Checkered cast is back to our primary format where Tara & Christine share their opinions & personal experiences being women involved in the music scene. This episode gets pretty heady as we address some serious issues that we try to offer advice support & feedback on how to improve show spaces for people because we care about making the #unitycommunity accepting open & safe. We'd love for some interaction or to see greater conversation made on the topics presented in this episode so definitely reach out to us if you can relate or have anything you want to share with our listeners to build a better scene.

 The epic music in this episode was provided by Catbite do check out their social media & give them a deeper listen. (https://linktr.ee/catbiteband)

Thankful always for our theme song “Ruder Than You” provided by The Scotch Bonnets (http://www.thescotchbonnets.com)

We welcome to the checkered cast our first interview episode with Charm City's Rudest Rude Girl Lady Hatchet aka Kristen Forbes Guitarist & Lead Singer of The Scotch Bonnets. We discuss her introduction to ska, the early 90s music scene including riot girl & the womens indie rock movement, some of her experiences playing in bands as a professional musician, and talk about issues women face trying to make a name for themselves in the industry. Lady Hatchet does a weekly livestream on Sundays at noon called Slice of Hatchet check her out on Facebook to subscribe, she provided all of the music featured in this episode including her single "Tik Tok" (https://youtu.be/Zjy_UknGX98) & of course our theme song “Ruder Than You” was provided by The Scotch Bonnets (http://www.thescotchbonnets.com) if you would like to support her as a hard working professional female musician buy some music from her sites or send a donation via venmo @ladyhatchet

The other female empowerment music podcasts mentioned here are She's A Punk by Siobhan Woodrow

(https://shesapunk.com/)

& Mabel Syndrome (https://www.mablesyndrome.com)

Tara & Christine defend ska punk in this episode from two different sides of the rudegirl camp. We discuss our introduction to ska, the first time we ever saw a ska band live, & what it was like growing up ska after the 90s. You’ll hear us talking a bit about the 2000s ska scene & some of the challenges for the community. We then go into some shout-outs for current bands & new music being released by some old favorites. Our theme song “Ruder Than You” was provided by The Scotch Bonnets (http://www.thescotchbonnets.com) & our featured music for this episode was provided by Bim Skala Bim (http://www.bimska.com/).

In this flagship episode, we introduce ourselves, discuss the purpose for starting this podcast, talk about some live music events, recap a live-stream music festival, & work out some of the audio technical difficulties of which we appreciate your patience for our learning curve! Thanks for checking out episode one of Checkered Cast. Our theme song “Ruder Than You” was provided by The Scotch Bonnets (http://www.thescotchbonnets.com) & our featured music for this episode was provided by The Dendrites (https://dendritesmassive.com).

Biweekly podcast from two rude grrls featuring guest interviews, live music recaps, album reviews, audience generated content, & personal stories.