Lance Olsen Talks About His Rock Novel, ‘Always Crashing in the Same Car: A Novel After David Bowie’, and Nick DeMatteo Does a Deep Dive Into David Bowie’s Berlin Trilogy Albums

If you’re a fan of David Bowie—be it Ziggy Stardust, Halloween Jack, The Thin White Duke, Major Tom, Aladdin Sane, and/or The Blind Prophet from the ‘Blackstar’ videos, or all of the above—you’re going to love this episode. Lance Olsen is here to talk about his latest novel, ‘Always Crashing in the Same Car: A Novel After David Bowie’, a story that fictionalizes the life of David Bowie from a wide variety of angles.

In the last segment of the episode, singer, songwriter, music producer, and host of the Music is not a Genre podcast, Nick DeMatteo joins me to talk about David Bowie’s Berlin years (a period that figures into Lance’s novel) and the albums Bowie made during that time, known as The Berlin Trilogy.

MUSIC IN THE EPISODE IN ORDER OF APPEARANCE:

• “Starman” by David Bowie (instrumental piano version played by Sam Yung)
• “Ashes to Ashes” by David Bowie
• “The Bewlay Brothers” by David Bowie
• “Rebel Rebel” by David Bowie
• “Changes” by David Bowie
• Montage of David Bowie saying his name
• “Golden Years” by David Bowie
• “Blackstar” by David Bowie
• “Always Crashing in the Same Car” by David Bowie
• “Art Decade” by David Bowie
• “Heroes” by David Bowie

LINKS:

Lance Olsen’s website: https://lanceolsen.com/

Lance Olsen on Facebook: @LanceOlsen

Nick DeMatteo’s website: https://www.nickdematteo.com/

Music is not a Genre podcast on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@MUSICisnotaGENRE

Christy Alexander Hallberg’s website: https://www.christyalexanderhallberg.com/

Christy Alexander Hallberg on Twitter, Instagram, YouTube: @ChristyHallberg

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