When his doctor told him to walk or die, Peter Carpenter transformed a health crisis into a feat of urban archaeology.
In wandering the streets where David Bowie honed his craft, Carpenter uncovered hidden dimensions and new connections to pivotal Bowie narratives, shining a light on the legendary artist’s conscious and subconscious influences.
His multilayered book is a fascinating look at David Bowie’s cultural significance, as well as the poets, painters, artists, and musicians who shaped the spaces he inhabited.
Peter Carpenter is the author of Bowieland: Walking in the Footsteps of David Bowie, and of several volumes of poetry, including Just Like That and After the Goldrush. His work as appeared in Agenda, Critical Survey, The English Review, London Magazine, and The Notre Dame Review.
You can read more about him on his website.
We spoke about Bowie’s Berlin years, how the suburbs shaped his sound, and the Growth Arts Lab in Beckenham.
These are the books we mentioned in the podcast:
We also mentioned:
My Family and Other Rock Stars by Tiffany Murray
Psychedelic Suburbia by Mary Finnigan
London Orbital by Iain Sinclair
The Prelude by William Wordsworth
William Burroughs: Naked Lunch, Soft Machine, Junky
The Sound of Being Human by Jude Rogers
Cracked Actor film
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