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…
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,…
I taught a political science class at a local university this past semester and recently finished the last class. Below are my closing comments to my class, which I am posting here because I mention a certain musician a few…