I have loved The Slits, the original female punk band, since I first heard their debut album Cut. I’ve owned it on vinyl, cassette and on two different CD versions. It’s an album I have played—and played often—for over two decades. I used to have a life-sized record store stand-up of the Slits in my bedroom in London that I bought at the Portobello Market and lugged all the way back to Brixton. That’s dedicated fandom as far as I am concerned.

And when I first met my lovely wife, she gifted me with a Japanese issue CD of Return of the Giant Slits, so I knew she was “the one” for me!

A great new website devoted to all things New York has recently launched called Revel in New York, that takes a look at Gotham through the lens of some of its residents. Here’s Ari Up from The Slits and what she has to say about her adopted home town.

Oh, that poor girl on the left.

Just kidding ladies.

Thanks for the tip on the Revel site…whatever became of the Slits cardboard cutout?

By the way, LOVED your Bleecker Bob story the other day. I worked there in the mid 80’s so I knew exactly what you were talking about. I had a good laugh.

RIP Ari Up