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Gina Mamone : President and CEO of Riot Grrrl Ink. / RGI.

Gina Mamone is the founding president and CEO of Riot Grrrl Ink. / RGI.

"Gina Mamone is the Queer Russel Simmons” - Diana Cage, Diana Cage Show Sirius Satellite Radio, Velvet Park Media, Go Magazine

Gina's Bio

Quote: "Every time I get within 15 feet of Fred Phelps I get arrested, I used to really try not to but hell now I am on a roll!" - Gina Mamone 

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I am a tenderhearted gender queer that likes to make lists. Here is a list about me: Double Cutaway Electric Hollow Body Jazz Guitars, Vinyl Records, Word Art, Religious Kitsch, Mother Jones ,Burning Man, Texture, Queer Appalachia, String Theory, Neuropeptides, ARTFOURM, Walking barefoot in the grass, The smell of Autumn, Loretta Lynn, Guerrilla Improv, Tranny Haikus, Underoos, Emma Goldman, Epistemic Possibility ,Craftastic Individuals, The Black Swan Theory, Judy Blume, Whiskey, Porch Swings, Contemporary/ Conceptual Art,Gender Fluidity, Banjo’s & Dobro’s, Vintage Vespa's, Violin vs. Fiddle,  Pop Culture,Transfeminism, West Virginia, Queer Music, Wearing Pieces of Flair, Guitar Pedals, The Opry, screen printing by hand, People saying excuse me sir - this is the ladies restroom to me, George Jones,  The Golden Mean, Kurt Vonnegut, Open Windows, Kinetic Sculpture, Your music collection, Full Body Contact Activism, Apple Pears, Square Toe Harness Frye Boots, Flatbush Freakshow, Atticus Finch, Jazz!, Fibonacci Series, Thermoses with cup lids, Unions, Drag Kingin, Gender Fucking, Lady Bird Johnson, Emily Post, Red Queen Principle, Sparkly Shiny Things, Willie Nelson, Moroccan Lighting, a night sky full of stars, Ring-Pops, Oxytocin, Performance/Endurance Art, Eartha Kitt (in French), The evolution of evolution itself and I enjoy randy debates & brainy make outs. Up until writing this the password to all of my accounts was onomatopoeia. 

Black Swan Theory

Takisha Washington

Personal Assistant
to the President & CEO

“Appalachian Geisha Wear NASCAR Kimono” ~Gina Mamone"

Morgan Thomson : Intern of the Universe
What am I reading:
 Well, when I have the time to read, which is very little, it varies a lot. I read a chapter of one book then move onto the other. Currently I'm reading Can't Stop, Won't Stop: A History of the Hip-Hop Culture by Jeff Chang, Gender Outlaw by Kate Bornstein, and Naked by David Sedaris. But I'll read anything by Kate Bornstein, Leslie Feinberg, Michele Tea, Nadene Modem, and Judith Frank...and more. Some favorites are: Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger, Perks of Being A Wallflower by Stephen Chobsky, Hairstyles of the Damned by Joe Meno, Love Is A Mixtape by Rob Sheffield and again more. I don't get to read as much as I'd like to though.

What am I listening to:
 Oh geez, thats an ever-changing answer. Right now: The Cat Empire, Bloc Party, Broken Social Scene, The Clash, Sleater-Kinney, Social Distortion, Chris Pureka, The Cliks, The Distillers, Pinback, Bitch, God-des & She, City and Colour, Tegan and Sara, The Gossip, Horrorpops, The Be Good Tanyas, A Loss For Words, Feels Like July, Uh Huh Her, Medicated Kisses, Alix Olson, Andrea Gibson, The Postal Service, The Format, Rilo Kiley...it really changes every day, hour, or mood haha. Always: Sleater-Kinney, Bikini Kill, Le Tigre, Chris Pureka, Brand New, The Distillers, Bloc Party, Tegan and Sara to name a few.

Guilty Pleasure Music:
   I may or may not sort of love Britney Spear's new CD. I was/am an NSYNC junkie and I'm proud to say that I saw the Spice Girls on their reunion tour haha. Most anything from the 80s & 90s. But  I sometimes thoroughly enjoy listening to emo/pop/punk because that's what I grew up on as an angsty teen. I love to dance like the nerd I am, so a lot of underground and mainstream rap/hip-hop to groove to...and a lot more that I'm not sure I'm ready to admit to...like a handful of songs by Rod Stewart and David Bowie.

Ideal Field Trip:
A car. Summer/Spring. Good Friends. Good tunes. Longboards. Unexpected adventures. oh and my dog, Drew.

What is an area that you think the American Musical has neglected to explore?
Queers & Britney Spears in Space in 20 years. yeah, I'd pay to see that.

