But Her Lyrics...

Shawna Potter

Join Shawna Potter as she takes a deep dive into the lyrics and politics of her band War On Women and other artists you love. She'll chat with bandmates, interview experts and activists on relevant social justice issues, and share the inspirations and stories behind the songs. This pod is for fans of the band, as well as folks interested in feminism, politics, punk, music composition, writing, and more. Premiered December 9, 2020. Find all episode transcripts and important links here: https://shawnapotter.com/#/but-her-lyrics-podcast/ (photo: Justin Borucki)

  1. 27 JUIN

    25 Years of Exotic Fever Records with Katy Otto - 042

    Shawna throws out her usual podcast format to chat with drummer, activist, and lyricist Katy Otto on the heels of her celebrating 25 years of running her record label, Exotic Fever Records. If you own a copy of War On Women’s “Improvised Weapons,” you have an EXF release! They talk writing process, the things we’re working on (personally and musically), dads of daughters, Heart, Rosanne Cash, the Geffen Lollapalooza, the intimacy of co-writing lyrics, a little light misandry towards powerful men, being great at something you don’t feel like doing, becoming feminist because you survived being a teenage girl, and making bell hooks a mix tape. Also: Salt-n-Pepa, punk recipes, Euro punks, the military budget, Landis Expandis, a Fugazi in every town, record players, and our Bikini Kill cover band, Rah Rah Replica. Patron-only bonus moment available exclusively on Patreon, so sign up to catch that and other cool stuff from Shawna! This episode is sponsored by Pupcakes and Pawstries and Ronnie of Navarro Hair Design. SHOW LINKS: Katy is on the cover of *that* Q And Not U album!! Read about it here: https://washingtoncitypaper.com/article/430176/beep-happening-how-q-and-not-u-made-a-classic-album-and-its-cover/ Exotic Fever Records - exoticfever.com Bald Rapunzel -  https://baldrapunzel.bandcamp.com/ Del Cielo - https://delcielodc.bandcamp.com/album/us-vs-them Trophy Wife - https://trophywifetheband.bandcamp.com/ Sun Within -  https://www.instagram.com/sunwithinband whitepicketfence - https://whitepicketfencedc.bandcamp.com/track/how Rah Rah Replica’s first show! - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KmDqaMaT2ZU Men Can Stop Rape - https://mcsr.org/ HIPS - https://www.hips.org/ Improvised Weapons link: https://www.exoticfever.com/artists.php?id=115 Secure Relating by Sue Marriott Nonviolent Communication by Rosenberg SHAWNA’S LINKS: shawnapotter.com Making Spaces Safer: https://www.akpress.org/making-spaces-safer-book.html https://www.youtube.com/@shawnapotter https://www.cameo.com/shawnapotterwow linktr.ee/waronwomen EURO TOUR INFO: destiny-tourbooking.com

    51 min
  2. 27 JANV.

    Interviewing the Interviewer with Occupy the Void's Christina Rowatt - 040

    After being interviewed by Christina Rowatt for her mental health podcast Occupy the Void, host Shawna turned the tables and interviewed her for But Her Lyrics! An enjoyable chat about what it’s like to be a woman in journalism and podcasting, her favorite interview moments, and how a love of language has led her life. Also: Rosie barking, the Extra Extra jingle, having a face for TV, passionate metal fans that also love Rihanna, how lyrics affect us emotionally, men and men-tal health, Shawna is not an expert in anything, “it’s all cabaret”, creative process, art does not have to be made for public consumption, and can the internet help us find female cinematographers in australia??? SHOW LINKS: Her War is Our War: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L9JU7ECTdXc Occupy the Void: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/occupy-the-void-with-xtina/id1733957293 Revolver Fan First podcast: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLANorT3Y7McP3s6W82Ucxz_LQZtSrbuIi Insta: https://www.instagram.com/xtina_rowatt/ Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@TheVoidwithChristina Soundgarden “Fell on Black Days” - I like the music video version better than the album version, so here you go:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ySzrJ4GRF7s&list=RDySzrJ4GRF7s&index=1 SHAWNA’S LINKS: shawnapotter.com Making Spaces Safer: https://www.akpress.org/making-spaces-safer-book.html https://www.youtube.com/@shawnapotter https://www.cameo.com/shawnapotterwow linktr.ee/waronwomen

