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First-ever music video filmed in space is David Bowie’s ‘Space Oddity’
In an amazing video published Sunday by Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield, he bids farewell to the International Space Station (ISS) with the most epic cover of David Bowie’s “Space Oddity” perhaps ever, in footage that will go down as the first music video filmed in space. The ISS commander has…
London museum showcases singer Bowie’s career
Outrageous costumes and hand-scrawled lyrics are among hundreds of items going on show in a major London retrospective tracing David Bowie’s relentless self-reinventions over five decades. Charting the British singer’s rise to fame and his reincarnations as Ziggy Stardust and other outlandish alter egos, the “David Bowie Is” exhibition has…
New album rekindles Bowie’s Berlin love affair
David Bowie revives his love story with Berlin in his first new album in a decade, out this month, and the city is returning his affections with fervent tributes to its adopted son. Bowie lived in the still war-ravaged, divided city for three years in the 1970s, when he was…
David Bowie releases first album in decade
British rock icon David Bowie released his first album in a decade Thursday, streaming the comeback record exclusively on iTunes. The highly anticipated surprise release — coming more than a week before its commercial launch on March 12 — will be streamed on Apple’s media player until the album is…
David Bowie releases first song in decade
British rock icon David Bowie broke a decade-long musical silence on Tuesday, unveiling a new single to coincide with his 66th birthday and announcing that he will release an album in March. The outlandish star surprised fans by posting a video for the single, entitled “Where are We Now?”, on…
Panda Party: RIP Donna Summer Edition
This week’s Panda Party, I predict some kind of tribute to Donna Summer. It wasn’t just that she was the Queen of Disco, but also that she was part of a larger effort to use disco to push the boundaries of what could be done with pop music. Such as…
Friday Non-Random Ten “Ch-ch-ch-anges” Edition
Bowie-holic Sarah Jaffe was gracious enough to invite us out to an annual event called Oh You Pretty Things!, which has two bands (one a big band with multiple singers, some dancers, and an accordion) doing Bowie covers all night, with DJs pumping up the dance floor in between sets.…
Pop music argues with itself about itself
Sarah, guest-blogging at Feministe, has a post up about how David Bowie is an inspirational figure to her as a feminist, because his whole act in the 70s was about subversion of gender and traditional ideas of performance, and it’s a very liberating thing. I agree with all that, of…
Friday Genius Ten “New Wave Booty Shaking Weakness” Edition
I was really impressed by Cara’s four part piece on how the demonizing of Yoko Ono is a classic tale of how racism and sexism work out culture. Here’s the first part. Before you start flipping out and saying that you hate Yoko Ono for reasons that are pure and…
A historical predication of questionable accuracy makes its way into your blogger’s hands
Okay, so I bought some T-shirts from a local store that makes them. Basic goofy stuff—a picture of a Moog synthesizer, an argyle design with some skeletons, a drawing of Iron Man by Daniel Johnston for Marc, and a T-shirt that cracked me up because I thought of it as…
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