I haven’t been feeing well lately and have not been sleeping much at all. Last night, in the middle of the night, wide awake, I was trolling the internet and came across this article about the latest Poly Styrene album which just came out. That’s the last thing I read before I finally fell asleep. And then, this morning, the very first thing I read, spookily enough, was that she died – yesterday. Cancer. 53.
Sometimes I don’t know what to do with coincidences like this. I feel like there has to be some meaning. But what could this mean? I know it sounds a little crazy, but you have to admit – it is weird. Plus, it’s Poly Styrene! Not someone you read about every day….although I’d like that world better, I think.
She went through many changes since her teenage X-Ray Spex days, but that’s always what I’ll think of. Here’s “The Day the World Turned Day-Glo,” their second single – and my first favorite.
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