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What the media won't tell you is that he won't a life outside of prison. He don't get royalties; he sold his back catalogue decades ago to Sony.
He does not earn a penny from his songs. If they are played on international radio stations. It took NHL years to realise that Rock 'N' Roll was controversial even after mid 90's when he went to prison for 'dodgy laptop'. It's even in a lot of NHL video games post that.
GG, will have to report to the police station once a week or so see a professional. So he don't do anything silly again. His friends will have to be careful if they do have them round so they not mobbed by the public. If they do give a room they have to do his shopping for him.
He won't be able to earn a computer or a smartphone either but a burner phone to keep in contact with the authorities. I am not sure if his children want to see him or not that's their business.
No promoter will call him to ask him for a comeback tour even for the dire club circuit.
Glitter will still be a prisoner in the outside world. It's not like be will able to go for a stroll on his own unless he wanted commit suicide.
I did a see a greasy palmed lawyer on the TV, who is working a client who claimed to be assaulted by Glitter. Cue the influx of women who see £ signs from the media. Who had their chances in the 90's and noughties.
Have no clue if Glitter was/is guiltily of any crime other than the laptop photos, but he is guiltily of being a comple fool, and stoking his own flames by some quite stupid actions.
Backintheday wrote: Have no clue if Glitter was/is guiltily of any crime other than the laptop photos, but he is guiltily of being a comple fool, and stoking his own flames by some quite stupid actions.
This has always been my argument. He admitted he downloaded disgusting images but not the abuse. Glitter definitely needed professional help before he decided to download obscene images.
People forget about Pete Townshend and The WHO still travel the world. There was a pub joke it. Pete got away it because he plays guitar.
Bill Wyman and Led Zeppelin loved girls under age of consent but people still love their music and concerts.
Even Steve Tyler did seedy shit with a young teen the majority of people still love the theme to Armaggedon then care about his lifestyle. I still here Love In An Elevator a lot.
Rag Doll got a shit load of airplay on Planet Rock.
I don't know if Elvis diddled young girls but he had women at his feet and was a frequent guest at the Playboy Mansion. I am not fan of his music and never bothered to read much about Elvis. However his music is still selling.
I am on the fence about Michael Jackson and I always will be.
Good points about others having had their brushes with illegal behaviour.
Chris Langham was caught up in this, but obviously did not play enough guitar .
Glitter was the only one who continued to court controversy after the initial event, had he have slid off quietly to minor venue cabaret in Europe with a continuing apologetic manner all may have been different, but a world tour of various 'Pedo Paradises' was never going to be a good publicity exercise.
Green Man wrote: Backintheday wrote: Have no clue if Glitter was/is guiltily of any crime other than the laptop photos, but he is guiltily of being a comple fool, and stoking his own flames by some quite stupid actions.
This has always been my argument. He admitted he downloaded disgusting images but not the abuse. Glitter definitely needed professional help before he decided to download obscene images.
People forget about Pete Townshend and The WHO still travel the world. There was a pub joke it. Pete got away it because he plays guitar.
Bill Wyman and Led Zeppelin loved girls under age of consent but people still love their music and concerts.
Even Steve Tyler did seedy shit with a young teen the majority of people still love the theme to Armaggedon then care about his lifestyle. I still here Love In An Elevator a lot.
Rag Doll got a shit load of airplay on Planet Rock.
I don't know if Elvis diddled young girls but he had women at his feet and was a frequent guest at the Playboy Mansion. I am not fan of his music and never bothered to read much about Elvis. However his music is still selling.
I am on the fence about Michael Jackson and I always will be.
Randomly quoting the names of performers - and alluding to hearsay and alleged allegations - is totally improper. Do you believe everything you read/hear!?
Oscar Freedom wrote: Green Man wrote: Backintheday wrote: Have no clue if Glitter was/is guiltily of any crime other than the laptop photos, but he is guiltily of being a comple fool, and stoking his own flames by some quite stupid actions.
This has always been my argument. He admitted he downloaded disgusting images but not the abuse. Glitter definitely needed professional help before he decided to download obscene images.
People forget about Pete Townshend and The WHO still travel the world. There was a pub joke it. Pete got away it because he plays guitar.
Bill Wyman and Led Zeppelin loved girls under age of consent but people still love their music and concerts.
Even Steve Tyler did seedy shit with a young teen the majority of people still love the theme to Armaggedon then care about his lifestyle. I still here Love In An Elevator a lot.
