction digger in the performers’ area listening to Noise Addict when I bolted toward him. I ran straight at him without saying anything. Startled, he hid behind the digger. I chased him around it until we were both tired. Then I asked him if he wanted to play dominoes with me. Thus began the daily ritual of tour, finding ways to be with him.
I borrowed two skateboards from the guys in Rancid and went up to a group of musicians. “Who wants to go skateboarding?” I said, trying to seem casual. I looked right at Adam. “I do,” he said. We skateboarded around Adelaide and then lay on the pavement behind a grade school talking and looking at the stars.
One night Beastie Boys and Bikini Kill played music together in the hotel lobby. We commandeered the bar band’s equipment when they took a break and performed a long, sloppy version of Steve Miller’s “Rock’n Me.” It was fun. And I only realized how desperately I needed fun once I started having it again.
read an excerpt from Kathleen's memoir Rebel Girl on meeting now-husband Adam Horovitz of the Beasties Boys 🥰
" In Australia, the sun was always out. We stayed in nice hotels for the first time and got a piece of paper with our daily schedule on it under our doors each morning. We had a tour manager. And we saw how the other half lived. We’d never been on a tour with big-time bands and we were as enchanted by them as they seemed to be by the novelty of our ragtag DIY-ness. Summersault was a huge traveling festival featuring bands like Sonic Youth, Beastie Boys, Foo Fighters, and Beck. We played in the daytime on a small stage far from the festival center. We called it “the dumpster stage” because it was usually near where they kept the trash.
After our first show, I stayed to watch Noise Addict play and caught a glimpse of the sexiest boy I’d ever seen in my life. He was Mike D’s bandmate. I’d met him briefly once before, but something had changed. I knew immediately that I would do anything to be near him. I felt like a dog that had gotten lost in the woods for years and was finally seeing its person again. Adam Horovitz was sitting on a construction digger in the performers’ area listening to Noise Addict when I bolted toward him. I ran straight at him without saying anything. Startled, he hid behind the digger. I chased him around it until we were both tired. Then I asked him if he wanted to play dominoes with me. Thus began the daily ritual of tour, finding ways to be with him.
I borrowed two skateboards from the guys in Rancid and went up to a group of musicians. “Who wants to go skateboarding?” I said, trying to seem casual. I looked right at Adam. “I do,” he said. We skateboarded around Adelaide and then lay on the pavement behind a grade school talking and looking at the stars. One night Beastie Boys and Bikini Kill played music together in the hotel lobby. We commandeered the bar band’s equipment when they took a break and performed a long, sloppy version of Steve Miller’s “Rock’n Me.” It was fun. And I only realized how desperately I needed fun once I started having it again.
The Summersault festival gave us a community feeling we didn’t know we’d been missing. Many of the bands had started as DIY punks themselves and seemed to really like our music. They weren’t putting us down for every mistake we made or telling us how much we sucked. I was worried that when it ended, we’d all go back to our real lives and never see each other again. Especially Adam Horovitz, who was the person I thought of from the moment I woke up until the second I fell asleep. He was the center of my every fantasy. Unfortunately, he was also married. I knew his marriage was on the rocks, but because he was “taken,” we never even held hands. I was scared I was the only one who thought we were falling in love.
After Summersault, Beastie Boys were going to Asia to tour. Bikini Kill was staying in Australia to do our own tour of smaller venues.
On the last night of tour, as Adam was getting in the elevator, I jumped in after him.
“Am I ever going to see you again?” I asked.
He didn’t really give me an answer, he just kind of stammered. I went back to the hotel room and lay on my side so Billy couldn’t tell I was crying.
The next morning, I woke up and under my door were letters from a bunch of the musicians I’d met on the tour, with messages like “That was fun! Stay in touch! Here’s my address.” Some were flirty. Some were businessy. They were all great, but none was the letter I wanted. I kept waiting and waiting for one from Adam.
Finally, a letter slid under my door. It was in graffiti handwriting so I knew it was one of the guys from Beastie Boys. It was signed “Adam.”
It was over a page long, but the basic summary was, “I really love your band and would like to work together in the future. Bye.”
I wasn’t sure which Adam it was from as there were two Adams in the band. If it was from Adam Yauch, it was really nice, but if it was from Adam Horovitz, I was devastated.
