Tag Archives: David Bowie

Darwin: cchh..chch…changes

…Of course, Darwin’s theory was not immediately accepted by all scientists, either; in England its opponents were lead by Sir Richard Owen, superintendent of the natural history department of the British Museum, while in America the chief protagonists for and … Continue reading

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iggy: genius of action. raw action

by Art Chantry: one of the things i love so much about iggy is that astonishing mind of his. i’m not saying he’s an intellectual genius (although he actually seems to be in interviews). or that his mind is broken … Continue reading

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illness as style

By Art Chantry: David Bowie, the only rock star to ever take celebrity and turn it into a deep illness as a pure style. does that make sense? sometimes i felt like bowie’s images were way more important than his … Continue reading

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“something sweet about life”

An argument in favor of reviving common sense…. Someone once mentioned to Dr. Samuel Johnson a certain person who claimed to see no distinction between virtue and vice. To which Johnson replied: “If he does really think that there is … Continue reading

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first strummings

by Art Chantry: Jimi Hendrix and Billy Cox in the Army. david bowie in 1963 (one of his early bands).

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a space oddity

by Art Chantry: everybody loves david bowie. he’s the ultimate statesman of the weirdo brigade. he’s a guy who has been there, done it, got the tshirt, and cashed in. he has more indie cred than anybody earth – so … Continue reading

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senior showtime

Paul Hamilton: SENIOR SHOWTIME High Wycombe is a satellite town of London and it was there, at Bucks New University’s Students Union building on Thursday 8th March 2012, Producers played the last of their nationwide sprint of college gigs. The … Continue reading

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buggles on basing street

by Paul Hamilton ( http://www.bisonics.net ) Trevor Horn makes for a diffident, somewhat baffled front man. Looking like Ronnie Corbett with an ice cream on his head, he engages with the audience like a slightly mad old uncle who’s walked … Continue reading

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norman the negotiator

Naughty Norman. Not really. Unconscious of what he was doing, or in the grip of forces otside his control. Not likely. Ostensibly, it was a play on innocence, but it was effectively not much different than a J.D. Salinger, Isaac … Continue reading

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back to walden pond

Rockwell. Norman Rockwell. Kitsch. Sentimental. He helped define American popular culture in a manner almost as influential as Walt Disney. His recreation of a phony artificial world that never existed. A fantasy world tailor made for the peculiar form that … Continue reading

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