There’s been admiration here for Adam Buxton’s 2013 appreciation of David Bowie (highlight for me is Buxton’s uncanny imagining of Bish Bosch-era Scott Walker covering ‘The Laughing Gnome’).
Bowiewallow parts 1 and 2 is/are Buxton’s personal response to Bowie’s death and includes interviews with various slebs and civilians whose lives were touched in some way by the odd-eyed Chameleon of Rock. In part 1 there’s a skype interview with Dara O’Kearney, who had a long correspondence by email with The Dame (one highlight for me was Buxton’s response to the background barking of O’Kearney’s dog).
Part 2 contains a (for me) extremely illuminating interview with Johan Renck, who directed the videos for Lazarus and Black Star and who, for a non-native speaker, has a formidable command of demotic English. I even learned a new expression – ‘butt-hurt’.
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Loved these podcasts. Adam in his unassuming, self-deprecatory manner manages to capture both the massive sense of loss and the queasy self-consciousness about being so upset that a lot of folk found themselves feeling back in January. He also, remarkably, manages to mine quite a lot of excellent jokes from the situation.
I was lucky enough to catch one of the live BUG shows in London where over 2 hours Adam celebrates, pokes fun at and generally riffs on The Dame in an hilarious and moving tribute
He’s added a 2nd night at Manchester’s Albert Hall
http://www.seetickets.com/event/adam-buxton-presents-bug-special-david-bowie/albert-hall/971402
And a night at Glasgow’s O2 Academy
https://tickets.o2priority.co.uk/artists/adam-buxtons-bug-david-bowie-special/19725
It features Adam’s Bowie skits including Cobbler Bob plus special nuggets unseen in Dr Buckles box of fun.