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THE HISTORY OF THE TREE/MARC'S ROCK SHRINE SECTION
I can't believe it. I haven't updated the Main Page since Marc's 30th Anniversary in 2007. I decided to 'catch up' starting in 2009 so that 2008 hasn't been done yet. Below are some of the New Pages added so far, but do check through the entire Lists as there may well be ones you haven't looked at yet :-)

1) MARC'S ROCK SHRINE IN OCTOBER 2009: THE PHOTOS
You'll find the Photo Gallery Here. Kev can be seen doing a repair to one of the steps. He does such 'running maintenance' on a regular basis, but as we never mention it and Kev doesn't like being photographed it seems many people think the site stays 'as is' on its own which is not at all true. In the Spring we have scheduled some major works at the site. This is to replace several of the steps with new railway sleepers as by then the steps will be over ten years old. As you can imagine this will be hard labour intensive work and I hope every Bolan Fan who visits the site realises that although I as a Bolan Fan founded TAG without the work by Kev and our friend Mark Rowe (neither of whom are Bolan Fans and do the work for me!), the site would quickly return to the 'shit-hole' it was described as in 1995. You can read more about the forthcoming work Here.

2) MARC'S ROCK SHRINE IN OCTOBER 2009: THE VIDEOS
As you probably saw on the front page we visited the site last month. You can view Videos Here. All three videos have the option to expand to 'Full Screen' and should stream as long as you don't have a very slow connection.

3) MARC'S 32nd ANNIVERSARY - SEPTEMBER 2009
A Terrific PHOTO GALLERY sent in by John Hunt & Colm. The Final Photo was taken by Colm showing a Mini Dealer in Lower Richond Road. Colm wondered if this was where Gloria bought their Mini. Good question to which I don't have an answer.

TOYAH - BBC ONE SHOW
Well its not everyday you see your own Marc Bolan Scrap Book on TV. But in this case it happened. I loaned the One Show a number of items from my collection which were collected and returned by secure courier.

NEW MARC PHOTO GALLERY
This is a Gallery accessible via the Free and Members Site. Many of the photos are already within galleries in the Members Section. Often in larger or better quality versions. Visit the Gallery Here. This Gallery has been added to the MARC BOLAN INFORMATION SECTION

COMING SOON! SCOTTISH REXMAS MARC BOLAN PARTY

This features Shades as DJ so its going to be a good night. As well as DJ Shades there will be live Music by the Number One Scottish Tribute Band HOT LOVE fronted by Midge!


Want More Information?
Download the PDF
Or Email Midge at:- midgepeebles@yahoo.co.uk

PS Don't you just love the image they created of Marc in a Kilt?
McMarc ...
Or is that McBolan? :-)

OK THAT'S IT FOR NOW
Time has beaten me again. Creating the Photo Galleries and Web Pages while Kev Created the Videos always takes more time that I allow for it! So stay Tuned for the next update by which time we'll have visited the Tree again and hopefully the Photo Gallery will be finished and can be included along with some News Items.
Laser Love
Kev (TAG Chairman) and Fee (TAG Secretary & Founder)

QUICK NOTIFICATION
The rest of the updates which includes Photo Galleries and Videos of Marc's Rock Shrine from various times through 2008 and 2009, plus Members Only Updates aren't quite finished, but as this needs to go out today the rest of the update is 'on hold' (but not for long).

STOP PRESS: TAG EXCLUSIVE - WATCH THE ONE SHOW TOMORROW FRIDAY 13th NOVEMBER
BBC 1 - 7:00PM
We've been 'tipped off' that footage filmed for The One Show at Toyah's home when she and her school chum can be seen flicking through a couple of scrapbooks of Marc Clippings, & other memorabilia as part of a feature on 'MY FIRST SINGLE'. TOYAH TALKS ABOUT THE FIRST SINGLE SHE BOUGHT WHICH WAS RIDE A WHITE SWAN!
The memorabilia seen in this footage is just a little of my Collection which The One Show borrowed. UK residents can catch it for 7 days after tomorrow via the BBC iplayer. The One Show Web Site.
In the unlikely event that Toyah does not feature for technical or other reasons, we'll let you know as soon as we hear when it will be screened.

