Bowie fan art #13 at Brooklyn Museum

“The paintings are all your own”

David Bowie collected all of the fan art he was sent over the years and now the Brooklyn Museum has fulfilled his dream that one day they should be exhibited. We’re posting a piece online every Friday with the hashtag #DavidBowieArt.

Unfortunately, the creators of the majority of the works collected are unknown, but it would be a great help if anybody reading this has more information, be it the artists themselves or somebody who knows them. We’ve had half of the artists contact us so far...and next week we’ll start posting their stories.

Today’s likeness is based on an image of David Bowie as John Merrick in The Elephant Man, from a photo session by Ron Scherl in 1980. (See the comments section.)

You can enjoy all of the pieces on display at the exhibition until July 15th. Tickets and details of other Bowie-related events at the Brooklyn Museum here.

#DavidBowieIs #DavidBowieIsBKM #DavidBowieArt #BowieFanFriday

Bowie dances to the top this day in 1983

“To the song they're playin' on the radio”

David Bowie’s worldwide smash hit single Let’s Dance gave him his second #1 single in the USA on this day in 1983, following Fame which topped the US chart in 1975.

The single had already provided Bowie with another #1 in the UK, and we’ll leave you with an indicator of its success on the global stage with the peak chart positions held by Let’s Dance back in 1983.

Australian Singles Chart - 2

Austrian Singles Chart - 2

Canadian Singles Chart - 1

Dutch Singles Chart - 1

German Singles Chart - 2

Irish Singles Chart - 1

New Zealand Singles Chart - 1

Norwegian Singles Chart - 1

Swedish Singles Chart - 1

Swiss Singles Chart - 1

UK Singles Chart - 1

US Billboard Hot 100 - 1

US Billboard Hot Dance Club Play - 1

FOOTNOTE: Our montage shows the original US press advert with release date, a Let’s Dance promotional sticker, the Australian Let’s Dance sheet music and the promotional Let’s Dance silver and red trainers. We’ll let you work out which is which.

#BowieLetsDance

Denis O’Regan DB and SRV exclusive

“Like a sermon on blues guitar”

On the 35th anniversary of two warm up shows at Vorst Nationaal in Brussels on 18/19 of May, 1983, Denis O'Regan has given us an exclusive glimpse of what might have been, with a shot from his upcoming Ricochet: David Bowie 1983 - Photographs by Denis O'Regan from the Serious Moonlight tour.

Aside from the cover for the hardback fan version of Ricochet illustrated here*, David Bowie is pictured in rehearsal in April at Las Colinas in Dallas in the US, with a band that still featured guitarist Stevie Ray Vaughan (SRV).

As you know, Earl Slick was the last minute replacement for SRV, but that’s a whole other story.

A few days after the Brussels' warm up, the NME published a preview by our friend Charles Shaar Murray, which concluded thus:

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You have to give the man some credit. Rather than cynically tout a freeze-dried legend around the world - Rolling Stones stylee - Bowie has created a show that lives up rather than down to expectations. Not on the basis of his legend or his publicity, but on the strength of this show, Bowie is the finest white pop performer alive. I’ll be very surprised to see any of Bowie’s alleged peers produce anything remotely this good for quite some time to come.

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And who are we to say that CSM was on the money with that conclusion? But, CSM was on the money with that conclusion.

Stay tuned for more exciting exclusives from Denis shortly. Also, check out www.Itsahugeboxedset.com to learn more about #bowie1983book.

*The hardback fan version of #bowie1983book (a medium format version of the main coffee table book from the limited edition boxed set) is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Published Nov 1st by Particular Books.

#DavidBowieRicochet #bowie1983book #DenisORegan

Bowie fan art #12 at Brooklyn Museum

“The paintings are all your own”

David Bowie collected all of the fan art he was sent over the years and now the Brooklyn Museum has fulfilled his dream that one day they should be exhibited. We’re posting a piece online every Friday with the hashtag #DavidBowieArt.

Unfortunately, the creators of the majority of the works collected are unknown, but it would be a great help if anybody reading this has more information, be it the artists themselves or somebody who knows them. We’ve had half of the artists contact us so far...including Karen Kilroy, the artist behind last week’s piece.

