On the occasion of the release of his photobook, David Bowie by Denis O'Regan, I speak with photographer Denis O’Regan about his extraordinary history photographing Bowie and the experiences behind an archive that spans decades of Bowie’s career. Denis traces…
One of the most rewarding aspects of writing this blog has been the chance to speak with fascinating people from around the world about David Bowie. This page offers easy access to those conversations, and I’ll continue updating it as…
Tomorrow’s guest for my weekly interview is photographer Denis O’Regan, the man who photographed Bowie more than any other photographer and whose images documented Bowie both onstage and behind the scenes over more than two decades. When I interviewed Denis,…
I have been thinking about writing a long, largely political post about the 25th anniversary of the terrorist attacks against the United States on September 11, 2001, which brought down the World Trade Center, damaged the Pentagon, and and led…
The impetus for this post is really a desire to address the first three of these misconceptions, some version of which I (frustratingly) come across now and again in the course of writing this blog. The reality is that there…
I recently had an email exchange with a future guest on my YouTube show who will be joining me to discuss Gnosticism. He asked for an example of a Bowie song that reflected Gnostic influences, and I offered “Blackstar.” After…
The Drive-in Saturday Tuesday movie review is a seasonal feature in which I review movies I see at drive-in theaters. The name of the segment is taken from the Bowie song, though often the movies have no direct Bowie connection…
This week’s cover is a version of Bowie’s “I’m Afraid of Americans” by Harmony Punks, a three-piece band from Tucson, Arizona, consisting of Jason Kelly on vocals and guitar, Marshall Prescott on vocals and bass, and Matt Wineinger on drums…
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 Bowiefest Canada Returns to Toronto…
In this interview, I welcome back Simon Goddard, author of the David Bowie Odyssey series, on the occasion of the U.S. release of Bowie Odyssey 76. The seventh volume of Simon’s year-by-year account of Bowie’s life during the 1970s examines…