UPDATES HERE AGAIN!
Yes, some more updates. We hope you enjoy them :-)

HAPPY 'DEATH DAY' STEVE TOOK
Yes today is the Twenty Ninth Anniversary of Steve Took's unfortunate 'appointment' with that Cocktail Cherry.
Nice to read this Tony Visconti Appraisal of Steve Took's Role in Tyrannosaurus Rex which he left on Steve Took's My Space:-
"TONY VISCONTI: Everyone has a different view of history. I missed Steve dearly when he was ousted from Tyrannosaurus Rex. Steve used to stay at my flat in Earls Court. The picture you are using was taken by me during a walk through Holland Park. I considered him to be an equal partner to Marc and I find myself still listening to that period more than the T. Rex period. Steve was incredibly talented."
For more information also visit Steve Took's Domain Personally as Web Mistress of both sites I'm chuffed to bits with Tony's Comments! :-) The image on the left? Inspired by comments made about Tookie by some of his friends and on his song "Peppermint Flickstick".

EXCLUSIVE PHOTOS FROM THE FUND RAISING EVENT FOR THE MARC BOLAN SCHOOL OF MUSIC
This is a report of the New York City Event we mentioned a while back. comes with a report by Mike and we'd like to say a huge "TANX" to him for the photos and report on the event, which you can go to Here.
As far as we are concerned, this report is the first time we've seen the architect-drawn plans of the Marc Bolan School of Music.
This Photo Gallery & Report has been added to the Marc Bolan Information Section.

YES BRITAIN IS STILL IN RECESSION
(Even of Germany & France haven't been for Six Months!!!) So, we have reduced the price of all our T-Shirts so there has never been a better time to 'stock up'.
All Ladies Skinny-Fit T-Shirts (with Lycra) are reduced from £10.00 to £8.00
Men's/Unisex Red T-Shirt are reduced from £10.00 to £8.00
Men's/Unisex White T-Shirt are reduced from £8.00 to £7.00
So Check Them Out Here
We will remove sizes as they sell out as we have done with the Ladies White T-Shirt for Size 14.

MARC MOUSEMATS & NEW 6 MINI-POSTER SET
We had a limited number of mousemats made so grab one while they are here :-) More Info Here - They are £4.50 each, but see the Special News Announcement below!
The mini-poster set includes Six Double Sided Posters, plus an Extra Free Double Sides Poster of Marc's Shrine. Each Poster is Full Colour on one side and B&W on the other - More Info Here. The Mini-Poster Sets are just £4.00 each set.

MARC'S HOME IN HEREFORDSHIRE
I was contacted by someone doping research into Marc's former home in Weston-Under-Penyard which (for those who don't know) a Grade II Listed Building dating back to 1690! If you want to view by Photo of the house taken while Marc owned it Click Here which is a larger version of the photo on this page. As you can see this is another page I haven't had time to work on (so many pages - so little time!)

OK THAT'S ALL THE UPDATES FOR NOW
As this is an earlier update than I was planning on doing I haven't been able to sort out the entire History of The Tree Section yet as it is time consuming (and jolly boring too!) It will be done ASAP
Laser Love,
Fee xxx

ADDED TO THE MARC BOLAN INFORMATION SECTION
You can view a Photo of Christie's' employee Leonie Ashfield poses with Freddie Mercury's red velvet cloak, and Marc Bolan's Gibson Guitar during the Pop Memorabilia press viewing at Christie's auction house in London, 28 March 2007 Here as a new page in the Marc Bolan Information Section.