Today’s likeness is based on an image of Bowie taken by Greg Gorman for the promotion of 1983’s Let’s Dance album.

You can enjoy all of the pieces on display at the exhibition until July 15th. Tickets and details of other Bowie-related events at the Brooklyn Museum here.

#DavidBowieIs #DavidBowieIsBKM #DavidBowieArt #BowieFanFriday

Christiane F and Baal vinyl plus Blackout CD due

“With your silicone hump and your ten-inch BAAL”

The RSD favourite, Welcome To The Blackout (Live London ’78), which was the best-selling RSD release in the UK and second best in the US, is due to be issued as a 2CD set and as standard and high resolution digital for download and streaming.

The CD is released on 29 June via Parlophone, as are exclusive vinyl “bricks and mortar” reissues for retail stores of: Christiane F. – Wir Kinder Vom Bahnhof Zoo on red vinyl and a 10" trifold sleeve of David Bowie In Bertolt Brecht’s Baal.

Keep reading for the full press release.

#BowieBlackout #BowieBAAL #BowieChristianeF #BowieVinyl

DAVID BOWIE

WELCOME TO THE BLACKOUT (LIVE LONDON ’78)

2CD Set And Standard And High Resolution Digital For Download And Streaming

CHRISTIANE F. - WIR KINDER VOM BAHNHOF ZOO

Red Vinyl LP (Limited Edition “Brick & Mortar” Retail Exclusive)

IN BERTOLT BRECHT’S BAAL

10” EP (Limited Edition “Brick & Mortar” Retail Exclusive)

A Trio Of Releases Highlight Bowie Live And Studio Recordings Made Between 1978 and 1982

All Three Are Available Individually On 29 June From Parlophone

David Bowie released two classic studio albums between 1978 and 1982 (Lodger and Scary Monsters [And Super Creeps]), as well as a wealth of work for film, television and more. Bowie also found time to embark upon a massive world tour, documented by the double live album Stage, along with two acclaimed projects for film and television. On 29 June, Parlophone will revisit that prolific period with Welcome To The Blackout (Live London ’78), as well as two special vinyl reissues exclusively for “brick and mortar” retail stores: Christiane F. – Wir Kinder Vom Bahnhof Zoo and David Bowie In Bertolt Brecht’s Baal.

The new releases begin with the CD and digital debut of Welcome To The Blackout (Live London ’78). This live album features performances recorded at Earl’s Court in London on 30 June and 1 July, 1978 during Bowie’s “Isolar II” Tour. The music was released earlier this year on vinyl as a strictly limited-edition triple-LP set for Record Store Day 2018.

Tony Visconti, who co-produced a dozen studio albums for Bowie throughout his career, recorded the 1978 concert which was later mixed by Bowie and David Richards.

The set naturally focuses on songs from the two albums Bowie released in 1977 – Low and “Heroes” as well as other earlier career highlights such as “Fame”, Ziggy Stardust”, “The Jean Genie” and “Station To Station” and the first ever live performance of “Sound And Vision”, included in this set was its debut live performance. Welcome To The Blackout (Live London ’78) will be available as a two-CD set as well as digitally for download and streaming in both standard and high-definition versions.

Christiane F. – Wir Kinder Vom Bahnhof Zoo is the soundtrack to the 1981 film based on the 1978 autobiography by German actress Christiane Vera Felscherinow. The soundtrack incorporates songs from several Bowie albums, including “Stay” (Station To Station, 1976), “Warszawa” (Low, 1977) “V-2 Schneider” (“Heroes”, 1977), and “Look Back In Anger” (Lodger, 1979.) Released on vinyl for the first time in 30 years, this fan favourite will be pressed on limited edition red vinyl and available exclusively at “brick and mortar” retail stores. The set includes Mark Adams' original liner notes from the 2001 CD issue of the album.