Katina Douveas : RGI Blogsstress
& Head Architect for Dismantling the Masters House with the tools that were used to build it.

quote:
"fat black disabled welfare atheist tranny for president"

what i am reading:
michelle tea all day, geek love by katherine dunn, lots of sark  (especially the nap book), everything i can get my hands on by natalie  illum, lots of eileen myles, fat girl by irene o'garden, veronica decides to die and the alchemist by paolo coello, erika lopez all day, i just re-read audre's the master's tools will never dismantle the master's house (sister outsider), back issues of velvetpark magazine, nothing at all by wanda ga'g, she's come undone by wally lamb, harry potter, grapefruit by yoko ono, without a net ~ the female experience 
of growing up working class (edited by tea), the complete hothead paisan by diane dimassa, the nature of personal reality by seth (still trying to get through), fat girl dances with rocks by susan stinson, jellybeans for breakfast by miriam young, the catcher in the rye by j.d. salinger, dark side of the light chasers by debbie ford, lots of random 'zines like the f word, camp trans and wwtmc press releases.

what i am listening to:
sini anderson all day, amy kasio, twiggy by pizzicato five, crimson and clover by the shondells, bitch as always, lots of detroit howse and techno, sister spit greatest spits, all kinds of spoken word, i dunno, random shit ~ i'm usually on shuffle.

guilty pleasure music:
oh my god, bon jovi, warren g, lots of gangster rap that is totally sexist and homophobic, but i grew up with the chronic, what the fuck, let me ride!, dj assault who is the worst but hilarious and brings me back in a split splat to my huge pants detroit raver kid dayz, "take my breath away" by berlin (it's true...), pretty much any random cheesy 80's song is up in there... and i still love ween all day.

ideal field trip:
i would love to just hang out with yoko ono. i don't care where or when, just as long as i got to bitchslap tom cruise at some point.

what is an area that you think the american musical has neglected to
explore?
my clit, all in ASL no music

When Katina is not Blogging about the rEvolution she is working at her real job @ Velvet Park Magazine


Christine Tosti : Graphic Designer

& Queen of all that is Supa Rad

Quote:
“Our prime purpose in this life is to help others. And if you can't help them, at least don't hurt them”. ~ The 14th Dalai Lama

 
What I am reading:
Open Heart—Clear Mind, The Art of Happiness, Listen up, Cunt, Underboss, Mommy Dearest, Dharma Punx, Against The Stream and any Rachael Ray 30 Minute meal cookbooks.
 
What I am listening to:
Ani D, Billy Bragg, P!nk, Banarama, Bikini Kill, All Girl Summer Fun Band, Desmond Dekker, Fischerspooner, The Gossip, Hepcat, Ike & Tina Turner, The Jam, Johnny Cash, Ladytron, The Maytals, Miss Kittin & The Hacker, The Pogues, Scream Club, The Selecter, The Skatalites, The Slits, Le Tigre, Tegan and Sara, The Killers, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Sleater-Kinney, Ramones, Bangs, Bitch and Animal, Bob Marley, Bratmobile, The Butchies, Go-Go's, Jack Johnson, The Kitty Kill, Morcheeba, The Moves, Social Distortion, Murmurs, Peaches, Saul Williams, The White Stripes... this list goes on and on.
 
Guilty Pleasure Music:
Fergie and Madonna
 
Ideal Field Trip:
A big motor home, my partner and with our 3 animals (my cat included) and a wad of cash. The rest would figure it self out.
 
What is an area that you think the American musical has neglected to explore?
After seeing that “legally blond” is now a musical, I would have to say nothing!
myspace: myspace.com/pixel_pusher

Joanna Zwanger : Director of Sound Engineering and Fitness Celebrity
What I am reading:
I recently read Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri. It's an amazing collection of short stories. After that, Lipshitz Six or Two Angry Blondes by T. Cooper -also really good. And currently, A Gesture Life by Cang-rae Lee -too soon to tell.

What I am listening to:
Gina won't let me out of the cold dark studio long enough to listen to anything but RGI music.

Guilty pleasure music:
80s hair rock and Gina's Yiddish Beatboxing

Ideal field trip:
Taking a road trip to the Ben & Jerry's factory with Whoopi Goldberg and after sampling all the ice cream we can handle, heading back home making several stops giving away tons of ice cream to everyone who crosses our path.

What is an area that you think the American Musical has neglected to explore?
Silent Film

Secret Fact: When Joanna plays Uno, she adopts the dialect, mannerisms and vocabulary of an 18th century Russian Beat Farmer and stays in character for the entire game.

Jo with her man, AL Minor


AL Minor
Host of our iTunes Podcast, Genderclear & Resident Tranny Adviser

What I am reading:

Good G*d?! Do you really think I have time to read? After being asked to effin’ write this blurb already, I was like, fuck! I don’t read, what the hell am I gonna say? So, I said to myself last night- ‘ok, Al, this is good for you, I know you have to-do lists with entries such as finish the other to-do list, but relaxation is healthy once in a blue moon (ok I don’t believe that, but follow along). So I looked at my stack of things I’ve wanted to read for ages like Les Feinberg’s newest book and other tomes on gender theory and thought of all the back issues of art publications like Artforum that I should be reading but alas, there was something else I’ve been trying and wanting to get to for weeks and weeks. The last issue of Good Housekeeping magazine (I’m a month behind). It has Rachel Ray on the cover. I’m not a big RR fan but I am a foodie. For example, tonight I watched RR make comfort food while I baked vegan, gluten free, carob brownies for my boyfriend (and all in a hello kitty apron). Anyway… the magazine was lovely, ah if I only had more time for such
intellectual pursuits.
 
