Appreciating David Bowie

[Zzzptm]

This just popped in my head, and it's wild.

Bowie's "Thin White Duke" persona was openly fascistic at times. Definitely Bowie's most right-wing character.

The character was influenced heavily by the filming of The Man Who Fell From the Sky, which was filmed in/near Albuquerque, New Mexico.

Bugs Bunny often started cartoons with the line, "I should have turned left at Albuquerque."

DAVID BOWIE == BUGS BUNNY

BECAUSE BOTH WENT *RIGHT* AT ALBUQUERQUE

WAKE UP SHEEPLE

[Vyn]

Your proctor will be paying you a visit later this week, Z.

In the meantime, I don't know if you've tried on Blackstar for size, but man what a fantastic set.

[Billy Underdog]

This just popped in my head, and it's wild.

Bowie's "Thin White Duke" persona was openly fascistic at times. Definitely Bowie's most right-wing character.

You're not the first to think that, and this unfortunate pic didn't help matters. In the Berlin era he admitted to be facinated by Nietzsche and Facicm too. And then there was ofcourse all the coke in L.A and speed in Europe...

[Zzzptm]

It's not the side effects of the cocaine...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WSQHFUe6Y5s

[Billy Underdog]

It's not the side effects of the cocaine...

No, at this time it was more the speed. The coke made him paranoid and delusional. There's some scenes in the film Cracked Actor that's pretty bad.

[Billy Underdog]

Well, I can take David Bowie off of this list for me. I found stuff of his that I'm not just OK with, I actually will select in the future.

I think we got ourselves a new fan, Mr. Jones 

[Billy Underdog]

Recent posts brought me back to this, and GODDAMNED what an album. Imagine being at one peak or another during the whole of the 70's, becoming an irrelevant pop-star in the 80's and then (to cut the story short) come back with this in '02 which equals everything you've ever done before. What a gifted man.