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 he loved.
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Hollywood Babylon by Kenneth Anger
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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!…
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Roadside Picnic by Arkady and Boris Strugatsky
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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 …
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Psychic Self-Defense by Dion Fortune
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Welcome to another episode of the Bowie Book Club, where wildspeculation and grasping for straws about Bowie’s favorite books hasreigned supreme since 2016. This time we read a book mostly about conferences on the astral plane, Psychic Self-Defense by Dion Fortune. Subscribe! iTunes | RSS |Stitcher Follow us! (Not in a creepy way) Mastadon Facebook…
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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.Av Bowie Book Club Podcast
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A Grave for a Dolphin by Alberto Denti (and the end of Season One!)
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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 tha…
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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 …
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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 …
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Welcome to another episode of the Bowie Book Club, where wildspeculation and grasping for straws about Bowie’s favorite books hasreigned supreme since 2016. This time we read PrivateEye, a half-serious, half-sillyBritish political magazine that is the ultimate in IYKYK. Subscribe! iTunes | RSS |Stitcher Follow us! (Not in a creepy way) Mastadon Fac…
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Darkness at Noon by Arthur Koestler
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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 atNoon by Arthur Koestler, a tale of human pyschology under duress that makes a fitting end to the Russian books thatBowie had on his list. Subscribe! iTunes | RSS …
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The Hidden Persuaders by Vance Packard
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Welcome to another episode of the Bowie Book Club, where wildspeculation and grasping for straws about Bowie’s favorite books hasreigned supreme since 2016. This time we read The HiddenPersuadersby Vance Packard, a quaint little preview of the non-stop psychological prodding we endure now. Subscribe! iTunes | RSS |Stitcher Follow us! (Not in a cree…
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Beyond the Brillo Box by Arthur C. Danto
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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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Welcome to another episode of the Bowie Book Club, where wildspeculation and grasping for straws about Bowie’s favorite books hasreigned supreme since 2016. This time we read StrangePeoplea rundown of all the freaks, geeks and mentalists you'll ever want toencounter. Subscribe! iTunes | RSS |Stitcher Follow us! (Not in a creepy way) Mastadon Facebo…
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Writers at Work by the Paris Review
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Welcome to another episode of the BowieBook Club, where wild speculation and grasping for straws aboutBowie’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. Subscribe! iTunes | RSS …
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Last Exit to Brooklyn by Hubert Selby, Jr
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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 B…
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The 42nd Parallel by John Dos Passos
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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 happ…
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Lady Chatterley's Lover by D.H. Lawrence
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Welcome to another episode of the Bowie Book Club, where wild speculation and grasping forstraws about Bowie’s favorite books has reigned supreme since 2016. This time we read LadyChatterly'sLoverby D.H. Lawrence, which has all the bowels and loins anyone could ask for. Subscribe! iTunes | RSS |Stitcher Follow us! (Not in a creepy way) Mastadon Fac…
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Infants of the Spring by Wallace Thurman
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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.…
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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 c…
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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 by Don DeLillo, a very funny, very timely book about death, among other concerns. Subscribe! iTunes | RSS |Stitcher Follow us! (Not in a creepy way) Twitter (nah…
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A People's Tragedy by Orlando Figes
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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".Av Bowie Book Club Podcast
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Mr. Wilson's Cabinet of Wonders by Lawrence Weschler
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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. Subscribe! iTunes | RSS |Stitcher Follow us! (Not in a creepy way) Tw…
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In Bluebeard's Castle by George Steiner
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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! Subscribe! iTunes | RSS |St…
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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. Subscribe! iTunes | RSS |Stitcher Follow us! (Not in a creepy way) Twitter Facebook Instagram W…
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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! Su…
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