Speaking of things printed on album covers, I remember albums from the 1980's that had a little icon on the sleeve of a cassette tape with a frown. Underneath it read, "Home taping is killing music." I remember one night the host of Brave New Waves started off the show by saying "No matter what they tell you, home taping is not what's killing music."

I think of that line whenever people mention downloading for the woes of the record industry.

David Bowie CDs - 4, plus Sound & Vision (3.5), plus an EP, plus a Davy Jones & Manish Boys, plus the Deram Anthology, plus Live(2), plus The Singles (2.5).
LPs - 5, plus picture disk interview.
tribute CDs - 2.

my first was Diamond Dogs, and I think it is my favorite. but god I love the songs Heroes and All the Young Dudes.

And Damn but David Byrne must not watch where he is going. He walked smack into me on the street like three years ago and made me spill my frozen yogurt.

Sound & Vision (3.5)

Which version? The recent "re-release" or the genuine article from, what, 20 years ago?

I love the songs Heroes and All the Young Dudes.

I have a couple of good covers of those - Heroes by Blondie, and All The Young Dudes by Gene Loves Jezebel. Well, and, as someone metioned upthread, the Goth Oddity (which, now that I think about it, is where the GLJ cover comes from), but, for the most part, they were eh.

I have the 1989 Sound & Vision. that was NOT 20 years ago. sigh.

I have the Blondie Heroes, but have never heard the GLJ. And I like GLJ, so I'd love to hear it, may have to look for that? The Alejandro Escovedo, All the Young Dudes maked me ridiculously happy, I think I've mentioned that hear before.

edit - it helps if I read the previous post correctly and thoroughly.

I have a couple of good covers of those

I heard the Bowie "Heroes" in Starbucks today, and it played concurrently in my head with the Moulin Rouge version.

Hey Angus! I actually just saw that album on some best-of list within the past week, but I'm waaaay too lazy to see if it was on Pitchfork's.

And I spent most of the afternoon listening to Miles Davis's Jack Johnson Sessions box. Which is most decidedly not white guy music (although it's so influential to the indie-rock that maybe someone could make that argument, but not me).

I have the 1989 Sound & Vision. that was NOT 20 years ago.

Is that all it was? I could have sworn it was earlier, but I was too lazy to look it up. So, 15 years ago. And you could get a LOT of money for that, by the way. Does it have those videos on it?

It has the Ashes to Ashes video, but that's it.

The Alejandro Escovedo, All the Young Dudes maked me ridiculously happy, I think I've mentioned that hear before.

When I saw him live with True Believers (they were opening for Los Lobos at The Channel - mid 80s), he did T. Rex's "20th Century Boy." (Steve Berlin sat in on sax.) Throw in his New York Dolls love and he's almost as much of a glam fiend as I am.

I have a 12" single with "Heroes" in English/German on one side and English/French on the other. That and a CD of Hunky Dory are the only Bowie I own.

I'm sure you're going to say yes, but is the Interpol CD good? I love "NYC" and "Obstacle 1" oh so much.

Yes. If you like those two songs then it won't disappoint.

Both times I've been to Austin, I've seen Alejandro hanging out at the awesome Maria's Taco X-Press. I've heard his health is a little better.