CALLING ALL SCOTTISH FANS: The Glasgow Xmas bop 2009
will be on Friday 11th of December in Drummonds Night Club 4 West Regents St Glasgow. Scotland's No 1, Hot Love will be live and DJ Shades will spin the discs. The event will run from 8pm till 3am. The Venue is 5 minutes from The Central Station and from Buccanon St Bus station and has easy access for Trains, Buses & Taxi's. For more information as well as a list of B&B's, Hotels etc Email Shades

CONTACTING TAG
While we're mentioning Email here is a reminder of which Email address to use.
FOR MEMBERSHIP QUERIES: If you want to join please Email Subscriptions@Marc-Bolan.net
FOR ALL OTHER MESSAGES: Please Email TAG@Marc-Bolan.net which go directly to TAG Chairman Kevin who will reply to you as soon as possible. Apologies in advance for any delay.

LAST CALL FOR PHOTOS FROM SEPTEMBER 2009
Firstly many tanx to John Hunt and Shades for the photos you've sent in. If anyone else had photos please Send them in so they can be included with the next update.

THAT'S ALL THE UPDATES FOR NOW
The next update will include an update to the entire History of The Tree pages because as you can see although the 'placeholders' for 2008 and 2009 are there, they are not linked to the correct pages! This will be time consuming, but really does need to be done and frankly, I've been too busy with other things to do it before now.
Laser Love, Fee xxx

IT SEEMS LIKE YEARS ...
Since our last update (even though it isn't as if you've visited the site you'll see that we have been updating the temporary site and the most recent update was in fact on the 30th September. However, this is the first update of the usual site and the first update linked to a Members Newsletter. Obviously there are a number of updates on the Members Site which are not included here. So on with the show

PHOTOS FROM MARC'S ANNIVERSARY
There is a small selection of photos from Marc's Anniversary at his Rock Shrine (The Tree) which can be viewed Here. The photos also include a couple of the vandalism we discovered first thing on the morning of the 16th September which was not there when we were at the site the previous evening.

PHOTOS FROM THE 100 CLUB
There is a small selection of photos from The 100 Club which can be viewed Here. This gallery has been added to the MAIN T.REX PAGE.

NEW VIDEOS FROM MARC'S ROCK SHRINE & THE 100 CLUB EVENT
We are delighted to 'roll out' our new Video Player which is a real step forward in Video Presentation as all the videos are contained within one player and can be viewed at Full Screen easily :-) Watch the Videos Here. The Members Videos can be downloaded. The free site videos cannot be downloaded :-) Enjoy :-)

WANTED: YOUR PHOTOS OF THE TREE AND/OR THE 100 CLUB EVENT
I will include them in two galleries in the next update. Full credit given. Please Email them to Kev at our usual Email address:- TAG@Marc-Bolan.net.

LEE MEAD TO SING A MARC SONG AT A CHARITY EVENT
Lee Mead is to perform a Marc song at an up coming fund raising concert for a charity that helps members and ex-members of the Performing Rights Society (PRS). The concert, takes place at London's Royal Albert Hall on the 25th October will feature Bill Wyman and the Rhythm Kings, Georgie Fame, Mick Hucknall, Melanie C, Kiki Dee, Chris Difford, Andy Fairweather Low and Level 42's Mike Lindup as well as Lee Mead who says: "On the night I'll be singing a Marc Bolan number which is great honour since Marc had an outstanding catalogue of songs and left the fund a share of his royalties in order to help his fellow musicians." More info Here

ROSE FUND
Tanx to POL GOSSUIN whose Rose Fund Donation of 50 Euros (£42.79). This brings the correct total to £982.22, meaning we are almost at half way in less than 12 months. As previously stated we will be releasing a Limited Edition Numbered Wall Plaque in Spring 2010. The Master has already been created and the aim is to issue these as a Limited Edition to raise the remainder of the money for the Rose so we can then go ahead to 'Stage Two' - Commissioning the Rose.

MOTT THE HOOPLE FAN SAYS MARC'S SHRINE IS "a pretty heartfelt memorial"
Great to find this blog entry with photos and write-up about an American Mott the Hoople fan's visit to Marc's Shrine on what would have been Marc's 62nd Birthday.

Check Out the Archived Screen Capture Article Here
or Read the Original Blog Here

PHOTO EXHIBITION
There is a Photo Exhibition opening today entitled "Death Drive" is on from 4 October to 1 November at The Wapping Project, London E1W.

