David Bowie’s Modern Mug Shot From His 1976 Marijuana Bust

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David Bowie all the time man­aged to look cool, even when he was being booked for a felony. In ear­ly 1976, Bowie was on his “Iso­lar” tour, per­type­ing because the Skinny White Duke, a per­sona he would describe as “a really Aryan fas­cist sort — a would-be roman­tic with no emo­tions in any respect.” Bowie…

David Bowie’s 100 Should Learn Books

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Picture by Avro, by way of Wiki­me­dia Com­mons In 2013, the cura­tors of the tour­ing muse­um exhib­it “David Bowie Is” launched an inventory of David Bowie’s 100 favourite reads, professional­vid­ing us with deep­er insights into his lit­er­ary tastes. Cov­er­ing fic­tion and non-fic­tion, the record spans six a long time, mov­ing from Richard Wright’s mem­oir Black…