For many listeners, the David Bowie odyssey begins in earnest with his 1969 hit single “Space Oddity.” And for the most part, Bowie himself went along with this timeline, only rarely referencing … Read more
2016 was a year of great musical losses, but none was as shocking or as saddening as David Bowie’s. One year on, let’s remember a side of Bowie that’s been often forgotten: … Read more
On Sept. 22, 1972, David Bowie brought Ziggy Stardust to the Cleveland Music Hall on the opening night of the U.S. leg of his tour. His album The Rise and Fall of Ziggy … Read more
In England, David Bowie may become—may already be—a real star, but in the American context he looks more like an aesthete using stardom as a metaphor. I’m not entirely happy with this conclusion; … Read more
