I’ve been on a roll in recent months of reading some great and compelling books either about David Bowie or related to him in some way. I’m reluctant to say which one has been the best, in part because they…
David Bowie seems to have had a go-to excuse when he didn’t want to explain himself: the drugs made me do it! Not everyone who studied or knew him buys it. It occurred to me that Bowie might have gone…
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 KillerStar Featuring Bowie Collaborators Release…
I have been writing a series of posts inspired by reading Daniel Rachel’s excellent book, This Ain’t Rock ‘N’ Roll: Pop Music, The Swastika and the Third Reich, and then interviewing Rachel. This is the third and probably final installment…
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 KillerStar adds show! KillerStar have…
Welcome to my weekly roundup of Bowie news. I’ve slightly reorganized this feature to separate out recycled stories that appear to be posted primarily to boost search visibility. Those items are still included in the roundup, but they now appear…
Tomorrow on my YouTube interview show, my guest will be Joel Dinerstein, Professor of English at Tulane University and one of the leading scholars of the idea of cool, especially in American culture. Joel is best known for treating cool…
Check out Emm Gryner’s Patreon HERE. As we have been approaching Bowie’s birthday—today—during the year of the 10th anniversary of his passing, I had vague thoughts of writing a long, profound essay about what I’ve learned about Bowie during the…
My YouTube show has certainly changed how I read a book. It has also affected my choice of books. As you might have guessed, I have been reading Bowie-related books for years, but now that I host a weekly interview…
As we approach the 10th anniversary of David Bowie’s death, I find myself not simply reflecting on Bowie, but on my larger Bowie project, which began with a series of Facebook posts I committed to myself to publish every day…