Category Archives: The World Of David Bowie

Peter Frampton wants you to buy his guitar

Posted on July 27, 2011 by Moonage

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 →

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The Spy Next Door?

Posted on January 18, 2010 by Moonage

OK, so I got to see The Spy Next Door this weekend with my now seven year old boy.  It was a fun movie in a cute childish way.  Definitely made for kids.  This is standard Jackie Chan kid stuff … Continue reading →

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The Stooges are finally in!

Posted on December 16, 2009 by Moonage

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 →

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Seven degrees of Bowie – U2

Posted on October 16, 2009 by Moonage

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 →

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Time to ignore The Stooges again?

Posted on September 24, 2009 by Moonage

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 →

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Heteropoda davidbowie

Posted on September 8, 2009 by Moonage

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 →

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Comme d’habitude

Posted on August 26, 2009 by Moonage

I got an email alert about a guy, David Lister, who went to a show by The Ukelele Orchestra of Great Britain. They did a joke segment they called “plagiarism”. It’s pretty clever. Here it is: Only thing is, there … Continue reading →

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Marianne Faithful

Posted on July 29, 2009 by Moonage

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 →

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Cat Power sing Space Oddity, sorta

Posted on September 5, 2008 by Moonage

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 →

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falling down

Posted on April 22, 2008 by Moonage

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 →

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