Something slightly less Buffyish

[rebcake]

I'm excited about this project, and thought some of you might be, too:

Poly Styrene: I Am A Cliché
A feature documentary about the life of X-Ray Spex singer-songwriter and punk icon Poly Styrene.

The filmmakers are raising funds through IndieGoGo, with the permission and involvement of Ms. Styrene's daughter. I may be having more feels about this sort of thing, as I just watched Jim Jarmusch's fabu Gimme Danger documentary about The Stooges with my kid. I'd really like to see all the punk stories told, but especially Poly's, and now I can help make it happen!

So, this LJ nonsense is aggravating. I've been crossposting from DW for a long time, and plan to continue doing that, but I'm pretty sure I'm not hooked up with some of my peeps on DW. If you could point me in your direction, I'd be much obliged.

I've been enjoying all the BtVS 20th Anniversary things, but I do wish James Marsters had looked a little happier in the EW photos. Spike's joie de vivre is nowhere in sight, and I know it's something the actor shares with the character. Ah well. This photo of Amber/Alyson/Seth sort of makes up for it. Instant OT3! Twoz?



Meanwhile, there's still time to participate in the spring round of seasonal_spuffy! Check out the details at this post.

Comments

[kerkevik_2014]

Poly Styrene was one of the my triumverate of Punk Goddessess, along with Siouxsie Sioux and Pauline Murray. I shall be following with great interest.

kerk

[rebcake]

Besides the X-Ray Spex, my big Brit punk love affair was with the Au Pairs, so Lesley Woods is right next to Poly for me. I'm especially nostalgic after seeing the photo of that hot young Brummy gal facing down the EDF #$%&-wad this week. *\o/*

[kerkevik_2014]

Got one; possibly two Au Pairs albums on vinyl, back when I had a subscription to Spare Rib. Never thought of them as Punk myself. Far too political and po-faced :-)

Yeah; love to buy her a coffee sometime :-)

kerk

[rebcake]

I never thought that punk and politics were mutually exclusive, and in fact made rather good bedfellows. I especially loved the way it (sometimes) dealt with sexual politics. (Which the Au Pairs did hilariously, if darkly. So we're going to have to agree to disagree on their virtues.) That was because there were actually women creatively involved, for a change, and their concerns and interests finally got an airing. There's an enormous difference between being the object/subject/muse of an art form and actually making the art.

[kerkevik_2014]

Most of the bands who I would think of as Punk were just, or seemed to be, angry with no direction to it; except possibly Poly Styrene.

The Au Pairs were very different; right from the start they had a very direct political point of view. I can imagine the kind of kicking they would like to give John Lydon about now. They just never seemed to have much of a connection to the punk movement, such as I was aware of it anyway.

We would never have agreed politicially on a good many things, but I had a lot of time for them.

kerk

[feliciacraft]

I think we're already "mutuals" on DW, but if not, please add me. I'm DW-only going forward, though I haven't done anything irreversible with my LJ yet.

Yes, I'm all for Oz/Willow/Tara! :)

Speaking of SeasonalSpuffy, would it be OK if I post the story to my DW blog, then add a link on LJ (possibly using a different account)? Thanks.

[rebcake]

I'm pretty sure we're mutuals. Hurrah!

MiAmor took one look at that Twoz photo and had a little breakdown. So. much. yum.

Yes, linking to your DW page from SS on LJ is OK!

One thing: there are ways of going off of LJ that delete EVERYTHING. Not just your journal, but every post to a community, every comment to any post, any mention of your handle, etc. I'm not sure exactly what the procedure is, but maybe go easy at first? IDK, it's up to you. I just hate to see things totally disappear.

[thenewbuzwuzz]

Hi on DW. You're right, James Marsters looked sad! Ah well, maybe he had a bad day and it passed?

[rebcake]

Who can say? He never looks that happy at these reunion things, although he's plenty happy and charming when he appears with fellow cast members at other events. Maybe there's somebody in particular that gets under his skin? But, he's an actor! Aren't they supposed to be able to pull it out when the curtain rises? He did seem perfectly charming at the appearances he's done since the shoot, so I'm sure he's fine. It seems like an opportunity wasted, though.

[shapinglight]

James did look a little strained, it's true. Not sure why. I did wonder if he was feeling the fact that he's quite a bit older than the rest of the cast, and that, though he looks great for his age, he thinks maybe it shows?

But maybe it was the all the Bangel vs Spuffy stuff, and Sarah holding hands with DB etc?

Of maybe he didn't like the outfit they stuck him in?

Or maybe someone from EW was too in-your-face about how much they hated Spuffy?

In other words, I have no clue and am just speculating wildly.

Still no sign of event for which I am waiting, so I still can't commit to seasonal_spuffy, though if I'd been smart about it, I would have used the waiting time to write something. But now we have visitors again, etc.

I loved X-Ray Spex back in the day.

[rebcake]

I doubt that James is that invested in the shipper wars, but who knows? Usually when he's visibly unhappy it's about something unrelated to the job/work/fans, although any human is susceptible to being thrown by a thoughtless remark. *sigh*

Maybe he was just missing ASH? Mmmmm, Spiles.

In other words, I've got nothing but wild speculation, either.

Have fun with any new arrivals! I'm in Oregon, again. Wondering if the horrible political situation will result in fantastic art, like back in our day. Punk 4evah!

[shapinglight]

Wondering if the horrible political situation will result in fantastic art, like back in our day. Punk 4evah!

Well, something good has to come out of it?

Surely!