Gina arnold
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Gina Arnold is a rock critic whose articles have appeared in Spin, Rolling Stone
and various free weeklies.
She grew up in Palo Alto, California
. After attending UCLA for one year, she transferred to UC Berkeley.
She wrote a book about the 1990s alternative zeitgeist
in "Route 666: On the Road to Nirvana," which was followed by a sequel of sorts, "Kiss This: Punk In The Present Tense"). Arnold remains one of the more prominent white females to have worked in the field of rock criticism.
album Spasm Smash XXXOXOX Ox & Ass
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Rolling Stone
Rolling Stone is a US-based magazine devoted to music, liberal politics, and popular culture that is published every two weeks. Rolling Stone was founded in San Francisco in 1967 by Jann Wenner and music critic Ralph J...
and various free weeklies.
She grew up in Palo Alto, California
Palo Alto, California
Palo Alto is a California charter city located in the northwest corner of Santa Clara County, in the San Francisco Bay Area of California, United States. The city shares its borders with East Palo Alto, Mountain View, Los Altos, Los Altos Hills, Stanford, Portola Valley, and Menlo Park. It is...
. After attending UCLA for one year, she transferred to UC Berkeley.
She wrote a book about the 1990s alternative zeitgeist
Zeitgeist
Zeitgeist is "the spirit of the times" or "the spirit of the age."Zeitgeist is the general cultural, intellectual, ethical, spiritual or political climate within a nation or even specific groups, along with the general ambiance, morals, sociocultural direction, and mood associated with an era.The...
in "Route 666: On the Road to Nirvana," which was followed by a sequel of sorts, "Kiss This: Punk In The Present Tense"). Arnold remains one of the more prominent white females to have worked in the field of rock criticism.
In popular culture
Aroma of Gina Arnold is the opening track of Trumans WaterTrumans Water
Trumans Water is an indie rock band from San Diego, California formed in 1991. They have released over a dozen full length recordings over their career, wherein they collaborated with acts in genre, including Azalia Snail, Chan Marshall and Thurston Moore....
album Spasm Smash XXXOXOX Ox & Ass
Spasm Smash XXXOXOX Ox & Ass
Spasm Smash XXXOXOX Ox & Ass is the second album by Trumans Water. It is their first double-album and was released in 1993 on Homestead Records in the United States and Elemental Records in the UK. There is also a Japanese re-release of the album with a radically different tracklisting...
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External links
- RockCritics.com interview
- Stay Free magazine interview
- a collection of Arnold's articles for Salon.com
- a collection Arnold's music reviews for Entertainment WeeklyEntertainment WeeklyEntertainment Weekly is an American magazine, published by the Time division of Time Warner, that covers film, television, music, broadway theatre, books and popular culture...
- collection of Phoenix New Times articles
- Arnold's reviews for the Dallas Observer
- An excerpt from Kiss This