The last known photo of the great poet.
Welcome to another episode of the Bowie Book Club, where wild speculation and grasping for straws about Bowie’s favorite books has reigned supreme since 2016. This time we read The Waste Land by T.S. Eliot, and tried to talk about anything else beside the poem (and you know...that other thing that's going on).
Apologies again for the recording weirdness! We're such a bunch of fireworms (that'll make more sense after you listen to this one). We'll get it together at some point.
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Stuff we Mentioned
We didn't mention this (Greg spaced), but the British library has a cool webpage about the influences on The Waste Land.
The source of the whole green face powder thing - an article about "Low" and T.S. Eliots influences.
TS Eliot was a bad boyfriend
Twelve Moons by Mary Oliver
Post-Colonial Love Poem by Natalie Diaz
Loitering by Charles D'Ambrosio
Degrees of Grey in Phillipsburg by Richard Hugo
The Hugo House in Seattle
The Last Good Kiss by James Crumley
Did Bowie Pinch a Cactus from T.S. Eliot? - well, did he?
OMG, Alec Guiness is the best
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