Category Archives: Bowie

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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Raiding The “Ice Box” – Planning An Icehouse BSOG [part 8]

Posted on October 28, 2016 by

Following the insular release of “Code Blue,” [there was never a copy sold anywhere but in Australia/New Zealand] the band lineup that had stabilized around guitarist Bob Kretschmer, Andy Qunta, et. al. for several years of success splintered. I thought … Continue reading →

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Midge Ure @ The Earl, Atlanta 10-15-16 [part 5]

Posted on October 24, 2016 by

Following “Vienna,” what else could Ure do but perform the bracing follow-up that was “All Stood Still?” It performed the same function on the “Vienna” album, and even here, 36 years later, it still managed to be the final Molotov cocktail from … Continue reading →

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Raiding The “Ice Box” – Planning An Icehouse BSOG [part 3]

Posted on October 11, 2016 by

1983 brought a new Icehouse album made with the same band that had toured the previous album, which had been made without them, deep in Keith Forsey’s laboratory. After an album of glossy, synthesizer atmospherics, this one took a half … Continue reading →

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David Bowie Memory Palace [part 44]

Posted on April 15, 2016 by

2016 [continued] The last song on “★” had just been released as the third, and first posthumous, single from the album last week. On my first listen, “I Can’t Give Everything Away” echoed the winsome, Toots Thielemans  harmonica sound of “Never Let … Continue reading →

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David Bowie Memory Palace [part 43]

Posted on April 14, 2016 by

2016 [continued] “Girl Loves Me” was the most deliberately impenetrable track here due to the heavy use of synthetic slanguage. I recognize parts of Nadsat, from Anthony Burgess’ “A Clockwork Orange,” but apparently it’s blurred together with Polari, a British … Continue reading →

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