Tuesday 12 January 2016

The symbolism of David Bowie's Last Album and Eponymous Track: Blackstar











David Bowie's last album BlackStar's signature track, also called Blackstar is dripping in poignant symbolism. Aside from the line 'on the day of execution' we see visual clues to Kubrick's Space Odyssey (remember this Bowie Kubrick homage?), a straw man of Christianity (Project Bluebeam?), a Black Star represented as both the Star of David and let's call it Nibiru for fun, and of course the ubiquitous pyramid shaped triangle and all seeing eye juxtaposed with bandaged eyes.

I like the candle at the end that starts as a thin flame but swells into a gargantuan mass of humanity as time goes on. 

What do you think?

Friday 8 January 2016

Happy Hippie Presents: Look What They've Done to My Song Ma (Performed b...




I wish I could say for sure this Miley Cyrus cover song is the real unplugged deal, but I don't know enough about the music industry to say so for sure in terms of production skills versus innate talent. 

However is it not a pity that her latest Magazine shoot is incongruous with the all natural Country and Western image? Did you know that Nashville was once (is?) a centre for mind controlled subjects? It seems preposterous but it is as it is.