The Medium is the Massage by Marshall McLuhan

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 Medium is the Massage by Marchall McLuhan, a stew of images, aphorisms and (maybe unfounded?) optimism that will loosen up those tired media muscles.

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Stuff We Talked About

• Understanding Media by Marshall McLuhan
• New Dark Age by James Bridle
• Bulldog News magazines, newspapers and ice cream in Seattle's U District!
• AdBusters
• The Stranger Seattle's only newspaper
• Sabotage Noise zine
• Laura Cannell's Bandcamp
• Omicron, the Nomad Soul - it's a video game! With Bowie as a character!
• Bowie's 1999 BBC Interview
• Blank Check podcast

What Are We Reading

Greg:

• The Thin Man - Dashing Dashiell Hammett
• Frankisstein - Jeanette Winterson
• Measuring the World - Daniel Kehlmann
• No Country for Old Men - Cormac McCarthy
• Barton Fink / Miller's Crossing - Joel and Ethan Coen

Kristianne:

• Wizard of Oz - L. Frank Baum
• The Warm Hands of Ghosts - Katherine Arden
• Brigands and Breadknives - Travis Baldree

What Song Did We Choose?

What's Up Next

Left Hand of Darknessby Ursula K. LeGuin

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