face-down-asgard-up:

david-bowie-is-a-reservoir-dog:

saladdinane:

Stop it. Just stop that right now. You should not be cuter than the baby.

(Source: strawburry-fields-forever)

face-down-asgard-up:

timekiller-s:

cassket:

“A David Bowie television performance that no one has seen in three decades, and that Americans have never seen at all, hit the web today. As the story goes, Bowie as his red-haired Aladdin Sane persona visited U.K.’s long-running music program Top of the Pops on January 3, 1973 to showcase his then-new single ‘Jean Genie.’ The performance aired only once, and the tapes from that TOTP episode were placed in the BBC vaults… where they were ultimately erased so the network could reuse the tapes, the BBC admits. It was believed that this “Jean Genie” was lost forever, but recently, a cameraman named John Henshall revealed that he made a an additional copy of the performance for himself.” Don’t focus on the fact that this is nearly 40 years old, focus on the fact that it’s actually quite good. Who knows how long it’s going to stick around? You’re advised to watch it soon.

Further context in the form of a television report from the BBC (also on YouTube). This has some more details — including the fact that the cameraman also has some other rare performances by artists of this era.

I love you. 

(Source: The Awl)

champagnecandy:

johndylanger:

The 10 Commandments of Bowieism

 

I. I, I will be King, and you, you will be Queen

II. Thou shalt put on thy red shoes and dance the blues

III. Thou Shalt turn and face the strange ch-ch-changes

IV. Thou Shalt take thy protein pills and put thy helmet on

V. Thou Shalt get me to the church on time

VI. Thou Shalt not lean on me, man, ‘cause you can’t afford the ticket 

VII. Thou Shalt not let me hear you say life’s taking you nowhere, angel

VIII. Thou Shalt let the children lose it

IX. Thou Shalt let the children use it

X. Thou Shalt let all the children boogie

 

Ziggy Stardust is our sexually promiscuous, sexually ambiguous prophet. He is our leper messiah - the all-seeing, all-knowing human embodiment of an alien lifeform, here to bring us a message of peace. love and rock n’ roll in the last five years of our existence on this planet. 

So begins the Ziggah, the Bowieist bible:

In the beginning, Ziggy played guitar…

My jokes about Bowie as my religion just got a hell of a lot more serious. Except I would replace “Get me to the church on time” with “Thou shalt rock’n’roll with me”. And also, always: You’re not alone.