Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars

Pennebaker's documentary captures the final concert of the Ziggy Stardust tour at the Hammersmith Odeon outside London on July 3, 1973.

"...the history of rock, The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars, D.A. Pennebaker's documentary..."

Dec. 10, 2002 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Sound Unseen Review: Stardust

The birth of Bowie the icon retold with more glimmer than glitter

"...Stardust is a grand attempt to tell the story of..."

Nov. 16, 2020 Screens Post by Marjorie Baumgarten

Stardust

Bowie before he became Ziggy in this less-than-glittering docudrama

"...Stardust is a grand attempt to tell the story of..."

Nov. 27, 2020 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Prince Charming: Adam Ant

King of the Wild Frontier returns to Austin – tonight

"...for a character the iconic British pop star played, Ziggy Stardust-style, as the Eighties’ first true pop star. Catch..."

July 26, 2013 Music Post by Tim Stegall

SXSW Music: Capsula

Latins' full-length cover of Ziggy Stardust shoots the moon

"...was performing its full-length cover of David Bowie landmark Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars, what else could..."

March 16, 2016 SXSW Post by Alejandra Ramirez

Tuesday SXSW Interview

Argentine rockers Capsula cover Bowie's Ziggy Stardust to open SXSW Music 2016

"...LP titled Dreaming of the Rise & Fall of Ziggy Stardust & the Spiders From Mars in 2012, which..."

March 11, 2016 Music Feature by Alejandra Ramirez

'The Bowie Project: A Rock & Roll Soundpainting'

Ziggy Stardust and the Thin White Duke serve as inspirations for Ariel Dance Theatre's new dance-and-music collaboration

"...form about the time Bowie began taking off his Ziggy Stardust glitter, introduced it to Austin in the Nineties..."

Jan. 31, 2014 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Moonage Daydream

David Bowie, the transgressive and compassionate iconic artist in cosmic, intimate detail

"...his career. In the early days of his breakthrough Ziggy Stardust persona, the androgynous alien messiah who wore heavy..."

Sept. 16, 2022 Movie Review by Steve Davis

David Bowie

Reissue

"...anniversary edition follows a similar reissue in last year's Ziggy Stardust as a hardback minibook with a bonus disc..."

Aug. 15, 2003 Music Review by Kent H. Benjamin

David Bowie

Record Review

"...David BowieZiggy Stardust (EMI/Virgin) Thirty years after its release, The Rise..."

Aug. 2, 2002 Music Review by Kent H. Benjamin

Sound Unseen Fest Comes to Texas

Hybrid music/movie fest brings Zappa, Stardust, more

"...club scene in Dark City Beneath the Beat; and Stardust, with Johnny Flynn as David Bowie on the tour..."

Oct. 14, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Forgotten Era of Glitter Rock in Mid-70s Austin

The Austin Punk Chronicles, chapter two, part one: glam rock (1972-76)

"...be considered the hideous, snarling, bratty li'l brother of Ziggy Stardust...."

Jan. 17, 2020 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

Boy George’s New Life

Culture Club frontman relives the Seventies

"...11 years and 11 months when I saw the Ziggy Stardust concert. It was the one before the last-ever..."

July 4, 2018 Music Post by Tim Stegall

Seven Sci-Fi Rock Flicks

Bowie, Kiss, Flaming Lips, Guitar Wolf, Frank N. Furter, and Marty McFly: celluloid rockers

"...David Bowie had retired his androgynous alien persona, Ziggy Stardust, by the time director Nicolas Roeg asked him..."

July 25, 2008 Music Feature by Josh Rosenblatt

After a Fashion

It's SXSW all over, especially all over that other acronymically correct paradise, Austin's SoCo, our hallowed South Congress Avenue, south of the river. See what our Style Avatar has been up to and what he recommends.

"...He achieved notoriety through his photos of David Bowie's Ziggy Stardust period, and built a glittering career on photos..."

March 18, 2005 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

David Bowie

Liveshots

"...backing sixpiece was as tight as his last facelift. Ziggy Stardust-era "The Superman," the ripping "Reality," "Ashes to Ashes,"..."

April 30, 2004 Music Review by Raoul Hernandez

American Mullet

"...with pride by eternal fashion avatar David Bowie, whose Ziggy Stardust incarnation made mullet history. (It certainly beats Bowie’s..."

Nov. 18, 2002 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Austin Film Festival Adds Nine Days and Welcomes the WWE's Brothers of Destruction

New Winston Duke/Zazie Beets movie as opening night film

"...two closing night films, starting with David Bowie biopic Stardust (which will also be part of the newly-announced Sound..."

Oct. 15, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Five Events to Make Your Weekend Fun

Because, what are you gonna do – just mope around at home?

"...5. THE ZIGGY DO When Andrea Ariel Dance Theatre throws a David..."

Nov. 5, 2015 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

SXSW Interactive 04 Web Awards

SXSW Interactive 04 announced its Webbie Award winners on Sunday, March 15

"...ClassicDavid Bowie/Ziggy Stardust 30th Anniversary (ziggy.davidbowie.com/splash.html)..."

March 19, 2004 Screens Feature

Dancing About Architecture

Noise ordinance debate blows over -- for now -- while Internet radio crisis threatens, and SIMS crisis subsides.

"...and our own Daniel Johnston paired with the Legendary Stardust Cowboy, from whom Bowie borrowed the Stardust moniker for..."

May 10, 2002 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Sound Unseen Drops Full Playlist

Online music film fest adds Bee Gees, Sound of Metal

"...STARDUST D: Gabriel Range (UK, 109 min, Minnesota Premiere) David..."

Oct. 21, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

David Bowie

Record Review

"...decades (give or take a week or two) since Ziggy Stardust & the Spiders from Mars released their eponymous..."

June 28, 2002 Music Review by Marc Savlov

Take Me to the River

Rock & Roll Books

"...suicide hotlines," Chusid writes. On colorful Lubbock crackpot Legendary Stardust Cowboy (who inspired Bowie's Ziggy Stardust): "When the Ledge..."

Dec. 29, 2000 Books Feature by Michael Chamy

First Look: Inside the New Cap City Comedy Club

Mary Lynn Rajskub gets opening night honors at new Domain site

"...line to pick up their tickets are greeted by Ziggy Stardust in the form of brightly colored wall art...."

July 14, 2022 Arts Post by Rod Machen

Escapism and Connection: The Illustrated Life of Billy Perkins

Hustling Austin posters for 30 years, Perkins perseveres

"...(anisocoria) – David Bowie at the Backyard in 2004, Ziggy Stardust's last tour – grasps Perkins' style: bright, nature-loving,..."

June 17, 2022 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Free Will Astrology

Your weekly horoscope, November 20-26

"...inspiration, I'll add another prompt from the creator of Ziggy Stardust: "Once you lose that sense of wonder at..."

Nov. 20, 2020 Column by Rob Brezsny

Other Worlds Looks to the Skylin3s

Alien invasion sequel heads up 2020 virtual lineup

"...director Bears Rebecca Fonté described as "like someone tossed Ziggy Stardust in a blender with my old VHS of..."

Oct. 12, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Mr. Smarty Pants Knows

"...inside a butterscotch and chocolate biscuit. Before he was Ziggy Stardust, David Bowie worked as a commercial artist at..."

Jan. 17, 2020 Column by Mr. Smarty Pants

SXSW Music Review: Amyl & the Sniffers

Aussie punks froth equal parts AC/DC and Ramones

"...suggested a Down Under Cherie Currie in her blond, Ziggy Stardust shag, white tank-top, and Daisy Dukes. The music..."

March 15, 2019 SXSW Post by Tim Stegall

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