Tag Archives: David Bowie

2017: My Year Of Bowie Guitarists

Posted on February 15, 2019 by

After seeing King Crimson in the fall of 2017, it occurred to me that 2017 was marked as a period where, for one reason or another, I seemed to be seeing a lot of artists who played lead guitar with … Continue reading →

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30 Days: 30 Albums | David Bowie – Live Nassau Coliseum ’76

Posted on September 7, 2018 by

David Bowie should be an artist whose full canon exists in my Record Cell. I thought that it was, by the late 90s, when I finally bought the heretofore studiously avoided “Let’s Dance” and “Tonight.” I was spared buying “Never … Continue reading →

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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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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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