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Girl To City: A Memoir
By Amy Rigby
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Were you a misfit who followed your dreams to New York City back in the twentieth century when Manhattan rents were cheap and crime and creativity were rampant? Maybe you just imagined what it would be like. Based on her memoir, Girl To City follows singer-songwriter Amy Rigby's progression from Elton John fan in the Pittsburgh suburbs to late 70's Manhattan art student; from punk show habitué to fledgling musician to cult artist who caused a sensation with her album Diary Of A Mod Housewife. Each Wednesday, Amy will read a chapter and throw in some music.
Were you a misfit who followed your dreams to New York City back in the twentieth century when Manhattan rents were cheap and crime and creativity were rampant? Maybe you just imagined what it would be like. Based on her memoir, Girl To City follows singer-songwriter Amy Rigby's progression from Elton John fan in the Pittsburgh suburbs to late 70's Manhattan art student; from punk show habitué to fledgling musician to cult artist who caused a sensation with her album Diary Of A Mod Housewife. Each Wednesday, Amy will read a chapter and throw in some music.
20. Diary Of A Mod Housewife/Epilogue
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August, 1996. The month everything went right.
My first solo album. Modern dermatology. A kid who quotes Homer Simpson. The slow realization that the road goes on forever...
Songs in this episode:
Twenty Questions - Diary Of A Mod Housewife
Don't Know Nothin' - Faulkner, Dylan, Heinz & Me (that's Tony Gilkyson on guitar)
Tomorrow's All We've Got - A One Way Ticket To My Life
One Off - The Old Guys
48:13
19. Welcome To L.A.
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1996. New York and Los Angeles. Letting go and finally getting somewhere...
Songs in this episode:
You're Getting Old - mid-90s demo, A One Way Ticket To My Life
Down Side Of Love - Diary Of A Mod Housewife
Time For Me To Come Down - Diary Of A Mod Housewife
37:29
18. Temp Of The Month
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Breaking up is hard to do. The beginnings of Diary Of A Mod Housewife. Temp jobs and uncomfortable elevator encounters.
Songs included in this episode:
When A Piece Of The Sky Falls - early 90s demo A One Way Ticket To My Life
Always With Me - From the Shams Quilt
The Good Girls - Diary Of A Mod Housewife
36:54
17. You'll Be A Woman Soon
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The magic of three; life as a rock mom and the loud majesty of Urge Overkill and Big Muff distortion pedals...
Songs in this episode:
Down At The Texaco - early unreleased Shams demo
Almost Had Me Convinced - early 90s demo, A One Way Ticket To My Life
That Tone Of Voice - Diary Of A Mod Housewife
43:27
16. Outside Looking In
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Moving to Williamsburg, back when Brooklyn was...Brooklyn. A day job at Tudor City. The Shams make an album, and a video.
Songs in this episode:
All I Want original demo - A One Way Ticket To My Life
Farmer's Daughter - Shams rehearsal tape Dec. 1990
Dressed To Kill - The Shams from Quilt, 1991
44:44
15. Only A Dream
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Adjusting to life post-October 1988. Harmonies and laughs with baby Hazel and the Shams; touring with the Indigo Girls, and an introduction to that sleepy backwater on the other side of the East River: Williamsburg, Brooklyn.
Songs in this episode:
Beauty Parlor Rag - the Shams, early demo
If I Had The Sense - the Shams live at Saint Marks Poetry Project
Thanks for listening!
amyrigby.com
25:57
14. Matching Mother Daughter Outfit
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The last Last Roundup; birth of the Shams and life is a mother.
Songs in this episode:
Grow Up Daddy - the Shams early demo
Only A Dream - original demo - A One Way Ticket To My Life
Only A Dream - the Shams, Quilt, 1991
Little One - cassette demo
Little One - the Shams unreleased, 1989
54:00
13. Just A Little Is Enough
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Making tracks in...Springfield, Missouri. A visit from a true inspiration. And "good evening, um, Ruston!"? Last Roundup on record and on tour.
Songs in this episode:
Just A Little Is Enough - Last Roundup, Twister
Rebel Girl, Rebel Girl - Wreckless Eric & Amy Rigby, A Working Museum
Find me here: amyrigby.com
32:34
12. Until I Die
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Saying "I do," and keeping on doing. Playing for some tough customers (my parents) and going solo at the long term temp job variety show.
Songs in this episode:
Beer & Kisses - from Diary Of A Mod Housewife
At The Well - from Last Roundup/Twister
File Clerk Blues - live on WRLT, 1996
33:24
11. Positively Fourteenth Street
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Two girls, two guys, one upright bass, lap steel, three acoustic guitars, banjo, fiddle and a washboard in NYC and Nashville: getting good takes time. And love is a country compilation cassette.
Songs in this episode:
Playin' the Fool - Last Roundup, Twister
A Little Is Enough - recorded for this episode
Thanks for listening! Questions and comments, drop me a line at amyrigby.com
49:00
10. Summer Of My Wasted Youth
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It took a while, but in 1982-83 I finally started writing songs and playing music for real, although "real" is relative as the results were pretty primitive. But the energy and intent was there! The first version of Last Roundup; East Village sights and sounds, early demos.
Songs included in this episode:
Bargain Bin by Last Roundup - early demo (Dec 1982)
Bordeline by Last Roundup - early demo (July 1982)
You Don't Have To Worry - song demo cassette (1983?)
Summer Of My Wasted Youth - Middlescence
47:21
9. Like Jean Seberg In Breathless
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Back in New York, 1982. Ladies love outlaws until they learn to love themselves. Working a day job and learning the importance of a good cast iron skillet. Discovering country music.
Songs in this episode:
The We That Never Was - rough demo, 2004?
Like Jean Seberg In Breathless - written & recorded for this episode
52:37
8. Chasing Raincoats
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Life as a London art student & music fan circa 1980-81, in a squat with punk legacy that included first rehearsals by the Raincoats. Fashion illustration attempts; encounters with a past love and a future one,
Songs in this episode:
Apple Green - 1991 demo A One Way Ticket To My Life
Four Years Ago - early demo (1983-4?) here
36:11
7. Dark Angel
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1980. He wore a tank top in winter and summer. But I loved him.
Songs in this episode:
Dark Angel - original demo version + The Shams from Quilt
Don't Make Me Laugh (B. DeMain/A. Rigby) demo rough
23:51
6. Urban Pioneers Wanted
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1979: The Clash; a homemade club in lower Manhattan...and my first band.
45:45
5. The Married Manager
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You never forget your first broken heart...or your first trip to England.
Songs used in this episode:
The Leader from The Sandinista! Project
Questions I Can't Answer sample from Faulkner, Dylan, Heinz & Me
Stratford on Avon
34:26
4. Second Year
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1977. Friends, family, fashion illustration and trying to figure out where I fit into it all. Oh, and the Sex Pistols are coming.
24:53
3. Girl To City
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Art school, black jeans from Trash & Vaudeville, and my first trip to the Bowery with a boy named Bob.
37:32
2. Be A Model, Or Just Look Like One
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Babysitting, booze and boys; tall boots and the majesty of rock. Amy ventures on her own to downtown Pittsburgh, falls in love and plans her trajectory to NYC.
28:17
Be A Model, Or Just Look Like One
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Girl To City: A Memoir
Babysitting, booze and boys; tall boots and the majesty of rock. Amy ventures on her own to downtown Pittsburgh, falls in love and plans her trajectory to NYC.
28:17
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