There was no way that David Bowie wasn’t going to be famous. His will was too strong. As childhood friends of his have said, he was already preparing for fame at nine, aggressively moving between fads, attempting to catch the right one at the right time in order to propel him toward celebrity. He was […]
Tag Archives: The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars
The infinitely adapting life form known as David Bowie has been called back home
Posted in Art and Culture, Uncategorized Also tagged another famous person has died, Apollo 11, Arnold Corns, Brian Epstein, celebrity, David Bowie, David Bowie Wants Idea, determination, fads, fame, Jeff Starship, Joey Ramone, Longwater, Lou Reed, Lour Reed, Love You till Tuesday, Madona, Major Tom, Moonage Daydream, rural pop, Sniper, sociopaths, space, Space Oddity, The Ostrich, The Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Long-haired Men, Timothy Monger, trends, Ziggy Stardust 43 Comments
What Mark is watching tonight: Cracked Actor
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Posted in Art and Culture Also tagged Cracked Actor, David Bowie, documentary film, Ziggy Stardust 3 Comments
Ziggy Stardust
Last night, as I couldn’t sleep, I stayed up late and watched a bunch of Ziggy Startdust-era Bowie stuff. Here are three of my better finds. Enjoy. Oh, and here’s a piece of bonus footage, taken of a young Bowie in 1964, talking about his newly formed organization, The Society for the Prevention of Cruelty […]
Posted in Art and Culture, Mark's Life, Observations Also tagged Aladdin Sane, Buck Henry, Cracked Actor, David Bowie, David Jones, Davie Jones, Five Years, Mick Ronson, Moonage Daydream, rebellion of the longhairs, Romper Room, Society for Indecency to Naked Animals, Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Longhaired Men, spiders, Ziggy Stardust 5 Comments