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At the Bar with Davina Robinson

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I first was introduced to "powerhouse" blues rocker Davina Robinson on through the AMBW crowd.  To be honest, I was simply blinded by her beauty and managed to sweet talk my way into an interview.  It was a great opportunity to complete this with her . So how are you doing? Tell us a few things about yourself, including your favorite drink . Doing well in the heat - working hard and thanking the inventor of air conditioning. I'm a night owl. One of my friends calls me "Vamp", as in vampire. Of current TV shows, I love Breaking Bad, Dexter, Homeland and anything Gordon Ramsay does. I was a lurker on the Vote For the Worst website. RIP. I have a black pug named Bruce and a black cat named Bella. I LOVE super flare jeans. Superfly, like the 70s.

The Bar Loves a Band Called "Death"

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(h/t Racialicious) From Drafthouse Films : Before Bad Brains, the Sex Pistols or even the Ramones, there was a band called Death . Punk before punk existed, three teenage brothers in the early '70s formed a band in their spare bedroom, began playing a few local gigs and even pressed a single in the hopes of getting signed. But this was the era of Motown and emerging disco. Record companies found Death’s music— and band name—too intimidating, and the group were never given a fair shot, disbanding before they even completed one album. Equal parts electrifying rockumentary and epic family love story, A Band Called Death chronicles the incredible fairy-tale journey of what happened almost three decades later, when a dusty 1974 demo tape made its way out of the attic and found an audience several generations younger. Playing music impossibly ahead of its time, Death is now being credited as the first black punk band (hell...the first punk band!), and are finally receiving the