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Two friends have had a book club for a very very long time. It was mostly an excuse to drink and gossip. In January of 2016, they found renewed purpose in their sadness over the death of David Bowie. They decided to stop mucking around and actually get some reading done - from the list of books that…

Greg Miller & Kristianne Huntsberger


    • May 26, 2025 LATEST EPISODE
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    The Gift by Vladimir Nabokov

    Play Episode Listen Later May 26, 2025 40:50


    Welcome to another episode of the Bowie Book Club, where wild speculation and grasping for straws about Bowie's favorite books has reigned supreme since 2016. This time we read The Gift by Vladimir Nabokov, a multi-level marketing scheme to get you into an emigre's state of mind.

    Nova Express by William Burroughs

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 21, 2025 45:28


    Welcome to another episode of the Bowie Book Club, where wild speculation and grasping for straws about Bowie's favorite books hasreigned supreme since 2016. This time we read Nova Express (https://bookshop.org/a/105/9780802122087) by William Burroughs - maybe it's science fiction? Maybe it's a spell to thwart mind control ? Maybe it's just not meant to be read?

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    Dancing in the Streets by Barbara Ehrenreich

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 24, 2025 49:50


    Welcome to another episode of the Bowie Book Club, where wild speculation and grasping for straws about Bowie's favorite books has reigned supreme since 2016. This time we read Dancing in the Streets by Barbara Ehrenreich, a survey about how people have collectively let their hair down over the past few centuries.

    Strangers on a Train by Patricia Highsmith

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 17, 2025 45:57


    Welcome to another episode of the Bowie Book Club, where wild speculation and grasping for straws about Bowie's favorite books has reigned supreme since 2016. This time we read Strangers on a Train by Patricia Highsmith, which is about how awful it was to travel before you could use noise-canceling headphones to eliminate any possibility of getting into a conversation with someone about murder.

    The Flamethrowers by Rachel Kushner

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 27, 2025 42:20


    Welcome to another episode of the Bowie Book Club, where wild speculation and grasping for straws about Bowie's favorite books has reigned supreme since 2016. This time we read The Flamethrowers by Rachel Kushner, which turns out to be about much more than Iggy Pop's satin pants.

    The Idiot by Fydor Dostoevksy

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 30, 2024 50:08


    Welcome to another episode of the Bowie Book Club, where wild speculation and grasping for straws about Bowie's favorite books has reigned supreme since 2016. This time we read The Idiot by Fyodor Dostoevsky, which suprisingly ISN'T about Iggy Pop!

    The Buddha of Suburbia by Hanif Kureishi

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 25, 2024 37:13


    Welcome to another episode of the Bowie Book Club, where wild speculation and grasping for straws about Bowie's favorite books has reigned supreme since 2016. This time we read The Buddha of Suburbia by Hanif Kureishi, which might be the most Bowie of the Bowie books we've read so far, in some ways.

    Dead Souls by Nikolai Gogol

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 21, 2024 60:03


    Welcome to another episode of the Bowie Book Club, where wild speculation and grasping for straws about Bowie's favorite books has reigned supreme since 2016. This time we read Dead Souls by Nikolai Gogol a picaresque novel of a grifter being grifty in Old Russia.

    Hollywood Babylon by Kenneth Anger

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 30, 2024 48:41


    Welcome to another episode of the Bowie Book Club, where wild speculation and grasping for straws about Bowie's favorite books has reigned supreme since 2016. This time we read Hollywood Babylon a cruel and carnal compilation of old Hollywood tragedies written by Kenneth Anger, who apparantly shares our disdain for thorough research!

    Roadside Picnic by Arkady and Boris Strugatsky

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 26, 2024 37:50


    Welcome to another episode of the Bowie Book Club, where wild speculation and grasping for straws about Bowie's favorite books has reigned supreme since 2016. This time we read Roadside Picnic by Boris and Arkady Strugatsky, a hard-boiled story of mysterious realms, stiff drinks and super-powered artifacts. Apologies for the jingling sounds in the background - we had a very active feline collaborator on this one.

