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 Awopbopaloobopalopbamboom (or something like that) a intensely jaded look at the first couple decades of rock music from legendary writer Nik Cohn.
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Stuff We Talked About
Arfur by Nik Cohn (an inspiration for Tommy, and super expensive)
I Am The Still the Greatest, Says Johnny Angelo by Nik Cohn (an inspiration for Ziggy Stardust?)
Tribal Rites of the New Saturday Night (the inspiration for Saturday Night Fever - and somewhat made up)
Rock Dreams by Nik Cohn and Guy Peellaert
Nik Cohn is nice to Bowie - and mean to the Rolling Stones
What Are We Reading?
Greg:
- Devil House by John Darnielle
- Dracula Cha Cha Cha by Kim Newman
- The Dawn of Everything by Davids Graeber and Wengrow
Kristianne
- Build Your House Around My Body by Violet Kupersmith
- The Sentence by Louise Erdrich
- Our Crooked Hearts by Melissa Albert
What Song Did We Choose?
What's Up Next
Money - Martin Amis