Kathy Valentine's News RSS https://kathyvalentine.com official information, updates, and surprises. Thu, 30 Jun 2022 23:17:16 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://kathyvalentine.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/cropped-artboard-bw0.5x-32x32.png The Official Kathy Valentine Website https://kathyvalentine.com 32 32 22175292 Margaret Valentine 7/25/1937 – 6/29/2022 https://kathyvalentine.com/2022/06/30/margaret-valentine-7-25-1937-6-29-2022/ https://kathyvalentine.com/2022/06/30/margaret-valentine-7-25-1937-6-29-2022/#comments Thu, 30 Jun 2022 19:53:33 +0000 https://kathyvalentine.com/?p=7437 My mom, Margaret Valentine, is gone. She was something else. She lived completely in the present, never thinking much about what future had in store for her—often to her detriment. She was a free spirit in the truest sense and contained layers of complexity that I will ponder forever. There was nothing simple about her […]

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]]> https://kathyvalentine.com/2022/06/30/margaret-valentine-7-25-1937-6-29-2022/feed/ 88 7437 Protected: Rock and Roll Hall of Fame : Part 3 — THE BIG DAY https://kathyvalentine.com/2021/11/07/rock-and-roll-hall-of-fame-part-3-the-big-day/ https://kathyvalentine.com/2021/11/07/rock-and-roll-hall-of-fame-part-3-the-big-day/#respond Mon, 08 Nov 2021 02:24:21 +0000 https://kathyvalentine.com/?p=7406 There is no excerpt because this is a protected post.

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]]> https://kathyvalentine.com/2021/11/07/rock-and-roll-hall-of-fame-part-3-the-big-day/feed/ 0 7406 Protected: Rock and Roll Hall of Fame https://kathyvalentine.com/2021/11/05/road-to-the-rrhof/ https://kathyvalentine.com/2021/11/05/road-to-the-rrhof/#respond Fri, 05 Nov 2021 16:12:40 +0000 https://kathyvalentine.com/?p=7361 There is no excerpt because this is a protected post.

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]]> https://kathyvalentine.com/2021/11/05/road-to-the-rrhof/feed/ 0 7361 KV RRHOF Acceptance Speech! https://kathyvalentine.com/2021/11/04/kv-rrhof-acceptance-speech/ https://kathyvalentine.com/2021/11/04/kv-rrhof-acceptance-speech/#comments Fri, 05 Nov 2021 03:18:50 +0000 https://kathyvalentine.com/?p=7334 I’m Kathy Valentine And I can speak for all of The Go-Go’s when I say we are are so happy and excited  and proud to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Being in a band is a trip. It’s kind of like a marriage—in our case, a polygamous same-sex marriage that […]

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]]> https://kathyvalentine.com/2021/11/04/kv-rrhof-acceptance-speech/feed/ 6 7334 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame : Part 1 — The Prep! https://kathyvalentine.com/2021/11/03/rock-and-roll-hall-of-fame-part-1-the-prep/ https://kathyvalentine.com/2021/11/03/rock-and-roll-hall-of-fame-part-1-the-prep/#comments Wed, 03 Nov 2021 23:54:28 +0000 https://kathyvalentine.com/?p=7311 Just 24 hours later I’m back at home and starting to write about the Rock Hall of Fame induction. The sparkle of last night is already fading somewhat, so I want to capture it all quickly. It’s jarring, but kind of nice to have all that intensity just whoooosh away. I feel like the stretched […]

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]]> https://kathyvalentine.com/2021/11/03/rock-and-roll-hall-of-fame-part-1-the-prep/feed/ 6 7311 New Single – We Don’t Get Along https://kathyvalentine.com/2021/08/21/we-dont-get-along/ Sat, 21 Aug 2021 17:05:59 +0000 https://kathyvalentine.com/?p=7291 I wrote this song when I was 19, and it was first recorded by Phil Seymour for his debut album. The Textones recorded it, and the Go-Go’s recorded it for our second album “Vacation.” Wondering how it might sound as a sort of answer back duet with a male and female, I got the idea […]

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]]> 7291 UPcoming! Halloween Cramps Tribute https://kathyvalentine.com/2020/10/26/upcoming-halloween-cramps-tribute/ https://kathyvalentine.com/2020/10/26/upcoming-halloween-cramps-tribute/#comments Mon, 26 Oct 2020 17:29:14 +0000 https://kathyvalentine.com/?p=7252 Excited to perform a song from the Cramps catalog for this event!! Benefits Bowery Electric. Click here for tickets!

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]]> https://kathyvalentine.com/2020/10/26/upcoming-halloween-cramps-tribute/feed/ 1 7252 Hair Piece https://kathyvalentine.com/2020/09/04/hair-piece/ https://kathyvalentine.com/2020/09/04/hair-piece/#comments Sat, 05 Sep 2020 03:25:41 +0000 https://kathyvalentine.com/?p=7154 “I want it long, straight, curly, fuzzy, snaggy, shaggy, ratty, matty, oily, greasy, fleecy, shining, gleaming, streaming, flaxen, waxen, knotted, polka-dotted, twisted, beaded, braided, powdered, flowered, and confettied, bangled, tangled, spangled, and spaghettied!”   During the beginning of the pandemic, I kept seeing stories and posts about celebs doing their own hair-stylings and pink dye […]

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]]> https://kathyvalentine.com/2020/09/04/hair-piece/feed/ 17 7154 A Change of Worlds https://kathyvalentine.com/2020/08/20/a-change-of-worlds/ https://kathyvalentine.com/2020/08/20/a-change-of-worlds/#comments Thu, 20 Aug 2020 16:04:49 +0000 https://kathyvalentine.com/?p=7201 Today would have been my dad’s 86th birthday. I’m thinking about the best conversation I ever had with him. It took place the evening before he died. My parents divorced when I was 4. All I knew about it was that my daddy never seemed to come home anymore. I’d wait on the porch step, […]

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]]> https://kathyvalentine.com/2020/08/20/a-change-of-worlds/feed/ 29 7201 HEY! I’ve got news about TWO FILM releases that I’m in! https://kathyvalentine.com/2020/07/24/hey-ive-got-news-about-two-film-releases-that-im-in/ Fri, 24 Jul 2020 18:12:53 +0000 https://kathyvalentine.com/?p=7141 Find out more…

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