Marc Bolan of T. Rex, courtesy: Roger Bamber/Shutterstock. For those just joining us, this column has been running for three years. In 2019 and 2020 it was like this; me making it up as I go along, picking a theme of varying topicality and public interest every week to…

Depeche Mode performs at the Oracle Arena on Oct. 10, 2017. The band is one of the inductees into the 2020 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Staff photo. The latest class of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame was announced, which means America’s racists have resumed ranting…