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David Bowie Is
David Bowie Is | Victoria and Albert Museum
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"D""avid Bowie Is" is the first book that grants access to the internationally acclaimed artist and performer s personal archive of costumes, ephemera, original design artwork, and more, bringing it together to present a completely new perspective on his creative work and collaborations. It traces Bowie s career from its beginnings in London, through the breakthroughs of "Space Oddity" and "The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars," and on to his enormous impact on 20th-century avant-garde music and art. Essays by V&A curators Victoria Broackes and Geoffrey Marsh on Bowie s London, image, and influence on the fashion world are complemented by Christopher Frayling, Mark Kermode, and Philip Hoare on film; Howard Goodall on musicology; Camille Paglia on gender and decadence; and Jon Savage on Bowie s relationship with William Burroughs and Bowie s fans. The more than 300 color illustrations include personal and performance photographs, album covers, performance costumes, original lyric sheets, and much more. Praise for "David Bowie Is" Perusing "David Bowie Is" (V&A Publishing, distributed by Abrams), the exhibition s catalog, with its procession of poses and costumes and weighty essays tracking the cross-references to pop culture and high art, you get a sense of how much hard work it took to be Mr. Bowie. "The New York Times" The fans of 50 years or those making discoveries in retrospect will be intrigued by the accompanying book "David Bowie Is" that is far more than a fanzine. "The New York Times" Lends context and picks away at Bowie with such insight that it s a rare hagiography with soul. "Chicago Tribune" Combining top-notch articles on the singer/actor s life and work with official images and reproductions of his fashion and associated ephemera, the hefty, mango-colored book is nothing short of a treasure trove of all things Bowie; a one-stop smorgasbord for the eyes whose pictorials chronicle the groundbreaking star from Ziggy Stardust to Thin White Duke to Heathen and every personality in between. Examiner.com "
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Bookwomble
David Bowie Is | Victoria and Albert Museum
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Happy birthday, DB 🌟🎂📚👨🏻‍🎤🌟

Leftcoastzen 😥miss him 6y
Bookwomble @Leftcoastzen Always 🕯 6y
TrishB 💔 6y
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Susannah
David Bowie Is | Victoria and Albert Museum
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(Catch-up) Day 5, BIG Books: Well, I'm late with my entry, and looking at this book, I should have just combined it with my orange book. Funny, I thought it was redder. 😳 Here is a favorite to page through from the exhibit that originated at the V&A in London. I'm still kicking myself that I missed its North American swing. (Hmm, my picture doesn't show the book's size. Take my word for it?)👩🏻‍🎤👨🏻‍🎤

#31bookpics #BIGbooks
@howjessreads

TrishB We have it - I know how big and awesome it is! 6y
Susannah @TrishB ❣️ 6y
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Bookwomble
David Bowie Is | Victoria and Albert Museum
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I think seeing this outfit at the exhibition was one of the highlights for me. I have a vivid memory of watching David's Starman performance on Top of the Pops when he was wearing this. Mind blown!

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Bookwomble
David Bowie Is | Victoria and Albert Museum
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An expensive but essential purchase from the David Bowie Is exhibition by the V&A ⚡⚡⚡
#booksandmusic #booksandbowie

Bookwomble @DivineDiana Here's a souvenir for you to save up for ☺ 6y
TrishB A lovely book 💕 6y
DivineDiana Thank you! I will! 6y
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Marchpane
David Bowie Is | Victoria and Albert Museum
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A massive THANK YOU to all of you for making #SeptemBowie a completely awesome musical month on Litsy!!! So many incredible, creative posts (and many many TBR additions 😁)
❤️👩🏼‍🎤❤️👩🏼‍🎤❤️😘😘😘

Bring on #Rocktober and to sing us out:

🎶Let the children lose it
Let the children use it
Let all the children boogie 🎶

Marchpane Special shoutout to @Cinfhen for being the sweetest and bestest challenge cohost ever and @TrishB (with Mr TrishB) for expanding my Bowie knowledge enormously! 😘😘 7y
batsy Thanks for a Bowieriffic month! 💖 🎸🎶 7y
Cinfhen You rocked as a my #HostPostCoHost ( that's a tongue twister) Awesome playlist! Great month of creative posts from EVERYONE ~ I've got LOTS more guest hosts on the horizon if anybody else wants to host let me know...so far my next opening is April 2018!!! 7y
TrishB It was great stuff!! Looking forward to the next set of musical challenges 😀 7y
Cathythoughts 🙏🙏😊😊😊 7y
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TrishB
David Bowie Is | Victoria and Albert Museum
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The single Fashion was released as the follow up to Ashes to Ashes, both tracks coming from the album Scary Monsters and Super Creeps. It features the mercurial Robert Fripp on guitar , as did the track Heroes.
The book is from the 'David Bowie Is' exhibition which details his career and his influence on fashion throughout his career. An expensive but highly collectible book that is of great interest to fans.

