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STILL THRIVES THIS LOVE — The late Robert Sandall on the second coming of gay icon k.d. lang (Sunday Times, 2008). Plus Phil Sutcliffe finds out who's truly glad to be gay in pop (Q, 1999) and Carol Cooper explores "crypto-heterosexuality" in NYC's black music underground (Vibe, 1993)…
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DO RIGHT MAN — Mick Houghton asks Emmylou Harris about Gram Parsons and more (Let It Rock, 1975). Plus Mick the PR muses on former clients Felt (MOJO, 2003) and (in an excerpt from his new memoir) Julian Cope's Teardrop Explodes…
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