The Smithian

princerogersnelsons:

suicideblonde:

rockstarsuits:

Bowie in his wedding tuxedo by Thierry Mugler. (Iman in Herve Leger)

THIS IS EPICCCC

AWWW. 

[meaningful glance]

Rolling Stone Italy

sheiseverywoman:

“there’s a lot to be said for…rock-era songwriters like Elton John, Carole King, Stevie Wonder, John Lennon, Paul McCartney…there’s a lot of church in their music…”

—Roberta Flack

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art: photo of David Bowie, Art Garfunkel, Paul Simon, Yoko Ono, John Lennon, and Flack by Bob Gruen. NYC, 1975.

from my other tumblr. more here.

How do you write a biography of David Bowie? How do you pin down a grasshopper aesthete whose core belief is that the only thing worse than looking the same twice is sounding the same twice?

more.

“I always had a repulsive need to be something more than human.”

Happy birthday, David Bowie.

According to Bowie and his people, the book will be “a collection of pieces from the Bowie archive, wherein, for the first time, fans and all those interested in popular culture will have the opportunity to understand more about the Bowie creative process and his impact on modern popular music.” But more than just pretty pictures, the book promises to feature “insightful, witty and personal text written by Bowie himself.”

more, here.

[dang. okay, that’s saying a LOT]

David Bowie’s impact as a musician, as a brand, as a sign of the times, has been as great as Dylan and the Beatles, his influence as an otherworldly pop star actually greater …

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illo by Mark Hammermeister