    51 min
  3. 09/12/2024

    "Rain Yr Hand" with Rainer Maria - 039

    In this episode of But Her Lyrics, host Shawna speaks to Caithlin De Marrais, bassist and co-singer and -lyricist for 2nd wave emo band, Rainer Maria. On Thanksgiving morning they dove deep into an early song “Rain Yr Hand,” about how accessing all ages music making spaces is fundamental to our development. Overall themes? Reflection, hindsight, growth, and community. There will be a Patreon-exclusive bonus clip where they discuss what thanksgiving brings to mind, how the War On Women song "This Stolen Land" applies to it, and more. Also in this episode: shoutout to Rocketown in Franklin, TN (rip), kids needing a place to go to make good trouble, extreme accessibility, anyone can play music, imposter syndrome or authenticity?, diversity is our survival, the hindsight of a reunion 20 years later, a chance to reflect, confronting our fear, and guess what - emo’s big now! SHOW LINKS: https://rainermaria.bandcamp.com/ https://www.instagram.com/rainermariamusic Skeletal Lightning -- https://skeletallightning.com/ CAITHLIN DE MARRAIS NEW ALBUM, 'LEARNING TO LIVE WITH FIRE', OUT MARCH 2025! Sounds of Saving (SOS) -- https://www.soundsofsaving.org/ We’re a music and mental health nonprofit that designs and provides tools, content, resources, and curriculum to young people, ages 14 to 24, on how to discover and utilize music to support their mental health and wellness. Just Accessible Music (JAM) -- https://www.justaccessiblemusic.com/ Making music accessible to people of all ages and abilities.  Figurenotes -- https://figurenotes.org/ Figurenotes was created at the Resonaari school in Finland by music educators Kaarlo Uusitalo and Markku Kaikkonen. Initially designed to enable those with learning disabilities to play music, it has since developed into a tool to help anybody get started.  Very intuitive to those with Autism Spectrum Disorder. But Her Lyrics This Stolen Land episode (mentioned in Patreon-exclusive bonus clip of this interview) https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/this-stolen-land-pt-1-004/id1538652998?i=1000512385785 Kaia’s response to why we use YR instead of YOUR: “Kaia said it was slang we often used in written notes at the time. According to t’internet it originated with the Beat generation (we were definitely reading poetry at the time) and was later repopularized in the indie rock world circa 1980s by Sonic Youth.” SHAWNA’S LINKS: shawnapotter.com Making Spaces Safer: https://www.akpress.org/making-spaces-safer-book.html https://www.youtube.com/@shawnapotter https://www.cameo.com/shawnapotterwow linktr.ee/waronwomen

