David Bowie
On hating every Bowie album, 50 years of Ziggy in the void, and picnic blanket fashion statements.
Fifty years ago this week, David Bowie killed off Ziggy Stardust with a final performance at Hammersmith Odeon. “Killed” off is maybe too dramatic, since it was just a farewell concert without much in the way of extra theatrics. It was filmed by D.A. Pennebaker (already adept at capturing a rock star on the verge of killing off a “character”) but puttin…
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