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Music & Film Reviews: David Bowie’s “Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars: The Motion Picture” (50th-Anniversary Ed.), plus John Mellencamp and More

August 27, 2023August 27, 2023Jeff Burger0

Music & Film Reviews: David Bowie’s Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars: The Motion Picture (50th-Anniversary ed.), plus John Mellencamp and More Anyone who doubted early on that David Bowie was on the road to superstardom probably hadn’t witnessed his July 3, 1973, show at London’s Hammersmith Odeon. It’s notable not just because he […]

Music & Film Reviews: Billy Joel ‘Live at Yankee Stadium’ and John Mellencamp’s ‘Scarecrow’ (Deluxe Ed.), plus Dee Clark, Luke LeBlanc, the Great Divide, Rick Berthod, and Daniel Sherrill

November 13, 2022November 12, 2022Jeff Burger1

Billy Joel ’s ‘Live at Yankee Stadium’ Hits Some Homers Billy Joel had already recorded nearly all his best-known songs by June 1990, when he performed two shows at New York’s Yankee Stadium. A native of the state and a serious baseball fan (who, 18 years later, would also appear at Shea Stadium), Joel clearly […]