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Vile Bodies and Aladdin Sane

Posted on January 25, 2016 by Jeffrey Manley

A newsblog has posted a review of David Bowie’s 1973 Aladdin Sane album in which the connections with Waugh’s novel Vile Bodies are further elaborated: Named after the pun ‘A Lad Insane’, David Bowie has stated that this album was … Continue reading →

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Death of a Waugh Fan

Posted on January 11, 2016 by Jeffrey Manley

The papers have announced today the death of singer-songwriter David Bowie (1947-2016). He was just 2 days past his 69th birthday. Bowie was unusually widely read for a popular musician, and one of his fans posted the list of his 100 favorite … Continue reading →

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