Bowie Day 73 - “Lady Stardust” (1972) Track 6 of “Ziggy Stardust” Bowie had been experimenting with gender-fluidity for a while at this point but this song is more direct about it. The song was written for/about Marc Bolan of T.Rex. I like it okay but not a favorite. youtu.be/EcKZEOsgvdI?...

This is a great article that I feel like nails what worked about the Stranger Things finale. (Contains spoilers.)

Holy crap, I just listened to the Marty Supreme soundtrack and it's incredible. Didn't really notice during the movie, but now I've got a new album which will be great writing music.

oh i had this realization once

Rocket broke one of his toenails, so has to wear a cone when I’m not home to stop him licking at it. But it makes him look so sad…

By the way, here is the VERY bluesy Ron Davies original of “It Ain’t Easy” thar Bowie was covering. Honestly, though Bowie’s version is good, I like this original more. youtu.be/BVdUg6Rt3MM?...

Bowie Day 72 - “It Ain’t Easy” (1972) Track 5 of “Ziggy Stardust” This is a cover Bowie did of a song written by Ron Davies. Every time I listen to it the chorus when it comes in is so much louder than the verses that it startles me. Fun song though. Simple, kinda bluesy. youtu.be/8xKKlTMDqX0?...

Track 4 of the Ziggy Stardust album is “Starman” but since I already covered that one as the pre-album single, here’s another fun cover of it from the Culture Club. youtu.be/fqoXmBatFEo?...

I know that this one is controversial, but I genuinely think that the end of Lost is great.

I actually missed that Bowie had a single version of Moonage Daydream back in 1971 and it’s pretty different! I definitely prefer the album version, but fascinating to compare the two! youtu.be/UAG7pWO8Z_8?...

Bowie Day 72 - “Moonage Daydream” (1972) Track 3 of “Ziggy Stardust” Another banger! Love this song! Such fun space-themed lyrics kicking down the door and demanding attention, dynamic rocking arrangement and Bowie really going for it in the vocals. youtu.be/RPUAldgS7Sg?...

Bowie Day 71 - "Soul Love" (1972) Track 2 of "... Ziggy Stardust..." This song took me a couple of listens to absorb. At first, it feels optimistic, effusive about love, especially after "Five Years". But on a careful read of the lyrics, it's more ambiguous. Interesting. youtu.be/mAoSRZsRwKg?...

The bathroom scene that first came to my mind...

Just got out of seeing Park Chan Wook's latest: "No Other Choice" boxd.it/csaYcf

Bowie Day 70 - “Five Years” (1972) Track 1 of “The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars” What a beginning! The drums leading into the guitar and vocals is great. This song feels like the first song of a musical about the end of the world. Kinda is? youtu.be/2ObjtVdsV3I?...

I generally avoid talking too much about movies I don't like, because I never want to be talking someone out of liking something, but on rewatch, I did not like Glass. boxd.it/crIeDj

Sunday morning cinnamon rolls.

Coming at the top of the hour, @christianaellis.bsky.social GMs DAGGERHEART on her stream for the So Many Levels team, including @nobilis.bsky.social and me! www.twitch.tv/christianael... Come watch live!

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Bowie Day 69 - "Suffragette City" (1972) (B-Side of "Starman" Single) Nice. How funny that today would just coincidentally happen to be this song! This song rules. The lyrics are a little gross, but affectionately? There's not a lot to it but it's propulsive & rockin! youtu.be/rq1bcVOmyjw?...

100 percent. And endlessly re-watchable too. I once had the good-fortune to attend a “Cinema Interruptus” for Casablanca, (basically a week-long deep dive) done by Roger Ebert. One of the movie-going highlights of my life.

Just got out of "Is This Thing On?" boxd.it/coFRdB

Re-watch Review of "Dark City: Director's Cut" boxd.it/cnMx5R

No cheating, repost with the most recent photo of your pet

Last Starman Cover for today, Duran Duran did this fun version for the 40th anniversary of Bowie's Top of the Pops performance. youtu.be/WIh1P5LCqRw?...

I love Starman. It was definitely one of the handful of Bowie songs I knew well before embarking on this project. The music and lyrics pair in such a fun hopeful way, with this sly silly wink of "let the children boogie". Once again Seu Jorge has a lovely Portuguese cover. youtu.be/A-izaHiBdfE?...

This performance, where Bowie sang Starman for the TV Program "Top of the Pops" is considered by many to be a pivotal moment of his career. Many other musicians have spoken about how much they were influenced by seeing him point at them through the screen here. youtu.be/oOKWF3IHu0I?...

Bowie Day 68 - "Starman" (1972) Single This is a big one. Bowie had been gaining popularity but hadn't had a big hit since Space Oddity 3 years before. It wasn't originally part of the Ziggy Stardust album, he wrote it to be a single, replacing another song for the album. youtu.be/t365MuktYQs?...

So that’s the end of Stranger Things. I’ve been ambivalent about the last few seasons, but I feel like it ended pretty well and I’m happy I saw it through.

Bowie Day 67 - “Holy Holy” (1971) Single Going back for this single, which actually came out before Hunky Dory. There’s another version of this released in 1974. This one’s fun! Not a whole lot to it but groovy! Kinda ominous and sexy too. youtu.be/L42LOcH09O0?...

i have very rapidly become incapable of thinking about anything that isn’t this video

Okay, I've got a cold and my toe hurts. I'm going to bed early. 2025? You can see yourself out.

Hell yeah!

In other news, if it rained, and then got really cold, and then you go to the dog park, and you see a rope toy on the ground, and you decide to kick it… Be forewarned that it might be frozen to the ground and as hard as concrete.

Christiana's Top 10 Movies of 2025! 1. Hamnet 2. One Battle After Another 3. Sinners 4. 28 Years Later 5. KPop Demon Hunters 6. Wake Up Dead Man 7. Avatar: Fire and Ash 8. Marty Supreme 9. Superman 10. Zootopia 2 I don't usually rank movies like this, but fun to do a top ten on New Year's Eve.

Aftersun Review boxd.it/clMrSl

one unexpected outlook change from being a dad is taking the self care people 10x more seriously when it comes to dealing with weirdly directed anger and rage (including Online). many angry posts should have been naps or little packets of crackers

Quote with a GIF that depicts the energy you’re going into 2026 with.

Bowie Day 66 - "The Bewlay Brothers" Track 11 (Final) of "Hunky Dory" Honestly not sure what to make of this song. It's nice enough to listen to casually. The music & singing are good but my brain slides right off the lyrics. I'm sure they mean something, but so abstruse. youtu.be/r8IGkLWmf4E?...

Ruin tow bands by combining them: Three Monkee Night

This is a photo of the surface of an asteroid It was taken from the *surface*I of that asteroid By a *bouncing rover* the size of a lunchbox (1/2)

Have spent pretty much all day today catching up on TV stuff. Pluribus season finale, a bit of Stranger Things Season 5, rewatching Fionna and Cake Season 1 because I remembered very little of it, in preparation for watching season 2.

Gonna try to get back into doing Letterboxd reviews... boxd.it/cjiAE5

Rocket received some new squeaky toys for Christmas.