Where's Bowie?
Title | Where's Bowie? PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | Rizzoli Publications |
Pages | 26 |
Release | 2019-09-03 |
Genre | Music |
ISBN | 1925811190 |
Scour these intricately illustrated pages for our most beloved icon of pop culture, the late and great David Bowie. This book is a reverent and interactive homage to David Bowie, with dense illustrations of the many real and imagined universes of his own making. Hidden somewhere on each of these double-page spreads, a Bowie is patiently waiting to be spotted by the well-trained eye of a fan. As the chameleonic Bowie took on so many iconic personas across his illustrious career, each moment is celebrated chronologically in this book. You will have to find young and dapper David Jones in 1960s Brixton; look for Ziggy Stardust in spaced-out Outer Space, crawling with Martian spiders and nestled between the stars; then search for glam Bowie among the revelers at Studio 54; and ask yourself, is that the Thin White Duke outside Hansa by the Wall in late-'70s Berlin? Each page of this book is so laden with Bowie references that you might even pick up a factoid or two in your search. With fun, detailed illustrations that explore Bowie's world--and that of his influences--Where's Bowie? is the perfect guide to the cultural icon for both adults and children. Plus, who doesn't want to raise their kid as a Bowie super-geek? No one--that's who.
Where's Bowie?: David Bowie in Berlin
Title | Where's Bowie?: David Bowie in Berlin PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | Rizzoli Publications |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2021-02-23 |
Genre | Games & Activities |
ISBN | 1922417084 |
Find David Bowie in this interactive jigsaw puzzle, set in 70s Berlin - a city divided and in crisis, and one that Bowie called his home. Where's Bowie? is both a fun 500-piece detail-focused jigsaw puzzle, and a 'Find Bowie' activity too. Hidden in multiple places on the puzzle, Bowie - in his various chameleonic guises - is patiently waiting to be spotted by a well-trained eye as the puzzle reveals itself. Music aficionados and Bowie nerds alike will explain that the "Berlin Trilogy" of the albums Low, Heroes, and Lodger, are some of the best he ever recorded. They are infused with electronic, ambient and world music - thanks in great part to Bowie's collaboration with Brian Eno throughout this time. It's a vital chapter in the annals of Bowie, and is explored in this intricate jigsaw.
Where's Bowie?: 500 Piece Jigsaw Puzzle
Title | Where's Bowie?: 500 Piece Jigsaw Puzzle PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | Rizzoli Publications |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2020-04-07 |
Genre | Music |
ISBN | 1925811557 |
There's a jiiiigsaaaaw, waiting in this box / It'd like for you to solve it / but it thinks it'll blow your mind! Not unlike the lyrical genius of David Bowie, jigsaw puzzles are at times mystifying yet always satisfying. Not only is the Where's Bowie? Jigsaw Puzzle a fun 500-piece detail-focused puzzle, it's also a find-Bowie interactive adventure. On the finished eight-by-eight-inch puzzle, hidden in multiple places across the detailed image, Bowie--in his various chameleonic guises--is patiently waiting to be spotted by a well-trained eye. It's like Where's Waldo? but, well, better, because it's about Bowie! This jigsaw is jam-packed with Bowie references that might even teach the most hardened Bowie aficionado a thing or two. In case you missed it--jigsaws are back, baby! Give yourself a much-needed digital detox, turn off your phone/tablet/laptop screen, grab a stiff drink, and put on your puzzle hat. This 500-piece jig saw puzzle is going to take some good old-fashioned puzzling. Maybe whack on Aladdin Sane, The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust, or whichever Bowie record you adore the most, for the ideal backing track to your puzzle-solving adventure.
Heroes
Title | Heroes PDF eBook |
Author | Tobias Rüther |
Publisher | Reaktion Books |
Pages | 186 |
Release | 2014-11-15 |
Genre | Music |
ISBN | 1780234007 |
In 1976, David Bowie left Los Angeles and the success of his celebrated albums Diamond Dogs and Young Americans for Europe. The rocker settled in Berlin, where he would make his “Berlin Trilogy”—the albums Low, Heroes, and Lodger, which are now considered some of the most critically acclaimed and innovative of the late twentieth century. But Bowie’s time in Berlin was about more than producing new music. As Tobias Rüther describes in this fascinating tale of Bowie’s Berlin years, the musician traveled to West Berlin—the capital of his childhood dreams and the city of Expressionism—to repair his body and mind from the devastation of drug addiction, delusions, and mania. Painting a vivid picture of Bowie’s life in the Schöneberg area of the city, Rüther describes the artist’s friendships and collaborations with his roommate, Iggy Pop, as well as Brian Eno and Tony Visconti. Rüther illustrates Bowie’s return to painting, days cycling to the Die Brücke museum, and his exploration of the city’s nightlife, both the wild side and the gay scene. In West Berlin, Bowie also met singer and actress Romy Haag; came to know Hansa Studios, where he would record Low and Heroes; and even landed the part of a Prussian aristocrat in Just a Gigolo, starring alongside Marlene Dietrich. Eventually Rüther uses Bowie and his explorations of the cultural and historical undercurrents of West Berlin to examine the city itself: divided, caught in the Cold War, and how it began to redefine itself as a cultural metropolis, turning to the arts to start a new history. Tying in with an exhibition at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, in September, 2014, Heroes tells the fascinating story of how the music of the future arose from the spirit of the past. It is an unforgettable look at one of the world’s most renowned musicians in one of its most inspiring cities.
Bowie in Berlin
Title | Bowie in Berlin PDF eBook |
Author | Thomas Jerome Seabrook |
Publisher | Jawbone Press |
Pages | 277 |
Release | 2008-02 |
Genre | Music |
ISBN | 1906002088 |
This is a biographical and historical account of the recording of David Bowie's albums 'Low', ''Heroes'' and 'Lodger'. Set against the backdrop of post-war Berlin it features a cast of characters including Iggy Pop, Kraftwerk and Robert Fripp. It also looks at the influence Bowie's 'Berlin Trilogy' has exerted on other musicians.
Before the Deluge
Title | Before the Deluge PDF eBook |
Author | Otto Friedrich |
Publisher | Harper Collins |
Pages | 442 |
Release | 1995-10-13 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 0060926791 |
A fascinating portrait of the turbulent political, social, and cultural life of the city of Berlin in the 1920s.
Forever Stardust
Title | Forever Stardust PDF eBook |
Author | Will Brooker |
Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
Pages | 150 |
Release | 2017-01-30 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 1786721538 |
Most of the many books about David Bowie track his artistic 'changes' chronologically throughout his career. This book, uniquely, examines Bowie's 'sameness': his recurring themes, images, motifs and concepts as an artist, across all his creative work, from lyrics and music through to costumes, storyboards, films, plays and painting.To be published on Bowie's 70th birthday, Forever Stardust looks at Bowie's work not as a linear evolution through calendar time, to his tragic death in January 2016, but as a matrix, a dialogue, a network of ideas that echo back and forth across the five decades of his career, interacting with each other and with the surrounding culture. It explores Bowie's creative output as a whole, tracing the repetitions and obsessions that structure his work, discovering what they tell us about Bowie in all his forms, from Ziggy Stardust to David Jones.David Bowie challenged cultural expectations from the early 1970s until his final masterpiece, Blackstar. Forever Stardust offers a new understanding of this remarkable & significant artist.