The secreted thesis
more secretions
successor to Shock and Awe whose feed no longer seems to be working properly - original blog + archive remains here: http://shockandawesimonreynolds.blogspot.com/ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ the blog of the Simon Reynolds book about glam and artpop of the 1970s and its aftershocks and reflections to this day
" they were like an explosion of otherworldly glamour"
That is a great observation. But for many people, wasn’t looking “bad” - challenging, confrontational, provocative - part of the point? It’s where Glam aligns most closely with Punk.
ReplyDeleteI rather think he was trying to look exquisite here!
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