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November 22, 2005

Gary Glitter Covers "Better Off Dead" In Real Life

my dad never believed me when I said there was a glam rocker riding a rainbow in my closet.Accused of paying a 12-year-old 150,000 dong ($8) for sex, Gary Glitter has been arrested in Viet Nam, after attempting to flee to Bangkok with, as the article puts it, "a 14-year-old girl who described him as her husband." Ok, that last part is only alleged by local media, but I feel like there's probably a special line at customs for people fleeing with child brides. Penalties in Viet Nam are usually capped at 12 years in prison for statutory rape, but when the victim is as young as 12, the maximum is death by firing squad.

You have to be a pretty determined pedophile to prove that being banned from Cambodia for giving it a bad name is not, in fact, hitting bottom.

Posted at 12:12 PM




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he's a cunt he fucking sued my band because he said hello sound like one of his shite songs. fook that pedo him and phil collins man evil cunts.

Posted by: Noel Gallagher at 11/22/05 1:11 PM | Reply
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Gary Glittler is actually listed in the credits of "Hello."

Posted by: Justin at 11/22/05 1:23 PM | Reply
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SICK SICK SICK.

Posted by: kylie at 11/22/05 1:51 PM | Reply
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I read that he was living in Vietnam as well, probably for the high volume of kiddie ass at his disposal. That and I have to listen to his retarded song every time I go to a basketball game. Die fucker.

Posted by: Milhouse at 11/22/05 2:04 PM | Reply
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you said dong.

Posted by: Spencer at 11/22/05 2:05 PM | Reply
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Dr. Dong.

Posted by: adam at 11/22/05 2:32 PM | Reply
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I too giggled upon reading that their currency is the the "dong."

Posted by: nofrontin at 11/22/05 2:48 PM | Reply
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"Up to our necks in crisps and litter
in the van we dubbed the Gary Glitter"

...wondering if Of Montreal meant that the van looked like a child molester's van, or if it was just really shitty.

Posted by: tk. at 11/22/05 2:50 PM | Reply
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Gary, make sure you get a friend to fix your hard drive next time.

...actually don't. Your music is rubbish and you deserve to be in jail, even if you didn't do it.

Posted by: fido at 11/22/05 2:57 PM | Reply
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If you go to a little place called Kingston, Ontario and spend enough time hauling your ass to and from the train station which, because its canada (the home of pointless distances) is barely even in the city you can eventually get yourself a can being driven by Gary Glitter's cousin, who will tell all about his cousin and the 'difficulties' he's having in the far east. As far as i remember he didn't mention paying the price of sandwich to roger some vietnamese pre-teen... i guess i didn't tip well enough.

Posted by: tinyjudas at 11/22/05 3:22 PM | Reply
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Makes you wanna yell "Dude, what's wrong with a fully grown woman??"

Posted by: Blu at 11/22/05 3:36 PM | Reply
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"Dong rules everything around me/c.r.e.a.m. get the money/dollar-dollar bills, y'all..."

Posted by: bag at 11/22/05 3:59 PM | Reply
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By the way, I've refrained from any piling on re: Jim but this is really a subpar post, the kind of thing I don't come to Stereogum for. I.e., a link to a wire story that 95 percent of people reading this blog probably already saw elsewhere.

Posted by: Justin at 11/22/05 4:47 PM | Reply
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"a link to a wire story that 95 percent of people reading this blog probably already saw elsewhere."

surely you overestimate the % of indignant college kids who pay attention to wire clippings.

Posted by: justina aguilera at 11/22/05 5:08 PM | Reply
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I'm on vacation, so I didn't realize it was everywhere.

Posted by: jim at 11/22/05 5:10 PM | Reply
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dang,

what would michael jackson do?

Posted by: maya lucia at 11/22/05 5:16 PM | Reply
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Is it Viet Nam or Vietnam? I thought it was one word. Either way, the perv is screwed.

Posted by: barb at 11/22/05 7:51 PM | Reply
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I saw a Gary Glitter van speeding down the interstate with a weird mirror on the back of it. Since that name is taken, we dubbed it the Gacy. Yeah, really unfunny. But it's hard to name a van after a convicted child molester and laugh about it. Suspected child molesters is a less touchy subject, so we renamed it Kowalski after my old Chemistry teacher.

Posted by: fido at 11/22/05 10:57 PM | Reply
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justin, maybe stereogum should consult w/ you before they post anything.

Posted by: matt at 11/23/05 8:23 AM | Reply
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david ludwig killed two people to run off with a 14 year old girl. i guess he didn't realize what the bluebook is on that.

Posted by: vinnie at 11/23/05 2:14 PM | Reply
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A mistake often sen on the Maury Povich show: Did you mean "indigent" as opposed to "indignant?" Dictionary.com is a useful tool.

Posted by: Professor Pederast at 11/23/05 2:27 PM | Reply
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Happy Thanksgiving! I'm thankful I get lots of great morsels here at Stereogum that I don't have the effing time to look up, RSS's or not.

Thanks Jim, Stereogum and everyone else for blogging everything you do.

xoxoxoxoxo

PS. I'm not arse kissing here, just saying thanks!

Posted by: melina at 11/24/05 1:39 AM | Reply
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'Mommy, do they celebrate Christmas in Vietnam?'

'No, Dear, but they may hang some glitter this year!'

Posted by: H at 11/26/05 2:02 PM | Reply
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dude if yooure band is oasis yall fucking suck anyways

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