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INKLINGS By TIM WHITAKER
9/25/83, Magazine

SUBURBAN WIVES: Household chores for Reesa (left), Cherie and Ann Frances
 

THE STRAIGHT SCOOP
SUBURBAN WIVES: GETTING DOWN ON LAUNDROMAT LOVE

Rock 'n' roll's answer to Erma Bombeck — that's what they're calling the Suburban Wives Club, the female rock trio from South Jersey that's playing local clubs.

"We put the group together mainly for fun," says Reesa Laskey, the self-declared queen of South Jersey New Wave. In real life, Laskey, 34, is a Woodbury, N.J., housewife.

"I've had various musical incarnations, but this time I wanted a group that reflected my real concerns — diets, exercise, chocolate addiction and fat thighs."

The Wives have also produced a single — "Casual Cat at a Laundromat" — about the joys of dirty laundry. "I have big hopes for our act," says Reesa, the lead singer.

"But I still sing at weddings, and even deliver singing telegrams from time to time. A housewife like me always has to look out for a rainy day."
 

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