Bowie: A Biography - JFK247

Angeles eccentric named Black Randy (and his
band the Metro Squad) entitled Pass the Dust, I
Think I’m Bowie (Randy re-creates the Hunky Dory
sleeve on the cover). When someone is passing
me the disco dust, I don’t necessarily think that I am
Bowie, but I certainly have thoughts about Bowie.
When the Beastie Boys acted like they still did
coke, they thought of Bowie. You may recall this
lyric from 1989’s “Car Thief” (from Paul’s Boutique,
still their best record): “You be doing nose candy
on the Bowie coke mirror / My girl asked for some
but I pretended not to hear her.”
They actually make Bowie coke mirrors. I bought
one on eBay UK. But since I don’t do coke
anymore, I gave it to a girlfriend as a gift. She uses
it as a compact.