Text, Prose & RocknRoll

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Kris sits down with filmmakers Paul Sng & Celeste Bell to talk about their film Poly Styrene: I Am A Cliche, a documentary about Celeste's Mom, Poly Styrene.

Poly Styrene: I Am A Cliche releases in theaters this week, then will be available on demand beginning February 4!

For more on the film and to keep up to date on Celest and Paul, visit the website.

Follow the film on Social Media: @PolyStyreneFilm on Twitter & Instagram.

About the film:

Poly Styrene was the first woman of color in the UK to front a successful rock band. She introduced the world to a new sound of rebellion, using her unconventional voice to sing about identity, consumerism, postmodernism, and everything she saw unfolding in late 1970s Britain, with a rare prescience. As the frontwoman of X-Ray Spex, the Anglo-Somali punk musician was also a key inspiration for the riot grrrl and Afropunk movements. But the late punk maverick didn’t just leave behind an immense cultural footprint.

Poly was survived by a daughter, Celeste Bell. Celeste became the unwitting guardian of her mother’s legacy and her mother’s demons. Misogyny, racism, and mental illness plagued Poly’s life, while their lasting trauma scarred Celeste’s childhood and the pair’s relationship.

Featuring unseen archive material and rare diary entries narrated by Oscar-nominee Ruth Negga, this documentary follows Celeste as she examines her mother's unopened artistic archive and traverses three continents to better understand Poly the icon and Poly the mother.

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About the Podcast:

‘TEXT PROSE AND ROCK N ROLL’- is the only podcast dedicated to the written account of musicians. From artist memoirs to band bios, and anything in between. You'll hear first accounts from those who lived the lifestyle; a Book Club that rocks - literally.

It was Created, Hosted & Executive Produced by Kris Kosach.

It was Produced & Edited by Charlene Goto of Go-To Productions.

For more on the show, visit the website.

Or follow us on Instagram and Facebook @Textproserocknroll

Follow Kris on Social Media: @KrisKosach

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On this track, Kris has a candid conversation with punk legend Richard Hell, to talk about his recently published memoir, Chronicle. Which is described as "Hell muttering to himself in 88 parts, very fun—lyrical, perceptive, and also somewhat sobering."

To get a copy of the Richard's memoir, you can purchase here.

For more on Richard Hell, you can visit his official website.

More about Richard Hell:

Richard Hell is an American singer, songwriter, bass guitarist and writer.

Hell was in several important, early punk bands, including Neon Boys, Television and The Heartbreakers, after which he formed Richard Hell & the Voidoids. Their 1977 album Blank Generation influenced many other punk bands. Its title track was named "One of the 500 Songs That Shaped Rock" by music writers in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame listing and is ranked as one of the all-time Top 10 punk songs by a 2006 poll of original British punk figures, as reported in the Rough Guide to Punk.

Since the late 1980s, Hell has devoted himself primarily to writing, publishing two novels and several other books. He was the film critic for BlackBook magazine from 2004 to 2006.

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About the Podcast:

‘TEXT PROSE AND ROCK N ROLL’- is the only podcast dedicated to the written account of musicians. From artist memoirs to band bios, and anything in between. You'll hear first accounts from those who lived the lifestyle; a Book Club that rocks - literally.

It was Created, Hosted & Executive Produced by Kris Kosach.

It was Produced & Edited by Charlene Goto of Go-To Productions.

For more on the show, visit the website.

Or follow us on Instagram and Facebook @Textproserocknroll

Follow Kris on Social Media: @KrisKosach

Follow Producer Char on Social Media: @ProducerChar

On this Track, Kris welcomes GoGo’s bassist Kathy Valentine as she discusses her memoir, “All I Ever Wanted”. From latchkey child in Texas to Madison Square Garden, Kathy and the GoGos broke barriers as the first successful all-female band. Like her rock mentor, Suzi Quatro , also a recent guest on Text Prose & RocknRoll, Kathy helped to forge a path for others. But things didn’t come as easily to Kathy, who fought addiction, and inner-band drama along the way. This is the first of a two part interview.

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Special thanks to Allison Ellwood, Melissa Dragich Cordero of MadInkPR, Michelle Gutenstein Hinz of ParkLife Unlimited, and everyone at University of Texas Press And a very special thank you to our guest Kathy Valentine whose music was used exclusively during this podcast. You can hear Kathy’s entire memoir soundtrack by purchasing the audiobook version of All I Ever Wanted, or by visiting her page on Spotify

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About the Podcast:

‘TEXT PROSE AND ROCK N ROLL’- is the only podcast dedicated to the written account of musicians. From artist memoirs to band bios, and anything in between. You'll hear first accounts from those who lived the lifestyle; a Book Club that rocks - literally.

It was Created, Hosted & Executive Produced by Kris Kosach.

It was Produced & Edited by Charlene Goto of Go-To Productions.

For more on the show, visit the website.

Or follow us on Instagram and Facebook @Textproserocknroll

Follow Kris on Social Media: @KrisKosach

Follow Producer Char on Social Media: @ProducerChar

Welcome to the B-Sides!

On these special Bonus tracks, we share unreleased audio clips that weren't included in the original podcast track...

This time, we revisit our chat with Emmy-Nominated Documentary Filmmaker Alison Ellwood, as she talks to Kris about how a rock doc comes together.

Alison's Emmy-Nominated series Laurel Canyon is available now on Epix, and the recently released The Go-Go's is now on Showtime.

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We love to hear from you and yes, Text prose & RocknRoll takes requests! Please subscribe, rate, comment, then tell a friend!

Special Thanks: Alison Ellwood.

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About the Podcast:

‘TEXT PROSE AND ROCK N ROLL’- is the only podcast dedicated to the written account of musicians. From artist memoirs to band bios, and anything in between. You'll hear first accounts from those who lived the lifestyle; a Book Club that rocks - literally.

It was Created, Hosted & Executive Produced by Kris Kosach.

It was Produced & Edited by Charlene Goto of Go-To Productions.

For more on the show, visit the website: www.textproserocknroll.com

Follow us on Instagram @Textproserocknroll

Follow Kris on Social Media: @KrisKosach

Follow Producer Char on Social Media: @ProducerChar

Welcome to the B-Sides!

On these special Bonus tracks, we share unreleased audio clips that weren't included in the original podcast track...

This time, we revisit our talk with acclaimed Metal expert Martin Popoff whose new book "Anthem: Rush in the 70s" details the band’s meteoric rise and the evolution of their wildly powerful live stage shows.

LISTEN TO THE EPISODE's SOUNDTRACK HERE.

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We love to hear from you and yes, Text prose & RocknRoll takes requests! Please subscribe, rate, comment, then tell a friend!

Special Thanks: Martin Popoff.

Anthem: Rush in the 70s is available on ECW Press.

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About the Podcast:

‘TEXT PROSE AND ROCK N ROLL’- is the only podcast dedicated to the written account of musicians. From artist memoirs to band bios, and anything in between. You'll hear first accounts from those who lived the lifestyle; a Book Club that rocks - literally.

It was Created, Hosted & Executive Produced by Kris Kosach.

It was Produced & Edited by Charlene Goto of Go-To Productions.

For more on the show, visit the website: www.textproserocknroll.com

Follow us on Instagram @Textproserocknroll

Follow Kris on Social Media: @KrisKosach

Follow Producer Char on Social Media: @ProducerChar