David Bowie In Bertolt Brecht’s Baal features Bowie performing five songs that were written for German playwright Bertolt Brecht’s 1918 play “Baal.” Bowie recorded this EP with Visconti at Hansa Studios in Berlin in November 1981. Recently, all five songs were re-released as part of the exclusive Re:Call 3 compilation that accompanied the box set, A New Career In A New Town (1977-1982). This new limited edition 10” vinyl reissue comes in a six-panel sleeve that replicates the original 1982 packaging and is available exclusively at “brick and mortar” retail stores.

WELCOME TO THE BLACKOUT (LIVE LONDON ’78)

CD and Digital for streaming and download in standard resolution, 96kHz/24bit and 192/kHz/24bit resolutions.

CD1

Warszawa

"Heroes"

What In The World

Be My Wife

The Jean Genie

Blackout

Sense Of Doubt

Speed Of Life

Sound And Vision

Breaking Glass

Fame

Beauty And The Beast

CD 2

Five Years

Soul Love

Star

Hang On To Yourself

Ziggy Stardust

Suffragette City

Art Decade

Alabama Song

Station To Station

TVC 15

Stay

Rebel Rebel

CHRISTIANE F. - WIR KINDER VOM BAHNHOF ZOO

Red vinyl LP

Side 1:

V-2 Schneider

TVC 15

“Heroes/Helden”

Boys Keep Swinging

Sense Of Doubt

Side2:

Station To Station

Look Back In Anger

Stay

Warszawa

DAVID BOWIE IN BERTOLT BRECHT’S BAAL

10” vinyl EP

Side 1:

Baal’s Hymn (Der Choral Vom Großen Baal)

Remembering Marie A. (Erinnerung An Die Marie A.)

Side 2

Ballad Of The Adventurers (Die Ballad Von Den Abenteurern)

The Drowned Girl (Vom Ertrunkenen Mädchen)

The Dirty Song

Bowie and Sid at Earl’s Court 45 years ago

“Clutches of sad remains, Waits for Aladdin Sane”

Following UK dates at the start of the year, The David Bowie Tour 1973 revisited the USA in February and Japan for the first time in April.

Returning to the UK, the fourth leg of the tour had an auspicious opening at London’s Earl’s Court, 45 years ago tonight.

This was the first Rock concert to be staged at the venue and unfortunately it didn't seem the logistics of putting on a show there had been fully worked out.

Reviews pointed out the poor visibility (the stage was on ground level), and an inadequate sound system unable to fill the cavernous hall.

However, those that could see and hear enjoyed a superb setlist by Bowie and The Spiders, augmented by the expanded band.

The new outfits given to David by Kansai Yamamoto, along with the kabuki influenced make up and the state of the art light show, made for an incredible spectacle.

Things settled down at smaller venues for the rest of the tour, as witnessed in the Ziggy Stardust Motion Picture filmed at the last show of the tour at Hammersmith Odeon on July 3rd.*

Our montage shows Bowie in performance on the night (main image by Mick Rock) and fans outside Earl’s Court before the show.

While we all know about the sad end the lad proudly displaying his Bowie T-shirt came to (he was yet to become a Sex Pistol in the shape of Sid Vicious), does anybody out there know what happened to the girls holding the tour programme?

We’ll leave you with the setlist which contained all but one of the songs from new album Aladdin Sane.

The David Bowie Tour 1973

May 12, 1973, Earl’s Court, London.

(Ode To Joy intro music)

01 Ziggy Stardust

02 Watch That Man

03 Medley: Wild Eyed Boy From Freecloud/All The Young Dudes/Oh! You Pretty Things

04 The Prettiest Star

05 Cracked Actor

06 Moonage Daydream

07 Changes

08 Space Oddity

09 The Jean Genie

10 Time

11 The Width Of A Circle

12 Let's Spend The Night Together

13 Drive-In Saturday

14 Aladdin Sane

15 Medley: Quicksand/Life On Mars?/Memory Of A Free Festival

16 Panic In Detroit

17 Suffragette City

Encore:

18 Rock 'N' Roll Suicide

(Land of Hope & Glory outro music)

Personnel:

David Bowie (vocals, 12-string acoustic guitar, Minimoog, percussion, harmonica)

Mick Ronson (lead guitar, backing vocals)

Trevor Bolder (bass guitar, backing vocals)

Mick 'Woody' Woodmansey (drums)

Mike Garson (piano, Mellotron)

Brian Wilshaw (tenor saxophone, flute)

Ken Fordham (tenor, baritone, alto saxophones)

John Hutchinson (rhythm guitar, backing vocals)

Geoffrey Alexander MacCormack (percussion, backing vocals)

*Speaking of that last show at Hammersmith, a local lad (another yet to be Sex Pistol), Steve Jones, helped himself to some of Bowie’s equipment. So, it could be argued that Bowie not only influenced the look of the fledgling band, but also unwittingly contributed to the Sex Pistols’ sound too.

