Category Archives: The World Of David Bowie
Peter Frampton wants you to buy his guitar
Peter Frampton is a friend of mine. Well, on Facebook he is anyways. I asked him to be my friend for a few reasons. Partly because he’s an icon of my generation. Frampton Comes Alive! was one of the seminal … Continue reading
The Stooges are finally in!
Ever since I’ve been blogging here, I’ve lamented the fact that The Stooges were not in the Rock’n’Roll Hall of Fame. The Rolling Stones were the original bad boys of rock. But, they did it in a typical PR kinda … Continue reading
Seven degrees of Bowie – U2
About a week or so ago, I had a discussion with my teenage step-daughter. She’s hip. She keeps one eye covered with hair at all times so the world can’t see her face. She’s not emo tho. Be sure to … Continue reading
Time to ignore The Stooges again?
Every year a few diehard rockers that actually can go back 25 years start thunping for The Stooges to make it into the Rock’n’Roll Hall of Fame. That’s Iggy Pop for the others. We do that for one very simple … Continue reading
Heteropoda davidbowie
I picked Bowie to do a blog on not so much specifically because of the music, or the person. I picked Bowie because he seemed to encapsulate about every aspect of life you could dream up, and then some. Today’s … Continue reading
Marianne Faithful
I was strumming through my newfeeds and stumbled on someone’s tribute to Marianne Faithful as a Forgotten Beauty. They briefly mention she collaborated with David Bowie. Not much of a mention, but what a collaboration it was. Now, the story of … Continue reading
Cat Power sing Space Oddity, sorta
I’m kinda stumped here. I stumbled upon this video of Space Oddity as performed by a band called Cat Power: Now, it’s only thirty seconds long. What’s that you say? It’s a COMMERCIAL? Sung by a girl band? For a … Continue reading
falling down
A little while back I mentioned that Bowie had decided to give Scarlett Johansson a little help with her new album. Well, it’s out now. Here’s Falling Down from it: Quite frankly, I’m extremely impressed. This is not at all … Continue reading