Esquire magazine reports:-
"Car accidents have claimed many a celebrity victim, from James Dean and Marc Bolan to Princess Diana. Photographer Dean Rogers is interested by what is left behind — no, not the messy clear-up — but the way the crash site resonates with our memories of the person who died there, as his new exhibition, opening at The Wapping Project this weekend, reveals."
... and ...
"there's an important twist: rather than shooting from the curb or lay-by, he chose to give a driver's-eye perspective, cunningly turning the viewer from voyeur into victim. All in all they make for interesting and unsettling viewing."
www.esquire.co.uk

OK THAT'S IT FOR THIS UPDATE
We apologise for the delay in this update. The Hacker certainly caused us many problems. At the moment we are still going through the scripts on all the TAG pages to ensure that there aren't any old scripts which can be used as 'back-door entrances' into the site. If you do find any pages which generate a Virus Alert please Email Us ASAP and let us know the name of the page (you don't need the 'address' simply what is on the page: e.g. Photo Gallery of the tree site 2005 etc etc).
Laser Love to All,
Kevin (TAG Chairman) & Fee (TAG Secretary).

MARC'S ANNIVERSARY & WEEKEND
Just a very quick "Hi" to all the lovely people (of which there were many) we met at Marc's Shrine on the 16th September and also this morning :-) Photos and Videos to Follow. The 100 Club Gig was a Fantastic Success. Here is just one review:-
"Hi Fee
Good to see you at the 100 Club last night - What a Rocking Good Night !
Current band line up were a joy to listen to - Rob still shows his love for Marc, Mickey and the music - his acoustic set was spot on and longer than previous one I have seen / listened to.
Paul , even at 63 still provides a driving force on the drumkit and continues to amaze with his drum solo.
Teenage Dream performed live was amazing, but I feel Graham Oliver saved the best to last - his guitar solo prior to the 20th Century Boy intro was out of this world !
All I will say now is "More London Dates in the not too distant future please"!
Yours T.Rexfully
Bob"
OK That's it for now. Proper Update ASAP.
If you have photos/videos - please do send them in to be included :-)
Laser Love,
Fee

ERIC HALL ON RADIO TWO
Unfortunately we didn't get a chance to let you know that yesterday, Sunday 13th September Eric Hall did a Marc Bolan Special with a Special Guest - Gloria Jones. You can use the 'Listen Again' facility on the BBC Web Site, or you can simply click the link below to get all the 'Bolan Parts' of the Two Hour Show in a more manageable 38 minute MP3 (27 meg) file. ERIC HALL - BOLAN HIGHLIGHTS
We were especially delighted that Eric gave a number of 'plugs' for the 100 Club Event this coming Friday (18th Sept).

THAT'S IT FOR NOW SEE YOU ON WEDNESDAY
We hope to see fans old & new at the Tree this Wednesday (16th September) & plan to be there by 11:00 am and many fans tend to visit between around 11:00 am & 3:00 pm though often people are still arriving into the early evening. We might also pop down on other dates between the 16th and 19th too :-)
NEED HELP FINDING THE TREE?
Useful Site to confirm tube times and also 'first & last' tubes. Use the 'advanced options' on the page above to select the 16th September to find tube times and travelling times for journeys in London by Tube on that day.
Useful Site to confirm train times Simply enter your 'from' station' (London Waterloo (WAT)) (not Waterloo East) and your 'to' station (Barnes), enter the date of travel (16th September) and the time. 'Real Time' trains take just 19 minutes or so :-)
How to get there by car, train & tube.
Zoomable Multimap with Tree ringed in Red
Print Out Map from Barnes Station to the Tree
And finally the BBC5 day weather forecast which shows that the 16th September is going to be a dry day with sunny periods. Lovely - Thank You Tree Spirit :-)
Photos & video from the site will be uploaded as soon as we have time (though this might not be until after we get home after the 100 Club Gig).

Hi Bolanites,
WEDNESDAY 16th SEPTEMBER 2009