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"Bowie: A Biography" (Crown, 448 pages, $26.99) by Marc Spitz: David Bowie knows what he's singing about when he performs "Changes." After making a big splash in the early 1970s as Ziggy Stardust, he went on to become the Thin White Duke, an artsy Berlin angst rocker, the "straight" Bowie of "Let's Dance" and more recently the distinguished rock elder who goes to fashion events with his model wife, Iman.
December is the time for shopping, eating, visiting with family and most of all, the release of prestige films for awards consideration. One of the pictures getting a big push in that area is “Atonement,” which has the ideal pedigree: an English period drama, based on a popular 2001 novel by Ian McEwan, which itself was inspired by a Jane Austen story. Directed by Joe Wright, “Atonement” stars Keira Knightley and James McAvoy in a tale of misunderstandings, spite and guilt spread out against the backdrop of World War II. It’s the kind of melodrama that satisfies with powerful plot points, and yet retains the dignity of classic British epics. It’s the kind of film you’ll want to fight someone for a parking space outside the mall over. (Focus Features, opens Friday)
David Bowie has donated $10,000 to a legal defense fund for six black teens charged in an alleged attack on a white classmate in the tiny central Louisiana town of Jena.
The Top 25 Rockers Over 50! Keep On Rockin' In The Free World!Bruce Springsteen, who turns 60 this September, released a new album and performed at the SuperBowl. Whatever happened to Live Fast, Die Young? Someone ask Sid Vicious. Even Johnny Rotten turned 53 on January 31.
cut it upstockhausen/ken ishii/islamic diggers/scanner and more are part of a sound art project celebrating the CUT-UP method of word and sound manipulation, at Karrier, Denmark.
Music Star Mug ShotsPolice photographs of some of the biggest names in music including Sinatra, Bowie, Cash and Jackson
If we leave Iraq, do we lose for good? Readers weigh in: Bush loyalists, gun lovers, Bach and Bowie fans, soldiers and a poignant letter from the widow of an American lost in Iraq.
Iron glove, Velvet fist - An Interview with Lou ReedThe legendarily cantankerous Lou Reed's definition of abject misery is being interviewed by an English journalist. But get him on the right subject and he can be surprisingly pleasant. Mick Brown disarmed him with a right-left combination of Buddhism and Doc Pomus.
Paul McCartney vs Drug LawsAn amazing timeline documents Paul McCartney's first reported use for each illegal drug type, including benzedrine in the early 60s, marijuana with Bob Dylan, LSD, cocaine, mescaline, and hashish.
Interview with Vera Beren of Vera Beren's Gothic Chamber Blues Ensemble.
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