Be My (Bowie) Wife

Marnie Chapman

The podcast where a lifelong David Bowie fanatic and a converted skeptic take a marital tour through the sprawling universe of the Starman himself. And after years of repeat listening for him…and a growing curiosity from me, we are going to share our kitchen table debates. Every fortnight, we are going to explore different aspects of the life and art of Bowie.  But fair warning: we love a good tangent and never miss a rabbit hole. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

  1. 4d ago

    Season 2 Episode 7 - Andy Warhol...Silver Screen!

    Season 2 Episode 7 - Mid-season Episode 2 Show notes. Topics referenced or discussed: Time differencesShel Talmy Recordings SevilleHousekeepingAndy Warhol Julian SchnabelBasquiat Physical mediaMic movement!! Outside (album) New York Gary Oldman Lou ReedVelvet Underground & Nico Dennis HopperChristopher WalkenWillem DafoeParker Posey Courtney LoveMadonna (‘Hillary Clinton of Pop’ Phase)Kurt Loder - MTV interview with Madonna and Courtney LoveMarvel and Disney hegemony Mrs Parker and the Vicious CircleShadow of the VampireSuzey Eddie IzzardHarvey Cameo Elliot…who..? Jim Willcocks (mutual friend)Damien Hirst - Young British Artists Turner PrizeBlurThe Chapman BrothersRachel WhitereadTracy Emin Alexander McQueen Brit-Pop and Cool Britannia Tate Modern Sir Grayson Perry Blondie ‘Rapture’ (Video promo)Art as commerceGraffiti sceneThe gallery owner mentioned by us is Mary BooneMental healthThe 27 ClubArt and music as working class escapeMulholland Drive Paul CézanneArtists as starsDavid HockneyJeff KoonsTom Wolfe ‘Bonfire of the Vanities’Picasso - Matisse - DaliMona LisaThe FactoryDonald JuddHunky Dory Rene RicardManchester United!!Nic RoegTony ScottMerry Christmas, Mr LawrenceModern PaintersBowie the publisherMatthew CollingsBlimey!This is Modern ArtTrent ReznorJeffrey Wright Boardwalk EmpireFelix LeiterBenicio Del ToroMarnie appearsIggy PopDean StockwellA Small Plot of LandBarry NormanFollow us on Bluesky at bemybowiewife.bsky.social and don't forget to like and scribe - 5 ★ would be Hunky Dory. Credit to Airstream for use of their track "on Board". Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

  2. Oct 26

    Season 2 Episode 6 - A little bit Bow, A little bit Jones

    Season 2 Episode 6 - Mid-season Episode 1 Show notes Topics referenced or discussed: Marnie is in the room!Feral Kid Mad Max 2: The Road WarriorThe Englishman Who Went Up a Hill But Came Down a Mountain Wales visitCut-upsGenerational BowieProdigy, Pantera, Nirvana, Smashing Pumpkins, QueenNine Inch Nails ‘Downward Spiral’ Tarot and I-ChingTwo-Face / Marvel & DC / Batman Animated Series Sheldon ‘Shel’ TalmyThe Lower ThirdPlacebo at 30Re-mixed Bowie albums GorillazNME/Melody Maker/QNeil Young 'Ragged Glory’ & ‘Sleeps with Angels’Pearl Jam Iggy PopLou ReedBob Dylan ‘Time Out of Mind’ Common Room MusicThe Doors - Val KilmerSuicideKinks / The Who / The Easy-BeatsPin UpsDenmark Street, SohoJimmy PageThe Pretty Things OuroborosLast Train to Clarksville Ashes to AshesWhen do decades actually start..?The KinksCan’t Help Thinking About MeSample potential Dodgy lyricsEP ThompsonLet It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!The Sweeney Maybe-BabyBowie’s vault (is it that full..?)Ryko DiscScary Monsters demosPrinceMarnie Returns!Leon TapesToyTin Machine 2Reeves GabrelsHunky Dory imminent…Follow us on Bluesky at bemybowiewife.bsky.social and don't forget to like and scribe - 5 ★ would be Hunky Dory. Credit to Airstream for use of their track "on Board". Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

