Queen Bitch—Angie Bowie Strikes Again!
Mar15

Queen Bitch—Angie Bowie Strikes Again!

Queen Bitch—Angie Bowie Strikes Again!   David Bowie—a man who, as they say, needs no introduction—has made a triumphant return to public life recently with the release of his 24th album, The Next Day.  The man really is a legend in his own time; and for people like me growing up in the seventies his music was absolutely essential listening.  Push the boundaries?  For Bowie there weren’t any boundaries.  He was a guy who not only...

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No Fun Playing With Oneself: The Lair of the White Worm
Mar15

No Fun Playing With Oneself: The Lair of the White Worm

No Fun Playing With Oneself: The Lair of the White Worm (1988)   I recall a TV interview featuring director Ken Russell just after his 1988 film The Lair of the White Worm was released.  It was based on the final novel from Bram Stoker, author of Dracula.  “Did you know,” the interviewer helpfully mentioned, “that Stoker was dying of Bright’s Disease at the time?” “Well, he certainly wasn’t too bright when he wrote it”, replied...

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