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The State of Maryland vs. a young woman with schizophrenia
A pair of city police officers pulled their patrol vehicle behind a red Mazda stopped around 4 p.m. on a dreary day last winter in the middle of the road in an industrial stretch of South Baltimore. The car was running, hazard lights flashing. The windshield wipers squeaked across the glass. Inside, the officers found the car keys and a wallet. But the driver was nowhere to be found. “It don’t ...
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8 obscure but brilliant 1970s glam rock songs
Def Leppard singer and ’70s glam connoisseur Joe Elliott on 10 glitter rock masterpieces
- EntertainmentRolling Stone
How ‘Velvet Goldmine’ Captured the Glam-Rock Era Like No Other
Oscar-winning costume designer Sandy Powell talks how Bowie and Bolan inspired her to design the fabulous frocks in Todd Haynes’ 1998 cult classic
- EntertainmentLouder Sound
10 massively successful British bands who failed to crack America
Not every band can be as huge as The Beatles or Led Zeppelin in America – just ask Slade, The Small Faces and Status Quo
- EntertainmentLouder Sound
“His work with Gentle Giant surely seals his prog reputation”: Produced By Tony Visconti box set
73 personally curated tracks covers a huge range of genres from Ralph McTell to Thin Lizzy
- EntertainmentThe Guardian
Tony Visconti: ‘I’ve been a better record producer than I’ve been a husband’
The super-producer, who worked with David Bowie and Marc Bolan among others, reflects on a career filled with highs and lows
- EntertainmentThe Telegraph
Timothy Spall interview: ‘People seem to relish the prospect of having an enemy’
Timothy Spall came to prominence in the comedy drama series Auf Wiedersehen, Pet. He has appeared in some of the most acclaimed British films of the past two decades, including The Damned United, The King’s Speech, Spencer, five of the Harry Potter films and, most prominently as Mr Turner in a biopic about the life of JMW Turner. His latest role as Jimmy in Bolan’s Shoes sees him playing a lifelong T Rex fan, which Spall is himself. He lives in south-east London with his wife, Shane Spall, and h
- CelebrityThe Telegraph
Adrian Street, ‘the sadist in sequins’ who brought camp glamour to the wrestling ring – obituary
Adrian Street, who has died aged 81, was a wrestler who relentlessly extended the boundaries of masculinity; the self-styled “sadist in sequins”, with his bruiser’s face and brawler’s body, wore enough make-up and lurex to sink a glam-rock band – indeed, Marc Bolan cited him as an inspiration – but fighting as a “heel”, or bad guy, he won countless titles, courting adoration and hatred with equal alacrity.
- EntertainmentLouder Sound
Marc Bolan loses the plot on T.Rex's Whatever Happened To The Teenage Dream?
After a stellar 1972, Marc Bolan had a less successful 1973. Whatever Happened To The Teenage Dream? documents the decline
- EntertainmentThe Wrap
‘Angelheaded Hipster’ Film Review: Marc Bolan’s Legend Dominates Tribute-Album Documentary
Tribeca Film Festival 2022: This film on the making of a T. Rex tribute features the likes of Bono and Joan Jett, but you're left wanting more Bolan
