...  Reed Owned the '70s Following this unjust flop, Reed teamed famously with Glam's Golden Gloms (I say this respectfully), David Bowie and Mick Ronson, to produce the comparably slick, gay-inflected Transformer (1972). … and lyrics, from domestic trauma: “They're taking … Read more on PopMatters ISSUE 83: Dear Charlie But he was long dead by then and, unlike Tara, I was in thrall to a forgotten singer, left to chase a ghost: Charlie Rich, the tragic soul man whose legacy was largely forgotten after his brief period of fame. He was a major American artist whose life … Read more on Oxford American Read ...