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Haynes mines glitter of glam rock's endless party
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It was a time of flamboyance and hedonism, of bisexual chic and open
drug use. It was a scene caught in a hazy zone between innocence and
decadence. It was when a segment of rock 'n' rollers was moving away
from scruffy "reality" (T-shirts, jeans, a blues basis) and toward
something a little sexier and sleazier, something more evocative and
provocative. It was a sound tinged with cabaret and show-music
aesthetics, imbued with wit and irony. The players were all dressed
up for the endless party.<...
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Todd Haynes tries to film glam rock's endless party
The Boston Globe
; It was a time of flamboyance and hedonism, of bisexual chic and open drug use. It was a scene caught in a hazy zone between innocence and decadence. It was when a segment of rock 'n' rollers was moving away from scruffy "reality" (T-shirts, jeans, long hair, a blues basis) and toward something a
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Lasting shine of glam rock
The Malay Mail
; THE `70s perpetuated the myth that all that glitters could very well be rock. It was 1972, and glam rock, also known as glitter rock, was about to shoot off to the stars and beyond. After the `60s punk/pop era, where the likes of The Rolling Stones, The Who, The Beatles, The Kinks made their mark
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Stardust memories.(Performing Glam Rock: Gender and Theatricality in Popular Music)(Book review)
The Gay & Lesbian Review Worldwide
; Performing Glam Rock: Gender and Theatricality in Popular Music by Philip Auslander University of Michigan Press 259 pages, $24.95 THE NARRATIVE VOICEOVER for Velvet Goldmine (1998), Todd Haynes' film exploration of the 1970's glam rock phenomenon, opens with the accurate words, Histories, like
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 "Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland)")
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McGregor glitters but it's not all gold; The glam rock era has lost its lustre under the gaze of Velvet Goldmine.(Features)
Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland)
; David Bowie decided to have nothing to do with Velvet Goldmine because he has plans for his own glam rock movie. Which just goes to prove that, despite some of the dud movies in which he has appeared, The Thin White Duke isn't a bad judge. Even though Velvet Goldmine does feature some glittering
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 "The Racing Post (London, England)")
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France: Glam Rock's limitations exposed in Listed race.(Sports)
The Racing Post (London, England)
; Byline: Desmond Stoneham THE John Gosden-trained Glam Rock finished fifth in the Listed Prix des Tourelles over a mile and a half after attempting to make all. Olivier Doleuze rode Glam Rock and the writing was on the wall a furlong and a half out when several of the other runners made their
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