Bowie Book Club Podcast

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 Viz, the scatological UK comic that rose from hand-stapled obscurity to become a titan of juvenilia in the '80s and '90s. Plus, we reveal our ill-conceived conspiracy theories about the Bowie List, or lack thereof.

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 Berlin Alexanderplatz, a classic of German modernism by Alfred Doblin, and another trip to Berlin in the 'twenties for us.

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 Mr. Norris Changes Trains by Christopher Isherwood, a (semi-)fictional look at one of Bowie's obsessions - Berlin between the wars.

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 three issues from the second volume of the underground/art/indie/lowbrow/highbrow comic book compliation Raw, edited and published by Art Speigelman and Francoise Mouly. Also, Greg proves that an insufferable child becomes an insufferable adult.

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 the Gnostic Gospels by Elaine Pagels, a surprisingly accessible book about the discovery of documents from the very foundation of Christianity with a surprisingly unorthodox viewpoint. And, of course, we shirk the opportunity to learn something in favor of making terrible gnu puns. Amazon | IndieBound Subscribe! iTunes | RSS | Stitcher Follow us! (Not in a creepy way) Twitter Facebook Instagram Web Presence Stuff we Mentioned New Yorker article on Elaine Pagels Gary Gnu The discovery of the Gnostic Gospels The sum of all knowledge about Gnosticism Gnostic Music! Current 93 album based on Thunder, Perfect Mind) Fantasyland by Kurt Andersen Fatima Prophecies Elaine Pagels' New Book - Why Religion? Revelations by Elaine Pagels Television - Tom Verlaine) Maus by Art Speigelmann What's Up Next Art Spiegelman and Francois Mouly's hugely influential comics anthology Raw), which ran from 1980 to 1991. Greg was lucky enough to buy a couple issues of and DUMB ENOUGH to not keep them. What Song Did We Choose?

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're catching up on what we're reading and what magical things ONLY KRISTIANNE gets to see, and then we kvetch a bit about ebooks and audio books. Subscribe! iTunes | RSS | Stitcher Follow us! (Not in a creepy way) Twitter Facebook Instagram Web Presence Stuff we Mentioned Age of American Unreason by Susan Jacoby NY Times Book Review - How Christians Destroyed the Ancient World The Byrds - Turn Turn Turn Our Hawksmoor Episode Why Buddhism is True by Robert Wright Fantasyland by Kurt Andersen Strange Stars by Jason Heller Our interview with Chris O'Leary (@bowiesongs) Revelations by Elaine Pagels David Bowie Is Bowie Flipbook Word Bookstore in Brooklyn What's Up Next We're reading the Gnostic Gospels by Elaine Pagels, a surprisingly accessible book about the discovery of documents from the very foundation of Christianity with a surprisingly unorthodox viewpoint.

This time we read Keith Waterhouse's Billy Liar - the story of a dreamer in Northern England who just can't keep his stories straight.

We catch up with @manmademoon's choice for this month - Down and Out in Paris and London - George Orwell's (not H. Lewis Allways') masterful piece of reporting on poverty AND talk to our Virgilian guide through the songs of David Bowie - Chris O'Leary, whose Rebel Rebel is an essential reference for any Bowie fan.

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 Madame Bovary a groundbreaking (and salacious, we guess?) novel of one woman's struggle against bourgie norms. And Greg really apologizes about his Vitamin Flintheart.

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 Puckoon by Spike Milligan - a comic (well, you be the judge) tale of the troubles brought to a fictional Irish village by the Partition. Amazon | IndieBound Subscribe! iTunes | RSS | Stitcher Follow us! (Not in a creepy way) Twitter Facebook Instagram Web Presence Stuff we Mentioned Edward G Robinson - why? Not really sure. The Goon Show Father Ted The Complete David Bowie by Nicholas Pegg Rebel Rebel - Chris O'Leary's excellent companion to Bowie's work from '64 - 76 - also check out Pushing Ahead of the Dame for song-by-song-goodness Oh, and there's a Puckoon movie that we totally forgot to mention! Excellent Tweets @bowiebookpod On a recent pod you suggested that @ManMadeMoon might’ve picked Puckoon for March because of St Patrick’s day. Given it focuses on the impact of a hard border in Ireland the choice may also be topical for other reasons https://t.co/ffsQZf4VNH— Niall Mullen (@mullen_niall) April 3, 2018 Three Stooges meets Comedy of Errors meets Father Ted, alternating between total slapstick, sharp satire, and wit so dry you start to wonder if it’s coming to a joke at all until you realize that you yourself might be the butt of it. And of course it’s broadly offensive to all.— The Lark's Purr (@thelarkspurr) April 4, 2018 What's Up Next The original steamy potboiler - Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert What Song Did We Choose?