IN THIS ISSUE
Vol I
Issue 3
July 2025
▪ LETTER FROM THE EDITOR
▪ Happy Holidays: July
▪ Covid Precautions
▪ Don’t Envy My Enby
▪ SEE: OK Contemporary: Honor Song
▪ SUBVERSIVE SHIT! Who Is Rodney Hinton? / Did We Do It? / Reading List
▪ INSERT ART HERE: Capitalism / Broken Arrow
▪ REVIEWS: My Next Breath / Black Angels / Gatchaman
▪ S&S
▪ ZINE SCENE: Library Out Loud
▪ FEEDBACK/CREDITS/CONTACT
LETTER FROM THE EDITOR
I call this one “She Purr-Sisted.”
June 18, 2025
Woo-hoo, we made it through the first TWO issues of Angrr! It’s now time for Vol. 1 Issue 3. (Whee3!)
This was supposed to be "The Self-Care Issue," but honestly: I've been taking
the worst care of myself I have in about six years. Six years ago, I was dealing with a hugely traumatic event which made me unable to think or act past the next second. I have not been taking care of myself lately.
So it would be disingenuous of me to try to package up or try to present anything to you about de-stressing, eating well, exercising, finding a support system, getting enough rest, making sure you are up to date on your vaccinations, or any other mental and physical health talk/tips/tricks. I haven’t found any Cool Calming Contrivance to share.
Instead, I'm going to be as forthright and authentic as I can.
This is a last-minute attempt. The US news cycle is so rapid and so glutted with information (almost all of it burdensome,) that I usually don't decide on anything to write about until Almost Deadline. Then, because of layout, I try to push the content in my columns around that. I also have several conditions which our current Secretary of Health and Human Services would probably like to send me to Wellness Camps for, at the least!
So: I had Stuff In My Head that I wanted to present, and a few cockamamie reviews that really needed re-creating (because what was I thinking when I wrote them?) I had a deadline.
There was chocolate, there was peanut butter. The finished result is not - to my metaphorical taste budsa Reese’s whatever. Still, I think there is some interesting and even entertaining informationand I had to get that cover out there!
“Punk is not really a style of music. It was more like a state of mind.” - Mike Watt
LOOKING BACK: Farewell Beach
Boy Brian Wilson. Born June 20, 1942, Brian Douglas Wilson co-founded the Beach Boys, a group known for its sonic rivalry with The Beatles. Wilson is considered to be one of the most significant songwriters of the 20th century and a musical genius. Some of his bestknown works are “I Get Around” and “Good Vibrations.” His solo album “Smile,” finally completed in 2004, won critical acclaim and award, charting at 13 in the US and 7 in the UK. Wilson is known for his use of the studio and his production values as well as his layering and harmonies. Some of the musicians influenced by him include XTC, The Ramones, The Pixies, The Feelies, Pere Ubu, My Bloody Valentine, Robyn Hitchcock, and Trail of Dead. Wilson also lived with mental illness and was diagnosed with schizoaffective disorder and bipolar disorder. It was revealed after his death that he had been dealing with long-term effects of COVID19. He died on June 11, 2025.
Douglas McCarthy (1 September 1966 – 11 June 2025)
performed lead vocals for industrial/electronic group Nitzer Ebb, worked with Depeche Mode's Alan Wilder on the project Recoil, was a member of music collective Blackline, and was also a solo artist. Nitzer Ebb's top songs include “Join in the Chant,” “Family Man,” and “Murderous.” – the band is a massive influence on EBM (electronic body music.)
McCarthy announced his departure from touring in 2024 due to cirrhosis after years of alcohol abuse. He died at age 58.
Sly Stone, born Sylvester Stewart on March 15, 1943, died on June 9, 2025 at age 82 from COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease aka emphysema) and “other underlying health issues.” This musician, producer, and songwriter who performed in Sly & the Family Stone is best known for “Everyday People.” Sly helped pioneer funk, influencing and impacting the Beastie Boys, Beck, George Clinton, Fatboy Slim, Herbie Hancock, Michael Jackson, Rick James and Prince, the Red Hot Chili Peppers, and The Temptations.
