Oh bondage, no more!

Just want to say that the X-Ray Spex show at CBGB in '78 was among the most fabulous I've ever seen, and made of simple elements: clothing of recycled vinyl, three-chord rock not just that anyone could play but that you could imagine anyone playing to greatness, and as ringleader a roly-poly teenager who (in Luc's words) gave sex appeal to braces.

Got the email several minutes ago from Poly Styrene's U.S. publicist saying Poly died last night of cancer.

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