Alice Bag "Blueprint" 12" Color:Black with a tentative hope that

with a tentative hope that the coast was somewhat clear

The sentiment of the song informed a lot of the album and eventually the name of the record itself

Ed Pettersen – lap steel guitar and Dobro

As a whole their catalog forms a sonic journal

Alice Bag "Blueprint" 12" Color:Black with a tentative hope thatBlueprint is the second full length solo record by Alice Bag. Based in Los Angeles, Bag is a punk rock singer, musician, author, educator, and feminist archivist. She was lead singer and co founder of The Bags, who were among the first wave of punk bands to emerge from that city during in the mid 1970s. The songs often draw inspiration from direct observation, relating experiences that reminded the singer to remain alert and conscious of the whole