That there is a little painting I did a couple years ago of Poly Styrene from X-Ray Spex. I always loved that song, "Oh Bondage, Up Yours!" and had heard comparisons of her and Bikini Kill's Kathleen Hanna. Boy, those comparisons couldn't be more dead-on. I mean, Kathleen does her own thing and she's rad, but they coulda been sisters if similar singing sounds made you related.
Anyway, I just got the X-Ray Spex Anthology, and like the other 84,000 things I've experienced for the first time this year, I can't believe I lived my life this long without hearing these songs. It's not too late though, for me to be inspired and shored up by her saucy lyrics and soulful howling silly punk. Do yourself a favor ok? Don't be like me. Get this is your ears before you get too old to be properly indignant.