The 12 near-perfect songs on “Germfree Adolescents,” the 1978 debut album by X-Ray Spex, clock in at just over a half hour, but the shock waves they detonated keep rippling out 44 years later. One of ...
In 2016, five years after the death of Poly Styrene—the punk legend and trailblazing frontwoman of the short-lived but fiercely beloved band X-Ray Spex—her daughter, Celeste Bell, finally received the ...
How do you make a documentary about your own mother? And how do you tell that story when you grew up in an unstable environment, with a fractured relationship? That’s the challenge that Celeste Bell ...
In this new documentary, Poly Styrene’s daughter grapples tenderly with the legacy of her punk rock mother. By Lisa Kennedy When you purchase a ticket for an independently reviewed film through our ...
There’s a picture of Poly Styrene shot onstage with X-Ray Spex in 1978 by Denis O’Regan that depicts the singer in full iconic flight: DIY-modified vintage 1950s clothing, gigantic hair, lips curled ...
American Songbook: Singer Outsiders is a new series at Lincoln Center that “uplifts women and nonbinary musicians who have shaped the modern landscape of music and continue to drive conversations on ...
Attention, New Yorkers who like feminist punk: Lincoln Center's latest American Songbook series commences this week. This year's theme is "Singer Outsiders," spotlighting trailblazing female and ...
2 Russians, 2 Jews, and a Puerto Rican walk into a bar ...
Styrene (St) was polymerized in mixed solvents of ethanol/n-hexane as good-poor solvents for matrix polymers such as poly(methylvinylether) (PMVE) in solution ...
Styrene producer Americas Styrenics LLC (AmSty), The Woodlands, Texas, has announced the first sales of its PolyRenew certified recycled styrene product were recorded in 2024. PolyRenew is AmSty’s ...