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  • INTERVIEW: Edward Colver at The Punk Rock Museum

    INTERVIEW: Edward Colver at The Punk Rock Museum

    Back in March, I had the absolute honor of an intimate interview with the legend himself, Edward Colver, at The Punk Rock Museum  — the guy whose photographs encapsulate Los Angeles punk rock history. Ed’s lens captured the moments most people only heard rumors about — the sweat, the chaos, the genius, and the grime of the city’s early scene up until the mid-1980s. Sitting next to him, hearing him unpack the stories behind those iconic shots — from Black Flag, The Gun Club, and Circle Jerks to the everyday crowd of misfits who defined the era — reminded me how vital documentation is to keeping our culture alive. The man’s got an archive of raw honesty, and he tells it like it was.

    What really struck me was how personal it all felt. This wasn’t just a history lesson — it was like sitting in on an unedited conversation between old friends who’ve seen a lot of beautiful wreckage together. The audience vibed with that energy too — half laughing, half blown away by the realities behind the frames they’d only seen in books, iconic album covers, and zines from around the world. I walked away from that night feeling lucky to be part of something that continues to evolve but never loses its edge. Punk’s not just music — it’s memory, and Ed’s photos are living proof of that.

    @thepunkrockmuseum, @jenniferfinch @edwardcolver

    #thepunkrockmuseum #jenniferfinch #edcolver #punkphotography #punkrockphotography #blackandwhitephotography #losangeles #lasvegas #culturephotography

  • Jennifer Finch, Maggie Gurewitz, Yasmin Spira – 1981

    Jennifer Finch, Maggie Gurewitz, Yasmin Spira – 1981

    “It was a great culture for young women. We really empowered each other. I never knew that women who competed with each other until I was older. We all passed the dudes around. The real relationships were between us. I wish the same for all the young women in my life.”

    ~ Maggie Gurewitz for LA Punk Snapshots @losangelespunkrocker
    Photo by Brenda Perlin

    #l7#punk#punkrock#jenniferfinch

  • Hands

    Hands

    Some hands reap, some hands bleed. The plant doesn’t care who holds the sickle.

    #jenniferfinch #l7 #PunkPoetry #womeninmusic

    #jenniferfinch#l7#PunkPoetry#womeninmusic

  • Silence is never neutral — it’s complicit.

    Silence is never neutral — it’s complicit.

    “What are the words you do not yet have?
    What do you need to say?
    What are the tyrannies you
    swallow day by day
    and attempt to make your own,
    until you will sicken and die from them,
    still in silence?” – AUDRE LORDE
(The Transformation of Silence into Language and Action)
    
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    Speaking out and creating art carries risk, but swallowing your truth is its own special kind of poison.

    #audrelorde #truth #voice