I recently came across a reference to a painting by Paul McCartney— you know, the former Beatle, that depicted David Bowie, um, throwing up. It’s called, “Bowie Spewing” (see the photo gallery). Looking into that led me to find a…
Stan Harris was not a name I knew until I saw his obit. He passed away at the age of 92 on Monday, September 18th in Toronto. He was a prolific television director whose path briefly crossed with Bowie’s as…
My oft-repeated assertion that I would sit through almost any movie at the drive-in was put to the test this week. I couldn’t bring myself to go to the first movie of the double header— My Big, Fat Greek Wedding…
9/19/23 Update: It turns out that the Barbie movie has a Bowie connection after all. In a video extra connected to the home release of the summer’s top grossing movie, Margot Robbie explains that co-star Kate McKinnon’s character of “Weird…
There’s an event happening in Albany (where I live) on Thursday, described below, centered around listening to and discussing The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars. Of course, I would like to attend this event,…
If you’ve been following my beginner’s guide, you’ve read about how I suggest introducing yourself to Bowie and slowly wading into this music and videos in a rough order. If you haven’t been following the series, click here. So now…
I came across Lena Hall and her Obsessed series while looking for a good cover of “Queen Bitch” for use in a future post. I found what I was looking for and more. I didn’t recognize Hall’s name, but she’s…
I’ve been meaning to post about some of Bowie’s lyrics that have been meaningful to me. I’ve been thinking about it as a top 10 list, but reflecting again on Adam Steiner’s analysis of “Up the Hill Backwards” (see yesterday’s…
I mentioned a few days ago that I thought there were enough good songs on the two Tin Machine albums for one good album. Around the time I wrote that, I was listening to the podcast, Fantastic Voyage, which feature…
I recently came across a “on this date” type article on a Buffalo media outlet’s website, which mentioned the 40th anniversary of Bowie’s Serious Moonlight tour stop in 1983. I was 14, my sister was 13. She wanted to see…