What I am listening to:

Again, hellooooooo, no time and since I don’t drive to work I get little music time. Then there’s the fact that if I tell the truth it’ll all fit under the next question. I will say this, I know Bitch’s new/solo album is about to drop and when it does I am so there.
  
Guilty pleasure music:

Wow-what’s worse? My Brittany Spears Greatest Hits or Elton John's Greatest hits CD? Wait, I’m a fag, it’s required, no guilt involved. I am actually listening to the new Dixie Chicks CD these days. Yes, you read me right, I, the urban, artsy, Jewish trannyfag likes to sing along to 3 Texans. You wouldn’t wanna hear it seeing as my once amazing singing voice went the way of the Dinosaurs with T induced voice change. But c’mon, those girls can blow and I appreciate anyone who hates George Bush as much as I do.
 
Ideal field trip:

Me and a gaggle of super sexy boys having an orgy at the Magic Kingdom in Disney World (after our character breakfast, of course). Oh, and if you could put a great contemporary art museum like PS.1 near Epcot or something it would be mighty nice.

What is an area that you think the American Musical
has neglected to explore?

My former water aerobics class at the Y which included middle aged women and a big flamer instructor.    

Shameless Self-Promotion:
Visit my artwork at: www.abminer.com

Jessica Bongiorno, Graphic Design Diva
Quote:
“Appalachian Geisha Wear NASCAR Kimono” ~Gina Mamone

What I am reading: 

Hehe, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. but before that I was reading every damn book Chuck Palahniuk decided to write. He's a fantastic writer and I highly recommend “choke” and “survivor.”

What I am listening to: 

Ray Charles. A bit of everything, really, but he's up there on my hot list. Silverstein, Coldplay, The Starting Line (yes I get cheesy pop punk at times, hehe), The Static Age, Tori, Zero 7, Greenday, Jamison Parker, Harry Connick Jr, Garbage, Fiona Apple, Something Corporate, Frou Frou, Joss Stone, Dinah Washington, Wax Poetic, Mae, Sneakerpimps... way too many to name now that I think about it.


Guilty pleasure music: 

Ashlee Simpson. Now I give you permission to shoot me. Although, wait a second... Gina, aren't you down with the drrrty of Miss Aguilera? Oh. Oh yes that's right, you are.

Ideal field trip: 

It definitely would be me and Vince Vaughn on a trip to the wine country. Hands down. That guy makes me pee myself as it is... imagine him drunk. But the only catch is that Dane Cook would have to be presenting each wine to us. That my friends would be hilarious. 

What is an area that you think the American Musical has neglected to explore? 

Psychics and astrologers who are best friends with deceased celebrities.

Katie Gilchrist

Music Anarchist

quote
"I will tickle you with pain and misery"

What I'm reading:
A bunch of graphic novels (I'm
dorktastic!!!!!) including Y: The Last Man, Fables and Whiteout. I was supposed to read a bunch of real books for my book club, but the ones with the pretty pictures kept distracting me.

What I'm listening to:
In the interest of fairness and
pretending I'm a real journalist (it's a game I play), I can't really answer this question. I will tell you what I'm watching though. I heart Hedwig and the Angry Inch, But I'm a Cheerleader, Me Without You, Shortbus,
all seven seasons of Buffy, Heroes, Ugly Betty and, ummm, the L Word (It's so, so wrong and the plots are horrible, but hey, naked chicks).

Guilty Pleasure Music:
Kelly Clarkson. I'm so moving on.

Field Trip:
John Cameron Mitchell, New York City, Toni Collette and lots of chocolate products. Mix it all together and you get perfection.

Area the American Musical Has Failed to Cover:
Highlander: The Musical. You haven't lived until you've heard Christopher Lambert's sweet, sweet tenor.

Allister Mamone
Allister is an Urban Snow Lion.  He is just as much at home in Brooklyn / New York  as he is in Wild Wonderful West Virginia. Allister is the official pet / mascot of the rEvolution.  Allister is a rescue dog adopted from an Animal Shelter in WV.  Many urban shelters are “no kill” shelters and often have very strict adoption guidelines and the adoption waiting list that can last months. Often when you drive an hour or two out of the city this is not the case, in fact it is the exact opposite.  Allister & the rEvolution encourage you next time you are thinking about extending your family with another pet to avoid puppy mills, unrepeatable pet shops / chains and take a day trip to a shelter that might not be in the same county as your zip code but you will be definitely saving a life!