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 Nowhere to Run by Gerri Hirshey - interviews with foundational artists of soul music as they deal with aging, and (in the case of Screaming Jay Hawkins) serve drinks out of a skull or something.
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Stuff We Talked About
- Summer of Soul
- James Brown on the TAMI Show
- our episode on Sweet Soul Music
- The English Beat cover of Tears of a Clown
What Are We Reading?
Greg:
- Creation Lake and The Mars Room by Rachel Kushner
- The Long Embrace by Judith Freeman
- The Once and Future King by T.H. White
- Don Quixote by Miquel de Cervantes (tr. by John Ormsby, illustrations by Eko)
Kristianne:
- City of Stardust by Georgia Summers
- Family Family by Laurie Frankel
- Bookshops and Bonedust by Travis Baldree
What Song Did We Choose?
What's Up Next
Zanoni by Edward Bulwer-Lytton (and no matterhow much we want to change the name, it's not called Zamboni).