http://blogcritics.org/ A sinister cabal of superior bloggers on music, books, film, popular culture, politics, and technology - updated continuously. en Copyright 2005 by the authors Mon, 21 Oct 2002 13:44:55 EDT http://backend.userland.com/rss Blogcritics.org custom software http://blogcritics.org/archives/2002/08/15/161023.php#comment-114 Nice essay, I liked it very much, Thank you for writing it tara. 114@blogcritics.org Mon, 21 Oct 2002 13:44:55 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2002/08/15/161023.php#comment-113 Good essay. I've been a Bowie fan for years and consider Ziggy to be one of the top 3 or 5 albums of all time. A key aspect to the record musically is Mic Ronson. He gave Bowie a complementary depth that no other guitarist who played with Bowie ever matched. When I went to London two years ago, I went to the spot where Bowie shot the album cover. Took some videos of myself standing there (which I had taken stills). Also got some vide of myself next to the phone booth from the back cover (it's actually a physically different booth, but same design and same location). FWIW: I've always taken the lyric "And it was cold and it rained so I felt like an actor." to be an allusion to Gene Kelly and <i>Singing in the Rain." Given Bowie's taste in music, I can see him as a kid doing what many of us did on a rainy day ...</i> 113@blogcritics.org Thu, 15 Aug 2002 23:37:48 EDT