heathen is such a sift exit: good but paling next to his strongest albums. still, it does have some gems, and that's a better send off than what he called "a stinker."
do you know the album "after low" (2002)? probably not. it was released as part of a san francisco not-for-profit gallery show. in it a bunch of local (SF) musicians pay tribute to the low album and there's some great covers in there. it must be impossible to find now (i have a copy in berlin, but knowing how cds deteriorate, it's probably dead by now. i copied it to my computer, but all my music was lost in a hard drive crash. still, i do know the forces who put it together, and you are inspiring me to see if maybe they have a copy still ... i'm guessing if the answer is yes, you would like a file, right? so i'll see what i can do. it was "a limited edition" so they might be sitting tight on it, but that would be a shame, as it really should be heard.
Re: nice articlestanleylieberJanuary 14 2012, 18:15:40 UTC
that would be wonderful, thanks! i'd never heard of after low.
i worked on this playlist for two years. so much of bowie's later music is good, but the energy is so... monotonous. it's all so steady. i liked that some of the heathen and reality tracks attempted to address the religious and occult issues left dangling in the '70s directly.
Re: nice articleext_1180542April 26 2012, 13:05:03 UTC
Wonderful document of the making of the "soft exit" of David Bowie. It's still a fantasy of ours he will come back with yet another record, but there may well be no need for it in his eyes.
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do you know the album "after low" (2002)? probably not. it was released as part of a san francisco not-for-profit gallery show. in it a bunch of local (SF) musicians pay tribute to the low album and there's some great covers in there. it must be impossible to find now (i have a copy in berlin, but knowing how cds deteriorate, it's probably dead by now.
i copied it to my computer, but all my music was lost in a hard drive crash. still, i do know the forces who put it together, and you are inspiring me to see if maybe they have a copy still ... i'm guessing if the answer is yes, you would like a file, right? so i'll see what i can do. it was "a limited edition" so they might be sitting tight on it, but that would be a shame, as it really should be heard.
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i worked on this playlist for two years. so much of bowie's later music is good, but the energy is so... monotonous. it's all so steady. i liked that some of the heathen and reality tracks attempted to address the religious and occult issues left dangling in the '70s directly.
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:-)
here's an old epage from the show:
http://www.davidbowie.com/news/newsContent.php?id=20020930
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