    Psychic Self-Defense by Dion Fortune

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 22, 2024 41:50


    Welcome to another episode of the **Bowie Book Club**, where wild speculation and grasping for straws about Bowie's favorite books has reigned supreme since 2016. This time we read a book mostly about conferences on the astral plane, Psychic Self-Defense by Dion Fortune.

    Orlando by Virginia Woolf

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 17, 2024 39:13


    Welcome to another episode of the Bowie Book Club, where wild speculation and grasping for straws about Bowie's favorite books has reigned supreme since 2016. This time we read Orlando by Virginia Woolf, a book that essentially proves that David Bowie and Tilda Swinton are one person.

    A Grave for a Dolphin by Alberto Denti (and the end of Season One!)

    Play Episode Listen Later May 20, 2024 56:37


    Welcome to another episode of the Bowie Book Club, where wild speculation and grasping for straws about Bowie's favorite books has reigned supreme since 2016. This time we read (sort of) A Grave for a Dolphin by Ally Teeth (or Alberto Denti, Duke of Pirajno, if you must), a story about a manic pixie dream fish and the marine biologist (at least that's what AI thinks) who loved her.

    Zanoni by Edward Bulwer-Lytton

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 22, 2024 47:24


    Welcome to another episode of the Bowie Book Club, where wild speculation and grasping for straws about Bowie's favorite books has reigned supreme since 2016. This time we read Zanoni by Edward Bulwer-Lytton, an overheated occult pot-boiler that manages to keep the hot esoteric gobbletygook flying for over 400 pages! Spoiler alert: Greg wrote this description and it may (does) not reflect the views of the other half of this podcast.

    Nowhere to Run by Gerri Hirshey

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 25, 2024 40:29


    Welcome to another episode of the **Bowie Book Club**, where wild speculation and grasping for straws about Bowie's favorite books has reigned supreme since 2016. This time we read Nowhere to Run by Gerri Hirshey - interviews with foundational artists of soul music asthey deal with aging, and (in the case of Screaming Jay Hawkins) serve drinks out of a skull or something.

    Private Eye

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 26, 2024 49:42


    Welcome to another episode of the Bowie Book Club, where wild speculation and grasping for straws about Bowie's favorite books has reigned supreme since 2016. This time we read Private Eye, a half-serious, half-silly British political magazine that is the ultimate i IYKYK.

    Darkness at Noon by Arthur Koestler

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 22, 2024 43:25


    Welcome to another episode of the Bowie Book Club, where wild speculation and grasping for straws about Bowie's favorite books has reigned supreme since 2016. This time we read Darkness at Noon by Arthur Koestler, a tale of human pyschology under duress that makes a fitting end to the Russian books that Bowie had on his list.

    The Hidden Persuaders by Vance Packard

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 18, 2023 47:46


    Welcome to another episode of the Bowie Book Club, where wild speculation and grasping for straws about Bowie's favorite books has reigned supreme since 2016. This time we read The Hidden Persuaders by Vance Packard, a quaint little preview of the non-stop psychological prodding we endure now. Subscribe! iTunes | RSS | Stitcher Follow us! (Not in a creepy way) Mastadon Facebook Instagram Web Presence Our Bookshop Visit our lists on bookshop.org and help support the podcast (and independent bookstores too!) Stuff We Talked About Salon article on the book article on Bowie's brief spell as an ad man in The Drum our episode on A People's Tragedy What Are We Reading Greg: The Pickwick Papers (of course!) by Charles Dickens Rim of Morning by William Sloane Gone to the Wolves by John Wray Kristianne: The Sleeping Car Porter by Suzette Mayr Julia by Sandra Newman Our Best of 2023! Greg: Fingersmith in a 3-way split with White Noise and 42nd Parallel Dreaming as Delerium by J. Allen Hobson The House with a Clock In Its Walls by John Bellairs The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson The Heaven and Earth Grocery Store by James McBride Kristianne: also Fingersmith! How High We Go in the Dark by Sequoia Nagamatsu Thistlefoot by Gennarose Nethercott East of Eden by Johnny Steinbeck Small Fires by Rebecca May Johnson What Song Did We Choose? What's Up Next Darkness at Noon by Arthur Koestler

    Beyond the Brillo Box by Arthur C. Danto

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 27, 2023 40:13


    Welcome to another episode of the **Bowie Book Club**, where wild speculation and grasping for straws about Bowie's favorite books has reigned supreme since 2016. This time we read Beyond the Brillo Box by Arthur C. Danto - if you like art, philosophy and the philosophy of art, you might get through this a little easier than we did.