Oklahoma’s own Gary England was born on October 3, 1939 and died on June 10, 2025. While not a musician – and maybe not much of a punk (in fact, he got a little oddball after television retirement) – Gary will always have a place in Granny’s heart for his years as a local on-air meteorologist. He pioneered the use of doppler radar in tornado warnings; that 1972 Union City tornado was one of the most studied of all time and was also the initiation of radar data and chaser visual observations being used jointly.
England has many other weather and radar firsts. He initiated multiple forecasting technology developments, such as the First Warning state map at the corner of the television viewing screen and the Storm Tracker arrival time computer program. He appeared in the movie Twister, has been inducted into the Oklahoma Hall of Fame, wrote a biography and book on weather, and was the subject
Happy Holidays:July
of a biopic entitled Friday Night in the Big Town.
He died at age 85 in hospice following a stroke.
“To me, punk rock isn't a style of music, it's something you live.” - Shavo Odadjian
LOOKING FORWARD: Maybe I’ll get that Self-Care Issue to you sometime. Or at least take care of myself!
Until then, America: Get AnGrry!
--Granny Anarchy
A Note On The Cover Photo:
The cover photo for AnGrr!
Vol. 1 Issue 3 was taken on Saturday, July 4, 2015 in Bricktown, Oklahoma City. It was not staged.
Granny and her family had attended a fireworks celebration (Granny doesn't care for fireworks, but that's not the point of this piece) and the group was walking back to their vehicle when Granny stumbled upon this scene.
At the time, the US political divide was between "the left" and The Tea Party.
Kaepernick hadn't yet kneeled.
Granny grew up as a military brat and was raised to honor Flag Code. She was already irritated at the sight of flags flying in poor conditions and being used for apparel and advertising.
According to flag codesomething that the common citizen may no longer be raised knowing, but many military brats had – pardon the pun – drilled into them, the flag:
• should not fly at night unless properly illuminated
• should not fly in inclement weather (unless it is an all-weather flag)
• should never touch anything beneath it, including the floor, ground, water, or merchandise
• should never be used as bedding, clothing, or drapery
• should never be displayed, fastened, stored, or used in a way to allow it to be torn, soiled, or damaged
• “should never have placed upon it, nor on any part of it, nor attached to it any mark, insignia, letter, word, figure,
design, picture, or drawing of any nature”
• should never be used for advertising purposes in any way (nor) be embroidered on cushions or handkerchiefs or printed on paper napkins, boxes or anything for temporary use and/or discard
• should never be used as a costume or athletic uniform
In addition, dirty, frayed, ripped, and/or tattered flags should not be used. When flags are damaged, they should be destroyed in a dignified manner. Meaning: Do not fly ragged flags. If and when your flag becomes unsuitable, you can contact your local American Legion, Boy Scout troop, or a veteran group such as the VFW – they will often have flag collection services or information.
Regardless of your US political leanings, you can love your country and love your flag. "Right" or "Left," you are entitled to care for, respect, and use it. You can fly it at your home, honor it when you see it properly displayed on civic poles and at events, and - yes -
protest with it. You are also allowed to - as the aforementioned Kaepernick did - dissent. But, in honor of those who sacrificed love, lives, and blood for the flag and what it represents, I ask two things:
Please do so with respect and intention, and Mind who doesn't.
