About Lucretia Tye Jasmine
Wild interests and an inclination to rage against the machine with a flair that could equal the groupies and rock stars who fascinate her, writer and artist from Kentucky, Lucretia Tye Jasmine, earned an MFA from CalArts (2006), and a BFA from Tisch (University Honors Scholar, 1988). Alien She, the Museum of Broken Relationships Hollywood, the Fales Special Collections Library at NYU, the Getty Center, Joanie 4 Jackie, MoPOP, the New York Times, and The Punk Museum Los Angeles have featured her work. Recent publications include essays in "Women Who Rock: From Bessie to Beyoncé, Girl Groups to Riot Grrrl," edited by Evelyn McDonnell (2018), and "Let It Bleed: How To Write A Rockin' Memoir," edited by Pamela Des Barres (2017), with online writing for Please Kill Me, Medium, and PRISM international. Current projects are the oral history mixtape zines: "riot grrrl Los Angeles 1992-1995," and "The Groupie Gospels."
“But I’m the blonde!” announced Marilyn Monroe logically, when comparing her much lower pay to that of her brunette co-star, Jane Russell, for their smash hit, “Gentlemen Prefer Blondes,” (1953). Details such as that quote intriguingly flesh out the one-woman show … Continue reading →
Christie’s requested the pleasure of The LA Beat’s company for a recent art show and cocktail gala which featured mega art by mega artists, with work valued at over $200 million dollars! That’s so much money I don’t even know … Continue reading →
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Tagged Barbara Guggenheim, Bennington College, Christie's, David Geffen, David Hockney, Ed Ruscha, Edward Hopper, Georgia O'Keeffe, Helen Frankenthaler, Henry Moore, Jackson Pollock, Jasper Johns, Jean (Hans) Arp, Mary Tyler Moore, Mike Kelley, Pablo Picasso, Paul Klee, Richard Diebenkorn, Tamara De Lempicka
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The best sex I never had was to the Scorpions—all in my mind—as I listened to their music on the radio when I was young. Their guitar-playing and singing sounded so much like what I had yet to experience: good … Continue reading →
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Tagged arena rock, Crazy World Tour 2018, Eddie Jackson, FivePoint Amphitheatre, hair bands, Irvine, Jet City Woman, John Gilhooley, Klaus Meine, Lucretia Tye Jasmine, Matthias Jabs, Metal, Michael Wilton, Mikkey Dee, Parker Lundgren, Pawel Maciwoda, power ballad, Queensryche, Rock You Like a Hurricane, Rudolf Schenker, Scorpions, Scott Rockenfield, Silent Lucidity, Todd La Torre, Wind of Change
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Why make a movie about old Nico? Why not make a movie about young Nico? Such were some of the reactions when writer and director, Susanna Nicchiarelli, sought funding for her film, “Nico, 1988.” Early in the film, Nico says … Continue reading →
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“Looking for Sex?” “Why yes!” Such was the dialogue–ah!–with a playfully cute man at the Hollywood box office on Theatre Row as he asked me, and I replied, with a fun-loving and carefree bawdiness that felt fresh and surreptitious, as … Continue reading →
Like any engaging rock star, Pamela Des Barres goes on tour. Author of the bestselling memoir, “I’m With The Band” (1987), the book that alt-rocker, Kim Gordon, calls the best book about music that she’s ever read, Des Barres tours as … Continue reading →