TrishB #septembowie #fashion @Cinfhen @Marchpane The photo is also the handwritten lyrics to Fashion. This book has the most amazing, gorgeous pictures in (my assessment not hubby's!!) 7y
Marchpane Oh man I have been coveting this book, yes it is expensive... looking for a way to justify a purchase 🤔 7y
Balibee146 I loved Fashion when it came out.Didn't know Robert Fripp played on it. Fascinating stuff. 7y
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Abailliekaras Wonderful! 7y
TrishB @Marchpane it's beautiful = justification 😀 7y
LittleWonder Amazing. 💗⚡️ 7y
Cinfhen I would love to just look through that book!!! Excellent choice 🙌🏻🏆 7y
TrishB @Cinfhen I'd never looked at it until today ( there are that many it had obviously just passed me by!) And it is beautiful. I'm in awe. 7y
Cinfhen 😘 7y
erzascarletbookgasm I'm learning so much about the artist with #septembowie 7y
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Marchpane
David Bowie Is | Victoria and Albert Museum
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Reposting our #septemBOWIE prompts - there are a few challenging ones coming up!

Thank you to everyone playing along, I've been blown away by the creativity of your posts 👏👏👏

Cathythoughts Thankyou @Marchpane @Cinfhen For being such good hosts. I'm really enjoying the challenge, keeps the brain cells on their toes 7y
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Marchpane
David Bowie Is | Victoria and Albert Museum
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Love a #photochallenge? Check out the #SeptemBowie hashtag for the prompts!

Melissa_J I'm going to give this one a try. My husband is a huge Bowie fan, so I may need him to help me 😉 7y
quietjenn I am terrible at challenges, but how can i resist this and the accompanying hashtag? 7y
SophfroniaScott I like this hashtag too and will give it a go! 7y
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Marchpane
David Bowie Is | Victoria and Albert Museum
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As guest host for the next musical bookish photo challenge (taking the reins from the incomparable @Cinfhen 😍), I have put together an All Bowie playlist for Sept ✨

David Bowie was famously very bookish and inspired a number of online book clubs and reading lists, so I think he would approve 😉

You needn't be a Bowie fan to play along, just use the song titles as prompts for your fab bookish posts 🎤

Feel free to repost the #SeptemBowie list!

readordierachel I love this.☇ 7y
KVanRead Love! I have been suffering from challenge fatigue the last few months, but I don't think I'll be able to resist this one. 7y
Robothugs Awesome idea for September! 7y
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bookdrunkard78 This seems so fun!! 7y
Cinfhen LOVE IT 🤘🏼💋👨🏻‍🎤 7y
dariazeoli Ooooh! 😍 7y
erzascarletbookgasm Yay to Bowie! 7y
emilyhaldi Awesome, can't wait! 7y
Billypar Nice! #28 should be interesting...lol 7y
Marchpane @ReadOrDieRachel @KVanRead @Robothugs @bookdrunkard78 @Cinfhen @dariazeoli @erzascarletbookgasm @emilyhaldi thanks everyone, I'm looking forward to seeing lots of awesome posts! 👩🏼‍🎤👨‍🚀🚀 @Billypar open to all interpretations! (edited) 7y
britt_brooke Excellent! 👏🏻 7y
UwannaPublishme Cool! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 7y
LeahBergen This is so great. ❤️❤️ 7y
Kalalalatja Yay! 👏👏 7y
quietlycuriouskate This is just fabulous! 😊 7y
Izai.Amorim 👩🏽‍🎤=😍 7y
monkeygirlsmama I didn't know that about him. I love him though so look forward to this coming month! 7y
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CherylDeFranceschi
David Bowie Is | Victoria and Albert Museum
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Here's something shocking- this is what I'm doing tonight.

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TheLondonBookworm
David Bowie Is | Victoria and Albert Museum
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When you go to a museum and take photos of the book shop 😂😂 I did really want this book but I feel like I need to expand my books about music collection any suggestions? #booksaboutmusic

CherylDeFranceschi ❤️⚡️❤️⚡️❤️! 8y
LeahBergen Is that a book bag?! I want the book bag! 😂 8y
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Lizpixie I could go on. And on. And on😄 What kind of music are you interested in would be a great starting point. 8y
TheLondonBookworm @Lizpixie Iggy Pop!! Hells yeah. Definitely gonna pick up Never a dull moment, and okay yes just every book you've just mentioned I definitely came to the right place! 😂 8y
TheLondonBookworm @CherylDeFranceschi Punk please! Brilliant rec! 8y
TheLondonBookworm @LeahBergen hehe yep it is indeed, so awesome!! 8y
Hobbinol From Ziggy to Iggy? 😆 8y
TheLondonBookworm @Hobbinol 😂 spot on!! 8y
quirkyreader I just knew @CherylDeFranceschi was going to get excited over the photo. But then again David was the man. 8y
CherylDeFranceschi @quirkyreader Ha! You know me so well. As a matter of fact, the big excitement of the day is that I just got tix to this- http://www.musicboxtheatre.com/features/david-bowie-is 8y
quirkyreader @CherylDeFranceschi that is so brilliant. 8y
CherylDeFranceschi @quirkyreader I was lucky enough to go 3 times while it was here. 8y
TheLondonBookworm @CherylDeFranceschi @quirkyreader I nearly booked tickets to that and then realised its in Chicago...too far for one day? 8y
CherylDeFranceschi @TheLondonBookworm You can totally stay at my place if you decide to do it! 8y
TheLondonBookworm @CherylDeFranceschi I'm definitely considering it 😂 I feel like this is the David Bowie fan club of Litsy hahaha 8y
CherylDeFranceschi @TheLondonBookworm Ha. It does seem that way! 8y
quirkyreader Yes, David was wonderful. His music got me through plenty of rough patches. 8y
TheLondonBookworm @quirkyreader Very true, I feel the same way. 8y
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