Bowie Songs of the Year Project…
I have increasingly been using this blog to connect Bowie or Bowie’s music to events of the day. This in part harkens back to what I was doing in 2016, which was not only a song-a-day tribute to Bowie during…
The Historical Bowie
The above is a picture you might have seen before. It’s a 16-year old Bowie, in 1963, fronting for a youthful band called the Kon-Rads. Though familiar to Bowie fans, the photo was included in an article titled, “Library Of…
Bowie in the comics…
Several days ago I posted about a graphic novel adaptation of The Man Who Fell to Earth, featuring a cartoon version of Bowie. Many months earlier I mentioned that the image of Bowie was the inspiration for DC Comics version…
Special James Bond Addendum: Bond Car Exhibit
A few days ago I used a tenuous Bowie connection as an excuse to rank the James Bond movies from my favorite to least favorite. Today I give up— there’s no Bowie connection at all to this post, but on…
Leah Kardos on “Girl Loves Me”
Leah Kardos’ book, Blackstar Theory is the best piece of writing I have ever read about Bowie. Her deep understanding of music is so far beyond my own area of knowledge that I couldn’t even attempt to do what she…
Bowie on the cover of another magazine…
The upper right corner of the cover of the latest issue of Mojo teases a Bowie review. That’s all I have to say about that, but I also added a couple of pictures of Bowie with Debbie Harry, who the…
David Bowie Paraphernalia
I came across a photo of what might be the strangest piece of promotional material I’ve seen that was actually (apparently) associated with a Bowie album— a Station to Station ashtray. That got me to Googling what else has been…
“The Man Who Fell to Earth” Graphic Novel
At some point I should do stand-alone commentary on the 1976 movie, The Man Who Fell to Earth, which famously stars Bowie as an alien. Its been many years since I’ve seen the movie, and I’m not in a hurry…
Uncut Magazine features Bowie
Several weeks ago I mentioned that the re-launch of Creem Magazine was going to include a special edition about Bowie. Well, now Uncut is featuring Bowie on the cover in an edition that also features, somewhat ironically, the 2022 year…
“Afraid” Updated (originally Day 174, July 5, 2016)
Heathen is widely regarded as one of Bowie’s best later albums. I have certainly long felt this way, however for whatever reason I haven’t listened to it as much since his death than during the prior years. This is possibly…