Awopbopaloobopalopbamboom by Nik Cohn

Welcome to another episode of the Bowie Book Club, where wild speculation and grasping for straws about Bowie’s favorite books has reigned supreme since 2016. This time we read Awopbopaloobop (or something like that) a intensely jaded look at the first couple decades of rock music from legendary writer Nik Cohn.

Welcome to another episode of the Bowie Book Club, where wild speculation and grasping for straws about Bowie’s favorite books has reigned supreme since 2016. This time we read Awopbopaloobopalopbamboom (or something like that) a intensely jaded look at the first couple decades of rock music from legendary writer Nik Cohn.

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Stuff We Talked About

Our episode on Teenage by Jon Savage

Arfur by Nik Cohn (an inspiration for Tommy, and super expensive)

I Am The Still the Greatest, Says Johnny Angelo by Nik Cohn (an inspiration for Ziggy Stardust?)

Tribal Rites of the New Saturday Night (the inspiration for Saturday Night Fever - and somewhat made up)

Rock Dreams by Nik Cohn and Guy Peellaert

Nik Cohn is nice to Bowie - and mean to the Rolling Stones

What Are We Reading?

Greg:

Devil House by John Darnielle
Dracula Cha Cha Cha by Kim Newman
The Dawn of Everything by Davids Graeber and Wengrow

Kristianne

Build Your House Around My Body by Violet Kupersmith
The Sentence by Louise Erdrich
Our Crooked Hearts by Melissa Albert

What Song Did We Choose?

What's Up Next

Money - Martin Amis