I cried behind cheap sunglasses the whole van ride to our next gig, thinking I’d never see him again. When we checked into our hotel, there was a fax waiting for me. It read: “What’s up? We’re in Southeast Asia. Adam.”
Again, which Adam???
I went to my twin bed against the wall in the hotel room we were all sharing. I took out the under-the-door letter and the fax and did a handwriting analysis. They were clearly written by two different people.
But which Beastie Boy Adam wrote which letter? The fax one seemed like he might have a crush on me. The letter-under-the-door one did not. I faxed the fax Adam back, hoping it was Horovitz. He drew me a goofy picture of something we’d talked about while playing dominoes.
It was Horovitz!
For the rest of our tour, Adam and I faxed letters and drawings back and forth to each other’s hotels every day. Nobody had cell phones, so when the Bikini Kill tour moved on to Europe, Adam got my whole itinerary from Kill Rock Stars. I’d walk into every sound check and the bartender would say, “There’s a call for you.” And I’d sit on the sticky floor by the bottles of booze and talk to him for hours. By the time I got back to Olympia, I was madly in love with him, and we’d still never even held hands."
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not that i think i need to defend kathleen from something over 30 years old, but this (about the Macondo incident) is really telling!
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kathleen performing with bikini kill at Macondo, Los Angeles, CA, April 25, 1993. Not For The Lack of Trying, Lather, and Canopy opened for them. photographer unknown. more from this show here!
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flyer for BK's show at Macondo, Los Angeles, CA, April 25, 1993; with Not For The Lack of Trying, Lather, and Canopy. more from this show here!
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bikini kill live at Macondo, Los Angeles, CA, April 25, 1993. Not For The Lack of Trying, Lather, and Canopy opened for them. this video was shot by HORNSS; uploaded here / drive. yes, this is the show Kathleen smacked a photographer at! a lot of bands in the 90s, especially in the punk scene, weren't big on being filmed or photographed, unless it was someone who asked permission beforehand. while the photographer worked for the venue according to the owner, it wasn't discussed with the band.
SL: Jigsaw Youth, This is Not A Test, Don't Need You, Star-Bellied Boy, Hamster Baby, Tell Me So, Sugar, Carnival, Rebel Girl, New Radio.
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Please support this initiative! For every $10, SIHA Network is able to provide one menstrual hygiene kit for a Sudanese woman or girl. That is a small amount to pay for an incredibly powerful donation.
Donate directly at the link below.
(I found this charity from this tweet. The price for menstrual hygiene kits seems to have gone up since it was written.)
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On this year women's day, all we could think about are Palestinian women in Gaza.
Nearly 9,000 women have been killed in Israeli attacks in five months. Another 2,100 are missing and presumed dead, while 23,000 have been wounded and over half a million are displaced.
“Palestinian women, especially in the Gaza Strip, are exposed to the worst humanitarian catastrophe,” Ashraf al-Qudra, the health ministry’s spokesperson, said on Thursday.
Dozens of women and girls have also been detained and face harsh conditions in Israeli custody, including sexual abuse.
Women in Gaza also struggle to find menstruation products and access the necessary pregnancy and post-natal care. The consequences on reproductive health, including a rise in stress-induced miscarriages, stillbirths and premature births, have increased significantly.
Women in labour are undergoing caesarean procedures without anaesthetics, and a shortage of post-operative care such as medication, antibiotics and pain relief further exacerbates the situation.
According to the health ministry, 5,000 women give birth monthly in Gaza under “harsh, unsafe and unhealthy” conditions caused by Israeli bombing and displacement.
There are 60,000 pregnant women in Gaza suffering from “malnutrition, dehydration and lack of medical care.
There have also been repeated cases of Israeli soldiers mocking Palestinian women by posting videos and pictures of themselves rummaging through personal belongings in Gaza homes, making derogatory comments and posing with women’s underwear.
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only a few hours left!!!
