Podcasts by Girl To City: A Memoir
Were you a misfit who followed your dreams to New York City back in the twentieth century when Manhattan rents were cheap and crime and creativity were rampant? Maybe you just imagined what it would be like. Based on her memoir, Girl To City follows singer-songwriter Amy Rigby's progression from Elton John fan in the Pittsburgh suburbs to late 70's Manhattan art student; from punk show habitué to fledgling musician to cult artist who caused a sensation with her album Diary Of A Mod Housewife. Each Wednesday, Amy will read a chapter and throw in some music.
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19. Welcome To L.A. from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
1996. New York and Los Angeles. Letting go and finally getting somewhere...Songs in this episode:You're Getting Old - mid-90s demo, A One Way Ticket To My LifeDown Side Of Love - Diary Of A Mod Hou...
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18. Temp Of The Month from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Breaking up is hard to do. The beginnings of Diary Of A Mod Housewife. Temp jobs and uncomfortable elevator encounters.Songs included in this episode:When A Piece Of The Sky Falls - early 90s demo ...
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17. You'll Be A Woman Soon from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
The magic of three; life as a rock mom and the loud majesty of Urge Overkill and Big Muff distortion pedals...Songs in this episode:Down At The Texaco - early unreleased Shams demoAlmost Had Me Con...
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16. Outside Looking In from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Moving to Williamsburg, back when Brooklyn was...Brooklyn. A day job at Tudor City. The Shams make an album, and a video.Songs in this episode:All I Want original demo - A One Way Ticket To My Life...
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15. Only A Dream from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Adjusting to life post-October 1988. Harmonies and laughs with baby Hazel and the Shams; touring with the Indigo Girls, and an introduction to that sleepy backwater on the other side of the East Ri...
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14. Matching Mother Daughter Outfit from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
The last Last Roundup; birth of the Shams and life is a mother.Songs in this episode:Grow Up Daddy - the Shams early demoOnly A Dream - original demo - A One Way Ticket To My LifeOnly A Dream - the...
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13. Just A Little Is Enough from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Making tracks in...Springfield, Missouri. A visit from a true inspiration. And "good evening, um, Ruston!"? Last Roundup on record and on tour.Songs in this episode: Just A Little Is Enough - Last ...
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12. Until I Die from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Saying "I do," and keeping on doing. Playing for some tough customers (my parents) and going solo at the long term temp job variety show.Songs in this episode:Beer & Kisses - from Diary Of A Mod Ho...
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11. Positively Fourteenth Street from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Two girls, two guys, one upright bass, lap steel, three acoustic guitars, banjo, fiddle and a washboard in NYC and Nashville: getting good takes time. And love is a country compilation cassette.Son...
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10. Summer Of My Wasted Youth from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
It took a while, but in 1982-83 I finally started writing songs and playing music for real, although "real" is relative as the results were pretty primitive. But the energy and intent was there! Th...
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9. Like Jean Seberg In Breathless from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Back in New York, 1982. Ladies love outlaws until they learn to love themselves. Working a day job and learning the importance of a good cast iron skillet. Discovering country music.Songs in this e...
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8. Chasing Raincoats from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Life as a London art student & music fan circa 1980-81, in a squat with punk legacy that included first rehearsals by the Raincoats. Fashion illustration attempts; encounters with a past love and a...
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7. Dark Angel from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
1980. He wore a tank top in winter and summer. But I loved him.Songs in this episode:Dark Angel - original demo version + The Shams from QuiltDon't Make Me Laugh (B. DeMain/A. Rigby) demo rough
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6. Urban Pioneers Wanted from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
1979: The Clash; a homemade club in lower Manhattan...and my first band.Songs in this episode:Slow Burner - The Old GuysIf You Won't Hang Around - The Sugar Tree (also 18 Again)Victory - Stare Kits...
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5. The Married Manager from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
You never forget your first broken heart...or your first trip to England.Songs used in this episode:The Leader from The Sandinista! ProjectQuestions I Can't Answer sample from Faulkner, Dylan, Hein...
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4. Second Year from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
1977. Friends, family, fashion illustration and trying to figure out where I fit into it all. Oh, and the Sex Pistols are coming.Songs used in this episode:Yankee Wheels from The Stiff Generation &...
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3. Girl To City from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Art school, black jeans from Trash & Vaudeville, and my first trip to the Bowery with a boy named Bob.Songs used in this episode:Bob live version from Faulkner, Dylan Heinz & Me + studio version T...
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2. Be A Model, Or Just Look Like One from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Babysitting, booze and boys; tall boots and the majesty of rock. Amy ventures on her own to downtown Pittsburgh, falls in love and plans her trajectory to NYC.Songs used in this episode:Girls Got I...
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1. Prologue/Elton Girl from 2020-03-30T13:00
In this first episode, Amy's teenage daughter poses a question that sends the songwriter and musician looking back towards her Catholic girlhood in 60s/70s Pittsburgh; early musical obsessi...
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1. Prologue/Elton Girl from 2020-03-30T13:00
In this first episode, Amy's teenage daughter poses a question that sends the songwriter and musician looking back towards her Catholic girlhood in 60s/70s Pittsburgh; early musical obsessi...
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