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osa
About Me
Bands are DENY IT (current band outta New Orleans), New Bloods, Eunight, the Younger Lovers. Zine is SHOTGUN SEAMSTRESS.
Black DIY Punks Forever!



If you want an issue of Shotgun Seamstress, visit my MySpace or send me a message.

ISSUE 3: MONEY IS FAKE


ISSUE 2: EVERYBODY SAY LOVE
You can be my friend if...
yr chill with me.
Website :
http://www.myspace.com/shotgunseamstress
Occupation:
musician, zine maker, substitute teacher, babysitter's club for life
Favorite bands:
the a-lines, hello cuca, raincoats, the headcoatees, the breeders, wet dog, SELDA, the gories, afrofunk, malian dance music from the 70s, highlife, ethiopiques. I LOVE GARAGE ROCK and vintage african shit. MIXTAPES.

Favorite movies:
born in flames, female trouble, watermelon woman, PARIS IS BURNING

Favorite books:
BLACK GIRL IN PARIS by shay youngblood, THE BIG BOX by toni morrison, all about love by bell hooks, i want to be by thylias moss, ASSATA by Assata Shakur, ONE HUNDRED DEMONS by lynda barry, go ask alice by anonymous. I REALLY LIKE COMIX.

Favorite Magazines:
essence, wax poetics
Favorite TV shows:

What if Vaginal Creme Davis had her own TV Show?

Relationship status:
I have a wife.
Orientation:
Gay
Zodiac Sign
scorpio-saggitarius cusp
Kids?:
Smoke/Drink?
no/yes
Band Question - Record label:
DIY

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It's Reclamation Time!

This is from a questionnaire I had to answer from BOOKLYN Artists Alliance, a book art project in Brooklyn NY. I wrote the response last year, in February 2008. It's basically about why I bother to write my zine, Shotgun Seamstress.

Shotgun Seamstress is a zine for people more or less like myself: Black, queer,
feminist, artist, musician, outsider. It is a zine primarily for Black people who
do not fit into white people's stereotypes of what a Black person should be, and who
resist our own inte… Continue

Posted on February 25, 2009 at 9:18am — 2 Comments

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At 8:24pm on October 12, 2009, Dick Darby said…
www.dickdarby.com
At 10:13pm on October 6, 2009, Bim(baller) said…
Hey, what's up?
The Naija Punx group sort of fizzled, huh?
At 12:50pm on October 6, 2009, Djay D. said…
Hey Osa! It's been awhile... How are you?
At 5:12pm on September 26, 2009, K. DeAndré Harris O'Kelley said…
heita da. yo, if you could up a few scans from that magazine that would be awwwwesome!
At 10:13pm on September 10, 2009, Afua richardson said…
yup yup! http://www.newsarama.com/comics/090821-genius.html
At 9:27pm on September 10, 2009, Afua richardson said…
yeloooow how are you!
At 10:32pm on August 26, 2009, ALL&FOREVA said…
know of anything going on locally related to AFro Punk?? any jam session or anything let know..

later..
At 6:03pm on August 17, 2009, Jenny Taelya said…
I know :(
nothing much really, schools starting soon! what about you?
At 3:04pm on August 13, 2009, Jenny Taelya said…
Hey there :)
At 6:33pm on July 8, 2009, ALL&FOREVA said…
yeah, we should meet and hang since there are few of us "Outsiders".. during essence fest i pretty much was focused on making money.. i work in the service industry (Valet driver) although in my spare time i focus on traveling via mind, spirit, and creative life sources.. etc.. really!! :)
 
 

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