Nick Smart
@quietseclusion.bsky.social
📚 Author: David Bowie: The Collector.
📖 Joint editor: David Bowie Glamour.
🏛 Joint curator and founder: BowieCon '22 and '23.
🌎 www.nicksmart.net
📖 Joint editor: David Bowie Glamour.
🏛 Joint curator and founder: BowieCon '22 and '23.
🌎 www.nicksmart.net
17 December 1971.
Hunky Dory is released.
Bowie's last album for a while not to be presented in character.
Pop, poetry, parody and prophecy.
Artists, outsiders, dreams and masks. And not a wasted second. Every song a classic.
Still dazzling and strange.
#HunkyDory #DavidBowie #OnThisDay
Hunky Dory is released.
Bowie's last album for a while not to be presented in character.
Pop, poetry, parody and prophecy.
Artists, outsiders, dreams and masks. And not a wasted second. Every song a classic.
Still dazzling and strange.
#HunkyDory #DavidBowie #OnThisDay
December 17, 2025 at 9:00 AM
17 December 1971.
Hunky Dory is released.
Bowie's last album for a while not to be presented in character.
Pop, poetry, parody and prophecy.
Artists, outsiders, dreams and masks. And not a wasted second. Every song a classic.
Still dazzling and strange.
#HunkyDory #DavidBowie #OnThisDay
Hunky Dory is released.
Bowie's last album for a while not to be presented in character.
Pop, poetry, parody and prophecy.
Artists, outsiders, dreams and masks. And not a wasted second. Every song a classic.
Still dazzling and strange.
#HunkyDory #DavidBowie #OnThisDay
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What makes a great holiday gift for that glam rock lover in your life? The NYT bestselling and 2x Eisner winning BOWIE: STARDUST, RAYGUNS & MOONAGE DAYDREAMS by me and @allredmd.bsky.social and Laura Allred: (1/2)
tropicalsteve
The graphic novels of Steve Horton, co-creator of Bowie, Satellite Falling and Amala's Blade.
tropicalsteve.bigcartel.com
December 10, 2025 at 3:24 PM
What makes a great holiday gift for that glam rock lover in your life? The NYT bestselling and 2x Eisner winning BOWIE: STARDUST, RAYGUNS & MOONAGE DAYDREAMS by me and @allredmd.bsky.social and Laura Allred: (1/2)
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Join me on 17/1, for a day with:
Tony Visconti
Nicholas Pegg
Leah Kardos
Mark Reeder
Blixa Bargeld
Gudrun Gut
Paul Morley
Francis Whately
Donny McCaslin
Samira Ahmed
Jonathan Barnbrook
Jehnny Beth
Mary Ann Hobbs
…and others
Talks, performances, film and more!
events.bl.uk/events/david...
Tony Visconti
Nicholas Pegg
Leah Kardos
Mark Reeder
Blixa Bargeld
Gudrun Gut
Paul Morley
Francis Whately
Donny McCaslin
Samira Ahmed
Jonathan Barnbrook
Jehnny Beth
Mary Ann Hobbs
…and others
Talks, performances, film and more!
events.bl.uk/events/david...
David Bowie in Time | British Library
Ten years after the death of David Bowie this landmark gathering of writers, filmmakers, musicians, artists and critics reflects on key points in his creat
events.bl.uk
November 27, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Join me on 17/1, for a day with:
Tony Visconti
Nicholas Pegg
Leah Kardos
Mark Reeder
Blixa Bargeld
Gudrun Gut
Paul Morley
Francis Whately
Donny McCaslin
Samira Ahmed
Jonathan Barnbrook
Jehnny Beth
Mary Ann Hobbs
…and others
Talks, performances, film and more!
events.bl.uk/events/david...
Tony Visconti
Nicholas Pegg
Leah Kardos
Mark Reeder
Blixa Bargeld
Gudrun Gut
Paul Morley
Francis Whately
Donny McCaslin
Samira Ahmed
Jonathan Barnbrook
Jehnny Beth
Mary Ann Hobbs
…and others
Talks, performances, film and more!
events.bl.uk/events/david...
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I’m delighted and honoured to be a part of this event at @britishlibrary.bsky.social on Saturday 17th January. A day dedicated to David Bowie, with live music and very special guests. I’ll be in conversation with David’s producer and friend, the legendary Tony Visconti.
events.bl.uk/events/david...
events.bl.uk/events/david...
David Bowie in Time | British Library
Ten years after the death of David Bowie this landmark gathering of writers, filmmakers, musicians, artists and critics reflects on key points in his creat
events.bl.uk
November 26, 2025 at 7:05 PM
I’m delighted and honoured to be a part of this event at @britishlibrary.bsky.social on Saturday 17th January. A day dedicated to David Bowie, with live music and very special guests. I’ll be in conversation with David’s producer and friend, the legendary Tony Visconti.
events.bl.uk/events/david...
events.bl.uk/events/david...
From an amazing night yesterday in Bristol. What a band!
November 30, 2025 at 3:07 PM
From an amazing night yesterday in Bristol. What a band!
I was privileged to be able to take photo last night at the amazing The D.A.M Trilogy Tour show at the Barbican, London.
