Novelist Ann Sterzinger joins Andy and Colin to commemorate the life of David Bowie. Topics under discussion include his music, acting, proto-trolling activites, and relevance for the Alt-Right, as well as why his death has had such a big impact decades after his most creative period.
SHOW NOTES
- Colin's article on Bowie
- Bowie's 1976 interview with Playboy, in which he expressed admiration for Hitler
- Britain's putative space program
- Matt Parrott's article on Bowie
- Christopher Pankhurst's review of Blackstar
- David Bowie's passive aggressive interview with Russell Harty
- Music by Colin Liddell
RUNNING ORDER
00:00 Intro music
00:30 The importance of Bowie
05:00 Masturbating to Labyrinth
07:45 A cross between a cockney and a dalek
09:20 Bowie as a pioneer of troll culture
12:30 The Man Who Sold the World
15:05 Space Oddity as a substitute for a British space program
19:15 Ziggy Stardust and ecological themes
21:10 80s Bowie
22:10 Ann sings Ashes to Ashes
23:00 The Berlin Years
24:50 Let's Dance – stretching to stay on top
27:00 Labyrinth's psycho-sexual influence
29:00 Tin Machine and Nine Inch Nails period
31:30 As Pontius Pilate in The Last Temptation of Christ
34:15 Black Star and the "howling vacuum"
37:50 Carrying Iman's shoppimg
38:20 Regurgitation and a retro-focused culture
42:40 The limits of creativity
44:10 Bowie's relationship with the media
51:10 Compared to Madonna
55:30 The shadow of death
59:55 The "ugliness" of Lemmy and the Aryans of Africa
62:45 Favourite Bowie albums
64:30 Outro music
