One of the things I admire about Keanan Duffty is that he does not feel confined to doing one type of thing. He’s a fashion designer, he’s a musician, he’s an educator, he’s an author. On one level, the one…
When I read, last year that a band called Slinky Vagabond had released a new album, The Eternal Return, I made an attempt to track down its lead singer, Keanan Duffty for an interview. At the time I failed to…
The “Same Old Thing” series reposts my earlier YouTube interviews. The text of the blog post is new content summarizing the interview. -- I recorded this interview in 2024, and it remains one of the most watched videos on my…
I have long thought that the common idea that Bowie is especially associated with space is exaggerated. The man recorded more than 400 songs, only a fraction of which have anything to do with space. Right? So, I started to…
I have been writing a series of posts inspired by reading Daniel Rachel’s excellent book, This Ain’t Rock ‘N’ Roll: Pop Music, The Swastika and the Third Reich, and then interviewing Rachel. This is the third and probably final installment…
My selection for cover of the week is a pretty straightforward performance of “Oh! You Pretty Things” by a man and his ukulele. Though there’s nothing fancy going on here, it’s a reminder of how good a song this is,…
Welcome to my weekly roundup of Bowie news! Read on for summaries of Bowie-related stories that posted this past week, and click on the bolded story names to link to the original articles… — NEWS Tony Visconti & Woody Woodmansey…
Alexander Larman’s excellent new book, Lazarus: The Second Coming of David Bowie, has been getting great press attention in the UK and has now been recently released in the U.S. I was excited for Alexander to join me on my…
I recently watched the BBC documentary, David Bowie: The Final Act, which somebody posted to YouTube (see embedded video). This documentary got a lot of media coverage when it was released in Britain a few weeks ago, but to my…
My current featured interview is with Canadian singer/songwriter Danny Michel. Although the main topic of our discussion is his 2006 Bowie cover album, we also discuss his recent protest song, “Northern Star,” released after Trump’s series of threats against Canada…