All that Glitters...

OK, OK, I know it's supposed to be 'All that Glisters...' but that wouldn't work with this post, as the infamous 'DISGRACED FORMER GLAM ROCK STAR WEIRDO PERVY KIDDIE CHASING NUTJOB' was called 'Glitter'. He's now called 'Gadd'. And he's on his way back to Blighty.

Well, to be more accurate, he's on his way somewhere. Apparently, he's been released this morning from the Vietnamese jail that's been his home for the last 3 years and they have deported him. However, as there are no direct flights to the UK, he can change flights for whichever country will allow him a Visa. And let's face it, there can't be many.

It appears that this latest chapter in his downfall was a scam that he should have been aware of; a family so desperate for cash that they set him up. Not that this is any kind of excuse of course. Mind you, he didn't exactly demonstrate his astuteness the first time around when he dropped his laptop - which had a number of rather abhorrent images on its hard drive - into PC World in Bristol for repair. At least his stupidity got him off the streets.

So the self-styled 'Leader of the Gang' (and no thanks Gary, we don't want to be in it), is now free again. But for how long? OK, he's concerned about his health and has worries about where he will live (he hasn't, hitherto, mentioned any sort of concern about his moral standards), but is he as innocent as he makes out? Time will tell.

There is, however, something just as offensive and potentially damaging to the fabric of society than his reported interest in the younger members of it. The world should be reminded that he has made a number of comebacks before. Who knows what he is planning? Especially with another Seventies comeback underway right now.

No - it's not Jimmy Savile directing traffic in Leeds. Making a comeback in the U.S. are the banana related strange animal things that go by the names of Fleegle, Bingo, Drooper and Snorky.

Looking into the future as I can, I see a new 'Glam Rock' band with a new frontman on the horizon...