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.
Metropolitan Life by Fran Lebowitz
Jun 17, 2019
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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 Metropolitan Life by Fran (not Annie) Lebowitz, a snarky little collection of vignettes about life in the big city way back when.
Transcendental Magic: Its Doctrine and Ritual by Éliphas Lévi
May 20, 2019
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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 really weird D & D manual called Transcendental Magic: Its Doctrine and Ritual by Éliphas Lévi, half-poet, half-socialist, and all beard.
Sound of the City by Charlie Gillett
Apr 29, 2019
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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 Sound of the City by musicologist and BBC DJ Charlie Gillett, a veritable bible for pop music nerds. Spoiler alert: Greg does not sing in this one (or any one, ever).
April Gossip
Apr 22, 2019
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The Bowie Book Club Podcast - April Gossip
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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 episode, we chat about what we've been reading besides the book we're supposed to be reading.
New book club member Maggie the Dog is not impressed.
Silence by John Cage
Mar 27, 2019
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BBC Podcast - Silence by John Cage
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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 Silence by John Cage, an intensely charming (though sometimes confusing!) book about music theory (sort of) and mushroom hunting (definitely)
Our guest is Mark Schlipper - experimental/improv musician (and Moon Knight aficionado) whose current projects include drone rockers The Luna Moth, improv stoner-doom-noise-mininmalism Perish The Island, and various other other solo projects.
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 is another gossipy episode with a little bit about the tome we're about to read - Silence by John Cage
Sweet Soul Music by Peter Guralnick
Feb 25, 2019
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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 Sweet Soul Music by Peter Guaralnick a compendium of all things related to the musical genre, and most emphatically NOT about Motown.
February Gossip
Feb 18, 2019
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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 just gossiped about this and that - though it all seems to come back to Bowie, as usual.
2019 Book List - Live from Podcon2!
Jan 28, 2019
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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 do a super quick roundup of our 2019 books and shout out some folks who are WAY ahead of us on the book list live from the floor of Podcon2, where we saw a bunch of great pdocasts and learned how to make this a little bit less of a mess.
The American Way of Death by Jessica Mitford
Jan 15, 2019
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The American Way of Death by Jessica Mitford
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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 The American Way of Death by Jessica Mitford - a cheery little tome that's been called the "Consumer Reports of the Funeral Industry".
Our guest this episode is the hardest working man in show business, or at least the hardest working person who's been on this show - Levi Fuller, who's known for his bands Levi Fuller and the Library and the Luna Moth, and his quarterly Ball of Wax compilation, which gathers great music from all sorts of directions.
Levi presented us with his take on the book in "The Funerals Profession"
The Funerals Profession
Levi Fuller
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The Here about a body icon’s family memorial
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so the vast lots that public place be traditional
We’ll next headline England
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