" Trump is an increasingly symbolic figure — Norma Desmond with the nuclear codes and sycophantic butlers in his ears on a West Wing Sunset Boulevard soundstage."
a book about glam rock and art pop - 1970s mostly - but also tracking its echoes and reflections through the 80s, 90s and into the 21st Century - footnotes to follow here soon
Thursday, September 26, 2024
attention and submission
Because he was never properly loved, he requires attention and submission,” Mary Trump, the president’s niece and a fierce critic of his, told me. “He requires not ever being contradicted.”
"Bowie damage" and the art-glam / new wave + postpunk nexus
I didn't know the music journalist and author Mark Spitz - who has died tragically young - very well, but I always enjoyed chatting...