🎶 “Dance, magic dance!” 🎶 Jim Henson’s Labyrinth is a straight-up masterpiece. Got hold of this for Halloween costume prep and it’s a genuine piece of treasure. It’s as much of a bonkers fever-dream as the movie, with an avalanche of illustrations, production notes and interviews. Sting, Michael Jackson, and Prince were among those considered for the Goblin King role, but David Bowie got the first call, and my childhood was transformed.
Will be making a beeline to see the new movie-version of this superb coming-of-age YA novel. The book came out early last year, hit the @nytimes bestseller list, and is destined to become a modern classic. The spirited cast of characters pulls you right into the array of issues that today’s black communities face every day in the US, with the Black Lives Matter movement front and center. Keep an eye out for @angiethomas next book, “On The Come Up”, out in Feb 2019.
Which songs are most often stuck in your head? Mine are mostly David Bowie’s, along with the odd Snoop Dogg. Found this mini-memoir in @spoobillbooks by @thenewschool philosopher Simon Critchley. He writes about his own formative Bowie moments, peppered with philosophical musings on what the great man was really up to with his ever-changing sound and look. Any fellow Bowie fan will find some common ground (I’ll bore you with my own formative Bowie moments another time). #andthestarslookverydifferenttoday
