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My top 20

My friends Jeni-Q and Cristin put together their Top 20 Bowie songs over at Jeni-Q’s place. That seemed rather simple enough. So, I thought I’d do it myself. First off, here’s theirs. For Jeni it was: Five Years Cygnet Committee … Continue reading

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Give up the funk?

This is just mind-blowing to me: “I remember there was a rock and roll band in Las Vegas that was supposed to be playing the blues and they came in there with jeans on playing funk,” Clinton says about seeing … Continue reading

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Bowie tributes the United States, again, again, and again

Bowie has had a fixation with the United States for about as long as he’s been writing. First tempting the topic overtly with, no, not Young Americans, but actually one of the best songs from one of his best albums, … Continue reading

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