FOOTNOTE: Lou Reed’s Bowie/Ronson produced Walk On The Wild Side entered the UK chart on this day too. It was Lou’s first UK single chart entry. The song was taken from Transformer (arguably Reed’s finest moment), an album produced by the same team.

#BowieEarlsCourt73 #BowiePistols

Bowie fan art #11 at Brooklyn Museum

“The paintings are all your own”

David Bowie collected all of the fan art he was sent over the years and now the @brooklynmuseum has fulfilled his dream that one day they should be exhibited. We’re posting a piece online every Friday with the hashtag #DavidBowieArt.

Unfortunately, the creators of the majority of the works collected are unknown, but this week a signature is clear and it is that of Karen Kilroy. Is this the same Karen Kilroy known to BowieNet members as Suff? Mother of Dalek? We know she met Bowie in 1978, so it all fits.

Like last week, today’s likeness is of Bowie as Thomas Jerome Newton in the film The Man Who Fell To Earth. But this particular image is perhaps best known for being the cover of Low.

You can enjoy all of the pieces on display at the exhibition until July 15th. Tickets and details of other Bowie-related events at the Brooklyn Museum here.

#DavidBowieIs #DavidBowieIsBKM #DavidBowieArt #BowieFanFriday

2001: A Space Odyssey is fifty

“An epic drama of adventure and exploration”

Stanley Kubrick’s remarkable 2001: A Space Odyssey was released in the UK on May 10, 1968.

Here’s an edited excerpt from Wikipedia for those unfamiliar with the plot:

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2001: A Space Odyssey is a 1968 epic science fiction film produced and directed by Stanley Kubrick. The screenplay was written by Kubrick and Arthur C. Clarke, and was inspired by Clarke's short story "The Sentinel". The film, which follows a voyage to Jupiter with the sentient computer HAL after the discovery of a mysterious black monolith affecting human evolution, deals with themes of existentialism, human evolution, technology, artificial intelligence, and the existence of extraterrestrial life. It is noted for its scientifically accurate depiction of spaceflight, pioneering special effects, and ambiguous imagery.

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A 21-year-old David Bowie was so impressed by it that it became the inspiration for his first hit single the following year, Space Oddity.

Suggestions of mind-altering substances taken to enhance viewer appreciation of some of the more psychedelic scenes, weren’t exactly discouraged by one of the myriad posters produced to promote the film, running with the tagline: “the ultimate trip”.

Here Bowie explains to Bill DeMain of Performing Songwriter in 2003 that his own viewing experience may have been tweaked somewhat...

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BD: How did “Space Oddity” come about?

BOWIE: In England, it was always presumed that it was written about the space landing, because it kind of came to prominence around the same time. But it actually wasn’t. It was written because of going to see the film 2001, which I found amazing. I was out of my gourd anyway, I was very stoned when I went to see it, several times, and it was really a revelation to me. It got the song flowing.

It was picked up by the British television and used as the background music for the landing itself. I’m sure they really weren’t listening to the lyric at all (laughs). It wasn’t a pleasant thing to juxtapose against a moon landing. Of course, I was overjoyed that they did. Obviously some BBC official said, “Oh, right then, that space song, Major Tom, blah blah blah, that’ll be great.” “Um, but he gets stranded in space, sir.” Nobody had the heart to tell the producer that (laughs).

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The song introduced the character of Major Tom, revisited in Ashes To Ashes and the David Bowie featuring Pet Shop Boys version of Hallo Spaceboy. The film’s influence was also apparent in the videos for Jump They Say and Blackstar.

