Tequila Mockingbird is a writer, producer, singer, musician, and actress whose work is foundational to the Los Angeles underground. She created and helms the LA Punk Museum, an art experience comprised of a series of pop-up art and music events. She currently directs, produces, writes, and hosts Tequila TV, a public-access show in which she interviews musicians and artists. With a dedicated service to public access television for decades, Tequila has created several shows including New Wave Theater, the Dude Magazine TV Show, SCUM Southern California Music Television, and the Cocktail Hour. The Tequila Mockingbird LA Punk Museum collection ranges in date from 1976-2023 and contains U-Matic tapes from record labels for Tequila TV; VHS tapes from Dude TV, Tequila TV, and Van Gogh; an LA Punk Museum calendar and coffee mug; More Mayonnaise issues 4-7, Lost Anarchy issue 13; Bomb City and Duchess de Sade posters; and The Weirdos singer John Denney's jacket and pants.

Tequila Mockingbird is a writer, producer, singer, musician, and actress whose work is foundational to the Los Angeles underground. She created and helms the LA Punk Museum, an art experience comprised of a series of pop-up art and music events. She currently directs, produces, writes, and hosts Tequila TV, a public-access show in which she interviews musicians and artists. With a dedicated service to public access television for decades, Tequila has created several shows including New Wave Theater, the Dude Magazine TV Show, SCUM Southern California Music Television, and the Cocktail Hour. Tequila has donated materials to Library Special Collections as part of the punk collecting effort; attended punk-related events on campus such as The Zine Explosion... Archived! A Ben is Dead 30th Anniversary Pre-party; presented at the UCLA Conference, Curating Resistance: Punk as Archival Method; and hosted the Library Special Collections punk collective at her own events such as the 7th Anniversary LA Punk Museum Festival. She spends her free time at home working on her autobiography with her Chihuahua, Regina.

13 linear feet (13 boxes, 2 flat boxes, 2 map case folders, and 1 shoe box)

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