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 Egon Schiele - The Paintings a collection of works by a very proflic narcissist who packed a lot of splayed figures and elongated fingers into his brief life!
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Stuff We Talked About
- David Bowie, Iggy Pop and Expressionism
- An alternate cinephiliac history of David Bowie and the movies
- We Wish We Could Draw Like Egon Schiele
- Egon Schiele's Influence of the Lodger
- Rachel's Band - Music for Egon Schiele
- Starman - Bowie bio by Paul Trynka
What Are We Reading
Greg:
- Lou Reed - King of New York - Will Hermes
- I Heard Her Call My Name - Lucy Sante
- Capitalist Realism - Mark Fischer
- I Want to Burn this Place Down - Maris Kriezman
Kristianne:
- Isabella Nagg and the Pot of Basil - Oliver Darkshire
- Always Coming Home: Author's Expanded Ed. - Ursula K. LeGuin
- Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil - V.E. Schwab
- Victorialn Psycho - Virginia Feito
What Song Did We Choose?
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What's Up Next
Get your claws out - it's Backstage Passes by Angie Bowie!!!