Okay, on to our holidays! Just a list this month; Granny doesn’t have the ability to give you more indepth information this ish:
July 1
National Financial Freedom Day
National Postal Workers Day / National U.S. Postage Stamp Day
Wrong Trousers Day
Bereaved Parents Awareness Month
Bioterrorism / Disaster Education and Awareness Month
International Blondie and Deborah Harry Month
International Women with Alopecia Month
International Zine Month
July 4
Alice in Wonderland Day
Comic Sans Day
July 6
Shark Week
July 7
National Day of Rock ‘n’ Roll
July 9
Fashion Day
State Rebellion Day
Courtney Love’s Birthday
Jack White’s Birthday
July 11
Bowdler's Day
July 14
Bastille Day
International Non-Binary Peoples Day
National Break Free From the Big Three Day
July 19
National Moth Week
Brian May's Birthday
July 20
Chris Cornell's Birthday
July 24
International Self Care Day
July 27
Covid Precautions
I'd love to talk to you about the arrests and detainments of:
Brad Lander, NYC Comptroller and mayoral candidatehandcuffed by ICE for impeding law enforcement officers while escorting a defendant at immigration court; Lander was visibly and audibly urging ICE agents to present a judicial warrant
Sen. Alex Padilla, California - forcibly removed by DHS (Department of Homeland Security) from a press conference on June 12 after identifying himself and attempting to ask a question
Rep. LaMonica McIver, New Jersey - federally charged for allegedly interfering
National Tree Day
July 28
Buffalo Soldiers Day
“My optimism wears heavy boots and is loud”–Henry Rollins
with ICE agents while visiting Delaney Hall detention center in Newark, N.J
Mayor Ras Baraka, Newark, New Jersey - arrested after visiting Delaney Hall detention center
Judge Hannah Dugan - indicted by a federal grand jury for concealing a migrant; Dugan is said to have directed the migrant and his counsel to leave the courtroom through a non-public door or the fall of climate.govalmost all staff has been fired, no new content is to be published, and a site which not only national but international meteorologists and climatologists (as well
as lay citizens) have looked to for decades for its science is at a standstill and may be shuttered (story here.)
but I only have time to talk to you about the most important thing I can think of as I type this:
Household Discoveries by Sidney Levi Morse, 1913 p. 188
Please, please, please protect yourself and your loved ones from Covid. The new (Nimbus) variant is here and there have been years of poor health messaging and mistrust.
People are given to believe that Covid only affects the respiratory system. Covid damages the brain, circulatory system, immune
system, and other internal organs. One case of Covid can render a person with a longterm disability. Repeated cases increase the risk.
I know no one wants to relive 2020 quarantine, but do keep in mind that in these times, the only people looking out for the ones we really love is us. With that in mind:
Do not congregate, particularly indoors, when you do not have to. If you must:
• Mask. Encourage others to mask. Do not remove your mask! Maintain mask integrity. Use the heaviest filtration that is available for youthis usually means an N95 or KN95. Surgical/paper and cloth masks do not provide protection from Covid, particularly in long-term interior stays.
• Vaccinate. Get boosters as often as you are able. No, they will not prevent you from contracting the virus, but they can protect you from displaying more serious symptoms and studies have shown that vaccinated individuals have a reduced risk of developing Long Covid.
• Ventilate. If you must share indoor space with others, such as in an office or classroom, consider obtaining and using air filters. Keep windows open when possible, or open windows and doors periodically to bring in fresh air. Air conditioning does not provide ventilation; it only recirculates air. Fans can also increase the spread of a virus in an enclosed space; it is important to bring in fresh and properly ventilated air.
Don't Envy My Enby!
(Okay, y’all, here’s where the “self care” stuff was supposed to go!)
“I felt like no one was really looking out for me, that I was marginal and incidental. I compensated by being spongelike, impressionable, and available to whatever and whoever provided the most comfort, the most sense of belonging. I was learning two sets of skills simultaneously: adaptation - linguistic and aesthetic - in order to fit in, but also, how to survive on my own.”- Carrie Brownstein, Hunger Makes Me a Modern Girl
Instead, I thought I’d try a few outfit ideas that might work for a multitude of readers – somewhat androgynous looks that should
As always, wash your hands. Avoid crowds.
Cough or sneeze into your elbow.
Keep your distance from others.
IF YOU FEEL
ILL, STAY HOME.
Oklahoma COVID-19 Data
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feel fairly current no matter what your age, body type, gender, etc. are!
Look 1: Any ol’ Polo-style shirt! This one is a dark eggplant (sorry, purple. It’s purple.) It’s ribbed, so it has an interesting, unconventional texture. It can be worn tucked, halftucked, or untucked; with or without a belt. I chose beltless and with wide-legged cargo-style jeans. I’m accessorizing with (only) a personal necklace and my smartwatch. (I often don’t use a lot of accessories.) Since these are wide-legged jeans, I would choose one of two pair of shoes:
either an ivory and black pair of New Balance sneaks or a patent black pair of platform penny loafers (Instead, see my socks? LOL!).
Look 2: A smidge dressier: with the same accessories, but this time I am wearing a white cami under a cream cutout short-sleeved button-up. There’s a black blazer for when I mean business (or get cold.)
