RIP Harry Belafonte
Singer and civil rights leader Harry Belafonte has died at the age of 96. There’s not much of a Bowie connection, but I was able to find this picture of them both attending an event honoring Susan Sarandon at the…
Reality Tour Comes to Philadelphia, 2004
This is another concert video that popped up in my YouTube feed. An obvious bootleg, the sound quality is pretty good though there a few interruptions in the recording. There’s an argument that this phase of Bowie’s touring career— his…
Why I won’t be attending upcoming Bowie events
The Music Masters Collective in the Catskills is doing a “Camp Stardust”— immersive Bowie experience in a camp-like setting this summer for four days in July. The David Bowie World Fan Convention will take place in New York City in…
Bowie’s amazing 1980
This is a link to a documentary of sorts about what Bowie was doing in 1980. It focuses on his stint on Broadway in The Elephant Man, but it also covers Scary Monsters, which Bowie released that same year. It’s…
Bowie on Rykodisc
I went to my first Bowie concert in 1987– when the Glass Spider tour came to Toronto. It was from that’s point on that I became a fan. Around that time, the way we listened to music was changing from…
Why did Newsweek superimpose Bowie into a picture of Trump?
What possible connection could David Bowie have with Donald Trump? Why would Newsweek superimpose Bowie’s face into a picture of the former president as part of its coverage of Trump’s arraignment in New York? The reason, it turns out, is…
RIP Ryuichi Sakamoto
I was embarrassed to admit that I didn’t recognize the name of Ryuichi Sakamoto when I began to see stories about his recent death, all the more so because most of those stories connected him to David Bowie. A pioneer…
Jennifer Elster turns Bowie into art
I came across this article and accompanying video about an art instillation in New York City by “underground” artist Jennifer Elster. I included a link to the article about the exhibit, so I won’t repeat it, but it features artifacts…
Geoff MacCormack candid Bowie photos
The Guardian recently ran a spread of photos by Geoff MacCormack, who, according to the publication “spent years with Bowie on the road.” MacCormack’s photographic memoir “reveals untold stories and nearly 150 candid photos.” These are some of those photos.
Bowie on another magazine cover
2023 is the 50th anniversary of Pin Ups, and nostalgia about Bowie’s glam-era cover album is popping up. I’ve been posting Midnight Special videos largely featuring Bowie promoting songs from the album, and this month’s issue of Mojo is the…