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Tag Archives: David Bowie
The Books: Psychotic Reactions and Carburetor Dung: The Work of a Legendary Critic: Rock’N’Roll as Literature and Literature as Rock ‘N’Roll; “David Bowie: Station to Station”, by Lester Bangs
Next up on the essays shelf: Psychotic Reactions and Carburetor Dung: The Work of a Legendary Critic: Rock’N’Roll as Literature and Literature as Rock ‘N’Roll, by Lester Bangs Lester Bangs is quick to tell us his problems with David Bowie … Continue reading
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Tagged David Bowie, Elvis Presley, England, essays, Lester Bangs, Psychotic Reactions and Carburetor Dung
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The 2nd Annual Bowie/Presley Birthday Bash
Held at La Poisson Rouge on Bleecker. All I can say is: Next year I will dress up. These people in the audience were not messing around. There were people with faces painted with lightning bolts, rockabilly girls wearing giant … Continue reading