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David Bowie Memory Palace [part 40]

Posted on April 7, 2016 by postpunkmonk

2014 [continued] The big Bowie news for 2014 was that the David Bowie Is Victoria + Albert exhibition that had begun a year earlier with record breaking popularity in the UK and abroad, was coming to The States for a … Continue reading →

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David Bowie Memory Palace [part 5]

Posted on January 19, 2016 by postpunkmonk

1979 [continued] After David Bowie’s Lodger” album was released in 1979, I happened to see the videos for “DJ” and “Look Back In Anger” on some late night TV music clip show of the pre-MTV era. I don’t remember it … Continue reading →

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Body of Work: David Bowie Is @ MCA Chicago [part 4]

Posted on November 11, 2014 by postpunkmonk

There is a screening room in the exhibit where clips from Bowie’s iconic film appearances are screened in a 12-15 minute loop. While, yes, “Labyrinth” makes an appearance next to tonier fare like “Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence,” “The Man Who … Continue reading →

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Body of Work: David Bowie Is @ MCA Chicago [part 3]

Posted on November 10, 2014 by postpunkmonk

Of course Bowie’s notebooks were grist for the curator’s mill with all  manner of scribbled notes and lyrics given a public airing. More visually intriguing were his many sketches that showed the way forward for the sleeve designers and stage … Continue reading →

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Body of Work: David Bowie Is @ MCA Chicago [part 2]

Posted on November 7, 2014 by postpunkmonk

The exhibition here is unique in that it represents a life as art, but there are few people that can pull off such a conceit as well as David Bowie. His childhood development was covered with the requisite baby pictures … Continue reading →

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Body of Work: David Bowie Is @ MCA Chicago [part 1]

Posted on November 5, 2014 by postpunkmonk

It’s hard to believe, but 72 hours ago, I was in Chicago, at the tail end of a fortnight-length vacation soaking up the David Bowie Is show at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago. Ever since I returned from … Continue reading →

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Ferry On Bowie | …This should make the Cognoscenti think!

Posted on June 24, 2014 by postpunkmonk

¡Mamacita! I was aware that the “David Bowie Is” exhibition will be making a US stop in Chicago this fall [in the only scheduled US stop through at least 2016], but what I was blithely unaware of was the supersalient … Continue reading →

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