Great article; now I have to finally check out the Ziggy Stardust album. By the time I paid any attention to Bowie he was already into his early ’80s incarnation, which never spoke to me.

I’m a little younger than you, but I also remember the “long-hair' (used as an insult) issue growing up in Texas. I also remember that the guys with long hair got all the girls. Some things never change.