For a large portion of her career as a singer-songwriter, Penelope Houston did “quit her day job!” For the last 25 years (before retiring earlier this year), she served as a library technician at the San Francisco Public Library, where she was able to navigate the paraprofessional path and exert leadership in creating a San Francisco Punk Collection. A member of the seminal punk band The Avengers, Penelope speaks candidly about leaving school to be a punk rocker, getting big in Europe as a solo artist, rediscovering her love for painting through a vintage book of accused sex offenders, and why a good library always wins out over a cookie (even a giant one). For Full Length Episodes And Merchandise Go To https://www.patreon.com/killedbydesk Follow: Killed By Desk Insta: @killedbydeskpodcast Twitter: @killedbydesk Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/killedbydesk LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/killedbydesk
Links:
Penelope Houston Website
Discography
http://www.penelope.net/discog.html
Son of Sam Murder Path
Summer of Sam
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ine-s7kHRp4
Dave Toshi
Dave Harrison’s Old Residence
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lYu_8OE3sCE
https://youtu.be/r_8nroefA1w?t=95
Dave’s Great-Great-Grandfather’s Mugshot
https://www.dropbox.com/s/dkrd5f79aft91g3/Screen%20Shot%202020-11-09%20at%209.49.34%20AM.png?dl=0
Infamous Queens Wendys
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wendy%27s_massacre
Open Your Eyes lyrics
SEIU 1021 - Service Employees International Union
White Ni***r Lyrics
http://www.penelope.net/white.nigger.html
“Muzzlers” (The Accused) Mug shots from 1919-1938
http://penelopehouston.com/series-in-progress/
Ultimate Cookie
http://www.ultimatecookie.com/
San Francisco Public Library
Article about SF Punk Archive
Library Science Careers
https://www.bestcolleges.com/careers/humanities-and-social-sciences/library-science/
Zodiac Killer’s Gilbert and Sullivan influenced Mikado Letter
https://www.zodiackiller.com/Mikado1.html
Gilbert and Sullivan launched the modern hotel and restaurant
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/35747538-ritz-and-escoffier
Billie Joe Armstrong and Penelope
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aMjnCTQjoog
Billie Joe Armstrong Avengers Cover
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nh7ZtB6wFoY
Penelope with Gogos
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bPsu3M-1hp4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n34xL1W4iMk
Jaws 4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=opiCMIN3PNg
Population 1
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0091781/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_1
Dodge Dart
https://www.allpar.com/cars/dodge/dart-buyers-guide.html
Wendy O’Williams retires from music, and then life unfortunately
https://www.courant.com/news/connecticut/hc-xpm-1998-04-27-9804270036-story.html
SFPL and the homeless
https://nextcity.org/daily/entry/library-systems-embracing-their-new-roles-as-social-service-hubs
Narcan in libraries
https://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/2020/06/01/narcan-or-no-libraries-naloxone/
Go-Go’s Documentary
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GsiRfL11I08
SAN FRANCISCO POLICE INTERRUPTS SEX PARTY INVOLVING MIDGETS, EMUS AND A FOUNTAIN OF SPERM, 71 ARRESTS
Organizing a zine collection
https://www.margotnote.com/blog/tag/zine+collections
MRR Archive
http://maximumrocknroll.com/cat/mrr-archive/
Bill Gates Mugshot T Shirt - Someone beat us
Raymond Pettibon
http://www.artnet.com/artists/raymond-pettibon/biography
Bugout Society flyer repro for upcoming LIn-Manuel Miranda Film
Melvil Dewey
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melvil_Dewey
900 Numbers
https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/24272/12-non-sexual-uses-900-numbers
Arthur: Library Card Song
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lyxEDSnegTU
Giant Man
