http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-36110108
Apparently, he even kept his cancer a secret from Ricky Gervaise
― Mark G, Monday, 25 April 2016 09:28 (eight years ago) link
Who'd've thought it?
― Romeo Daltrey (Tom D.), Monday, 25 April 2016 09:51 (eight years ago) link
quality shade though
Bowie appeared in Gervais's comedy series Extras, which was a hit largely due to the cameo celebrity guest role in each episode.
― glandular lansbury (sic), Monday, 25 April 2016 10:06 (eight years ago) link
The David Bowie Prom on thursday night included vocal performances by Paul Buchanan and John Cale. I just downloaded an audio rip of the video broadcast and will report back when I've digested. Warning, amanda fucking palmer also involved.
― scarcity festival (Jon not Jon), Sunday, 31 July 2016 00:05 (seven years ago) link
At this point that's p much a given, tbh
― albvivertine, Sunday, 31 July 2016 00:12 (seven years ago) link
Strong start with an unabashedly orchestral Warszawa. Then an N Hannon A Palmer duet on Stn to Stn which really doesn't work, due to the difficulty of a classical/theater ensemble convincingly boogying. A guy I've never heard of sings Man Who Sold... quite well and the instrumentation works for this song. Then This is Not America with Hannon again: I like the arrangement on this one a lot... dead in the middle comes a grime guy (Elf Kid?) to rap for several bars which is at least WTF in a Glass Spider Tour kind of way... now here comes Marc Almond to chew on Life On Mars...
― scarcity festival (Jon not Jon), Sunday, 31 July 2016 00:43 (seven years ago) link
That was Conor from Villagers on Man Who Sold
― fgti, Sunday, 31 July 2016 06:25 (seven years ago) link
new/old mix of TVC15 is interesting, apparently Bowie was unhappy with the mix on the album and this one was done in 2010 according to "his original specs." vocals are much louder, i'm hearing background vocals by Bowie and others that I never knew existed, Alomar's wailing guitar part is inaudible, definitely punchier and very much a modern mix... i have to say i always thought Station to Station was mixed/mastered poorly, it has kind of a shallow/nasally sound...like, you can tell it was made in a haze of cocaine because the bass has no definition...
http://pitchfork.com/news/67945-listen-to-an-unreleased-mix-of-david-bowies-tvc15/
― flappy bird, Wednesday, 31 August 2016 20:57 (seven years ago) link
and how is Bowie meant to know what the fuck his "original specs" were?
― the hair - it's lost its energy (Turrican), Wednesday, 31 August 2016 21:05 (seven years ago) link
*was
― the hair - it's lost its energy (Turrican), Wednesday, 31 August 2016 21:06 (seven years ago) link
New mix sounds great in some ways – his lead vocal in particular sounds not just louder but so much fuller that it almost seems like a different performance. It's not "drier" in the slightest as he was supposedly going for.
Even still there's a kind of awesomely cardboard-y feel to the original, dull and compressed yes, but also appropriate in the era of plastic soul.
― Naive Teen Idol, Wednesday, 31 August 2016 21:33 (seven years ago) link
I was at that Proms show, it was mostly fantastic, even amanda palmer, who I am not a fan of. John Cale and Anna Calvi really carried the day though, particularly her Lady Grinning Soul. So glad I was there.
― akm, Wednesday, 31 August 2016 21:38 (seven years ago) link
Station To Station sounds fine to me, wouldn't change anything about it.
― the hair - it's lost its energy (Turrican), Wednesday, 31 August 2016 21:49 (seven years ago) link
― the hair - it's lost its energy (Turrican), Wednesday, August 31, 2016 5:05 PM (forty-nine minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
he made notes about remixing the song back in 1976 that were used in 2010 for the reissue.
― flappy bird, Wednesday, 31 August 2016 21:57 (seven years ago) link
i tried listening to this new music. this is too shiny and loud. is the lead vocal this loud on the original?
the kick drum is really loud here. the original has more of the rhythm led by the bass guitar.
i like the old one way more. it was maybe a more claustrophobic mix but i like it.
― AdamVania (Adam Bruneau), Wednesday, 31 August 2016 22:02 (seven years ago) link
Adam OTM.
But then, Station To Station is one of my favourite albums of all time.
― the hair - it's lost its energy (Turrican), Wednesday, 31 August 2016 22:13 (seven years ago) link
i love the humming that comes in at 1:27. it almost sounds like a synth or low theremin but no it's a layer of bg vocals smeared in flange and super wobbly. great effect. they use it all over The Slider.
― AdamVania (Adam Bruneau), Wednesday, 31 August 2016 23:17 (seven years ago) link
seems unavailable in Denmark, alternative link anyone?
― niels, Thursday, 1 September 2016 10:29 (seven years ago) link
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/aug/31/david-bowie-tvc-15-remix-who-can-i-be-now-unreleased-listen
― glumdalclitch, Thursday, 1 September 2016 10:46 (seven years ago) link
i like the old one way more
The guitar was one of my favourite parts of the original mix, and now it's really quiet. Also the vocals are way too loud. Although I have to say that I like the improved bass end.
― and all the politicians making crazy sounds (snoball), Thursday, 1 September 2016 18:25 (seven years ago) link
I think this mix is interesting in a "ah, so that was on the tape as well" kind of way, but it's no substitute for the original mix.
