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Maggie Estep dies
Feb 15, 2014 12:16 am
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From maggieestep.com.[/caption]Daniel E. Slotnik reports in The New York Times that Maggie Estep, the spoken word-based performer associated with the "slam poetry" term and time in the 1990s, died this week. Estep lived in Hudson, where she had a heart attack, and then died Feb. 12 in Albany at age 50, the Times reported. Estep performed often on the Lower East Side in New York City, and, later, on MTV. From the Times obituary:
From maggieestep.com.[/caption]Daniel E. Slotnik reports in The New York Times that Maggie Estep, the spoken word-based performer associated with the "slam poetry" term and time in the 1990s, died this week. Estep lived in Hudson, where she had a heart attack, and then died Feb. 12 in Albany at age 50, the Times reported. Estep performed often on the Lower East Side in New York City, and, later, on MTV. From the Times obituary:"She recorded two spoken-word albums with rock accompaniment, “No More Mr. Nice Girl” (NuYo/Imago, 1994) and “Love Is a Dog From Hell” (Mouth Almighty/Mercury, 1997). Her fame increased when a video for her song “Hey Baby” was mocked on “Beavis and Butt-head.” The song centers on Ms. Estep’s bizarre rejoinder to an amorous man on a New York street, and ends with this exchange:Read the full story in The New York Times.
“What’s the matter, baby?
You got something against men?” He asks.
“No,” I say
“I don’t have anything against men,
just stupid men.”