We’re back! After three months off we return to celebrate our 50th episode with a halfway point round up featuring the introduction of our new “Tumble and Twirl” awards and listeners Q&A. Plus: Did Jesse just name his daughter after a Bowie album??? Give in to the click bait to find out!!!

We talk about a lot of stuff in this episode... not limited to side b of Tonight!

SONGS IN THIS EPISODE:

Neighborhood Threat

Blue Jean

Tumble and Twirl

I Keep Forgettin

Dancing with the Big Boys

Bowie in Canada!

Coming off his biggest commercial year, Bowie quickly gets back to the studio for more (insert descriptive adjective here) music. Featuring Iggy Pop, Tina Turner, Hugh Padgham and Carlos Alomar. They even do a Beach Boys song! What could go wrong?

SONGS IN THIS EPISODE:

Loving the Alien

Don't Look Down

God Only Knows

Tonight

Bowie takes his best selling album on tour. His biggest to date, the Serious Moonlight Tour spans 96 shows across 15 countries. Our cousin Justin joins us once again for a first hand account of what was his first concert experience, as Bowie made his first stop in Winnipeg, MB in September of 1983.

Recommended viewing/listening:

Serious Moonlight (Live '83) - Live LP (2018)

Ricochet - Documentary (1984)

Bowie Live in Sydney (1983)

We head back to the cinema for Japanese filmmaker Nagisa Oshima's Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence, where we see Bowie taken prisoner during WWII. Ryuichi Sakamoto pulls double duty starring alongside Bowie and brilliantly scoring the film. 1983... What a year for "The Actor!"

SPOILER ALERT: Main plot points discussed in detail!

Fans of Bowie and horror, unite! We welcome The Evolution of Horror Podcast host Mike Muncer to the show and we chat about Tony Scott’s 1983 film The Hunger, starring David Bowie, Catherine Deneuve and Susan Sarandon.

SPOILER WARNING: We discuss the plot in detail!

You can find Mike's podcast The Evolution of Horror on all the usual platforms and on Twitter @evolutionpod

Mere minutes after seeing Brett Morgen's film Moonage Daydream in IMAX, we sit down and give our instant reactions.

SPOILER WARNING: We discuss the entire film in detail.

Four songs: one is a lot of fun, another could have been great, and two should have been left as is. Tune in to find out which is which!

SONGS IN THIS EPISODE:

Ricochet

Criminal World

Cat People (Putting Out Fire)

Shake It

Bowie teams up with Nile Rodgers to create his biggest selling album. Side A is loaded with hits and a sneaky album favourite from one of us.

SONGS IN THIS EPISODE:

Modern Love

China Girl

Let's Dance

Without You

It's 1982 and Bowie returns to the stage in the BBC version of Bertolt Brecht's play Baal. The five songs performed in the play are also released as an EP in what would become Bowie's final RCAS record.

SONGS IN THIS EPISODE:

Baal's Hymn

Remembering Marie A.

Ballad of the Adventurers

The Drowned Girl

The Dirty Song

Outro performed by "Podcast Cousin" Justin Waterman