The park for Mosswood was much bigger than I expected. There was a row of food booths, but we had been stuffing ourselves before hitting the event. there were shops, lots of records and band T-shirts. We met the guy from Hollywood Book and Poster, who will be opening down the street from us. One booth was cutting bangs for donations to the World Central Kitchen, one of my main charities, so I just got side-swept bangs.
My hairdresser with cool tattoos
We also ran into Martin and a few of the Linda Lindas. martin had saved a shirt for Bob commemorating the Linda Lindas opening for the Rolling Stones. Yes, you heard that right – the Rolling Stones!!!
I met a lot of cool-looking people.
I have always loved Pansy Division, a band at the forefront of Queercore, though their press says they were the first punks to be so unabashedly gay….hello, Glen Meadmore anyone? Anyways, in 1991 guitarist/singer Jon Ginoli and bassist/vocalist Chris Freeman started the band in San Francisco, (although Chris now lives in Silver Lake, because when I drive past him I scream, “Woooooo Pansy Division!!!” at him. They put out an album a year for six years then opened for Green Day on tour, which must have been so weird.
John Waters went so super pornographic in his intro, so I am just providing the link here.
WATCH JOHN WATERS INTRODUCE PANSY DIVISION
They played one of my favorite songs, which is both funny and tragic, about a friend who had AIDS. I guess life is often both funny and tragic. I like the line, “Denny’s dramatic, he’s kind of dark. He ain’t nothin’ like the restaurant.” But then the sad part:
He’s got “HIV Positive” tattooed in black
In 6 inch letters on his back
Says “I want them to see
What they’ve done to me”
Denny