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    Strange People by Frank Edwards

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 30, 2023 35:06


    Welcome to another episode of the **Bowie Book Club**, where wild speculation and grasping for straws about Bowie's favorite books has reigned supreme since 2016. This time we read Strange People by Frank Edwards, a rundown of all the freaks, geeks and mentalists you'll ever want to encounter.

    Writers at Work by the Paris Review

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 25, 2023 41:48


    Welcome to another episode of the **Bowie Book Club**, where wild speculation and grasping for straws about Bowie's favorite books has reigned supreme since 2016. Welcome to another episode of the Bowie Book Club, where wild speculation and grasping for straws about Bowie's favorite books has reigned supreme since 2016. This time weread Writers at Work: The First Series, a compendium of interviews with writers that proves to be as dazzling as a round of George Plimpton's Video Falconry.

    Last Exit to Brooklyn by Hubert Selby, Jr

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 28, 2023 44:53


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    The Beano

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 24, 2023 43:03


    Welcome to another episode of the Bowie Book Club, where wild speculation and grasping for straws about Bowie's favorite books has reigned supreme since 2016. Welcome to another episode of the Bowie Book Club, where wild speculation and grasping for straws about Bowie's favorite books has reigned supreme since 2016. This time we read The Beano, a British comic that has been teaching the fundamentals of anarchy to the youth of the UK decades before Johnny Rotten gave his first snarl.

    The 42nd Parallel by John Dos Passos

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 26, 2023 40:15


    Welcome to another episode of the Bowie Book Club, where wild speculation and grasping for straws about Bowie's favorite books has reigned supreme since 2016. This time we read we read The 42nd Parallel by John Dos Passos, a big sweeping tale of America at the turn of the 20th century, including getting chased by a farmer with a shotgun, which happened all the time back then.

    Lady Chatterley's Lover by D.H. Lawrence

    Play Episode Listen Later May 22, 2023 39:43


    Welcome to another episode of the Bowie Book Club, where wild speculation and grasping for strawsabout Bowie's favorite books has reigned supreme since 2016. This time we read Lady Chatterly's Lover by D.H. Lawrence, which has *all* the bowels and loins anyone could ask for.

    Infants of the Spring by Wallace Thurman

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 24, 2023 42:47


    Welcome to another episode of the **Bowie Book Club**, where wild speculation and grasping for straws about Bowie's favorite books has reigned supreme since 2016. This time we read Infants of the Spring by Wallace Thurman - if you're a fan of gin n' ginger ale or of extremely stylized dialog, you're going to love this one.

    Fingersmith by Sarah Waters

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 27, 2023 35:37


    Welcome to another episode of the Bowie Book Club, where wild speculation and grasping for straws about Bowie's favorite books has reigned supreme since 2016. This time we read * Fingersmith by Sarah Waters, a novel of deception, doublecross, and people being absolute fucksters to each other. Subscribe! iTunes | RSS | Stitcher Follow us! (Not in a creepy way) Mastadon Facebook Instagram Web Presence Our Bookshop Visit our lists on bookshop.org and help support the podcast (and independent bookstores too!) Stuff We Talked About The Handmaiden - movie version of Fingersmith by cue ChatGPT Park Chan-Wook London Labor and the London Poor by Henry Mayhew What Are We Reading? Greg: Spring by Ali Smith Room to Dream by David Lynch and Kristine McKenna Kristianne: Ordinary Wonder Tales by Emily Urquhart The Ride of Her Life by Elizabeth Letts Buried Giant by Kazuo Ishiguro What Song Did We Choose? What's Up Next Infants of the Spring by Wallace Thurman

    White Noise by Don DeLillo

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 20, 2023 37:05


    Welcome to another episode of the **Bowie Book Club**, where wild speculation and grasping for straws about Bowie's favorite books has reigned supreme since 2016. This time we read White Noise Don DeLillo, a very funny, very timely book about death, among other concerns.

