THROUGHOUT HIS FIFTY YEAR CAREER, DAVID BOWIE WAS A HALL OF MIRRORS. WHAT DID WE SEE OF OURSELVES IN WHAT HE PRESENTED? WHAT DID HE ACTUALLY REVEAL OF HIMSELF? WHAT DID ANY OF IT MEAN? AND, IN FACT, DID ANY OF IT MEAN ANYTHING AT ALL?
In his excellent new book THE AGE OF BOWIE (published next week) arts commentator, documentary maker, revered music journalist and progressive thinker Paul Morley takes his hammer to each distorted reflection, examines each shattered and separated piece and reassembles the lot in the effort to address each question. In this new edition of The Mouthcast Morley talks about the writing of the book and discusses what David Bowie – the construct of artist David Jones – might actually mean…

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