Category Archives: Bowie

Book Week – Bettye Kronstad: Perfect Day; An Intimate Portrait Of Life With Lou Reed

Posted on April 25, 2018 by

I don’t plan on buying very many books these days. A far cry from my childhood when my mom used to complain that I spent any money she gave me on books instead of other, lesser things! Once, she gave … Continue reading →

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Book Week – Matteo Torcinovich: Outside The Lines; Lost Photographs Of Punk & New Wave’s Most Iconic Albums

Posted on April 24, 2018 by

Today’s book was something I found remaindered last year that was an immediate hands-down “buy this book!” moment. Exceedingly rare are the volumes that I have bought instead of sold off in the last 20 years,but this one was strongly … Continue reading →

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Book Week – Nicholas Pegg: The Complete David Bowie [2016 Ed.]

Posted on April 23, 2018 by

Surprise! Just when you thought it was more OMD postings in store for your eyeballs, I felt the spirit move me to finally have a theme week here based on all of the book reviews that I have been planning … Continue reading →

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Nick Lowe + Los Straitjackets @ The Grey Eagle 10-21-17 [part 1]

Posted on October 30, 2017 by

We certainly love Nick Lowe here at PPM. And though their surftastic sound marks them as the “Modern Ventures,” and this blog is rather about music a decade or two later than their heyday, we’ve been catching every Los Straitjackets … Continue reading →

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Reeves Gabrels + His Imaginary Friends @ The Grey Eagle 10-4-17

Posted on October 5, 2017 by

Mother McCree! Lightning can strike when you least expect it to! Last night, after making a pizza, I was having a leisurely dinner with my wife. She had looked at the local freekly, which I had brought home yesterday and … Continue reading →

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REDUX: The Mid-80s Malaise: 1983 – The Year David Bowie Became Fallible

Posted on June 8, 2017 by

July 22, 2013 What was it about the mid-80s that made it the harbinger of artistic disaster for so many artists that I had previously thought the world of? By 1985, there seemed to be a perfect storm of political … Continue reading →

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Adrian Belew Power Trio @ Isis Music Hall 5-4-17

Posted on May 5, 2017 by

I have always had time for Adrian Belew. He has both killer pop instincts and a desire to really stretch out and play in the margins. Since his colorful burst into my musical world with “Lodger” in 1979, he quickly … Continue reading →

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