I’m wearing these with grey barrel jeans that have a front seam, and cream slides with jute trim and a black and tan print.
This look can be changed in a lot of little ways. The undershirt style and color is a small modification that sends a significant signal, as does changing the blazer for, say, a sweater. Switch the jeans to pants, or shoes to oxfords or flats (or pumps!) and your sartorial sign says something completely different!
SEE:OKContemporary:HonorSong
OK Contemporary is exhibiting Honor Song, a campus-wide installation of over 500 pieces of art alongside various studio items from Oklahoma City Cheyenne and Arapaho artist Edgar Heap of Birds (Hock E Aye Vi in Cheyenne.)
This presentation is currently viewable at OK Contemporary's 11th and Broadway location (11 NW 11th St.) in the following areas:
Jan 30 – Oct 20 2025 Mary LeFlore Clements Oklahoma City Gallery
Feb 20 – Aug 4 2025 Eleanor Kirkpatrick Main Gallery
Apr 24 – Apr 13 (2026) Campbell Art Park
Be sure to visit before the Main Gallery event closesyou will want to see all of it.
“'Punk' doesn't mean Mohawks and safety pins. It's about not conforming.”-Patrick Stump
Studio School hallway decorated for Pride
I always enjoy looking at interactive/visitor art as much as I do the work of the professional artist. I tis interesting to see how a largely untrained populace from different backgrounds and perspectives understands, translates, and then re-
creates the imagery and information set forth by someone who has made art a life’s work.
“Tell me sir if you will, where in the Bible does it state that it’s ok to judge others based purely on assumption? Can you see now who is the lesser evil between the two?”- Sofea Shah
“It's possible to understand the world from studying a leaf. You can comprehend the laws of aerodynamics, mathematics, poetry and biology through the complex beauty of such a perfect structure. It's also possible to travel the whole globe and learn nothing.” -Joy Harjo, The Woman Who Fell from The Sky: Poems
“We cannot own anyone else, people, the lands, or resources. We are here to care for each other.” -Joy Harjo, An American Sunrise
“Be who you are, even if it kills you. It will. Over and over again. Even as you live.” -Joy Harjo, An American Sunrise
“We need punk now; we need it more than ever. We need rebellion by youth”. -John Cameron Mitchell
SUBVERSIVESHIT!
pointing the gun at the officer.
Graffiti on Classen Avenue near NW 10th
Rodney Hinton’s 18-year-old son Ryan was killed by an as yet unnamed Cincinnati police officer on May 1, 2025. According to court records and documents, Ryan had been observed breaking into and stealing vehicles. He was also in possession of a firearm. Hamilton County Prosecutor Connie Pillich, in reviewing frame by frame footage of “Officer A’s” bodycam, stated that she believed it showed Ryan
Rodney Hinton was taken to the police station to review the footage of the video the day following the death of his son. Distraught, he was unable to watch it in its entirety and left the station. A few hours later, Hinton drove his car at high speed towards retired Special Deputy Larry Henderson, who was directing traffic at a college graduation. Henderson had nothing to do with the shooting of Ryan Hinton. It is assumed he was targeted because he was an officer. Henderson died as a result of the impact, and Rodney Hinton is now being charged with murder.
We Did It! Didn’t We? (We Didn’t Do It Yet.)
I don’t have time to cover No Kings but here are some resources – some of which you can find at the Metropolitan Library System – which are some possibly patriotic reading and watching:
“Punk rock is very rebellious, of course, but it also means thinking for yourself”-Dexter Holland
No Kings protest signs left beside a trash can in the Arts District parking garage, June 14, 2025
NON-FICTION BOOKS:
Timothy Snyder - On Tyranny*
Sarah Kendzior - Hiding in Plain Sight: The Invention of Donald Trump & the Erosion of America*
Sarah Kendzior - They Knew: How a Culture of Conspiracy Keeps a Conspiracy Complacent*
Sarah Kendzior - The View from Flyover County
Anne Applebaum - Autocracy Inc.*
Masha Gessen - Surviving Autocracy*
FICTION BOOKS:
Margaret Atwood - The Handmaid's Tale*
Octavia Butler - Parable of the Sower*
George Orwell - 1984*
MUSIC CDS:
NIN - Year Zero
DVDS:
John Lewis: Good Trouble*
* - Available at Metropolitan Library System!