What a night.
What a night.
November 29, 2025 at 4:35 PM
I was privileged to be able to take photo last night at the amazing The D.A.M Trilogy Tour show at the Barbican, London.
What a night.
What a night.
With two legendary bass players!
Guy Pratt,
George Murray.
The D.A.M Trilogy Tour
David Bowie
@thedamtour.bsky.social
@davidbowiereal.bsky.social
Guy Pratt,
George Murray.
The D.A.M Trilogy Tour
David Bowie
@thedamtour.bsky.social
@davidbowiereal.bsky.social
November 29, 2025 at 8:25 AM
With two legendary bass players!
Guy Pratt,
George Murray.
The D.A.M Trilogy Tour
David Bowie
@thedamtour.bsky.social
@davidbowiereal.bsky.social
Guy Pratt,
George Murray.
The D.A.M Trilogy Tour
David Bowie
@thedamtour.bsky.social
@davidbowiereal.bsky.social
Happy birthday, Gail Ann Dorsey!
Gail has been amazing over the years, supporting David Bowie: Glamour The Fanzine with a lengthy interview and appearing at the inaugural iteration of the David Bowie convention that we founded.
She also shares a birthday with me!
Have a great day, Gail!
Gail has been amazing over the years, supporting David Bowie: Glamour The Fanzine with a lengthy interview and appearing at the inaugural iteration of the David Bowie convention that we founded.
She also shares a birthday with me!
Have a great day, Gail!
November 20, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Happy birthday, Gail Ann Dorsey!
Gail has been amazing over the years, supporting David Bowie: Glamour The Fanzine with a lengthy interview and appearing at the inaugural iteration of the David Bowie convention that we founded.
She also shares a birthday with me!
Have a great day, Gail!
Gail has been amazing over the years, supporting David Bowie: Glamour The Fanzine with a lengthy interview and appearing at the inaugural iteration of the David Bowie convention that we founded.
She also shares a birthday with me!
Have a great day, Gail!
Great to see David Bowie: The Collector among the brilliant @mcnidderandgrace.bsky.social titles at Louder Than Words this weekend. Thanks to Andy, Caroline and the M&G team for flying the flag for music writing! 🎶📚
@lthanwordsfest.bsky.social
@lthanwordsfest.bsky.social
November 15, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Great to see David Bowie: The Collector among the brilliant @mcnidderandgrace.bsky.social titles at Louder Than Words this weekend. Thanks to Andy, Caroline and the M&G team for flying the flag for music writing! 🎶📚
@lthanwordsfest.bsky.social
@lthanwordsfest.bsky.social
Meeting Woody Woodmansey at a book signing in Bath nine years ago was the moment I realised our Bowie fanzine was really going to happen. I told him Andy and I were starting one, and he said to get in touch if we needed anything. He has been amazing ever since.
Cheers, Woody! 🥁✨
Cheers, Woody! 🥁✨
November 13, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Meeting Woody Woodmansey at a book signing in Bath nine years ago was the moment I realised our Bowie fanzine was really going to happen. I told him Andy and I were starting one, and he said to get in touch if we needed anything. He has been amazing ever since.
Cheers, Woody! 🥁✨
Cheers, Woody! 🥁✨
Help me, Bowie friends!
I want to view handwritten Hunky Dory lyrics (DBA/2/1/3/1) when I visit the Bowie Centre next week.
Do I have to order them up in the same way as if I was ordering a costume?
I'm having a nightmare getting my head around it!
-Nick
I want to view handwritten Hunky Dory lyrics (DBA/2/1/3/1) when I visit the Bowie Centre next week.
Do I have to order them up in the same way as if I was ordering a costume?
I'm having a nightmare getting my head around it!
-Nick
November 7, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Help me, Bowie friends!
I want to view handwritten Hunky Dory lyrics (DBA/2/1/3/1) when I visit the Bowie Centre next week.
Do I have to order them up in the same way as if I was ordering a costume?
I'm having a nightmare getting my head around it!
-Nick
I want to view handwritten Hunky Dory lyrics (DBA/2/1/3/1) when I visit the Bowie Centre next week.
Do I have to order them up in the same way as if I was ordering a costume?
I'm having a nightmare getting my head around it!
-Nick
I'm very sad to hear that our friend Des Henly has passed away. Just weeks ago he called me, full of life. With his band Fumble, he toured the US with Bowie on the Ziggy Stardust tour and kindly shared Sean Mayes’s tour diary with us for issue 4. A lovely man. we’ll miss him.
– Nick
– Nick
October 29, 2025 at 4:04 PM
I'm very sad to hear that our friend Des Henly has passed away. Just weeks ago he called me, full of life. With his band Fumble, he toured the US with Bowie on the Ziggy Stardust tour and kindly shared Sean Mayes’s tour diary with us for issue 4. A lovely man. we’ll miss him.
– Nick
– Nick
Remembering Sylvia Plath on what would have been her 93rd birthday. Her powerful poetry and prose continue to inspire. #SylviaPlath #Poetry #LiteraryLegacy
October 27, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Remembering Sylvia Plath on what would have been her 93rd birthday. Her powerful poetry and prose continue to inspire. #SylviaPlath #Poetry #LiteraryLegacy
The Creative Personas display at the V&A is wonderful.
