There is a reference to Shirley from Garbage. I am a fan. Shirley was interviewed about staying power and keeping music fresh and she said she had to learn that she was actually an artist. She and the band slogged it out for so long that they thought of themselves as just people struggling in the music scene. It's clear she was helped by Deborah Harry. That view of yourself as artist allowed her to be an artist and part of the art being made. To appreciate others art. To contribute. Deborah Harry is doing an album at 76. My mom is 76 and shes doing publix and tv. The author is right. Blondie's an icon. She's so effortlessly cool that her strength and resilience shine through.


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"One of the reasons why propaganda tries to get you to hate government is because it's the one existing institution in which people can participate to some extent and constrain tyrannical unaccountable power." Noam Chomsky.