    57 min
  4. 25/07/2024

    A 90s Lostwave Mystery Solved w/Fair Verona - 037

    In this very special episode, host Shawna Potter chats with her former bandmates from the late 90s/early 00s Nashville indie band, Fair Verona. An old, unlabeled mp3 of the FV song “The Downfall of a Well-Known Actress” found its way onto the Lostwave message boards and with some great detective work, this online community found where the song came from and were pleasantly surprised to find out we’re all still playing music. This conversation dives deep into the origins of the band with Beth Cameron and Leah Bergman, and Lostwave member, Tom Stratton, asks questions and gives context. Listen to find out what Lostwave is, how often do these mp3 mysteries get solved, the weird times of 90s indie cred vs selling out, the lack of fellow girls that played guitar (even in Nashville), harassing Mary Timony, and what the hell is “The Downfall of a Well-Known Actress” about anyway? SHOW LINKS: Fair Verona: https://fairverona.bandcamp.com/album/the-last-recordings Turned Out A Punk w/Shawna Potter - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/episode-184-shawna-potter-war-on-women-avec-fair-verona/id940288964?i=1000419596110 Lucy’s Record Shop (the podcast) - https://www.lucysrecordshop.com/ Self - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subliminal_Plastic_Motives Helium - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helium_(band) Shipping News - https://shippingnews.bandcamp.com/track/claws AVEC (Shawna’s band after FV, before War On Women) - https://www.discogs.com/release/2771380-Avec-If-I-Breathe-I-Fall-Asleep Forget Cassettes (Beth) - http://www.forgetcassettes.com/ Black Bra (Beth) - https://blackbramusic.com/ Leah’s Pixies cover band - Is She Weird, Is She White Baltimore Afrobeat Society (Fela Kuti cover band Shawna was in) - https://www.facebook.com/baltimoreafrobeatsociety Find my Mind - discord server - https://www.reddit.com/r/Lostwave/comments/ol3f2c/fond_my_mind_discord_server/ Tom Stratton's band: (https://www.youtube.com/@YouthDeathClub) SHAWNA’S LINKS: shawnapotter.com Making Spaces Safer: https://www.akpress.org/making-spaces-safer-book.html https://www.youtube.com/@shawnapotter https://www.cameo.com/shawnapotterwow linktr.ee/waronwomen You can support this podcast by liking my youtube channel, and sharing, subscribing, and reviewing But Her Lyrics... wherever you get your podcasts - it’s free and it helps. To find episode transcripts, or to find out more about what I do, my book, my trainings, my patreon, request me on Cameo, etc, head to shawnapotter.com To learn about all things WOW, head to linktr.ee/waronwomen

    1 h
  5. 18/06/2024

    "Safe and Legal" with Bad Cop Bad Cop (& Shout Your Abortion) - 036

    Host Shawna Potter talks to Linh Le of Bad Cop Bad Cop as they dig into their song “Safe and Legal.” She’s later joined by Amelia Bonow, co-founder of Shout Your Abortion. There’s a lot of talk about the importance of story-sharing, as well as: the hardship of finding a real bathroom at warped tour, instruments as a shield, old footage of dance recitals, being both a gymnast and a rockabilly, moving to the west coast, laughing a lot, never wearing pants, gender is not a genre. The official sponsors of this episode are First Defense Krav Maga, and Pupcakes and Pawstries, where you can use promo code waronwomen15 to get 15% off your next order. Episode transcripts, important links, and ways to support Shawna and this podcast can be found at shawnapotter.com. Everything War On Women can be found at linktr.ee/waronwomen. For bonus episodes, behind the scenes content, and the chance to make special requests and get shoutouts on air, become a patron at patreon.com/shawnapotter. Thanks to Brooks Harlan for chopping up War On Women’s song “Her?” to create the podcast theme song. Main podcast photo: Justin Borucki.  SPONSOR LINKS:  https://www.firstdefensekravmaga.com/ https://pupcakesandpawstries.com/ SHOW LINKS: https://badcopbadcopmusic.com/ Original bass players band, Jen Carlson? https://www.thesidewalkproject.org/ https://www.bassistagainstracist.com/ “Simple Girl” video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RxOxO3-xI8Q “Safe and Legal” video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=REH_SpKYZUI PlanCPills.org ShoutYourAbortion.org Photo of Linh: @sarahmacphotographs SHAWNA’S LINKS: shawnapotter.com Making Spaces Safer: https://www.akpress.org/making-spaces-safer-book.html https://www.youtube.com/@shawnapotter https://www.cameo.com/shawnapotterwow linktr.ee/waronwomen War On Women songs about reproductive rights: Roe V. World, Pro-Life?, and Childbirth.

    1 h 16 min

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Join Shawna Potter as she takes a deep dive into the lyrics and politics of her band War On Women and other artists you love. She'll chat with bandmates, interview experts and activists on relevant social justice issues, and share the inspirations and stories behind the songs. This pod is for fans of the band, as well as folks interested in feminism, politics, punk, music composition, writing, and more. Premiered December 9, 2020. Find all episode transcripts and important links here: https://shawnapotter.com/#/but-her-lyrics-podcast/ (photo: Justin Borucki)