    A People's Tragedy by Orlando Figes

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 23, 2023 53:31


    Welcome to another episode of the Bowie Book Club, where wild speculation and grasping for straws about Bowie's favorite books has reigned supreme since 2016. This time we read a doorstop of a history of the Russian Revolution: Orlando Figes' "A People's Tragedy".

    Mr. Wilson's Cabinet of Wonders by Lawrence Weschler

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 19, 2022 48:30


    Welcome to another episode of the **Bowie Book Club**, where wild speculation and grasping for straws about Bowie's favorite books has reigned supreme since 2016. This time we read Mr. Wilson's Cabinet O' Wonders by Lawrence Weschler, a short, sharp treatise on a weird, weird museum.

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    In Bluebeard's Castle by George Steiner

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 21, 2022 32:31


    Welcome to another episode of the **Bowie Book Club**, where wild speculation and grasping for straws about Bowie's favorite books has reigned supreme since 2016. This time we read In Bluebeard's Castle by George Steiner - an eccentric polymath, kind of like a certain David Jones we all know. Plus, T.S. Eliot impersonations!

    Room at the Top by John Braine

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 24, 2022 36:28


    Welcome to another episode of the Bowie Book Club, where wild speculation and grasping for straws about Bowie's favorite books has reigned supreme since 2016. This time we read Room at the Top by John Braine, about an angry young man in a dirty old town.

    On the Road by Jack Kerouac

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 19, 2022 44:01


    Welcome to another episode of the **Bowie Book Club**, where wild speculation and grasping for straws about Bowie's favorite books has reigned supreme since 2016. This time we read On the Road by everyone's high school boyfriend, Jack Kerouac. We also talk about the new Bowie documentary Moonage Daydream, which we just saw IN A MOVIE THEATRE *shudder*!

    The Leopard by Giuseppe di Lampedusa

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 29, 2022 39:36


    Welcome to another episode of the Bowie Book Club, where wild speculation and grasping for straws about Bowie's favorite books has reigned supreme since 2016. This time we read we read The Leopard by Giuseppe di Lampedusa, a slow, stately book about a very hot island a long time ago.

    The Coast of Utopia by Tom Stoppard

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 18, 2022 41:31


    Welcome to another episode of the Bowie Book Club, where wild speculation and grasping for straws about Bowie's favorite books has reigned supreme since 2016. This time we read The Coast of Utopia by Tom Stoppard - a play where a lot happens just off stage and there's a lot of talking about thinking.

    In Between the Sheets by Ian McEwan

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 20, 2022 35:52


    Welcome to another episode of the **Bowie Book Club**, where wild speculation and grasping for straws about Bowie's favorite books has reigned supreme since 2016. This time we read In Between the Sheets, a kind-of-sort-of creepy book of short stories by Ian Mcewan.

    Flaubert's Parrot by Julian Barnes

    Play Episode Listen Later May 30, 2022 35:45


    Welcome to another episode of the Bowie Book Club, where wild speculation and grasping for straws about Bowie's favorite books has reigned supreme since 2016. This time we read a book of literary criticism/history about Gustave Flaubert that (suprise!) turns out to be a novel that's not really about a bird at all (or is it?) - Flaubert's Parrot by Julian Barnes

    Money by Martin Amis

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 25, 2022 35:11


    Welcome to another episode of the Bowie Book Club, where wild speculation and grasping for straws about Bowie's favorite books has reigned supreme since 2016. This time we read Money by Martin Amis - the literary equivalent of watching someone fall down thousands of flights of stairs and wondering why you're laughing so hard.