Today’s 'lyric quotation' is actually the tagline for another of the 2001: A Space Odyssey posters (see montage), but it could easily be a description of Bowie’s own career.

FOOTNOTE: The image of Dave at the top of our montage is from a scene where he is disabling the all-controlling and murderous on-board computer, HAL, by removing his memory banks.

As HAL shuts down one of the final piece of dialogue goes thus:

HAL: My instructor was Mr Langley, and he taught me to sing a song. If you’d like to hear it, I can sing it for you.

Dave: Yes, I’d like to hear it HAL, sing it for me.

To bring things full circle, The Langley Schools Music Project recorded a version of Space Oddity in 1976. The tapes were found and finally issued 25 years later in, you guessed it, 2001!

Bowie said this version of Space Oddity was "a piece of art that I couldn’t have conceived of", describing the vocals as "earnest if lugubrious" and the backing arrangement as "astounding".

Make up your own mind here.

#BowieSpaceOddity

See Mick Rock at tonight’s Music Video Night

“Waiting for the gift of sound and vision”

If you’re within screaming distance of David Bowie Is at Brooklyn Museum this evening, why not pop along for a rare screening and discussion with photographer and director, yer actual living and breathing...Mick Rock.

See the music videos he created for David Bowie in a presentation hosted by Mass Appeal Music Video Night’s Gregg Kaysen. This intimate showcase delves into the stories, inspiration, and production behind classics such as John, I’m Only Dancing, The Jean Genie, Space Oddity and the iconic Life On Mars?.

Mick Rock on David Bowie

Thursday, May 10, 2018

7–9 pm

Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Auditorium, 3rd Floor

Be quick for tickets.

#BowieMickRock #DavidBowieIs #DavidBowieIsBKM #MusicVideoNight

Denis O’Regan takes Bowie to Harlem

“And tomorrows of rich surprise”

Loni Efron and Denis O'Regan invite you to join in the opening celebration of the Ricochet: David Bowie 1983 exhibition in Harlem on Thursday, May 10th.

Enjoy a Q&A with Denis and view limited edition prints along with an advance preview of the magnificent limited edition piece of art that is Ricochet.

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Ricochet: David Bowie 1983 - Photographs by Denis O'Regan from the Serious Moonlight tour

May 10 - May 28, 2018 - opening celebration May 10 from 6-9pm

ilon Art Gallery, 204 West 123rd Street, Harlem NY 10027 - RSVP loni@ilon.com

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Go here for more information regarding the exhibition.

Also, check out www.Itsahugeboxedset.com to learn more about this, erm....huge boxed set.

#DavidBowieRicochet #bowie1983book #DenisORegan

Ceci N'est Pas David Bowie

“This girl is made of lipstick, Powder and paint”

La Galerie Stardust/Mood in Paris in collaboration with Bowie France is proud to announce a new exhibition of stunning David Bowie portraits by Sara Captain.

The London-based artist takes her famously magnetic and sensitive portraits of David Bowie to Paris for a solo show that departs from the usual representations to reveal the man and artist behind the rockstar.

Expect more than one surprise! A must for art and music lovers alike.

Opening 1st June at 7pm through to 15th July.

Check out the Facebook gallery of Sara’s Bowie paintings and more info regarding Ceci N'est Pas David Bowie here.

#SaraCaptainArt

Beckenham fundraiser tickets on sale now

“Maybe I should announce it? Should I?”

BOWIE’S BECKENHAM ODDITY is an annual fundraiser, supported by David Bowie when he provided signed items for auction at the event.

This year the Bowie Archive has donated another item signed by him, more details of which will follow before the festival in August.

Money raised goes to the Bandstand Restoration & Plaque Fund. Meanwhile here’s the press release, with ticket links, etc...

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BOWIE’S BECKENHAM ODDITY 2018:

Saturday, 11th August – 12 noon to 8pm

Croydon Road Recreation Centre, Beckenham, BR3 3PR

A festival celebrating the life and legacy of David Bowie, his time in Beckenham and beyond.

Fans and music lovers worldwide are invited to come together on Saturday 11th August 2018, in Beckenham, South London, to celebrate David Bowie's songs, life and influence, in the park where his rise to stardom began back in 1969.

The third “Bowie’s Beckenham Oddity” will take place at Croydon Road Recreation Ground, centred around the same iconic bandstand where Bowie and friends from the Beckenham Arts Lab held the UK’s first Free Festival - “The Growth Summer Festival” - on 16 August, nearly 49 years ago. The festival coincided with the release of David’s first hit single “Space Oddity” and the day was later immortalised with another Bowie single release: “Memory Of A Free Festival”.

This year’s event kicks off at 12 noon, with a line-up of musical talent who will reprise Bowie’s greatest songs, including “Life On Mars?”, the career defining classic he wrote whilst sat on the bandstand steps as well as doing some of their own songs.

Other attractions include food and drinks by local vendors, a raffle of donated prizes, and the auction of Bowie related memorabilia.

Tickets cost £10 adults, £5 for 10 to 16 year olds, and under 10's go free! Tickets are available online in advance here or at the gate on the day of the event.

Fans can also support the event via the personalised brick sales, which will be laid in their name around the bandstand on restoration. They can also donate to the “Bowie Bandstand Restoration & Plaque Fund”, which will honour not only David Bowie, but all of the people who took part in the initial 1969 festival.

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B.B.O. Organiser Wendy Faulkner

After being actively involved in previous fundraiser events for the bandstand, when news broke of David Bowie’s death, Wendy felt they had to do this tribute for him and to get this unique piece of musical history restored in his name:

“It’s not just about Bowie, but also all the people who were involved with him along his path to stardom. Brixton has its mural, Aylesbury now has its Earthly Messenger statue, but for me the most real and meaningful place has to be at the bandstand. His ties to the borough and the bandstand are without question; he thrived here, having found the freedom to develop the songs that would later change him, change music and change the world. Slightly off the beaten track, it’s well worth the journey to come along to see it and experience it first-hand.

I'm pleased that David Bowie knew of the fundraising efforts, and donated signed items for the events before his passing. We will never see anyone like Bowie again, a true legend and star, and this is our way to keep the memory alive and put the iconic bandstand on the map.”

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“Bowie’s Beckenham Oddity” is supported by idverde , Bromley Parks, and The London Borough of Bromley, who have named the bandstand “The Bowie Bandstand” in his honour.

Tickets here.

For further information, images and interviews please contact:

Wendy Faulkner

Email: bowiesbeckenhamoddity@gmail.com

Mobile: 07538 984631

Photograph by Ray Stevenson

#bowiesbeckenhamoddity #bowiesbandstand

Bowie fan art #10 at Brooklyn Museum

“The paintings are all your own”

David Bowie collected all of the fan art he was sent over the years and now the Brooklyn Museum has fulfilled his dream that one day they should be exhibited. We’re posting a piece online every Friday with the hashtag #DavidBowieArt.

Unfortunately, the creators of the majority of the works collected are unknown, but it would be a great help if anybody reading this has more information, be it the artists themselves or somebody who knows them. We’ve had half of the artists contact us so far.

Today’s likeness is of Bowie as Thomas Jerome Newton in the film The Man Who Fell To Earth.

You can enjoy all of the pieces on display at the exhibition until July 15th. Tickets and details of other Bowie-related events at the Brooklyn Museum here.

#DavidBowieIs #DavidBowieIsBKM #DavidBowieArt #BowieFanFriday

Duncan recommends Bowie Book Club book #5

“I’m Afraid Of Americans”

Following last month’s recommendation (George Orwell's Down & Out in Paris & London), Duncan Jones has posted his fifth selection for the Bowie Book Club on twitter.

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Duncan Jones @ManMadeMoon May 2nd

OK, gang. I'm late on the book of the month, and I know that means you won't have as much time to order but May is a long month, so suck it up!

The book of the month is...

Susan Jacoby’s The Age of American Unreason

Seems like a good time for it.

