18: Diamond Dogs - Side A

Jesse and John are joined by their cousin, artist/musician and Bowie aficionado Justin Waterman as they take a jaunt through Bowie's "Hunger City" on the first side of the 1974 album Diamond Dogs. You can find some of Justin's work by visiting his Twitter page @WatermanArt This episode is dedicated to the great photographer Mick Rock, who's passing was announced moments after the recordings of the Diamond Dogs episodes. SONGS IN THIS EPISODE: Future Legend Diamond Dogs Sweet Thing Candidate Sweet Thing (Reprise) Rebel Rebel A NOTE ON THE EPISODE: While discussing themes in Hubert Selby Jr.’s novel “Last Exit to Brooklyn” we are not aiming to group transgender people together with some other negative themes from the novel in a negative way. The context is describing similar themes found in the novel and on the album.