    Awopbopaloobopalopbamboom by Nik Cohn

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 21, 2022 32:10


    Welcome to another episode of the Bowie Book Club, where wild speculation and grasping for straws about Bowie's favorite books has reigned supreme since 2016. This time we read Awopbopaloobop (or something like that) a intensely jaded look at the first couple decades of rock music from legendary writer Nik Cohn.

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    The Iliad by Homer

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 28, 2022 43:23


    Welcome to another episode of the Bowie Book Club, where wild speculation and grasping for straws about Bowie's favorite books has reigned supreme since 2016. This time we read Homer Tarantino's gory classic of bromanticism - The Iliad Subscribe! iTunes | RSS | Stitcher Follow us! (Not in a creepy way) Twitter Facebook Instagram Web Presence Our Bookshop Visit our lists on bookshop.org and help support the podcast (and independent bookstores too!) Stuff We Talked About We read different translations of this here gruesome volume - Kristianne had the Robert Fagles and Greg read the Carolyn Alexander Want to understand the Iliad? This is the only infographic you need The Silence of the Girls by Pat Barker The War that Killed Achilles by Carolyn Alexander Homer's Daughter by Robert Graves A Thousand Ships by Natalie Haynes The Odyssey translated by Emily Wilson Our ridiculous episode about The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind by Julian Jaynes Shakespeare's Second Best Bet The Myths and Legends Podcast Christa Wolf's book on Cassandra that we should've read! What Are We Reading? (That Isn't Related to the Iliad) Greg: Devil House by John Darnielle (also Wolf in White Van and Universal Harvester) What Song Did We Choose? What's Up Next Awopbopaloobop Alopbamboom: The Golden Age of Rock - Nik Cohn

    Tales of Beatnik Glory by Ed Sanders

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 24, 2022 0:42


    Welcome to another episode of the Bowie Book Club, where wild speculation and grasping for straws about Bowie's favorite books has reigned supreme since 2016. This time we read a series of connected stories circling the post-beat, pre-hippie world of Lower Mahattan in Tales Of Beatnik Glory by Ed Saunders. Join us for a hour or two at the Total Assault Cantina!

    Our 2022 Books

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 10, 2022 35:59


    Welcome to another episode of the Bowie Book Club, where wild speculation and grasping for straws about Bowie's favorite books has reigned supreme since 2016. We survived another year, and that means we get to dust off the ole Choosenator and see what new books it brings us. This time we had a little canine assistance - our trusty guide led us through the wilds of Seattle (ok, through quiet residential neighborhoods) and pointed us at the correct numbers for the books for 2022! Subscribe! iTunes | RSS | Stitcher Follow us! (Not in a creepy way) Twitter Facebook Instagram Web Presence Our Bookshop Visit our lists on bookshop.org and help support the podcast (and independent bookstores too!) Our 2022 Books The Iliad - Homer Simpson Awopbopaloobop Alopbamboom: The Golden Age of Rock - Nik Cohn Money - Martin Amis Flaubert's Parrot - Julian Barnes In Between the Sheets - Ian McEwan Coast of Utopia - Tom Stoppard The Leopard - Giusseppe Di Lampedusa Room at the Top - John Braine On the Road - Jacky Kerouac In Bluebeard's Castle - George Steiner Mr. Wilson's Cabinet O' Wonders - Lawrence Weschler A People's Tragedy - Orlando Figes Our 2021 Favorites Kristianne: The Enchanted Tale for the Time Being The Anthropocene Review and The Book of Delights Piranesi Greg: A Little Devil in America Gormenghast Tadanori Yokoo Piranesi The Dakota Winters and The Perfume Burned His Eyes Other Stuff Kristanne listened to House in the Cerulean Sea and Under the Whispering Door while walking her dog. Greg couldn't remember that Sir Derek Jacobi read the audio version of Hawksmoor - here's our episode about that book Buy records and books from Hex Enduction Records and Books in Lake City, Seattle. Even if you're not in Seattle, they have a giant Discogs page - they're good folks with good stuff! Coming Up We'll start things off next month with a relatively new, very modern tome - The Iliad. See y'all then!

