Monthly Archives: July 2023

An odd coincidence (at least to me, it’s an odd coincidence), Bowie’s career more or less tracks that of Donald Trump, who is actually a year older than Bowie. That said, as far as I can tell, Bowie never did…

Mick Jagger turned 80 on July 26th. Bowie admired Jagger long before collaborating with him. Their duet of, “Dancing in the Street,” was a huge hit in 1985, and the official video remains fairly well known today (I think), but…

I haven’t had the opportunity to attend too many concerts since the Pandemic. I very well might never see one in a theater again. I didn’t see Aimee Mann, my favorite living singer, when she came to the Egg— the…

I just heard the terrible news that Sinead O’Connor has passed away. As I write, I don’t know the circumstances of her death but know she lived a troubled life. She was 56. I have long thought that Sinead O’Connor…

I’ve been reading about this one for a while, but it just came out. Chris Young is apparently a big country music star— I’m not familiar with his music and don’t regularly listen to country music. This song is getting…

I came across this clip a few days ago when looking for the scene from the movie Frances Ha in which “Modern Love” is played while the main character is running through the street. The movie uses Bowie’s studio recording…

This performance of “Let’s Dance” is easily the cover of the week. Despite the spare appearance of this two-person band, singing and playing in a desolate desert in front of what looks like an abandoned trailer, this is a “real”…

The actress, writer and director Greta Gerwig has been getting attention for the Barbie movie, which she directed and co-wrote. I haven’t seen it (yet), but I was reading a profile of Gerwig that mentioned that she used “Modern Love”…

I was saddened to learn of the death of Tony Bennett, at the age of 96. Michelle and I were fortunate to have been able to see him perform twice, once with Lady Gaga. He performed very late into his…