Rag Doll got a shit load of airplay on Planet Rock.
I don't know if Elvis diddled young girls but he had women at his feet and was a frequent guest at the Playboy Mansion. I am not fan of his music and never bothered to read much about Elvis. However his music is still selling.
I am on the fence about Michael Jackson and I always will be.
Randomly quoting the names of performers - and alluding to hearsay and alleged allegations - is totally improper. Do you believe everything you read/hear!?
Of course not, you would know that if you read my previous posts.🙄
This construction worker needs some help, he could live in an area or a street where there could be other ex-sexual offenders but he just don't know about them. It's not like they going to wave a banner stating their crimes.
He should not bring his child to a secure hostel and try and rally up trouble. I am father myself to 2 daughters (even though they are young women now) and I would still be mortified and traumatised if any harm was done to them in any shape and form, just like any parent would. I have one daughter who has learning difficulties and can be easily mislead and she is gullible. Which does worry us.
I can't remember the exact details but didn't Arthur C. Clarke popularity decline when had holidays in Asia and admittance of liking young lads? He wasn't someone I use to take notice of, so it's all a blur to me. His TV shows reminded me of Daily Star headlines.
However this an interesting GG documentary; however there never been hard interview with GG.
His childhood was extremely unpleasant and was completely fatherless, which was in his autobiography. The few first years after being born are the crucial years for brain and emotion development.
Many kids who are abused don't always go on to be a abuser late in life; however many do.
Green Man wrote: I can't remember the exact details but didn't Arthur C. Clarke popularity decline when had holidays in Asia and admittance of liking young lads? He wasn't someone I use to take notice of, so it's all a blur to me. His TV shows reminded me of Daily Star headlines.
However this an interesting GG documentary; however there never been hard interview with GG.
His childhood was extremely unpleasant and was completely fatherless, which was in his autobiography. The few first years after being born are the crucial years for brain and emotion development.
Many kids who are abused don't always go on to be a abuser late in life; however many do.
I met Arthur c.Clarke and visited him in Sri Lanka. He was gay and lived for a few years with a lover about 5 years younger than him who sadly died.
He then lived with another young man who once saved his life, supported him and his wife and family and left them his fortune (they all bought houses in Melbourne)
Another good mutual pal edited Clarke's papers for the Smithsonian.(there are several unpublished books)
For the last 30 years of his life he was basically asexual due to ill health which he covered up (confined to a wheel chair)
Nasty rumours were told about him..he is an honoured citizen in Sri Lanka and he only ever had 2 lovers..men in their 30s.
My partner (ex-copper) had an interesting chat with people in the pub about Glitter being freed.
She caused some controversial problems for herself when she said that Glitter won't be a danger but his neighbours will. Someone said how do you know or will you let him babysit your kids?
She said he will be monitored and probably be told not stand by any windows and of course I wouldn't.
My partner went to more details. That he won't have any devices that connects to the Internet.
He will probably have staff or friends getting him food etc, he will have a basic TV for company, if he has DVDs they need to be checked before he gets a looking.
He will have a landline or a cheap pay as go phone to keep in touch with the authorities or his lawyer. Any private friends he has can't just turn up they would need to be probably be vetted.
If GG is on a curfew it would very risky unless he is in a car with tinted windows.
Sadly, no matter where he will be sent there will be woods, schools and playgrounds.
She added that Glitter is a very old man and no way could he defend himself in a fight.
My partner finally aasked the patrons how well do they know their neighbours? Or the random elderly man in the street, he could of killed a
child in the 70s by a car by accident.
She closed with we only know about him because of his celebrity stardom, if he was a regular man no one would be bothered only his victim's.
There was an awkward silence that followed by murmurs.
She did say to some former colleagues,
that anyone who threatens Gary, in the press it needs to be looked in to. However she thinks it will be encouraged by the press.
If there was a attack on GG, there be would be further more police resources used. If it was done by a parent there would be another child affected who will grow up to see a parent in prison rather than a home.
She wasn't defending Glitter in anyway, but she hates the vigilante mob mentality.
There was case, she dealt over 20 years ago where a small vigilante mob got the wrong guy. He now has further life changing injuries.
Even if GG has a property empire still, I doubt he will be safe in any of them.
Nearly all criminals will do social activities in halfway houses. I can't stand baking it's messy, time consuming but if I was in a halfway house, I would do it to cut the boredom. Otherwise the ex-inmates will probably smash one another faces. The newspapers and luvvies will moan about that also, then police sources will be more stretched.
