Mystery Train by Greil Marcus
Bowie Book Club Podcast
English - January 25, 2021 14:00 - 37 minutes - 85.3 MB - ★★★★ - 28 ratingsBooks Arts Music Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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 Mystery Train, Griel Marcus' expansive summation of rock music as American culture.
Apologies for the weird clicking noise that sounds like its coming from Greg's mandibles (he forgot to wax them) - we'll have the audio hiccups fixed for next time!
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 Mystery Train, Griel Marcus' expansive summation of rock music as American culture.
Apologies for the weird clicking noise that sounds like its coming from Greg's mandibles (he forgot to wax them) - we'll have the audio hiccups fixed for next time!
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Stuff We Mentioned
Greil Marcus' books on bookshop.org
Elliot Bay Book Company in Seattle
Our episode on Sweet Soul Music
Our episode on Sound of the City
David Cantwell's New Yorker article on Greil Marcus
Rolling Stone article on Mystery Train
Books going into the public domain in 2021
Great Gatsby episode on the In Our Time podcast
What Else We're Reading
A Tale for the Time Being by Ruth Ozeki
The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V.E. Schwab
Bleak House by Chuckie Dickens
The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco
Girls Against God by Jenny Hval
What's Up Next
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
What Song Did We Chose?
Bonus! Our Mystery Train playlist
The infamous Mazatlan agenda found in Kristianne’s copy!