And now for something completely different: Here’s a lovely excerpt from Don Breithaupt’s book on Steely Dan’s album Aja for the 33 1/3 series. I loves me the Dan–that air of sophisticated cynicism and studio proficiency is so soothing to me, like a dysthymic American answer to Roxy Music.
And these four posts contain pretty much every David Bowie music video ever made. I am in HEAVEN. To celebrate, here are a pair of horror-themed clips:
The Dorian Grey-esque “Look Back in Anger,” directed by David Mallet:
And the Taxi Driver-esque “I’m Afraid of Americans,” directed by Dom & Nic: