March 16th, 2009 - 7:46 am

Life-Changing Art: Spider Stacy (The Pogues)

What piece of art changed your life? How did it affect you?

Hearing The Ramones' "Blitzkrieg Bop" during a school dance, at a local girls' school in '76. Somebody played it over the sound system, if you could call it that; it was probably some cheap record player. I immediately said, What the f*** is this? My friend, who was a bit more clued in, told me it was The Ramones. And that was that.

Spider Stacy and The Pogues play the 9:30 Club in Washington, D.C. March 16-18.