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David Bowie Memory Palace [part 15]

Posted on February 18, 2016 by postpunkmonk

1991 [continued] 1991 also brought two more singles from Bowie. I vaguely recall knowing he did the title track to the execrable Ralph Bakshi movie “Real Cool World.” It was a low-grade “Roger Rabbit” ripoff pandering to the lowest common … Continue reading →

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David Bowie Memory Palace [part 6]

Posted on January 20, 2016 by postpunkmonk

1981 The year of 1981 shaped up like a Bowie party with no guest of honor. In England, the New Romantic movement; the Bastard Children of Bowie were all over the charts. Peaking peacocks. Steve Strange, who had been recruited for … Continue reading →

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David Bowie Memory Palace [part 2]

Posted on January 13, 2016 by postpunkmonk

1975 The next two years were Bowie-free for me. I had no awareness of what he was doing after “Space Oddity” became a late-in-the-game US hit in 1973 until two years later. I had grown up liking funk music from … Continue reading →

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