Let's Not Dance and Say We Did

As with The Police’s Synchronicity and Michael Jackson’s Thriller, it’s impossible to talk about the early 80s without talking about David Bowie’s multi-platinum LP, Let’s Dance.

David Bowie: The Starman, Returned to the Sky

In observance of the tenth anniversary of Bowie's return to the stars, I am posting the eulogy I wrote on that fateful day...

David Bowie, and the Last Rock 'n' Roll Album

In observance of Bowie's birthday, I am reposting a long-lost epic review/essay on the Thin White Duke's 2013 comeback album, The Next Day. Dig in...

1979: Crest of the New Wave, Part 1

These days, New Wave has come to basically mean "Eighties Synthpop," even though the term was being used before Synthpop was even really a thing. 

The Secret Origin of Ziggy Stardust, Concluded

OK, this is where things get a little strange. A little more synchy.

All the more appropriate as we observe the sixth anniversary of Bowie's cosmic ascension.

The Secret Origin of Ziggy Stardust, Part Two

"I always had a repulsive sort of need to be something more than human. I felt very very puny as a human. I thought. 'Fuck that. I want to be a Superman.'" -- David Bowie

The Secret Origin of Ziggy Stardust, Part One

You don't need me to tell you that the 1972 LP The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars (or Ziggy Stardust, for short) was a major milestone, not only in the life and career of David Bowie but in rock 'n' roll history as well. It was with this album that the Glam era truly began, and pop music - and popular culture - would never be the same again.