David Bowie's Low

This could have been a four star book, but even in 2005 (when it was written) Wilcken's use of 'autistic' (the single word most often used in this book to describe Bowie's music during the Berlin period?), and 'schizophrenic' is pretty unconscionable; not only does neither term do the heavy lifting......more

Ontem revi The Man Who Fell to Earth em honra ao Rip Torn, nada mais natural que hoje me inclinasse a ler o livro do disco que teve início com aquele filme, justamente da trilha sonora renegada pelo Nicolas Roeg que posteriormente foi aprimorada por Bowie com a ajuda de Brian Eno. Cá entre nós, por m......more

I would have never thought it possible that a bite-sized book about cocaine-addled, Berlin-era David Bowie and the making of one of my favorite Bowie albums could be a tedious read. But surprises all around, folks, because it can be. Wilken's declared intention--"to talk around Low as much as I talk......more

The 33 1/3 series is one of the most absurdly inconsistent series of books ever written. Some are great, some are O.K. and some are so terrible they are entertaining in a completely unintended way. But this one is just straight up solid. The author goes back and forth from a chronological narrative......more

this starts out with David Bowie suffering cocaine psychosis in Los Angeles, burning black candles in his mansion, seeing dead bodies falling out windows - Stations to Stations has just come out and he's going on TV saying Hitler is a rockstar. Next he goes to the insane asylum and bails Iggy Pop ou......more