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David Bowie Memory Palace [part 44]

Posted on April 15, 2016 by postpunkmonk

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 postpunkmonk

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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David Bowie Memory Palace [part 42]

Posted on April 13, 2016 by postpunkmonk

2016 [continued] From the very first listen, the title song from “Lazarus” [which was the only of the four new songs of that production on this album] made a large impact. The song’s descending hook [complete with a contrapuntal, vertiginous ascending … Continue reading →

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David Bowie Memory Palace [part 41]

Posted on April 12, 2016 by postpunkmonk

2015 I can’t remember exactly when during 2015 that I heard that David Bowie was writing a play called “Lazarus” with four new songs in it but I didn’t investigate it too closely. I assumed that these were for the cast … Continue reading →

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