Tag Archives: Ziggy-Stardust
The Onion does Bowie and NASA and the Shuttle
It doesn’t get much better than this: According to NASA administrator Maj. Gen. Charles F. Bolden, Jr., the highly experimental glam space program—dubbed Project Starman—has been in development for exactly five years. Though engineers initially feared the mission might blow … Continue reading
Ziggy Stardust 8-Track
Boy, this is a blast from the past: As best I can recall, my first purchase of anything Bowie was an 8-track of Ziggy Stardust. I had been looking for a particular song, notably Time. However, living in a small … Continue reading
Lady Gaga
I read this story and it led me to a thought: Drawing inspiration from both dance-pop kingpins like Madonna and Michael Jackson and glam practitioners like Queen and David Bowie, the fabulously flamboyant Lady GaGa — checking into Elements nightclub … Continue reading
Greatest, gayest, album of all time?
A while back I did a post on “Bands that make you gay“. It was a fairly all-reaching list that included pretty much anyone that ever recorded a song. Bowie didn’t fair too well on that list. However, once one … Continue reading
Arnold Corns
In 1971, Bowie was busy touring, sorta, busier chasing records companies, and writing music. Now, this is pre-Hunky Dory we’re talking about. Bowie wasn’t too heavy at this time. However, he was already into his changing personnas. And, while bored … Continue reading
Ziggy Marley played guitar?
I read something interesting this morning: Singer-songwriter Ziggy Marley, and wife Orly Agai Marley, welcomed their second child on January 5. Gideon Robert Nesta joins big sister Judah Victoria in the Marley household. Ziggy Marley is celebrated for having changed … Continue reading
John, I’m Only Dancing
One of my favorite songs ever made by anyone, because of RCA’s decision in 1972 to NOT include it on Ziggy Stardust, it’s teetered on the edge of obscurity even though it was a monster hit in Europe, Peaking at … Continue reading
Ziggy Stardust
No Bowie fanzine would be worthy of its bytes unless it had a tribute to the song that really kicked Bowie into hight gear. Although other songs that will be saluted here sold more, Ziggy was what set the stage … Continue reading
Moonage Daydream
Moonage Daydream was the song that would make Ziggy famous. Somehow it morphed from a funky folk ballad Bowie originally sang as Arnold Corns with Freddie Buretti. That version was a classic in itself, but to me, the Ziggy Moonage … Continue reading