Soo Catwoman dies, aged 70

That's really cool mate, thanks for sharing...and that's totally it and a great way of putting it, activating a sense of hope in possibilities beyond the constraints of convention/the norm.

I'm probably a bit older then you, I was 16 in 1976 and those early days of all that happening, and happening so quickly, it was an amazing time and thing to be part of and I still have so many wonderful memories of all of that. Me and all my mates were playing in punk bands. A network soon spread. Local towns and cities had their own punk bands and following and the whole thing grew very quickly. No one really had any money, but one things that used to happen a lot, was bands from neighbouring districts/towns/cities would get together, find venues to get gigs and all chip in to hire a PA, hire the venue/room (or take a cut of the door takings = not a great idea, lol) etc., small independent record labels/studios springing up, and bands could get singles out. It really was electric. You could do it, and we did!

I was very sorry to hear Soo had died, it hit me a little bit...

I think I'm going to do a new t-shirt design of her, and get some made up, to commemorate her and that very spirit you mention, Alec.

Sounds fun.

I loved punk rock and Soo Catwoman on the cover of a magazine drew me in but I was 10 or 11 in 1976 and that’s also when I heard Be-Bop Deluxe and was drawn into that as well. I also loved disco at age 10 or 11. My friends and I had bands when I was that age. We made quite a racket sometimes.