A Salon: Lloyd Cole and Rhett Miller on the new David Bowie album

Tue, 12 Mar 2013 00:01:00 +0000

It's been a decade since David Bowie's last album. Over that time, there have been rumors that the iconic glam-rocker had retired or even that he was dying. But today brings new music from the Thin White Duke, "The Next Day," which some critics are hailing as his best work in 25 years.

We've asked two famed musicians and Bowie fans to discuss "The Next Day" -- both of whom wrote for Salon last year about wanting to pass their love of '70s Bowie on to their kids, as part of our Trust Me On This series. (Lloyd Cole picked "Low," while Rhett Miller chose "Hunky Dory.")

Bob Dylan’s “Tempest”: Best album ever by 71-year-old?

Wed, 12 Sep 2012 20:45:00 +0000

Bob Dylan just made me cry. Twice. I don’t know if I can listen to “Long and Wasted Years” again today. Nina Simone singing “Do What You Gotta Do” used to do it. Leonard Cohen did it with “Chelsea Hotel” at the Beacon Theater. OK, I’m a bit of a crier … but this is different. I’m sitting alone, smiling, with Kleenex, thanks to this old codger’s swagger, his audacity, his warmth. You read that right -- warmth.

Last night I heard you talking in your sleep,
Saying things you shouldn’t say,
Oh baby, you just might have to go to jail someday.

That he even dares to write this at 71 makes my day. That he pulls it off on his new album, "Tempest," well, it seems that it makes me so happy that I cry.

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A Salon: Lloyd Cole and Rhett Miller on the new David Bowie album

Bob Dylan’s “Tempest”: Best album ever by 71-year-old?