Gary Glitter is more of a prisoner where he is rather than prison.
They aren't "bail hostels" (he has been released as a determinate sentenced prisoner at the half way point of his sentence, as is standard). He is not on bail.
They are called Approved Premises and run by the Probation Service working closely with Police under Multi Agency Public Protection (MAPPA) arrangements. He probably has to return and sign in every hour or face recall to prison.
This rag is outraged that Glitter has the possibility of learning how to cook for himself, improve his health and mood or do anything that may assist him to reintegrate into society.
However dangerous he was or wasn't to children, this will all make him less dangerous now.
The only logic the haters have is the one they don't dare voice: that if we are not going to assist Offenders to rehabilitate, the logical result is a bullet to their brains; because releasing them from prison and treating them like shit, will only increase the risk they pose.
I suspect this increasingly nasty little country will moot the death penalty in a referendum within the next 10 years.
Only for the most egregrious crimes, of course, to begin with, at least. But as the media - which loves lurid stories, and writes "objectives news" like penny dreadfuls - calls the shots there will be mission creep.
And before you know it the heroin addicted repeat burglar will be fried.
Wyot wrote: They aren't "bail hostels" (he has been released as a determinate sentenced prisoner at the half way point of his sentence, as is standard). He is not on bail.
They are called Approved Premises and run by the Probation Service working closely with Police under Multi Agency Public Protection (MAPPA) arrangements. He probably has to return and sign in every hour or face recall to prison.
This rag is outraged that Glitter has the possibility of learning how to cook for himself, improve his health and mood or do anything that may assist him to reintegrate into society.
However dangerous he was or wasn't to children, this will all make him less dangerous now.
The only logic the haters have is the one they don't dare voice: that if we are not going to assist Offenders to rehabilitate, the logical result is a bullet to their brains; because releasing them from prison and treating them like shit, will only increase the risk they pose.
I suspect this increasingly nasty little country will moot the death penalty in a referendum within the next 10 years.
Only for the most egregrious crimes, of course, to begin with, at least. But as the media - which loves lurid stories, and writes "objectives news" like penny dreadfuls - calls the shots there will be mission creep.
And before you know it the heroin addicted repeat burglar will be fried.
Glitter will be on a strict regime or even on curfew. I doubt he will leave the premises, no doubt the media will capture a snapshot of him on a deserted plain with deep fake tech as a'gotcha moment'.
He won't have Internet access or even anything that connects to the Internet.
Even his son has disowned him and banned him from his family home. I can't see Sony releasing or re-releasing his music. I think it's only in Japan they are still pressing his back catalogue on CD. At a cost.
The producer's and director of The Joker knew what they were doing when they used a brief few seconds of Rock N Roll Part 2. Controversy creates cash.
Like I said Wyot, I was a fan of his music it was very tribal. I never saw him live but people who I worked with did. I never had the opportunity, it was mainly arena tours, when he was in Dublin I was abroad. They said he knew how to put on show, of course it was all theatre. If he wore a guitar it was an unplugged prop.
Can we not all grow up a bit and realise that people have many aspects to their characters, and that you cant catch perve-lurgy from listening to Rock and Roll parts one two or fifty flipping three?
Honey wrote: Can we not all grow up a bit and realise that people have many aspects to their characters, and that you cant catch perve-lurgy from listening to Rock and Roll parts one two or fifty flipping three?
In this day and age people get offended by anything; I wouldn't be surprised if The Joker gets trigger warnings before it show on TV. "Some songs in the this might be offensive to some".
Even the new Harry Potter video games has caused some to go looney.
Honey wrote: Can we not all grow up a bit and realise that people have many aspects to their characters, and that you cant catch perve-lurgy from listening to Rock and Roll parts one two or fifty flipping three?
saw GG in a free concert in a park when he first started..absolutely blown away by the jungle beat of rock'n'roll and the two drummers he then had.
hedda wrote: Honey wrote: Can we not all grow up a bit and realise that people have many aspects to their characters, and that you cant catch perve-lurgy from listening to Rock and Roll parts one two or fifty flipping three?
saw GG in a free concert in a park when he first started..absolutely blown away by the jungle beat of rock'n'roll and the two drummers he then had.
I knew numerous people who saw him live and say the same thing. They said his 90's gigs were the best...I suppose he was sober then but still damaged.
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