Biko Garage Plays Host To Band With Worst/Best Name Ever

Posted by no prophylactics 08/21/2007 2:31 PM

Tags: Clitorectomy and the Mutilators, Biko House, Pussywillow Sparks

Biko Garage Plays Host To Band With Worst/Best Name Ever

This is your punishment for purposely going to see a one-woman band.

Last night the Biko house on 6612 Sueno hosted a show--nothing out of the ordinary, except that the show was headlined by a band with possibly the worst name not just at UCSB, but anywhere.

Clitorectomy and the Mutilators: simultaneously shiver- and giggle-inducing (thanks Human Sexuality for those genital mutilation films). On top of that, it’s a one-woman band with the one woman going by the screaming indie-ironic pseudonym Pussywillow Sparks. Clitorisexy and the Pleasurators would be one thing, but this is just a no go (giggles aside).

Comments

Anonymous says,

"This is your punishment for purposely going to see a one-woman band."

"Hi, Im a sexist ****!"

the other articles seemd a but sub-standard, but this one strait pissed me off. I dont know who this chick is, but if you are writing about music, write about MUSIC. WOW.
and if the point of this article is to laugh at the strange band name and NOT to write about music, then stick to that. Insinuating that the music is bad, not based on the band name, but based on the sex of the singer? it comes across like: "it would be better if she named herself something sexy rather then something political... you know... because she has a vigina!" which just makes you look like an idiot. youre not an idiot, are you?

maybe just mildly retarded... that seems pretty standard for ucsb... I bet you write for the NEXUS. gross. Posted 08/28/2007 04:21 AMReply

Anonymous says,

I think you read into this post too much. You assume that the writer is emphasizing the female nature of this band, but really, there is no evidence of such other than the mentioning of "one-woman band." And that's what it is right? If the writer said something like "man, women are terrible musicians," then you have a valid complaint.

Additionally, if you are going to accuse writers of substandard content, you might want to run spell check.

Lastly, the irony of you crying out "sexism" is that you use the word "chick," which in some circles might come off as sexist, although, personally, I think it depends on its usage.

I'm not one of these bloggers, but rather a friendly passerby. Think before you type. Posted 08/28/2007 3:14 PMReply

Anonymous says,

i get a lot of shit for my bands name, this is nothing new, but for the record if this **** had actually GONE to the show, he (excuse me for assuming its a male but i doubt a female would have been such a femme hating douche bag) would have noticed that i'm not a one-woman band, in fact i have a male drummer who is quite proficient.

i'm at least glad that the poster figured out what the name was an allusion to...that's farther than most assumptive mongoloids get.

and to the poster: if you think youre hot shit enough to say my band sucks without even listening to me, i challenge you to a knife fight, mother****er, call your mother and tell her she can pick up the mangled bits of your severed carcass behind Costco.

www.myspace.com/clitorectomyandthemutilators Posted 09/04/2007 10:41 PMReply

Anonymous says,

Hey pretense, what exactly is it that you think your name is referring to? It's not quite what I'd call subtle. A trick for future reference: If you're going to do something for shock value, do it the whole way. If you're being esoteric and clever, be esoteric and clever. Clitorectomy is kind of half-assing both. It's not clever or subtle, and it really isn't shocking. It basically makes you look like you're trying really, really hard to be both.

Also, your music is incredibly terrible. I'm not sure if you've noticed, but your extremely avant-garde, ultra-ironic sound has already been pioneered by every other ****ing band to debut themselves in the last 5 years or so. It's trite, it's played out, it's non-art, and it's all for ego. Or maybe you are a special little snowflake and did come up with it all by yourself, in which case I suppose you aren't artistically dishonest, merely too stupid to notice the status quo of your artform.

I don't say any of this because you're a woman, by the way. I say it because you're really stupid and unoriginal. Oh, and just because it's ironic doesn't mean you're not a ****ing ****. Posted 09/05/2007 12:31 AMReply

no prophylactics says,

@ Anonymous: Holy hell, do I really have to try and defend this? It's a ****ing 90 word blip of a article thats basically only commenting on the band name itself. Yeah, I am saying everything about *the band name itself* screams indie, but that's it. No where in the article did I say the band sucked. Everyone needs to chillax a bit and quit being so butthurt over nothing. Posted 09/05/2007 12:35 AMReply

Anonymous says,

I think the violent threat made by the artist in her post speaks volumes about her.

Very classy... Posted 09/05/2007 07:31 AMReply

Anonymous says,

I've seen this act a couple of times, and I have to agree - it's pretty self-absorbed and narcissistic. And the fact that the artist's name refers to genital mutilation strikes me as offensive because she chooses to appropriate a major human rights issue for the sake of a California rock band.

What's even worse is that the artist feels entitlement towards that name - and doesn't think that she needs to explain or defend her choice. It's irresponsible - and makes her lose credibility in my eyes.

Perhaps she'd like to perform a concert for Human Rights Watch - where she can yell at all the genital mutilation survivors when they become upset at her name. Because they don't get the joke. Posted 10/31/2007 09:29 AMReply