Punk's not dead, pal!

Loop - John Maher
He's lived on Harris for 20 years, and started on drums as a teenager. He joined punk heroes the Buzzcocks, and kept scrapbooks of their heyday. His first stage gig was the famous one at the Lesser Free Trade Hall. Spiral Scratch took £500 to record. They supported Blondie on a European tour in 1978, where he picked up more drum skills. They split in 1981, but he attended a tribute gig at the Royal Albert Hall after Pete Shelley died in 2018, and was able to play. He's a photographer these days.

Vivienne Westwood talks to Kirsty Wark
A repeat from 2004, when the V&A were holding a retrospective exhibition of her work. She was born in 1941 in Glossop. She had different business motives to Malcolm McLaren. She claimed to invent the fashion that punks took up. She went further into being a designer to make sure she got credit and control. She held a collection in Paris in 1983 before splitting from Malcolm. She talked about the origin of her orb business logo. She became a divisive mocked figure, though she disliked Thatcher and Blair. She felt she was more liked in Paris than in London. She was happy and married at this time, and described her reaction to crisis of confidence: 

If in doubt, dress up.

Another legend from the heyday of UK punk has sadly died. Jamie Reid was an artist who created sleeves for the Sex Pistols, most notably, though plenty of other things. RIP 

Hansh - Grid - Is Privilege a Problem within the music scene?
A short look at a Welsh band who weren't named, but I think were Chroma. Singer Katie did most of the talking, about how they've got to where they are and how they hope to progress.

I Want My MTV: Sum 41
Veteran American pop-punkers who've recently released what they say will be their last album, after a 28 year career. There were 5 of them, and their choices included both early hit Fat Lip, and the more recent Dopamine. Their final record is a double, a summation of their career.

The Misinvestigations of Romesh Ranganathan - The Death of Nancy Spungen
Together with Dr Julia Shaw, RR went to New York to find anyone who might be alive and able to shed light on whether the prime suspect, Sid Vicious, was in fact framed. Scene figures like Steve "Roadent" Connolly and Neon Leon were helpful, but mostly Jessie Pollack had details of police reports to help things, though RR judged that they couldn't be sure, even if the reported theft of a big bag of money suggested Sid might not have the likeliest motive.

6music Stories: Malcolm McLaren
The impresario talked over his career in 2008, which is lucky, which spread further and wider than just his punk years. He was able to draw links between the credit crunch and the spirit of punk. He was amused that synthesizers seemed to show a new direction for music beyond guitar bands.

Blink 182 and the LA Punk scene
A dearth of good OSG hampered this 2000 look at Moneyshot and other bands, besides the successful Blink 182, and even with footage of the band in a rather noncommittal interview, the highspot of this production was the actress Kira Reed, who was a fan and was more than willing to give some life to this otherwise sterile account.