In Memoriam: pioneering scene-maker of early UK punk, a muse to Vivienne Westwood and Malcolm McLaren as well as filmmaker Derek Jarman, and the original one-woman Sex Pistol Jordan (née Pamela Rooke, 23 June 1955 - 3 April 2022) died on this day two years ago. If the 1970s London punk subculture had an “It girl”, it was Jordan. Her confrontational sense of style and intimidating demeanour made Jordan a natural employee selling kinky latex bondage wear at Westwood and McLaren’s outré SEX boutique on London’s King Road in 1975. As Jon Savage recalls in his definitive 1991 punk history England’s Dreaming, it was a perfect fit. “(Jordan) was a living advertisement for the new shop, having turned her own body into an art object.” I treasure my sole fleeting encounter with her in 2012 at the book launch party for Punk’s Dead by Simon Barker. Jordan was holding court, surrounded by admirers, in front of one of Barker’s portraits of her. I approached and she graciously autographed a postcard for me. To do it, Jordan turned me around and wrote it against my back, gripping my shoulder with her free hand – which melted my punk heart! Jordan was truly a woman and a half. Fun fact: a besotted John Waters admitted he used to keep a photo of Jordan pinned to the bulletin board above his writing desk for inspiration.
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Jordan AKA Pamela Rooke (1955-2022)
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"XTC - Making Plans For Nigel" en YouTube
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do you think the other people on the tube were confused why someone would want to take a picture of that raggedy old man with the knuckle tats?
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Two punks on Charing Cross, London, in July 1979, photographed by Lesly Hamilton
Via @PunKandStuff
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BOY shop 153 King's Road London SW3
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ON THIS DAY 48 YEARS AGO -- "PARTY WITH THE SEX PISTOLS."
PIC INFO: Resolution at 2164x3200 -- Spotlight on a SEX PISTOLS handbill, printed in black and white with "ransom note" style lettering, and two illustrations of the band, performing live at Nashville Rooms, 171 North End Road, London, UK, on April 29th 1976. Graphic design by Nils Stevenson & Wallington Lloyd.
PPIC #2: SEX PISTOLS performing on the 29th of April 1976, live at Nashville Rooms (the band's fourth and last appearance at said venue), 171 North End Road, London, UK. 📸: © Ray Stevenson.
Sources: www.philjens.plus.com/pistols/pistols/Flyer_NashvilleRoomsApril76.html & Facebook.
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Vivienne Westwood
by David M. Benett/ Getty Images
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Viva le Rock review - https://vivelerock.net/blogs/news-1/damage-by-daylight
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