Tag Archives: David 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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Record Review: Billy MacKenzie – Wild Is The Wind EP

Posted on April 10, 2017 by

Billy MacKenzie: Wild Is The Wind UK CD5 [2001] Wild Is the Wind 3:56 Never Turn Your Back On Mother Earth 3:07 Baltimore 7:40 Give Me Time [version] 9:00 It was only after being a rabid Billy MacKenzie fan for … 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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David Bowie Memory Palace [part 42]

Posted on April 13, 2016 by

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

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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