Five Years
My brain hurt like a warehouse, it had no room to spare; I had to cram so many things to store everything in there. David Bowieziggy stardust
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The Future Isn’t What it Used to Be
The marketing catchphrase used by RCA forty years ago, “Often Copied, Never Equalled” has much truth to it. Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps) marked the culmination and close of the most sustained attempt to inject high artistry and radical individualism into popular music, while still maintaining the dirtiest of 70s funk riffs. Robert Fripp’s guitar…
1984/Big Brother: Bowie
The zeitgeist. 1984big brotherDavid Bowieorwell
Phil May
Of the obits I’ve come across this one seems the best. David Bowiemusicphil maypretty things
V-2 Schneider
Florian Schneider dead. David Bowieelectronic musicFlorian Schneidergerman musickraftwerk
Sigma Kids
March 7th makes the 45th anniversary of the release of Young Americans. While released midway into Bowie’s creative purple patch, for me at least, it doesn’t rank as a first-order Bowie album. Back in the day it was of course a massive surprise and a pleasant one at that, the direction already telegraphed in Diamond…
Bowie’s Bookshelf
Pretty naff cover what with the Aladdin Sane lightening bolt layered over a decent photo. The UK cover is better. Anyway, the books (and periodicals) have a strong dose both of sophisticated and pretty basic humour, counterposed by books of philosophical interest, especially if one is wary of regressive Leftism. The following are the most…
Mott the Hoople ’74
Catch ’em if you can. One of Britain’s most beloved bands. Boston Globe review. all the young dudesDavid Bowieian huntermott the hooplerock ‘n roll
Bowie by O’Neill
An article promoting the immanent release of this book (H/T Richie said). He also brought a dog on to the set, which jumped up in shock at the flash of the strobe lighting, perfectly capturing the kind of avant garde chaos Bowie had intended for his dystopian album, influenced by George Orwell’s 1984. David Bowieelizabeth…
College music department resurrects long-lost funk music
The story here. Sigma Sound Studio. For aficionados of Philadelphia funk, that’s a famous name. David Bowiefunknat turner rebellionphiladelphiasigma soundsoulsoul music
