583,177 @ 6:18 pm
Well, I wanted to get to Room 207 at City Hall by Six O'Clock but traffic is outrageous and there is more real work to do, not political activism, which is still work, just another kind of work.
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Duncan Jones, son of David Bowie, talks to Joe Viglione about Scott Bakula and Jake Gyllenhaal
http://madeinmedford.com/2012/09/12/duncan-jones-son-of-david-bowie-talks-to-joe-viglione-about-scott-bakula-and-jake-gyllenhaal/
REVIEWS BY JOE V.
After performing his second-to-last selection, "White Light/White Heat," a tune by Lou Reed, the songwriter who most influenced Ziggy Stardust, David Bowie's enduring and indelible persona, Bowie dropped this little nugget on his fans (and bandmates): "Not only is it the last show of the tour, but it's the last show that we'll ever do. Thank you." He then went into a magnificent version of "Rock & Roll Suicide," a song that gives a glimpse...
http://www.allmusic.com/album/ziggy-stardust-and-the-spiders-from-mars-the-motion-picture-soundtrack-mw0000691870
Review by Joe Viglione [+]
In 1982, David Bowie released In Bertolt Brecht's "Baal"; four years earlier, the prestigious RCA Red Seal classical label had Bowie narrating Prokofiev's Peter and the Wolf, and with his stint on Broadway as The Elephant Man, the artist stretched himself brilliantly. There is not enough spoken word by popular recording artists in today's world. Steven Tyler may show up on a Kerouac tribute performing one track; Grace Slick, Lou Reed, Peter Frampton, Marty Balin, and so many others have cut promotional interview discs for insiders, but it is surprising how the record industry has, for the most part, ignored this inexpensive and wonderful format to further endear artists to their fans. Jim Morrison's poetry, after all, was all that was left when Elektra published An American Prayer -