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Jackson Gregory Marx (born John Marr, 1965), known as Jack Marx, is an Australian journalist and author. He was born in Maitland, New South Wales and is the second youngest of four children. == Career == Marx moved to Sydney in his late teens to pursue a career in music with the rock band I Spartacus (previously known as 'A Dog for Jonathon'), one of the better 'underground' bands of the day in Newcastle. By his own account, the band was less than successful, Marx becoming "the type of shocking wanker that today I can't stomach ... a guy who thought his destiny was to thrill the world on the rock and roll stage".〔("The Stars Who Never Were" ), ''The Age'', retrieved 6 January 2007.〕 When I Spartacus disbanded in 1990 — the dissolution due, in part, to Marx's own "spiral into drug and alcohol dependence" — Marx began writing reviews and articles for the free Sydney music press and was soon employed by the ''Sydney Morning Herald'' and the Australian edition of ''Rolling Stone'' as a freelance music correspondent. He became notable for reviewing albums while openly admitting he had not listened to them, choosing instead to search the packaging and liner notes for "the tell-tale signs that you're in for an hour of crap".〔Interview on ABC Radio National, ("The Conversation Hour", 27 June 2006 ), retrieved 6 January 2007.〕 In 1994, Marx worked as a reporter for the Melbourne tabloid newspaper ''The Truth'', before being employed by Australian Consolidated Press as a senior writer for men's titles such as ''The Picture'' and ''Ralph''. In 1999, he became editor of ''Australian Style'', causing controversy when he assigned accused anti-Semite author Helen Darville to interview British Holocaust denier David Irving. In 2004, Marx won Best Feature Article at the Australian Business and Specialist Publication Awards for his investigation into the history of Henry Leighton Jones, the legendary Australian doctor purported to have engaged in the transplantation of monkey glands into humans.〔("Focus on OzDoc at awards ceremony" ) ''Australian Doctor'', retrieved 21 August 2007.〕 Marx was author of the Fairfax news blog ''(The Daily Truth )'' until he was dismissed on 20 August 2007 following his publication of a satirical piece on the Australian Labor Party leader and former prime minister Kevin Rudd's visit to a New York strip club.〔("Award-winning blogger sacked" ), ''News.com.au'', retrieved 20 August 2007〕〔(), The post that got Marx sacked〕 Marx has written three non-fiction books to date: ''The Damage Done - Twelve Years of Hell in a Bangkok Prison'' (1997), which he co-authored with Warren Fellows; the controversial ''Sorry- the Wretched Tale of Little Stevie Wright'' (1999); and ''Australian Tragic'' (2009). In 2012, Marx was nominated by ''Rolling Stone'' magazine as "Male of the Year", for his contribution to Australian literary culture. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Jack Marx」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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