For many commentators, “It Ain’t Easy” stands as the one conspicuous flaw on The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars. What’s it doing on the album? It isn’t even a Bowie original (so yes, my…
Adam Steiner was my guest for one of my very first interviews, which was not conducted for YouTube but rather in writing. The focus is on his book, Silhouettes and Shadows: The Secret History of David Bowie’s Scary Monsters (And…
This week's featured cover comes out of the American West, from a Denver, Colorado-based band called Buudrow that recorded a beautifully filmed, and even more beautifully performed, version of "Golden Years" in a rock formation they dubbed "The Grotto" in…
Today I talk with Don Klees, the author of On Track David Bowie 1983–2016. Our conversation uses Heathen as a way to think more broadly about Bowie’s late-career arc, his restlessness, and how he negotiated age, legacy, and experimentation without…
I was expecting to find a lot of covers of “Blackstar” released over the past week but instead found none. That said, I found several very good covers of other Bowie songs, and the one I liked most was this…
I selected as “cover of the week” on Monday the DAM Trilogy tour’s cover of “Red Money” (1979). And ya know, as often as I listen to Bowie songs, I still learn—or even hear—something new every once in a while…
There’s a type of cover I think of as “a guy with a guitar in his basement.” The characteristic of this type of cover, which I frequently find on YouTube, is that it features a guy with a guitar, usually…
If you like this blog, you'll appreciate Pushing Ahead of the Dame, which you can access HERE. --- Chris O’Leary is a true fan favorite within the Bowie community, indeed his blog, Pushing Ahead of the Dame is one of…
Welcome to my weekly roundup of Bowie news! Click on the bolded article titles to read the originals. Read on for summaries of Bowie-related stories that posted this past week, and click on the bolded story names to link to…
Ahead of my upcoming conversation with Gerry Leonard this Saturday, I want to highlight his reflections on co-writing "Boss of Me" with David Bowie for The Next Day. As the only musician to share a writing credit with Bowie on…