BANDCAMP FRIDAY FUNDRAISER FOR THE PALESTINE CHILDREN'S RELIEF FUND
We are using today’s Bandcamp Friday to continue raising funds for the Palestine Children’s Relief Fund. We have a special limited edition tote bag that is only available today, it’s the classic flyer logo in pink on black bag. This is a preorder and will ship out in mid March. All profit generated from the sales of this tote, and any other merch items sold today in our Bandcamp store, will be donated to PCRF. get yours here!
you can also donate directly to the PCRF.
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how you can help palestine
*i regularly update this post with any new info i find so please always reblog the original post*
Donations
donations currently reaching gaza:
‼️ help buy e-sims for people in gaza
donate to get food packages to gaza - care for gaza
donate direct aid to gaza - ehab rida (longtime activist and volunteer, has been carrying out donations and humanitarian projects in gaza since 2021)
palestine children's relief fund
world food programme
aid to gaza - taawon/bank of palestine
help gaza’s children
female hygiene kits for gaza - pious project
donate to UNRWA
urgent humanitarian aid to palestinians - anera
medical aid for palestinians
urgent support for medical professionals in gaza
donate to ahmed (@/90-ghost on tumblr)
he is born, raised and based in gaza. please help him reach his goal of $50K to get his family to safety across the rafah border into egypt. as of right now… it’s $7.5K per person to evacuate gaza.
help journalist yousef escape gaza to treat his cancer
help mohamed evacuate gaza to get treatment for himself and his daughter
support palestinians: buy a keffiyeh from the last and only factory in palestine - hirbawi
secondary donations:
emergency relief for gaza - pious projects
palestine red crescent society
save palestine - islamic relief canada
send medical supplies to gaza - palestinian american medical association
click to donate - arab.org
help bring down israel's weapon trade - palaction
donate for the recovery of hisham awartani
one of the three palestinian students shot by a racist in vermont for wearing kufiyas and speaking arabic. hisham’s injuries have left him paralysed from below the chest.
Petitions
‼️ urge icj to invite gazan journalists to testify
international cultural workers to strike from german cultural institutions for their complicity in oppressing palestinians and promoting genocide - strike germany
petition to investigate war crimes committed by israeli military
demand ceasefire - amnesty international
open call for immediate ceasefire
american government call for immediate ceasefire
american government to stop funding israeli military
ceasefire and increase humanitarian assistance - oxfam au
petition to get canva to address their pro-israel stance
invoke the genocide convention to call for ceasefire in gaza - world beyond war
suspend israel from international sports - diem25
UK to expel israeli ambassador - change.org
gaza healthcare workers for nobel peace prize - change.org
teachers around the world demand ceasefire - teachers for palestine
president whitten: reinstate samia halaby retrospective NOW - action network
demand the immediate release of mansour shouman
location specific petitions
gaza call for lasting ceasefire - oxfam (UK)
end israeli occupation - parliament uk (UK)
email your MP - medical aid for palestine (UK)
protect gaza civilians - islamic relief (UK)
stop fuelling genocide - action network (USA)
@ biden: call for ceasefire now - move on (USA)
ceasefirenow.com - jewishvoiceofpeace (USA)
call congress and demand a ceasefire - uscpr (USA - they provide a script of what you should say, so don't worry about it)
note: you can call everyday. they tally the number of calls per issue. so more calls = higher chance for them to take action. p.s. you mainly go to voicemail so don’t worry about phone call anxiety. fight through it just this once please.
