Aradia, Susan Wiseheart Collection

Item Data

  • Collection Title: Aradia Susan Wiseheart Collection
  • Item Title: Alix Dobkin in Concert, 1979
  • ID Number: ASW-005
  • Date Range: 12-28-1979
  • Description: Alix Dobkin Concert, December 1979, Grand Rapids, Michigan. 1 tape of 4
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  • Access & Use: Contact Lesbian Home Movie Project (LHMP) info@lesbianhomemovieproject.org. No re-use without permission. LHMP must contact donor Susan Wiseheart with regard to any re-use.
  • Color or B&W: B&W
  • Related Versions: Reels 2, 5, 8, 13 all record the same concert.
  • Running Time: 33:10,08
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  • Sound: Sound
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  • Creators: Aradia
  • Collaborators & Participants: Alix Dobkin If you or friends were present for this event, we hope you'll email us at info@lesbianhomemovieproject.org & let us know. We'll share your input if that's okay, or just preserve it.
  • Source Format: 1/2" open reel tape
  • Format: 1/2" open reel
  • Viewing Log: Starts in the middle of the show. 00 - 05:06:07 "Women Make the World Go Round" 05:25:06 Alix sings a few commercial riffs. 09:55:25 "I'm going to close off this half of the show with one of my favorites, "Lesbian Power Authority." More patter. Usually practices every day but has been moving to Bearsville and hasn't had a chance to practice every day. "I haven't traveled far I haven't traveled wide but I've been a broad for all of my life." 11:33 "That old devil lesbian in me." 16:20.29 End of Lesbian Power Authority 16:34:11 Set ends. 16:37: 00 Returns to the stage. clapping. no guitar. "Beware young lady...they're fooling you." 1980s Girl Scout theme 18:11.01 1st feminist song I ever wrote, it's called "My Kind of Girl" ....you might be someone to love." 22:04:05 Intro for next song she learned from an Alan Lomax recording. Song from harvesting potatoes. Marco. Acapello. 24:08.04 On how everyone sang as part of culture, not just being entertained by certain people. Says there's more polarization of the sexes in those cultures. 26:50 "Separation 78." Wrote a year ago when she and Liza were separating. Dedicate to the women who are trying to work these things out in a positive and constructive way. Ends in static at 33:03:06 Apparent end of that appearance.