Marc Bolan Killed In Crash

Author : Ira A. Robbins
Publisher : Trouser Press Books
ISBN 13 : 0984253939
Total Pages : 465 pages
Book Rating : 4.37/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Marc Bolan Killed in Crash written by Ira A. Robbins and published by Trouser Press Books. This book was released on 2020-03-27 with total page 465 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Laila Russell is an ordinary 15-year-old schoolgirl living in East Acton, London with her father, who is morose over his wife’s accidental death. It’s the spring of 1972. As the story begins, Laila spots a lost pocketbook on the London Underground and returns it to Amanda Charles, a stylish young woman who works for a rock star. With glam becoming big in the UK, Chaz Bonapart -- more of a ‘60s bluesy strutter – is going out of style. His manager, Frank Guy, comes up with a plan to get him back in the game by feeding him song ideas that teens would respond to, and he enlists Laila to be his secret weapon.

Author : Ira Robbins
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780984253951
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.55/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Marc Bolan Killed in Crash written by Ira Robbins and published by . This book was released on 2020-04-28 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ira Robbins brings a lifelong immersion in pop music's wish fulfillment to this detailed and note-perfect recreation of a glitter-tinged moment of generational transformation in pre-punk 1970s England. He plays his characters like members of a band, each with their own verse and chorus, I found myself waiting for the soundtrack to come, singing along. -- Lenny Kaye, Patti Smith Group guitarist, journalist, author, producerWith the U.K. glam-rock craze of the '70s as his gorgeous, glorious backdrop, Ira Robbins deftly explores the intersection where pop culture, society, and individualism meet. He's written a smart, lively, finely wrought novel that's packed with prose so glittery it positively sparkles. --Doug Brod, former Editor in Chief of SPIN

Author : Neil Cossar
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781783055104
Total Pages : 400 pages
Book Rating : 4.03/5 ( download)

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Download or read book This Day in Music written by Neil Cossar and published by . This book was released on 2014-08 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Births, deaths and marriages, No1 singles, drug busts and arrests, famous gigs and awards... all these and much more appear in this fascinating 50 year almanac.Using a page for every day of the calendar year, the author records a variety of rock and pop events that took place on a given day of the month across the years.This Day in Music is fully illustrated with hundreds of pictures, cuttings and album covers, making this the must-have book for any pop music fan.

Author : Lesley-Ann Jones
Publisher : Hodder Paperbacks
ISBN 13 : 9781444758795
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.99/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Ride a White Swan written by Lesley-Ann Jones and published by Hodder Paperbacks. This book was released on 2013 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From mod folk artist to flower power pixie elfin to the king of glam rockers, Marc Bolan was the ultimate chameleon. His far-reaching musical and stylistic influence is more relevant today than ever with hits such as 'Ride A White Swan', 'Children Of The Revolution', 'Get It On' and 'Hot Love' as fresh and exhilarating as when first released. At the peak of his popularity during his lifetime Bolan was outselling Jimi Hendrix and The Who, and yet relatively little is really known about the hypnotic, enigmatic 20th century boy turned 21st century icon. At last, in the 35th anniversary year of his tragic death, Marc Bolan represents the definite biography. Here rock biographer, Lesley-Ann Jones, paints a meticulous portrait of the T-Rex front man. From his childhood growing up in Hackney to his untimely death at the age of 29, Bolan's life was one of relentless experimentation and metamorphoses. Hallucinogenic drugs, wizardry and levitation, alcoholism, tax evasion and a spectacular fall from grace were to punctuate his short life, as he continued to strive to reinvent himself and his music over and over again. Lesley-Ann has been granted access to those who knew Bolan best, including his partner and the mother of his only son, Gloria Jones and his brother, Harry Feld.