They couldn't include everything, of course. Which personas would you like to see displayed in the future?
They couldn't include everything, of course. Which personas would you like to see displayed in the future?
October 26, 2025 at 10:07 AM
The Creative Personas display at the V&A is wonderful.
They couldn't include everything, of course. Which personas would you like to see displayed in the future?
They couldn't include everything, of course. Which personas would you like to see displayed in the future?
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Couldn’t find it at Waterstones in London the other day, but look what just landed on my doormat in the Netherlands.
Looking forward to read it!
@quietseclusion.bsky.social
Looking forward to read it!
@quietseclusion.bsky.social
October 23, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Couldn’t find it at Waterstones in London the other day, but look what just landed on my doormat in the Netherlands.
Looking forward to read it!
@quietseclusion.bsky.social
Looking forward to read it!
@quietseclusion.bsky.social
Wishing a very happy birthday to Zachary Alford. Thank you for your interview and all your support.
October 22, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Wishing a very happy birthday to Zachary Alford. Thank you for your interview and all your support.
Looks like they opened it a little early. Thus 2882 Bowie fans got in before me!
October 22, 2025 at 9:14 AM
Looks like they opened it a little early. Thus 2882 Bowie fans got in before me!
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💥 OUT NOW! As Carlos Alomar reunites with George Murray for the DAM Trilogy tour this Fall, we meet to talk Bowie, soul, the pocket, the groove and just how Carlos, Dennis and George fuelled Bowie's musical evolutions between '75 - '80. Dig in and dig! 💥
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/d...
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/d...
October 20, 2025 at 3:18 PM
💥 OUT NOW! As Carlos Alomar reunites with George Murray for the DAM Trilogy tour this Fall, we meet to talk Bowie, soul, the pocket, the groove and just how Carlos, Dennis and George fuelled Bowie's musical evolutions between '75 - '80. Dig in and dig! 💥
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/d...
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/d...
It's the 52nd anniversary of the release of Pin Ups
My copy is Japanese. Not sure where I got it. I think it may have been a Christmas gift in 1981
Photographer Justin de Villeneuve kindly agreed to my request to write a piece for issue 9
Not everyone feels the same way, but I adore this album.
My copy is Japanese. Not sure where I got it. I think it may have been a Christmas gift in 1981
Photographer Justin de Villeneuve kindly agreed to my request to write a piece for issue 9
Not everyone feels the same way, but I adore this album.
October 19, 2025 at 9:43 PM
It's the 52nd anniversary of the release of Pin Ups
My copy is Japanese. Not sure where I got it. I think it may have been a Christmas gift in 1981
Photographer Justin de Villeneuve kindly agreed to my request to write a piece for issue 9
Not everyone feels the same way, but I adore this album.
My copy is Japanese. Not sure where I got it. I think it may have been a Christmas gift in 1981
Photographer Justin de Villeneuve kindly agreed to my request to write a piece for issue 9
Not everyone feels the same way, but I adore this album.
Wishing a very happy birthday to Mark Plati
Aside from all the amazing music, I am grateful to Mark for:
Agreeing to my request for an interview for the fanzine
Agreeing to my request to appear at our Bowie convention in New York
Agreeing to write some lovely praise for my book.
Thank you Mark!
Aside from all the amazing music, I am grateful to Mark for:
Agreeing to my request for an interview for the fanzine
Agreeing to my request to appear at our Bowie convention in New York
Agreeing to write some lovely praise for my book.
Thank you Mark!
October 19, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Wishing a very happy birthday to Mark Plati
Aside from all the amazing music, I am grateful to Mark for:
Agreeing to my request for an interview for the fanzine
Agreeing to my request to appear at our Bowie convention in New York
Agreeing to write some lovely praise for my book.
Thank you Mark!
Aside from all the amazing music, I am grateful to Mark for:
Agreeing to my request for an interview for the fanzine
Agreeing to my request to appear at our Bowie convention in New York
Agreeing to write some lovely praise for my book.
Thank you Mark!
So, what's on your David Bowie playlist today?
October 12, 2025 at 9:33 AM
So, what's on your David Bowie playlist today?
If Ziggy Stardust and Hunky Dory were one album, which twelve tracks would make the cut?
October 7, 2025 at 10:25 PM
If Ziggy Stardust and Hunky Dory were one album, which twelve tracks would make the cut?
Kansai Yamamoto’s asymmetric bodysuit, crafted for Bowie in 1973, became iconic in the Ziggy/Aladdin era. Inspired by Kabuki theatre and the yin–yang of opposites, it captured duality: masculine/feminine, human/alien, chaos/control. ⚡ #DavidBowie
October 6, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Kansai Yamamoto’s asymmetric bodysuit, crafted for Bowie in 1973, became iconic in the Ziggy/Aladdin era. Inspired by Kabuki theatre and the yin–yang of opposites, it captured duality: masculine/feminine, human/alien, chaos/control. ⚡ #DavidBowie