Bowie's psychedelic summer of 69 - in a London suburb
The suburb of Beckenham in London was 鈥渁bsolutely fizzing with excitement and activity鈥� in the summer of 1969, when David Bowie started a creative arts scene, said Mary Finnigan.
The suburb of Beckenham in South East London was 鈥渁bsolutely fizzing with excitement and activity鈥� in the summer of 1969, when David Bowie started a creative arts scene, said author Mary Finnigan.
The contribution of that scene to rock history, which became known as the Beckenham Arts Lab, has been "shamefully ignored", according to Mary Finnigan, who has written a book titled Psychedelic Suburbia: David Bowie and The Beckenham Arts Lab.
蜜芽传媒 Entertainment Correspondent Colin Paterson spoke to her bout her relationship with David Bowie that summer, during which time he was 鈥渂i-sexually multi-timing her鈥�.
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