A few days ago, David Bowie issued a playlist of his all time favorite songs from his body of work. He has a huge string of hits for the past several decades. While those songs are over-anthologized, they don’t find their way amongst Bowie’s favorites. Perhaps, it is because he has sang those songs to death in order to please his fans. The ones he selects are the more obscure, under the radar songs, including a re-worked “Time Will Crawl” (the original coming from one of his less perfect albums Never Let Me Down). He has mentioned in an interview many years ago that he has always wanted to sabotage the Never Let Me Down songs, and, here he gets his chance. The narratives behind all the other choices are just as compelling. Bowie’s always been able to give the gift of sound and vision, and he certainly delivers with this list.
July 1st, 2008
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Jul 08
Stuff White People Like – You know you want a copy!
I plan to get get my copy of Stuff White People Like this morning when I get the chance to go to a bookstore. I could have ordered in advance some time ago on some website, but I’m kinda tired of the online thing right now. Actually, I’m more tired of checking my mailbox everyday for my orders, only to have my hopes dashed.
The white thing to do is to try to buy it from an indie bookstore. Better yet, if I were in Portland, Oregon, buy it from Powells. By doing this, I establish my indie cred and I accomplish it in a city white people are so fond of.
Actually, I will most likely buy the book from some evil corporate bookstore such as Borders. How uncool is that?
For you Washingtonians: Christian Lander, author and blogger of Stuff White People Like, will appear at Politics and Prose Bookstore and Coffeehouse on July 23, 2008, at 7pm. Punctuality counts.
