Babes coming back

Look who's back...

Yep. Babes In Toyland, touring Europe for the first time in 18 years this Spring/Summer:
May
24 Bristol Trinity Centre
25 Southampton Engine Rooms
26 London O2 Shepherd's Bush Empire
27 Manchester Gorilla
28 Glasgow Oran Mor
29 Barcelona, Spain Primavera Sound Festival
June
3 Ravenna, Italy Beaches Brew festival

An appeal to Todd Akin

Maureen Herman was the bassist with Babes In Toyland. She's lived through a lot since then; today, she's written an open letter to Todd 'legitimate rape' Akin explaining why his remarks are dangerous, and how they disrespect her, and her daughter, a child of rape. If you read only one thing on Akin's crass ignorance - hell, if you read only one thing, period, you should make it this.

Kat house to be taken away

I'm not sure that Courtney Love's MySpace blog constitutes a reliable news source, but for what it's worth, she's reporting that Kat Bjelland's home is about to be repossessed, leaving her homeless. Courtney is suggesting that Ladyfest run some sort of benefit for Bjelland, which is almost as good an idea as Courtney helping out herself.