Strict Orthodox rules won’t allow women to play for men so Hasidim all girl band Bulletproof Stockings (named after the nickname for the clothing) got Arlene’s Grocery to approve a concert barring men in the 110 SRO.
The only other band I’ve heard of who have done that is Jam Today, an all woman lesbian rock against racism band from the late 1970s who also won’t play for men.
I have no particular kick one one or the other? Stupid? Absolutely bit hardly my problem. Though it is worth mentioning that the duo Dalia Shusterman and Perl Wolfe are pretty good if their 2012 EP Down To The Top is anything to go by. I’d give em the first two songs but the other two kinda suck. “Frigid City” is country indie rock and “Easy Pray” is the equivalent of Jewish Gospel.
Yesterday they played Arlene’s Grocery. According to Entertainment Weekly: “We were hesitant, because of their limited experience in the NYC live scene, and the fact that we would have to turn men away from the band room during their set,” Arlene’s Grocery’s general manager Julia Darling told the Wall Street Journal.”
We live in a world that thrives on segregation, that exists to push our differences, and while I am certainly in the let people do what they will state of mind, something about it doesn’t fit quite right with me.
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