no forced displacement! - action network
australia call on israel to stop attacking palestinians - apan (AUS)
immediate ceasefire and increase in humanitarian aid in gaza - actionaid (AUS)
email your MPs - stand with palestine (AUS)
‼️ australian senate to investigate australian citizens in the IDF for war crimes allegations - fpm (AUS)
‼️ arms embargo on israel - cjpme (CANADA)
sign to send letter to MP for ceasefire - nccm (CANADA)
ceasefire now! - ijv (CANADA)
call on your local mayor and council to demand ceasefire - LeadNow (CANADA)
cessez-le-feu et un couloir humanitaire - le mouvement (FRANCE)
écrivez aux député-es et sénateurs-trices - association france palestine solidarité (FRANCE)
write to your député - assemblée nationale (FRANCE)
skydda civilbefolkningen i gaza! - mittskifte (SWEDEN)
singaporeans call for immediate ceasefire (SIN)
contact your elected reps and demand a ceasefire (GERMANY)
write to the EU demanding a ceasefire (EUROPE)
template of letters you can send (EU)
guide on how to contact your MPs in EU
p.s. if the template is outdated, just use it as a guide and add a few sentences here and there that reflect the current situation. i can’t find any recent templates so :/ at least this is something
multiple actions you can take to help palestine - plant een olifbloom (NETHERLANDS)
includes: links for donations, emails to MP, emails to media, links to petitions and demonstrations
den haag, maak nú werk van vrede in israël/Palestina - the right forum (NETHERLANDS)
māori call for palestine - ourActionStation (NZ)
deem israeli actions as war crimes - NZ parliament/pāremata aotearoa (NZ)
basta ao genocídio em Gaza! - awaaz (BRAZIL)
globo e grande mídia, parem de desumanizar civis palestinos - the intercept (BRAZIL)
Campaigns
‼️ justice for palestine
reach out to countries to back up south africa’s invoke genocide convention at the ICJ
‼️ international criminal court
submit evidences of israeli war crimes
friends of al-aqsa
❥ UK-specific
urge your MP to speak up for palestine
hands off al-aqsa
stop administrative detention
petition for UK to stop arming israel
❥ International
boycott puma — email them to end their partnership with israel
boycott coca-cola
palestine action
join the resistance
islamic relief canada
urge your MP to rally for ceasefire
decolonise palestine
poster campaign to raise awareness on the war crimes being committed against palestinians
text/call campaign for people living in USA
text CEASEFIRE @ 51905 to call for a ceasefire
text RESIST @ 50409 to send a letter to your representatives to pass HR3103–a bill that prohibits tax dollars from going to israel
download 5Calls app to contact members of your congress | (more info)
fax campaign for people in the USA
go on this website to send 5 free faxes per day
here’s a link to a pre-written fax copy you can download to send (the first link on the linktree)
here’s a video that explains how to fax your senator (it’s very easy and all you need is a valid email address)
‼️ BDS movement
get involved in boycotting companies associated with israel
palestine diaspora network
global strike guide - join the global strike!
please let me know if you have any more links. i will add them in. and please reblog the original post!!
UPCOMING PROTESTS
PALESTINIAN LITERATURE READING LIST
PALESTINIAN BUSINESSES
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BANDCAMP FRIDAY FUNDRAISER FOR THE PALESTINE CHILDREN'S RELIEF FUND
We are using today’s Bandcamp Friday to continue raising funds for the Palestine Children’s Relief Fund. We have a special limited edition tote bag that is only available today, it’s the classic flyer logo in pink on black bag. This is a preorder and will ship out in mid March. All profit generated from the sales of this tote, and any other merch items sold today in our Bandcamp store, will be donated to PCRF. get yours here!
you can also donate directly to the PCRF.
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IT'S HERE! the new collection supporting Tees4Togo, the Early Days collection, celebrates hip-hop legends Queen Latifah, Run-DMC, and Salt-N-Pepa. CHECK IT OUT !
Featuring photography by Janette Beckman, this collection is all about the early days of hip-hop artists in the 80s whose legacy gives us the courage to go after our dreams.
This limited edition collection is available for pre-order for 2 weeks only: February 1st through February 16th, 2024.
$20,000 of sales is to be donated to the non-profit partner Peace Sisters. Peace Sisters supports girls' growth and education in Togo, West Africa. you can also donate directly to Peace Sisters, or buy a $40 tee from Tees4Togo that sends one girl to school for a year!
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kill rock stars flyer advertising bikini kill's 1996 album, Reject All American. recorded in 1995 and released April 5 (i know it says the 9th), 1996 on the kill rock stars label.
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bikini kill playing in a backyard in Santa Rose, CA, 1993. this was a benefit for Food Not Bombs and was $5 to get into, with local Cali band Raooul opening for them. by Gabe Meline.
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flyer for BK's show at TJ's, Newport Wales, March 8, 1993. with Huggy Bear and Witchy Poo (not listed.) more from this show here!
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bikini kill at TJ's, Newport, Wales, March 8, 1993. by Rob Watkins. more from this show here!
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kathleen performing with bikini kill at TJ's, Newport, Wales, March 8, 1993. by Rob Watkins. more from this show here!
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