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Susan Jacoby’s The Age of American Unreason synopsis:

Combining historical analysis with far-reaching contemporary observation, Susan Jacoby dissects a modern America at odds with its heritage of Enlightenment reason and with 21st century knowledge and science. With mordant wit, the author offers an unsparing indictment of the ways in which dumbness and junk thought have permeated throughout American society both on the political right and the left. Much of Jacoby s diagnosis of the ills of contemporary American culture is acutely relevant in the UK, but she also presents a fascinating and persuasive account of many aspects of American society that baffle British observers. Why, for instance, uniquely among western democracies, are Darwin's theories still controversial in the United States? What is driving the current resurgence of American Christian fundamentalism? Jacoby's witty, impassioned book is essential reading for anyone with a serious interest in the most powerful country in the world.

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The Age of American Unreason is from DAVID BOWIE'S TOP 100 BOOKS list.

If you don’t do Twitter (where you can respond to Duncan directly), feel free to leave your thoughts about this book in the comments section.

FOOTNOTE: See this twitter thread posted by Duncan last week for the relevance of today’s picture.

Here’s a recap for those of you who don’t do twitter...

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Duncan Jones @ManMadeMoon April 28

Speaking of which, our lovely little girl has a name. (We chose it a while ago)

Zowie Tala Mabsie Jones.

About time SOMEONE made use of my middle name, even if I wasn’t ready to!

Duncan Jones @ManMadeMoon April 28

Zowie, because I’m an egomaniac

Tala, is a beautiful name & one Tagalog meaning for it is “Star”

Mabsie in memory of the wonderful women Marion Skene who raised me & died last year

And Jones for this...

The Coasters - Along Came Jones

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Bowie fans of a certain age will remember well the days when little Zowie Bowie was frequently featured in pop magazines around the globe.

This particular image was taken in Amsterdam in 1974 and appeared in the pages of Dutch magazine, Popfoto. The cover boasts the lead singer of The Sweet, Brian Connolly, who probably nicked his hairdo from Zowie, a bit.

#BowieBookClub #ReadingIsBrainFood

Olympian Bowie by Denis O’Regan

“Halloween Jack is a real cool cat”

The disarmingly charming Denis O’Regan is having one of his 'in conversation' evenings, at the very place today’s Bowie picture was taken by him: the world-famous Olympic studios in Barnes, in the UK.

Here’s the blurb regarding the event from the Olympic studios page...

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FROM BARNES TO BOWIE: DENIS O’REGAN IN CONVERSATION AT OLYMPIC STUDIOS

“Photographer Denis O’Regan grew up in Barnes and still loves living here with his wife and son. He took his baby steps around Barnes pond, saw St Mary’s church go up in flames, witnessed The Beatles and Ziggy Stardust nearby at the Hammersmith Odeon, and took his first offstage pictures of David Bowie outside Olympic studios during the recording of his ‘Diamond Dogs’ album. On the 44th anniversary of the album’s release Denis will take us behind the scenes of his rock & roll years since that day in 1974.

In 1976, Denis documented the London Punk scene. Six years later he toured Europe with the Rolling Stones, and the following year shot David Bowie’s entire ‘Serious Moonlight’ world tour before setting off around the world again with Duran Duran, Queen, Spandau Ballet, Pink Floyd, and once more, David Bowie. A month before publication of his magnificent ‘Ricochet : David Bowie 1983’ boxed set of books and photographs produced in co-operation with the David Bowie estate, Denis heads to Screen 1 to tell the story of the tour, the boxed set, and regale us with anecdotes of life on the road in the Eighties with Rock royalty. From Barnes to Bowie and back.”

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Go here for tickets.

#DavidBowieRicochet #Barnes2BowieConvo

Tonight’s one-off Lazarus Experience tickets

“If I did casually mention tonight”

There are still some tickets available for tonight’s Lazarus motion picture live soundtrack experience in Brooklyn. Tickets here.

~ LAZARUS - THE MOTION PICTURE/LIVE SOUNDTRACK EXPERIENCE

~ FEATURING EXCLUSIVE PERFORMANCE BY THE ORIGINAL BAND FROM THE OFF-BROADWAY SHOW BY DAVID BOWIE & ENDA WALSH

~ ONE NIGHT ONLY - MAY 2 AT THE KINGS THEATRE IN BROOKLYN

Go here for the full press release.

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