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Mockingbird (Tequila) LA Punk Museum collection
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Contributing Institution:
UCLA Library Special Collections
Title: Tequila Mockingbird LA Punk Museum collection
source:
Tequila Mockingbird, 1956-
Identifier/Call Number: LSC.2375
Physical Description:
13 linear feet
(13 boxes, 2 flat boxes, 2 map case folders, and 1 shoe box)
Date (inclusive): 1976-2023
Abstract: 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.
Physical Location: Portions of the collection stored off-site. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. All requests to access
special collections materials must be made in advance using the request button located on this page.
Folder 17 and Folder 18 are stored onsite.
Language of Material:
English
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Open for research. All requests to access special collections materials must be made in advance using the request button located
on this page.
Copyright to portions of this collection has been assigned to the UCLA Library Special Collections. The library can grant
permission to publish for materials to which it holds the copyright. All requests for permission to publish must be submitted
in writing to Library Special Collections. Credit shall be given as follows: The Regents of the University of California on
behalf of the UCLA Library Special Collections.
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
CONTAINS UNPROCESSED AUDIO and AUDIOVISUAL MATERIALS: Materials will require assessment and may need further processing for
safe access. All requests to access special collections materials must be made in advance using the request button located
on this page.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Tequila Mockingbird, 2018.
UCLA Catalog Record ID:
9993536243606533
[Identification of item], Tequila Mockingbird LA Punk Museum collection (Collection 2375). UCLA Library Special Collections,
Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
These materials comprise a portion of the Tequila Mockingbird LA Punk Museum collection. Mockingbird stewards the rest of
the collection for ongoing exhibitions and pop-up museum events.
Processed by Kelly Besser with assistance from Tess Livesley-O'Neil, 2020.
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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.
Source: Biography written by Tequila Mockingbird (aka Taquila Mockingbird), Kelly Besser, and Allie Whalen.
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.
The existing order of the materials was maintained.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Punk culture -- California -- 20th century
Punk rock music
Tequila Mockingbird, 1956-
LA Punk Museum -- Archives