Author : Stephen Bayley
Publisher : Circa
ISBN 13 : 9781911422228
Total Pages : 232 pages
Book Rating : 4.27/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Death Drive written by Stephen Bayley and published by Circa. This book was released on 2018-09 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cars have a talismanic quality. No other manufactured object has the same disturbing allure. More emotions are involved in cars than any other product: vanity, cupidity, greed, social competitiveness, cultural modelling. But when all this perverse promise ends in catastrophe, these same talismanic qualities acquire an extra dimension. The car crash is a defining phenomenon of popular culture. Death Drive is both an appreciative essay about the historic place of the automobile in the modern imagination and an exploration of the circumstances surrounding multiple celebrity denouements, including Isadora Duncan, Jane Mansfield, James Dean, Jackson Pollack, Princess Grace, and Helmut Newton, among many others. En route the narrative traces one very big arc - the role of the car in extending or creating the personality of a celebrity - and concludes by confronting the imminent death of the car itself. AUTHOR: Stephen Bayley recounts delightfully grotesque tales about celebrities done in by trees, by lampposts, or by nonentities in ancient Chevys. A design masterpiece, this book combines exquisite prose with stylish presentation - the cars are described more lovingly than the people who perished in them. Like a Bugatti, Death Drive recalls a time when books and cars were beautiful. SELLING POINTS: * Albert Camus once remarked that there's "nothing more absurd than to die in a car accident". That was before his car hit a tree at 80mph. Death Drive - a compendium of stories about famous people killed stupidly in cars - oozes absurdity * A Times Book of the Year, 2016 * Big names like James Dean, Jackson Pollack, and Princess Grace are among the victims 72 colour photographs

Author : Tiffany Murray
Publisher : Granta Books
ISBN 13 : 1846273560
Total Pages : 400 pages
Book Rating : 4.68/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Diamond Star Halo written by Tiffany Murray and published by Granta Books. This book was released on 2011-04-07 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Growing up in a rural recording studio, Halo Llewellyn is rarely star-struck, but when one of the visiting singers gives birth to Fred, she knows right away that he's special. As the golden child grows into the gilded man, she remains dazzled by his ambition and his talent. Up on stage, being screamed at by hundreds of teenage girls, Fred will always turn his spotlight on Halo in the crowd. But that's the problem with falling in love with your charismatic almost-brother - it can never be a secret. In the end, the whole world has to know.

Author : John Sadden
Publisher : The History Press
ISBN 13 : 0752485873
Total Pages : 414 pages
Book Rating : 4.74/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Portsmouth Book of Days written by John Sadden and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2012-02-29 with total page 414 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Taking you through the year day by day, The Portsmouth Book of Days contains a quirky, eccentric, amusing or important event or fact from different periods of history, many of which had a major impact on, or reflect, the social and political history of England as a whole. Ideal for dipping into, this addictive little book will keep you entertained and informed. Featuring hundreds of snippets of information gleaned from the vaults of Portsmouth's archives, it will delight residents and visitors alike.

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Publisher : Virgin Books Limited
ISBN 13 : 9781852276836
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.35/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Marc Bolan written by and published by Virgin Books Limited. This book was released on 1997 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1977 Marc Bolan, the idol of millions, was killed in a car crash at the age of 30. Part of the Modern Icons series, this book looks at his life as the front man of T-Rex and the popularity the band enjoyed, having four consecutive number one hit singles in 1974.

Author : Ted Dicks
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780711929951
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.55/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Marc Bolan written by Ted Dicks and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of songs, photographs, lyrics, interviews, memorabilia, letters, notes and snapshots of the late lead singer of T/Rex, Marc Bolan. After a string of hits including Get It On, 20th Century Boy and Metal Guru, Marc Bolan was killed in a car accident in 1977.

Author : Salman Rushdie
Publisher : Vintage Canada
ISBN 13 : 0307367797
Total Pages : 594 pages
Book Rating : 4.92/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Ground Beneath Her Feet written by Salman Rushdie and published by Vintage Canada. This book was released on 2011-11-02 with total page 594 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The first great rock ’n’ roll novel in the English language." --The Times On Valentine’s Day, 1989, Vina Apsara, a famous and much-loved singer, disappears in a devastating earthquake. Her lover, the singer Ormus Cama, cannot accept that he has lost her, and so begins his eternal quest to find her and bring her back. His journey takes him across the globe and through cities pulsating with the power of rock ’n’ roll, to Bombay, London and New York. But around the star-crossed lover and his quest, the uncertain world itself is beginning to tremble and break. Cracks and tears are appearing in the very fabric of reality, and exposing the abyss beyond. And Ormus has to confront just how far he is willing to go for love. In this epic romance that stretches across whole lives, and even beyond death, Salman Rushdie's most accessible novel is also a vivid account of the intimate, flawed encounter between East and West, a remaking of the myth of Orpheus, and an exploration of the extremities of comedy, culture and desire. The Ground Beneath Her Feet is a gripping story that encapsulates the history, dreams and passions of the last half century as no other novel has done.