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  • Boys Always Work It Out

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    A friend on the illustrious Love and Rockets forum Torched posted a link to the newest ad for Campari. My exact response to the ad was, “Boys Keep Swinging, anyone?” The climactic moment of the ad shows the ‘girl’ removing her lipstick with a swipe of her arm, a la Bowie in the video for…

  • Say Good-bye to Fried Foods

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    Man, you gotta love the tabloids. The title to the article Iman forces David Bowie to change diet after heart attack tries to whip up scandal where there is none. At first the reader might think, “Oh, that horrible Iman!” But if you actually read the article, she’s just making sure that one of rock’s…

  • Dreams of an Outside Trilogy Thoroughly Contaminated

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    Back in the 80’s when audio cassettes were totally rad, comedian Rich Hall said if he ever had a band he would name it Tape Head Cleaner because even if they sucked, they’d be sure to sell a lot of tapes. And so was the thought behind the title of Failure To Communicate Records’ new…

  • Weller, Meet Morrissey

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    Paul Weller, winner of the Brits Lifetime Achievement Award, recently bashed Bowie in an interview with Uncut Magazine. He stated, “Wrong! I like about three records of his. The rest of it’s pish” when Bowie’s recent Recording Academy Lifetime Acheivement Award was mentioned. Maybe he’s been taking Bowie-bashing lessons from Morrissey. A review of the…

  • Random Thought from Your Webmistress

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    An online acquaintance asked an interesting question today – what Bowie song would I like to see Peter Murphy cover? The first song that popped into my head was “We Prick You.” This is a creepy song from a dark and imposing album (not to mention my all-time favorite album). Peter’s “cavernous baritone” would be…

  • Fairytales – Bowiestyle

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    This is an essay/rant from the original CrackedActor that Michael and I ran in my college days. I have edited it slightly, but the original message is there. Anyone ever noticed that there are two Bowie songs that read very much like a fairy tale? The two songs that I am referring to are Glass…