there are moments in Bowie's last months where he seems to be staging these wildly symbolic endpoints, as if to thwart future biopics. "I did this, you don't need to."

"Look, I'd rather be doing something other than this, wouldn't you?...sigh, ok, go get the blowtorch."

Hey thanks so much

If anyone else is new to Booker T and the MGs, @bowiesongs.bsky.social 64 Quartets essay has you covered

I really appreciate how Chris is able to write about music theory and put these records in the context of their times

Not specifically this, but i think it was standard practice to prerecord a new backing track for a UK TV spot, due to union rules? With sometimes new vox too

"Rick and Louis: The Early Years"

with you on Geese. i put it on while doing some errands last weekend & after like 4 songs was like 'good lord I can't listen to this dude's voice anymore'

the disastrous AOL merger is one of those key 2000-01 events that really set the stage for the next 25 years

I consider it a lesser piece of Neil's 90s revival, slightly above "Broken Arrow"; would still take it over anything he's done in the 21st Century