Today I heard that Poly Styrene of X-Ray Spex and general badassery fame had passed away. I immediately went to You Tube and played X-Ray Spex songs for an hour while drinking tea and chair dancing. Poly was an awesome person and music maker, and I think it’s an awesome legacy to leave if you…
Thank you for your art and your inspiration. It’s desperately sad to know you were in so much pain, and I resent depression so much for taking away a huge amount of talented people. If you are seeking help with regard to depression and feelings of suicide, here are a few resources you might like…
This morning Michael Jackson died, and I have been running the gamut of emotions remembering my childhood as an avid MJ fan. I think it was when I was about four that I became fixated on him, and I remember that my uncle Pete had brought up his Thriller album on a visit from Melbourne…
Yves Saint-Laurent passed away yesterday at the age of 71. I will always remember my mother’s lessons in how to speak “French” as I flipped through her Vogues, traced the words on perfume bottles with my little fingers and mouthed his name with my broad Australian tongue. “I have always believed that fashion was not…
