Bowie Secrets
This is Ann extremely silly clip from Conan O’Brien’s show. The premise is that celebrities reveal “secrets” that turn out to be ridiculous. I’ve also seen Harrison Ford do one of these. The skit should have been funnier than I…
10 Things Bowie Never Did
David Bowie’s long and eclectic career involved far more than music. He left his mark on movies, fashion, painting— even the internet. But there are some things he never did: 1. A James Bond movie. Bowie was offered the role…
Bowie cover of the week: Ruby Jean Walvin sings “Moonage Daydream”
This week’s winner of the highly anticipated “cover of the week” is this acoustic performance of a song that’s gained renewed popularity, apparently as a result of the documentary of the same name. According to her social media posts, Ruby…
Bowie sure knew how to start an album!
Back on June 2nd, I posted a long piece about how Bowie closed his albums. This is the companion piece about his openers. Its long and I thought about doing it in parts, but I’m not going to keep anyone…
Puddles Pity Party covers “When You Rock and Roll with me”
I discovered Puddles a few weeks ago and his cover of “Lazrus” made “cover of the week.” Despite his clownish appearance— actually, it’s not just clownish, he dresses as a clown— his singing is actually great! And he’s covered boatloads…
Bowie in the USSR
This is another example of Bowie as cultural phenomenon: an exhibit of photographs depicting Bowie in the Soviet Union in 1973. The photos were taken, or arranged by Geoff MacCormack, better known at the time as Warren Peace. MacCormack collaborated…
The 1973 Cherry Vanilla Interview
Cherry Vanilla was (is— she’s still very much alive) a figure out of Andy Warhol’s “Factory” who, among other things, appeared in Warhol’s infamous play, Pork in 1971. Bowie saw the play and hired various people involved with the production…
Bowie knew how to end an album!
Most Bowie albums are structured in a particular way. With some exceptions, Bowie was very deliberate in song order. Time and again he picked the perfect song with which to begin and end an album. I’ve been wanting to write…
Markus Klinko Bowie photos
Photographer Markus Klinko has an exhibit on display in Dallas through June 22nd called, Icons: Bowie to Beyoncé featuring photos of various celebrities including — you guessed it, Bowie and Beyoncé. I didn’t recognize the name but came to leader…
And now for something completely different…
I came across this video of the cover of Heroes comically brought to life via a YouTube page called Dave’s Hit Parade. “Dave” “presumably” has made a series of such videos, poking fun at different famous album covers. Not really…