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All visual and written art by Granny Anarchy unless otherwise noted
CAPITALISM Today I learned the price of a human life
It was
Nothing BROKEN ARROW
Clouds and cacti
Moonshine and gun
Memories fade
Waver They've already gone
But still (so still, rabbit-wolf still)
I'm holding on
REVIEWS
Items in system at Metro Library except where indicated.
BOOKS
My Next Breath
by Jeremy Renner
It's kind of nice to read a memoir (ish book) that was more about love than trauma references, but it's going to be a great disservice to so many disabled and chronically diseased people. "Renner did it, why don't you?"
Unfortunately, My Next Breath is a mashup of bootstrap pulling and inspiration porn. Yes, Mr. Renner endured a freak horrific accident, and his recovery should be lauded - but mind over matter is much, much easier when you can afford a 50,000 treadmill in your home and don't have to fight bosses and traffic for your income so that you don't starve and the H20 and heat stay on.
Hawkeye is one of my favorite Avengers and one of the few Marvel shows I'll rewatch (repeatedly) - but Renner speaks confidently about pseudoscience and science facts he got wrong.
Renner went through a nearly unimaginable event, and he survived, and that is amazing. But this book is very close to a brainworm.
My Next Breath, unfortunately, is a missed opportunity to speak out about the lack of healthcare resources and opportunities for all.
The Black Angels: The Untold Story of the Nurses Who Helped Cure Tuberculosis
by Maria Smilios
My paternal grandmother was a nurse in a TB ward. I was told she "got tuberculosis twice … had 'a lung removed … then had half her other lung removed.'"
I wish she was alive now for me to talk to her about it. I don't think her lungs were removed. I think, from Black
Angels, she MAY have had a pneumonectomy (removal of entire lung,) or lobectomies (removal of lobes) but could have also had them surgically collapsed (artificial pneumothorax - there's also thoracoplasty which involves rib removal.)
I am also unclear on when she nursed - was it late enough for her to have tried any of the drugs - sulfa, streptomycin, isoniazid?
Black Angels said that the nurses of Sea View were not allowed to wear masks. This surprised me; I would have thought masking would have become standard practice after the influenza of 1918. However, it was written that people (alas, like people again in 2020-2025) felt that masks gave a "false sense of security," and nurses were forbidden them, which of course led to easier infection. Was my grandmother forced to nurse unmasked? Did she even want to wear one? I regret not being able to ask her these questions, this history lost forever.
I loved this book. Not only did it cover the sociological history of tuberculosis from approximately the later 1800s through the 1960s, particularly focusing on the
40s and 50s and especially focusing on Sea View and Staten Island in New York, but it gave great side stories on medical historyMassengill's elixir killing people and the foot-dragging regulation of the FDA, the Bayer drug company's involvement in the war (it was not good.) It also covered Black history, such as the national mood of both Joe Louis' prize fights against German "Brown Bomber" Max Schmeling.
Black Angels is a non-fiction book written about peoplethe nurses and some of the patients and staff - of Sea View - in an accessible, compassionate style that reads lyrically and easily transports the reader to and through time, supplying context easily instead of dryly or clunkily. A fabulous addition to any shelf, particularly for those interested in epidemiology, medicine or nursing in general, the history of New York, or civil rights - or those who would like to draw parallels to Covid or our current 2025 state of flux with medical care.
Gatchaman Vol. 1
by Cullen Bunn
I almost didn't include a review of this graphic novel in a nominally punk zine, but I am a nerdchild of the 80s, and I grew up loving anime.
Most of my age group was introduced to Japanese animation via Speed Racer and/or Battle of the Planets, the Sandy Frank bast.. uh, butchered version of Gatchaman.
I saw BotP first and fell in love. I loved and wanted to be the characters. I daydreamed (and turned in school assignments) about adventuring with them. It was a relationship that deepened (and fell into obsession) over the years.
