Meanwhile #030
David Bowie RIP.
A very specific selection of links this week, as you can see. There's been so much written on and around Bowie in the last few days, I thought it'd be useful to gather all the best bits together.
Cracked Actor – Interview with May Routh, costume designer for The Man Who Fell To Earth.
Future Legend – David Bowie, internet service provider – interview with Ron Roy, the guy who ran BowieNet ISP.
Black Out – That time Bowie criticised MTV for not playing music by black artists. Of course, things are more equal now: MTV don't play music by anyone.
Always Crashing in the Same Car – Bowie in Berlin, purging demons and crashing cars – Rory MacLean remembers the good old days.
Dancing in the street … without music.
Hallo Spaceboy – A tribute from Chris Hadfield – the only person to actually perform Bowie's music in space. So far.
Where are we now? – Playful, profound and pretentious – Bowie answers the Proust Questionnaire for Vanity Fair in 1998.
Outside – Design Week looks at a life in album covers, highlighting a few mysteries. Credits for several iconic pieces don't seem to exist anywhere – who designed the sleeves for Station to Station, Heroes, Low?
Magic Dance – Rehearsing the Labyrinth ballroom scene (choreographed by Star Trek's Gates McFadden it turns out). Five minutes of heaven.
Sound and Vision – Long-time Bowie collaborator Jonathan Barnbrook talks to Creative Review about designing the artwork and visual language for The Next Day and Blackstar.
DJ – In 1979, David Bowie took over BBC Radio One for a 2-hour DJ set. Have a listen.
Fashion – David Bowie vs Alexander McQueen — Dazed and Confused, 1996.
Kooks – Memories of growing up to Bowie — Ruth and Martin's Album Club.
Changes – David Bowie Is, published to coincide with the V&A's recent show, is a fantastic collection of essays, costumes and archive material from his entire wonderful career. Well worth clearing a little space on your coffee table for.
Art Decade – If the Beatles captured a 60s of optimism and love, Bowie was the signature artist of the 70s, distilling paranoia and confusion into pop both euphoric and terrifying — Dorian Lynskey
I Can't Read – David Bowie's 100 favourite books.
Everyone Says Hi – Eno, Visconti, Pop et al pay tribute.
That is all.
