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Ya Ma Bzzz compilation cassette

V/A "Ya Ma Bzzz" compilation cassette plus 2 images of the artwork with full info on songs etc., featuring 7 Toronto bands. Bands that contributed songs: LIQUID JOY, MUD, GOD'S MOM, HI DUMMY, CRISIS OF FAITH, CHICKEN MILK, MOURNING SICKNESS. 200…

Tags: Bloor Street West, Chicken Milk, Crawford Street, Crisis of Faith, Crocker Street, Embro Drive, Fans of Bad Productions, God's Mom, Hi Dummy, Liquid Joy, Margueretta Street, Mourning Sickness, MUD, Wardell Street, Ya Ma Bzzz

The Conspiracy of International Anarchists Tape

The Conspiracy of International Anarchists Tape, aka The C.I.A. Tapes, is a 1988 cassette compilation released by the U.K.'s Bluurg Records & Tapes.

Tags: 1987, 1988, A.C.T. for Disarmament, Anarchism, Black Wedge, Bluurg Records & Tapes, Dick Lucas, Fallout Shelter, Feminism, Harbord Street, Ildiko's, Indigenous solidarity, Mecca Normal, Mourning Sickness, Nick Toczek, Panic Productions, Rhythm Activism, Subhumans

Strong White Male video

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The video for Mecca Normal's "Strong White Male," from their 1987 7" single Oh Yes You Can!

Tags: 1987, Anarchism, Black Wedge, Bryan James, David Lester, Feminism, Jean Smith, K Records, Mecca Normal, Mourning Sickness, Peter Plate, Rhythm Activism, Super 8

Black Wedge tour poster: Winnipeg

A poster advertising the Winnipeg stop on the Black Wedge tour.

Tags: 1987, Anarchism, Black Wedge, Bryan James, Chameleon Club, David Lester, Feminism, Jean Smith, Mecca Normal, Mourning Sickness, Norman Nawrocki, Peter Plate, Rhythm Activism, Winnipeg

Black Wedge tour poster: Saskatoon

A poster advertising the Saskatoon stop on the Black Wedge Tour.

Tags: 1987, Anarchism, Black Wedge, Bryan James, Club 23 Below, David Lester, Feminism, Jean Smith, Mecca Normal, Mourning Sickness, Norman Nawrocki, Peter Plate, Rhythm Activism, Saskatoon

Mourning Sickness - Edgewater Handbill

Mourning Sickness CIUT Benefit (with Devoured and Love Bomber) - Edgewater June 1993

Tags: 1993, CIUT, Edgewater Hotel, Female Pioneers, Feminism, Gender Non-Conforming, Gender-Queer, Mourning Sickness, Non-Binary, Queer Punk, Riot Grrrl, Roncesvalles Avenue, Women In Alternative Music

By Any Means Necessary

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Nicole Tanguay and Mourning Sickness perform "By Any Means Necessary" live at the Apocalypse Club.

Tags: 1991, A.C.T. for Disarmament, Apocalypse Club, College Street, Indigenous resistance, Indigenous solidarity, LGBTQ, Mourning Sickness, Nicole Tanguay, Two-Spirit

Cells

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Mourning Sickness performs "Cells" live at the Apocalypse Club.

Tags: 1991, A.C.T. for Disarmament, Apocalypse Club, CKLN, College Street, Gay Bell, Indigenous resistance, Indigenous solidarity, LGBTQ, Mary Bennett, Mourning Sickness, Prison Justice, Queeradio, Queerculture, Seneca Nation, Tracey TieF, Two-Spirit

The Rubber Rap

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Mourning Sickness performs "The Rubber Rap" live at the Apocalypse Club.

Tags: 1991, A.C.T. for Disarmament, AIDS Activism, Apocalypse Club, College Street, Gulf War, Kathedral B, Kenn Quayle, Michael Smith, Mourning Sickness, Safe Sex, Steal This Book, The Fuckheads, Tracey TieF

1988 Anarchist Unconvention - Silver Dollar concert

Poster for a concert at the Silver Dollar, as part of the 1988 Anarchist Unconvention

Tags: 1988, Anarchist Unconvention, Apple, Failsafe, Life Sentence, MFC, Mourning Sickness, Mr T Experience, Planet Liberation Organization, Scream, Silver Dollar

Mecca Normal, Mourning Sickness and Bryan James poster

Mecca Normal, Mourning Sickness and Bryan James show at the Rivoli. This was a partial reunion of the Black Wedge tour lineup from the previous year. The Black Wedge tour was an anti-authoritarian response to Britain's earlier Red Wedge, and began…

Tags: 1988, Anarchism, Black Wedge, Bryan James, David Lester, Feminism, Jean Smith, Mecca Normal, Mourning Sickness, Queen Street West, Rivoli

Random Order, Steal This Book and Mourning Sickness

Poster for the Random Order, Steal This Book and Mourning Sickness show at the Cameron House.

Tags: 1989, Cameron House, Mourning Sickness, Queen Street West, Random Order, Steal This Book

Varoshi Fame, Mourning Sickness and Blank Crowd show

Toronto avant garde/industrial bands Varoshi Fame, Mourning Sickness and Blank Crowd at the Rivoli.

Tags: 1988, Blank Crowd, Industrial, Mourning Sickness, Postpunk, Queen Street West, Rivoli, Varoshi Fame

Exclaim! Magazine cover, January 1993

Long time Exclaim! contributor Fiona Smyth makes the cover. Also features Mourning Sickness, John Switzer and PJ Harvey.

Tags: 1993, Bloor Street West, Comic Art, Exclaim! Magazine, Fiona Smyth, John Switzer, Mourning Sickness, PJ Harvey

Person Livid With AIDS

Michael Smith's one-man play about a day in the life of a gay man living with AIDS. With musical support by Steal This Book and a cameo appearance by Mourning Sickness.

Tags: 1990, Bathurst Street, Buddies in Bad Times, Factory Theatre, Michael Smith, Mourning Sickness, Queerculture, Radical Faeries, Steal This Book