My first encounter with David Bowie was 1983s Let’s Dance, an album widely derided by Bowie fans when it came out, and for a number of years after, for being a commercial sell out. James Hartley’s Advanced Genius Theory teaches us that one of the things required for an artist to AdvanceTM is they must […]
Tag: 1978
David Johansen – “The David Johansen Group Live” (1978)
I always go record shopping when we travel, and do so with an emphasis on picking up local music. I did this on our recent trip to New York City as well, and if you’re a fan of early punk one of the true New York greats is David Johansen. He’s probably best known to […]
Paul Vanase – “In The World Of Baby Bones” (1978)
If you’re like me (and hopefully for your sake, you are not) much of your record shopping involves finding covers that look interesting and only then looking into the artist. I never know what is going to catch my eye. Certainly some genres and time periods have their own “look”, like 80s metal and hip […]