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135. You're both right about the wretchedness of that Sutch record. On a side note, Bowie did portray...

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Fri Dec 14, 2012, 05:04 PM

Dec 2012

"Screaming Lord Byron" in Julien Temple's short film "Jazzin' for Blue Jean" back in the 80s.

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