One day in 1981 David Bowie and Queen found themselves in a recording studio somewhere in Switzerland. The intent was to lay down vocals for “Cool Cat,” but Bowie got bored with the task at hand and suggested writing a new song from scratch instead. According to Freddie Mercury biographer Mark Blake, the iconic musicans […]
#FBF – Bowie + Frampton: In Search Of
As the world completes it’s first year without David Bowie in it since 1946, YGIM YouTube spiraled her way across this vintage MTV News gem. It feels like a fitting tribute to the starman’s oft-overlooked sillier side. Let me set the scene — Madrid, 1987. David Bowie and Peter Frampton embark upon their very own […]
2016 was the Worst
Phew: midnight. It is now 1st January, 2017 and while I didn’t get an awkward kiss with a stranger I am relieved to report, after spending the last several hours breathlessly refreshing google alerts that our irreplaceable, 94-years-young national treasure Betty White is still counted among the living. It doesn’t bring back anyone we lost, […]
Bowie Snags Four 2016 MTV VMA Nominations
David Bowie added four more posthumous award nominations to his tally today, this time for the 2016 MTV Video Music Awards. Bowie was recognized in four professional categories for two music videos. His video “Blackstar” was nominated for Best Art Direction, and “Lazarus” secured nods for Best Direction, Best Cinematography and Best Editing. If there […]
Own a Piece of David Bowie’s Art Collection
EXCLUSIVE – First look at David Bowie’s private art collection – heading for Sotheby’s auction. #BowieCollector pic.twitter.com/ASSaX6Mcyn — BBC Radio 4 Today (@BBCr4today) July 14, 2016 Preview World Tour: London: 20 July–9 August Los Angeles: 20–21 September New York: 26–29 September Hong Kong: 12–15 October The Exhibition: Bowie/Collector Sotheby’s London 1–10 November All exhibitions are […]
Reality Crumbling in the Wake of David Bowie’s Death
Six months after the death of David Bowie, normal reality is collapsing at an ever-increasing rate. Scientists have concluded that Bowie was in some way integral to the function of what we call normality in ways which they have not yet properly begun to understand, but postulate a hitherto unknown particle called the ‘Bowon’ which […]
David Bowie’s ★ on InstaMiniSeries
David Bowie may have taken his leave of this world to return home just over a month ago, but he is still actively changing it. DavidBowie.com just announced a 16-part, 4-minute mini series set for imminent release over Instagram’s InstaMiniSeries. “Unbound: A ★ InstaMiniSeries,” marks the fourth offering in original content from the selfie-sharing service. […]
Watch: Space Weird Thing
Wow, when my luck finally breaks, gang, it breaks WIDE OPEN. Ever since I joined this team, everything is coming up Ses. How else do you explain my good fortune at tripping over the release of this video on my first day on the job post-Thunderdome – I was only here 2 days before T-Dome started so […]