After Battle of the Planets, I saw Speed Racer and Robotech (an amalgamation of Super Dimension Fortress Macross, Super Dimension Calvary Southern Cross, and Genesis Climber Mospeada - my favorite was New Generation / Mospeada and my character was
Lancer aka Yellow Dancer, which is one reason why I wonder why People Nowadays still have gender hangups. But I digress!)
I also remember watching Star Blazers / Space Battleship Yamato and Captain Harlock and the Queen of a Thousand Years / Space Pirate Captain Harlock.
I managed to acquire and keep various Robotech items: Robotech Art I & II, a few choose your own adventure novels, even The Complete Set DVDs of the series and additional movies. But my love, my Gatchaman…
I have one OVA. I have never been able to find books when I have had the money to spend on them. I did have the series badly pirated on videotape, but who has a player these days - and anyway, someone who wasn't me threw them away.
I checked this graphic novel by Cullen Bunn out of the library, and I adore it. The art is pretty good. The lines are strong and there is a good use of color - the strength and palette is pleasing, fitting my memories while retaining something modern that keeps it crisp. The story is okay. I was happy to revisit my beloved
Ninja Team, but there's also a new crew - which creates tension and room for growth and storytelling. Our favorite villains, Berg Katse and Sosai X, are scheming with organic mecha that is terrorizing and threatening the populace - eventually this epi… er, issue is going to have to resort to the Fiery Phoenix! It's kitschy and predictable and I love it and I have to have it in my life. It makes me so happy. (For the record, Joe is my favorite. [Kuso!])
The nostalgia factor – the fact that I'm holding GATCHAMAN IN MY HANDS - is fantastic. I need to buy this book. And Volume 2 unread.
CDs
Gogol Bordello - Solidaritine
Fairly solid offering from Gogol Bordello
Released in 2022 and continuing to be timely, Solidaritine will please the fan who enjoys the sound of the band and any slow progression of its signature style. The protest lyrics are stirring, and the overall feeling is heartbreaking yet exuberant, although there doesn’t seem to be any major musical advancement. A recommendation for fans of folkpunk and Ukraine, but sit this one out if you have heard old Gogol Bordello and are wanting something different.
Streaming & Social
The World According to Allee
Willis is available to stream on Hulu and I recommend it to anyone interested in music, the entertainment industry, eccentric individuals, or LGBTQ life and issues!
I’m still watching Dark Winds - only on S2 Ep 2. I am not enjoying the 2nd season as much as the storyline and potential villain/antagonist is darker and creepier, and I preferred seeing more of the slower daily life in S1. But we’ll see what develops!
Got some current listening links (to YouTube) forya!
Marbled Eye – Former (2019) https://tinyurl.com/y37vaaa5
Neji – Twister (2020) https://tinyurl.com/4c33pvmu
Bob Vylan - I Heard You Want Your Country Back (2020) https://tinyurl.com/2s4xtcwh
Wet Leg - Catch These Fists https://tinyurl.com/5n78ztv6
Screaming Blue Messiahs – The Wild Blue Yonder (1986) https://tinyurl.com/4xkwvhap
Umami on display at Metro Zine Fest Downtown OKC Library June 14, 2025
Some zines I picked up at Metro Zine Fest
Downtown OKC Library
June 14, 2025
Scenes from Library Out Loud
Featuring exmaxhina + No Moore
Downtown OKC Library
May 15, 2025
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Many thanks to the UMAmi team for all their patience, help, and encouragement
Cover photo and layout by Granny Anarchy
All interior photos and text by Granny Anarchy unless otherwise noted
library, punk (& other) music, & personal interests - including science & politics. Any opinions expressed within belong solely to GrannyAnarchy (or attributed guest contributor.)
Inline links for offline readers: flag codehttps://www.legion.org/advocacy/flagadvocacy/flag-code climate.gov - https://www.climate.gov/ here - https://www.theguardian.com/usnews/2025/jun/11/climate-website-shutdown-noaa
Oklahoma COVID-19 Datahttps://oklahoma.gov/health/healtheducation/acute-disease-service/viralview/covid-19.html
A New COVID Varianthttps://www.today.com/health/coronavirus/n ew-covid-variant-nb181-symptoms-rcna208189
COVID variant NB.1.8.1https://www.cbsnews.com/news/covidvariant-nb-1-8-1-symptoms-booster-vaccine/
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