I often say that one of the reasons David Bowie remains a compelling figure more than a decade after his death is that he left us something to do. I can think of few — if any— better examples of…
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 1984 Musical Debuts in Boston…
Although I have been writing my comments about listening to Bowie’s albums in order in batches of four albums at a time, that wasn’t by design. The experience itself is far more continuous. By the time I got to Young…
Marc Lowe has produced what he believes to be the only multimedia solo performance built around Bowie’s 1. Outside project and the related material from its predecessor, the unreleased (but easily found on the internet), Leon Sessions (aka Leon Suites)…
This installment of the year-in-review series, “The Bowie Academy,” brings together interviews with scholars and educators who approach Bowie through disciplines ranging from musicology, literature, law, political theory, physics, and religious studies to pedagogy itself. In truth, some of these…
I first "met" Berklee College of Music Professor Gretchen Shae when I discovered that she teaches a course on Bowie at one of the most prestigious music schools in the United States, and indeed the only institution to award Bowie…
Today’s interview features Professor James McAllister in a discussion about George Orwell’s 1984 and its influence on Bowie. Prof. McAllister is the Fred Greene Third Century Professor of Political Science at Williams College in Massachusetts. I have been wanting to…
George Orwell’s 1984 was a highly influential book on David Bowie. Diamond Dogs emerged out of a project that began as an attempt to write a 1984 musical. He telegraphed his intentions in a 1973 television musical special called The…
Educator and musician Marc Lowe is a returning guest on my YouTube Channel, and his work has appeared on this blog. I recently joined Marc on his channel for a discussion that covered a range of topics, which I am…
This is the third in an unplanned series of posts about George Orwell’s 1984, which was one of the most influential books on David Bowie’s songwriting and presumably thinking. I recently re-read the book and was struck by how much,…