RECOMMENDED: Exemplary female scientists and artists series - midnight lecture 39 🎻♀️⚗️

Kim Shattuck
Lead singer, guitarist, and songwriter for the Muffs, a punk band that had 1990s hits including “Lucky Guy” and a cover of Kim Wilde’s “Kids in America” that was featured on the soundtrack to the 1995 film “Clueless.” Active as an actress and composer, known for Fathers' Day (1997), The Still Life (2006).

„Growing up in Alaska in the ’90s, I had to actively search out bands to fall in love with. In some ways, it made it a lot easier to find good music to listen to, but perhaps more importantly, the music that I did find (and love) was so hard-won that to this day, it holds a special place in my heart. I kept a constantly updated, meticulously handwritten list of bands and albums I wanted to track down to see what they sounded like because back then, you couldn’t instantly summon anything you wanted to listen to. You had to save up to mail order an indie record or pray the radio DJ was in a good mood and would play your song if they had the album on hand. So like many people who lived outside of a major population center, discovering music was a multi-step process that usually began with reading a review or seeing an album cover in a magazine and then imagining what they could possibly sound like. The Muffs were no exception. I was enamored of the cover for the Muffs’ 1995 album, Blonder and Blonder, which is in the embed, below.”

 

The Muffs - Oh Nina

(shot on just 2 3min rolls of 16mm film)

 

The Muffs - "Kids in America"

 

Information: obits.masslive.com, pajiba.com

 

Note: Kim Wilde -  Kids in America (1981)