    The Quest for Christa T

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 22, 2021 33:53


    Welcome to another episode of the Bowie Book Club, where wild speculation and grasping for straws about Bowie's favorite books has reigned supreme since 2016. This time we read The Quest For Christa T by Christa Wolf, a melancholy elegy that really got on the wrong side of the East German censors, for some reason.

    The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 25, 2021 41:55


    Welcome to another episode of the Bowie Book Club, where wild speculation and grasping for straws about Bowie's favorite books has reigned supreme since 2016. This time we read The Master And Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov, one of our favorites on the list - a fairy tale that careens through the Moscow of the 1920's, and is otherwise impossible to describe accurately.

    On Having No Head by D.E Harding

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 27, 2021 32:33


    Welcome to another episode of the **Bowie Book Club**, where wild speculation and grasping for straws about Bowie's favorite books has reigned supreme since 2016. This time we read On Having No Head by Douglas Harding, a slender guidebook to quick and painless enlightenment.

    The Stranger by Albert Camus

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 30, 2021 38:10


    Welcome to another episode of the Bowie Book Club, where wild speculation and grasping for straws about Bowie's favorite books has reigned supreme since 2016. This time we sat in a cafe, drinking free refill after free refill, perfected our looks of total ennui and read The Stranger by Albert Camus

    Hall's Dictionary of Subjects and Symbols in Art

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 26, 2021 30:09


    Welcome to another episode of the Bowie Book Club, where wild speculation and grasping for straws about Bowie’s favorite books has reigned supreme since 2016. This time we took a little wander through Halls Dictionary Of Subjects And Symbols In Art by James A. Hall and read about a lot of saints with swords (sometimes stuck in their heads) Subscribe! iTunes | RSS | Stitcher Follow us! (Not in a creepy way) Twitter Facebook Instagram Web Presence Our Bookshop Visit our lists on bookshop.org and help support the podcast (and independent bookstores too!) Stuff We Talked About James Hall's obituary in the Guardian Article about the first English dictionaries Mountweazel! The random paintings we attempted to decipher. Our episode about David Bomberg. We didn't talk about it, but here's Nick Cave's handwritten dictionary h/t to Austin Kleon's excellent recent blog post on dictionaries What Are We Reading? Titus Groan by Mervyn Peake The Hard Crowd by Rachel Kushner Bleak House by Charlie Dickens (as always) Harlem Shuffle by Colson Whitehead The Absolute Book by Elizabeth Knox Born a Crime by Trevor Noah Peaces by Helen Oyeyemi What Song Did We Choose? What's Up Next Tadanori Yokoo by Tadanori Yokoo

    Mini Episode! How To Read a Dictionary

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 5, 2021 10:11


    Welcome to another episode of the Bowie Book Club, where wild speculation and grasping for straws about Bowie’s favorite books has reigned supreme since 2016. This time we attempted to cobble together a plan to read Hall's Dictionary of Subjects and Symbols in Art by James A. Hall.

    Interviews with Francis Bacon by David Sylvester

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 22, 2021 37:15


    Welcome to another episode of the **Bowie Book Club**, where wild speculation and grasping for straws about Bowie’s favorite books has reigned supreme since 2016. This time we read Interviews with Francis Bacon, a beautifully constructed cut and paste job from the noted art critic David Sylvester.

    Mystery Train by Greil Marcus

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 25, 2021 37:16


    Welcome to another episode of the Bowie Book Club where wild speculation and grasping for straws about Bowie’s favorite books has reigned supreme since 2016. This time we read Mystery Train, Griel Marcus' expansive summation of rock music as American culture. Apologies for the weird clicking noise that sounds like its coming from Greg's mandibles (he forgot to wax them) - we'll have the audio hiccups fixed for next time!

    Our Books for 2021!

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 11, 2021 19:25


    Welcome to another episode of the Bowie Book Club* where wild speculation and grasping for straws about Bowie’s favorite books has reigned supreme since 2016. This time we chose our books for 2021, in the great outdoors (and in our typical shambolic fashion)

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