Be My (Bowie) Wife

Season 1 Songs 3 & 4 - Odes to Hermione - Show notes**Trigger warnings for content (poor mental health)Link to the song version we listened to - https://youtu.be/Xw1mmqMD9j0?si=7iolOYVMQzf0OuL4https://youtu.be/UMU261WsLlc?si=uSwPt2vSysEfC8hBTopics referenced or discussed:Davey Jones & The Monkees, band & TV legendsTom Jones, singerJim Bowie - The Bowie Knife Song Of Norway, OperettaA Reality Tour, BowieWhere are We Now? The Next Day, BowieTony Oursler, artist Breaking up (‘…is so very hard to do.’)Elvis Costello & Burt Bacharach ‘Painted From Memory’ (‘This House is Empty Now’)Beak-up albums (Bob Dylan ‘Blood on the Tracks’, Joni Mitchell ‘Blue’, Beck ‘Sea Change’, Carol King ‘Tapestry’, Lorde ‘Melodrama’) Angela Barnett (Bowie) ‘Be My Wife’ (Low)John Cage, artistStereo, audio techniqueNeil Young, artistGender stereotypes / sexism Hours (‘Thursday’s Child,’ ‘Something in the Air,’ ‘Survive’)Artifice Vs. Authenticity I’m Not Quite (Demo) David Bowie, The ActorStanislavsky - emotional memory Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me (Philip Jeffries) Labyrinth, filmMerry Christmas, Mr Lawrence Night and Fog in Japan, filmTom Conti, actorThe Hunger, film“Heroes”, BowieBlackout, BowieWord on a Wing, BowieSpace Oddity, BowieLove and romance Iman, wife Heroin phasePolyamory, multi-partner relationshipBisexuality, sexual orientation Gender fluidity, unfixed gender expression Veronica Lake and Lauren Bacall, actresses Susan Sarandon, Tina Turner, Melissa Hurley, Romy Haag, romantic partnersBerlin, capital city Mick Jagger, artist Melody Maker, music publication Norwegian Wood, songTin Machine, band Les Dawson, comedian When I Live My Dream, song Suede (Animal Nitrate, Metal Mickey, The Drowners), bandsHunky Dory (Fill My Heart, Kooks), albumsThe Man Who Sold the World (The Supermen), songTime Will Crawl, song Diamond Dogs, BowieGottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, German polymath Follow us on Bluesky at bemybowiewife.bsky.social and don't forget to like and scribe - 5 ★ would be Hunky Dory.Credit to Airstream for use of their track "on Board". Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

** Trigger warning - loss of a parentSeason 1 Song 2 - A Death in the family- Show notesYou tube song link: (1:30] https://youtu.be/IXdZ57xhOik?si=rz2nnvyhFT7kPXXiTopics referenced or discussed:Davy Jones and the King Bees (Band)The Mannish Boys (Band)The Lower Third (Band)Arnold Corns (Band)Q/NME (New Music Express) (Music Magazines)The Beatles: Abbey Road/Revolver (Band: Albums)Simon & Garfunkel (Band)Jonie Mitchell (Singer Songwriter)Arlo & Woody Guthrie: Alice’s Restaurant Massacre (Singer Songwriters: Song)Bob Dylan (Singer Songwriter)Marc Bolan (Singer Songwriter)Feathers: Hermione Farthingale (Folk Trio: Person, Lover)Loss of a parent (Trigger warning)Haywood Jones (Person, Father)Credit cards, Barclaycard & the first ATM (Event) Reg Varney (Actor)Manson Murders > Kray Twins (Event > Organised Crime Gang)Mental Health & suicide (Trigger Warning)Terry Burns (Person, Maternal Half-Brother)U2: Zooropa, Brian Eno (Band: Album, Producer)Also mentioned: Dadaism, Cubists (Art Movements)Follow us on Bluesky at bemybowiewife.bsky.social and don't forget to like and scribe - 5 ★ would be Hunky Dory.Credit to Airstream for use of their track "on Board". Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Season 1 Song 1 - Space Oddity - Show notes You tube song link: David Bowie - Space Oddity (Official Video)[22:30] - https://youtu.be/iYYRH4apXDo?si=IfEx8xL9a0cJW6qmTopics referenced or discussed:Our Friends in the North, Terry Cox “Tosker” played by Mark Strong (tv)2001 A Space Odyssey (film)The Right Stuff (film)Apollo 11 & the Space Race (event)Star Trek (tv)Quatermass Experiment (tv)Various pop music inc The BeatlesManson murders (event)60s Anti-war protests (event)Stonewall riots (event) Explicit language - single reference that we may swear Follow us on Bluesky at bemybowiewife.bsky.social and don't forget to like and scribe - 5 ★ would be Hunky Dory.Credit to Airstream for use of their track "on Board". Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

He spent his life obsessed with the music and art of David Bowie. Whereas, I spent the early years of our marriage trying to escape it. Spoiler alert: I failed.  Welcome to Be My (Bowie) Wife, the podcast where a lifelong fanatic and a converted skeptic take a marital tour through the sprawling universe of the Starman himself.And after years of repeat listening for him…and a growing curiosity from me, we are going to share our kitchen table debates.Every week, we are going to explore different aspects of the life and art of Bowie. But fair warning: we love a good tangent and never miss a rabbit hole.Subscribe right now on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen. Join us for Be My (Bowie) Wife—our first official episodes drop very soon!So put on your red shoes... and we will upload on Tuesday … well we might just stretch it to Wednesday ...Follow us on Bluesky at bemybowiewife.bsky.social and don't forget to like and scribe - 5 ★ would be Hunky Dory.Credit to Airstream for use of their track "on Board". Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.