Following up on yesterday’s post about Meta’s use of “Five Years” in a (possibly) unintentionally chilling ad about AI and the future, I thought I’d rank Bowie’s top 10 songs about the apocalypse… 1. “Five Years” (1972) Yeah, had to…
Bowie’s song predicting the end of the world, “Five Years” (1972) from Ziggy Stardust, unexpectedly made news when Meta, the company that makes Facebook, Instagram, eyeglasses connected to the internet and other insidious mechanisms that have helped degrade how human…
This cover of “I’m Afraid of Americans” brings together producer Liiiminal, vocalist Murfila, and guitarist Alex Guitar Dude for a modern industrial-rock interpretation of Bowie’s late-1990s warning about nationalism, manipulation and manufactured identity. According to the creators, the video is…
The Drive-in Saturday Tuesday movie review is a seasonal feature in which I review movies I see at drive-in theaters. The name of the segment is taken from the Bowie song, though often the movies have no direct Bowie connection…
With apologies to Carlos Ross, who really did create the Bowie cover posted within the last week that I liked the most (thus “cover of the week”), this post is going to diverge from just reflecting on the song. So,…
Each week, I publish a recap of Bowie-related news on this blog, highlighting stories from across the internet. A regular feature of this recap is a dedicated section for articles from Far Out Magazine. They publish so many Bowie stories…