I read about this exhibition a few months ago, primarily as I was trying to find any excuse to visit the Fitzrovia Chapel. Having previously tried to visit earlier in the week, I managed to find time on Sunday after multiple drenchings on a walking tour and various other ordeals that one only seems to… Continue reading DAVID BOWIE – A LONDON DAY – At the Fitrzrovia Chapel
Tag: David Bowie
Re-creating a David Bowie photo from a vague memory.
Back in August 1965 and a chap called Davy Jones hadn’t yet quite made the big time. You might know who Davy Jones was but you’ve likely heard of who he became, David Bowie. The photo below was a promotional show that was taken for his then record label which was a subsidiary of the… Continue reading Re-creating a David Bowie photo from a vague memory.
Standing by Ziggy Stardust and the Spidermen from Mars
Well that’s weird isn’t it? I got for years and years without doing a music related post and here are two in successive posts. It wasn’t at all planned this way but on Sunday morning I was out early in London and was happening by a very famous music related location. It was the very… Continue reading Standing by Ziggy Stardust and the Spidermen from Mars
Why has 2016 seen so many celebrity deaths?
It was back in early spring that it was said that 2016 was obviously being written by Game of Thrones writer, George RR Martin. The number of famous people who have died in 2016 is almost too big to recall. It’s safe to say that whatever it was that consituted our broader culture as… Continue reading Why has 2016 seen so many celebrity deaths?
Music of London Rock and Pop Tour
Some of you might actually wonder what I do when I am not blogging or writing some book or other. Well, I actually give private guided tours to individuals, families and groups from around the world. My tours generally are one of three types. Day Trips from London. Here I go to the hotel where… Continue reading Music of London Rock and Pop Tour
Is there Life on Mars, is there life on Earth?
I’ve spent 11 hours today editing my new book whilst listening to constant features dedicated to and music from David Bowie in BBC 5Live. I remember the first time I came across David Bowie, I was about 3 years old in 1977 and I was going through my mother’s record collection st my grandparents. Already… Continue reading Is there Life on Mars, is there life on Earth?
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