Some Real and Definitely Not Made Up Ani DiFranco B-Sides

No one knows how this happened, but the first time you came out to someone between 1990 and 2005, there was a person waiting just outside of the conversation ready to hand you a set of headphones playing Ani DiFranco. For me, “32 Flavors” was playing. I don’t know how it’s decided who gets what song, but wow is there ever a list from which to choose.

Ani DiFranco was so prolific in the 90s lesbian scrapbooking scene that I’m going to ballpark her discography at 900 songs (all of them killing it in the name department, some personal favorites being “Dog Coffee” and “Hat Shaped Hat”), and that’s not even counting b-sides. But as most b-sides go, Ani DiFranco’s are often overlooked, which is a shame, because they are equally moving. Let’s check out some of those b-sides, which are real and definitely not made up:

She Ate A Bird Why

Blring Goes My String

Kokopelli (How Dare You)

Slouch Hat

The Shame Chant

Educate Yourself In My Pregnant Pause And Body

No

Menstraisch

Mc Skat Cat (Wish I Could)

Distant Yelling

The Tin That Goes Doop

Jamie, Leesa, Angie

Panic Melody

Brandywine (Dip In The Slackline)

Everybody Shut Up

Trim Them

Inattention Is Attention

Mother Probiotic

Crack An EGG On Your Head Let The Yolk Run Down (People Dying Children Crying)

Ban Dogs I Ban You

Hoolahooped

Leather Dangle Necklace

Fertility Godless

Yeah No Shit, Mark

Falling Down As A Prelude