― the hair - it's lost its energy (Turrican), Thursday, 1 September 2016 18:37 (seven years ago) link
exactly. i welcome any new/old mixes like this to hear that stuff that was buried before. now we have both
― flappy bird, Thursday, 1 September 2016 18:39 (seven years ago) link
not available in ireland either. really what is the point of that.
― in twelve parts (lamonti), Friday, 2 September 2016 06:51 (seven years ago) link
^Same for the Netherlands. Looked around for a working link, turned out it's available through Spotify! At least in my country...
― willem, Friday, 2 September 2016 09:16 (seven years ago) link
From the Bowie FB page...
Regarding the rumours that David Bowie's ashes were scattered at Burning Man.That's all they are: Rumours. No truth to them whatsoever.
― a full playlist of presidential sex jams (C. Grisso/McCain), Monday, 12 September 2016 17:30 (seven years ago) link
Looks like those demos he sent to Tony Visconti a week before he died are coming out soon http://pitchfork.com/news/68205-david-bowies-final-recordings-set-for-release-on-lazarus-cast-album/
― flappy bird, Monday, 12 September 2016 17:32 (seven years ago) link
Took me maybe 9 months to tackle Blackstar after a single listen in January. Bittersweet that it is SUCH A GREAT ALBUM. What a gift to leave behind.
― attention vampire (MatthewK), Thursday, 17 November 2016 12:06 (seven years ago) link
It'll end up being the lone good thing about 2016
― great Canadian prog-psych debut from 1969 (Sparkle Motion), Thursday, 17 November 2016 17:45 (seven years ago) link
It started so well, yes.
― Mark G, Thursday, 17 November 2016 18:01 (seven years ago) link
"I Can't Give Everything Away" is such a perfect outro.
― Ross, Thursday, 17 November 2016 18:12 (seven years ago) link
probably my favorite track on the album.
― great Canadian prog-psych debut from 1969 (Sparkle Motion), Thursday, 17 November 2016 18:13 (seven years ago) link
Paul Buchanan sings that track in the Bowie Tribute Prom, apparently he requested it for himself.
― his eye is on despair-o (Jon not Jon), Thursday, 17 November 2016 18:44 (seven years ago) link
i was at that show (the Prom). it was great live...the recording didn't really capture the moment unfortunately.
― akm, Thursday, 17 November 2016 23:48 (seven years ago) link
http://www.tinymixtapes.com/music-review/william-basinski-shadow-time?utm_source=feedly&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tmt
A Shadow In Time is experimental process-musician William Basinski’s eulogy to Bowie, and its two tracks contain, quite appropriately, his most blissful (“A Shadow in Time”) and sorrowful (“For David Robert Jones”) work to date.
― j., Tuesday, 17 January 2017 05:19 (seven years ago) link
thanks, will listen
― sleeve, Tuesday, 17 January 2017 05:46 (seven years ago) link
Also of interest -- new interview with Donny McCaslin, which talks about his own new work in turn:
https://daily.bandcamp.com/2017/01/17/donny-mccaslin-bowie-blackstar-interview/
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 17 January 2017 23:05 (seven years ago) link
Thanks, was wondering what was up with him
― Moog and Stan (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 17 January 2017 23:14 (seven years ago) link
anyone recommend a well written bio?
looking for good prose, characters, narrative - not into sensationalism, essayism, nerdy details
(basically I have all the worlds respect for the PAotD blog but I can't make myself read it)
― niels, Thursday, 2 March 2017 16:30 (seven years ago) link
I've enjoyed Paul Trynka's bio, and it was reissued with a new conclusion following his passing. Currently have Morley and Sheffield's books to tackle as well, but those appear to be more imaginative/reflective riffs on Bowie and his impact after his passing.
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 2 March 2017 17:35 (seven years ago) link
was also gonna recommend Trynka but couldn't remember his name til Ned posted
― Cognition (Remix) (Jon not Jon), Thursday, 2 March 2017 18:01 (seven years ago) link
Sheffield's book is very good, but by no means a bio. Really enjoyable passion piece by a huge fan. You can read it in an afternoon.
― flappy bird, Thursday, 2 March 2017 18:13 (seven years ago) link
Simon Reynolds' newish book on glam is at least half a Bowie bio
probably guilty of essayism though
― Number None, Thursday, 2 March 2017 20:55 (seven years ago) link
highly recommended: https://www.lrb.co.uk/v39/n01/ian-penman/wham-bang-teatime
― willem, Thursday, 2 March 2017 21:02 (seven years ago) link
David Buckley wrote the best trad biography
Rob Sheffield wrote the best musical biography.
― the Rain Man of nationalism. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 2 March 2017 21:19 (seven years ago) link
off to the library, thanks!
the lrb article is good (if very long) and worth it for this picture alone:
https://cdn.lrb.co.uk/assets/edillus/penm01_3901_04.jpg
― niels, Friday, 3 March 2017 12:17 (seven years ago) link
David Buckley's the best I read. His take on Roxy/Ferry is also great.
― cpl593H, Friday, 3 March 2017 12:28 (seven years ago) link
agreed
― the Rain Man of nationalism. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 3 March 2017 12:29 (seven years ago) link
― Nesta Leaps In (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 3 March 2017 18:09 (seven years ago) link
I finally watched Five Years and The Last Five Years last night, excellent documentaries. so much unseen footage! where did those films of performances of the instrumental stuff on Low come from?
― akm, Sunday, 5 March 2017 16:20 (seven years ago) link
Where did you watch them online?
― blonde redheads have more fun (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Sunday, 5 March 2017 16:54 (seven years ago) link