Lena Hall’s cover of “Rebel Rebel”
This is the fifth and final of Lena Hall’s videos for her collection, Obsessed: David Bowie, part of a series of cover albums she offers online. I wanted to post all the videos in part because I like them and…
“I can do with the money…” Bowie Lyrics sell for a boatload!
I could do with the money (you know that I could) I'm so wiped out with things as they are (you know that I could) I'd send my photograph to my honey And I'd come on like a regular superstar…
Free Form Friday: The Letizia Tagliafierro Scholarship Fund
Michelle’s and my dear friend, Letizia Tagliafierro tragically lost her long battle with cancer earlier this year. Some of her many friends and former colleagues decided to honor her memory by establishing a scholarship in her name for SUNY Albany,…
Lyrics series | 9 | More from “All the Young Dudes”
Is there concrete all around or is it in my head? “All the Young Dudes,” written by Bowie but made famous by Mott the Hoople, contains many great lines. The anthemic song paints a not-terribly enticing portrait of early 70s…
Divine Symmetry | 6 | “Someone Saved My Life Tonight” and “Tonight”
OK, this one is going to be a little out there for a couple of reasons, but keep in mind part of the idea of this series is related to the concept of “found art.” The “symmetries”— the connections between…
Hooked to the Silver Screen | 4 | Just A Gigolo (1978)
Just a Gigolo has a terrible reputation, in part because Bowie, who starred in the movie, trashed it. Among other insults, he said it was his “32 Elvis Presley movies contained in one.” For this reason, I never really sought…
Bowie Cover of the Week: Malou performs “Life on Mars”
This clip is from the Belgian version of the singing competition show, The Voice (the show’s actual name is The Voice Belgique). As a result, while it was not created as a video per se, since it was made for…
Is Bowie’s music helping Ukrainian morale?
I came across an article in an online publication called the Odessa Journal (click on the name to link to the article) about how “Bowie Night” is returning to a club in Kiev called the Bel Etage Music Hall (identified…
Rock Lobster: Rare crustacean named after Bowie
There were a spate of news stories earlier this week about the discovery, made by Maine lobsterman Jacob Knowles, of a lobster that was not only half blue and half reddish-brown, but half male and half female. Knowles named the…
Free Form Friday: Thanksgiving
I wanted to write a non-sappy Thanksgiving post. It’s actually quite hard. I like the idea of Thanksgiving, or at least what it has become— an entire holiday about reflecting on what’s good in life. It’s an inherently sappy thing…