  3. Oct 12

    Season 2 Episode 5 - The North-Minehead By election

    Season 2 Songs 8 & 9. Show notes: You tube song link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g33-W9t2q2Q https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t0871DYyHSE Topics referenced or discussed: Flies Everybody Needs Good Neighbours…and Harvey!MetrobolistBeat PoetsBrion Gysin’s ‘The Process’Reading to VicStephen Jay Gould ‘The Mis-Measure of Man’GuestsTony Visconti Nirvana The Secret of Arabia Fashion Jonny Greenwood sabotaging ‘Creep’Ken ScottDavid Lynch Exhibition in PragueDon’t cross on the stairs! MadnessMR JamesFreud Nietzsche Elon Musk The PrisonerDoppelgängers and characters Buddhism LuluJohnny Cash ‘Hurt’Neil Young ‘Change Your Mind’ Mott the HoopleLou ReedIggy and the StoogesAva Cherry (name forgotten in show, apologies)Tina TurnerPlaceboAbsolutely FabulousScotch VideoMelvyn HayesSuper TedOutside Live Show re-recordingSNL 1980Hugo Ball, DadaKlau Nomi Joey AriasThe Tristan Tzara Suit The Man Who Sold the World - the Rosetta Stone of Bowie songs..? The Hearts Filthy LessonSeven (Film)Strangers When We Meet (single)Basquiat The Odyssey Ming the MercilessAlso Sprach Zarathustra - StraussThe Jimmy Page guitar riff (Supermen/Dead Man Walking) Howard Goodall Monkey (TV series) The HypeBeyond Good and Evil Fascism Bootstrapping Hunky DoryStation to Station Nazism and the OccultAncient EgyptCharlie & the Chocolate FactorySmashing PumpkinsBoy GeorgeGary Numan Ozzy OsbourneThe BeatlesTears for FearsSumming up the albumFollow us on Bluesky at bemybowiewife.bsky.social and don't forget to like and scribe - 5 ★ would be Hunky Dory. Credit to Airstream for use of their track "on Board". Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

  4. Sep 28

    Season 2 Episode 4 - A Virus With Shoes

    Season 2 Song 2 (Apologies - some mic movements) BIG CONTENT WARNINGS (Sexual assault, rape, pedophilia) Show notes: You tube song link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZBO0gf27sl8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u08RG6HYaO4 Topics referenced or discussed: Star Trek Terminator 2The MatrixHal AIPresident JoeJoe the Lion Richard DawkinsStephen Jay GouldSteve RoseDarwin and Lamark New Atheism Blake’s 7Cosmetic surgeryLooks-Maxing The X Files Jim Rose CircusVincent SchiavelliClavicular GazaPeter Thiel The Organic Composition of Capital Data CentresPearl & Dean Deep Thought Roland RatKevin the Gerbil EM Forster The Cyberiad UtopiaRonald Reagan Nietzche Bill HicksAgent Smith Believe in science..?! Covid Scepticism The Demon-Haunted MindGary Numan The Becoming (Nine Inch Nails)Poppy and GrimesTolkien-inspired rockHarlan EllisonTonight and Never Let Me Down Let’s Dance / Serious Moonlight TourTom BakerAngela BowieTony Visconti and Mick RonsonAriston and ScotchTapeSkeleton from SuperTedGod Only KnowsCream HendrixTin MachineYoung AmericansEarthling Prodigy GoldieCharles Shaar MurrayYew TreeLori MaddoxBeat of Your DrumThe Sweeney Elon MuskCitizen Vigilante Cultural appropriationFollow us on Bluesky at bemybowiewife.bsky.social and don't forget to like and scribe - 5 ★ would be Hunky Dory. Credit to Airstream for use of their track "on Board". Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

  5. Sep 14

    Season 2 Episode 3 - Apocalypse Then

    Season 2 Songs 3, 4 & 5     Show notes:     You tube song link:     https://youtu.be/-c4Gj7XbrRQ?si=fHjYP9j-6IXKXmjw https://youtu.be/OXewmtDGQFQ?si=8Z4u5THvLtBQ0V9f https://youtu.be/WM74wALZJjk?si=rH9RsN0KT-6o17Jn   Topics referenced or discussed:   Hi, Ron!Heat Wave! Alien 3Seasonal albumsMoog Synthesiser Famous telephone numbersMy poor YetiGoat BoyMarc BolanGloria Jones - Tainted LoveRolan Bolan & Zowie Bowie Captain Buckles - Adam Buxton BRIAN BLESSED! Girl Loves MeBlack SabbathNicholas Pegg Chris O’ Leary T-RexTake ThatNirvana - Suede - Prodigy Bananarama Michael Jackson ‘Bad’ MoondialStar Trek TOS (‘Charlie X’) Insanity themeBleed Like a Craze, DadWishful BeginningsPlease, Mr Gravedigger Portishead ‘Third’The Cygnet CommitteeAlistair Crowley Nietzche Bowie’s political trajectory Brit Lifetime Achievement Award Tony Blair After All - Proto-GothThe CureSiouxie & The BansheesBauhausAlien Sex FiendScott WalkerHannibalTori Amos cover of ‘After All’ Velvet Underground & NicoTerry Gilliam Vietnam WarFull Metal Jacket - The Dear Hunter - Apocalypse NowMy Lai MassacreRacismJohnny Speight, Til Death Us Do Part Not the Same Log podcast Salo EP ThompsonColonialism in Rock Valentine’s Day Follow us on Bluesky at bemybowiewife.bsky.social and don't forget to like and scribe - 5 ★ would be Hunky Dory. Credit to Airstream for use of their track "on Board". Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

  6. Aug 31

    Season 2 Episode 2 - I Think I Need Some EST

    Season 2 Song 2  (Apologies for sound issues - mic movements, at start; first few minutes).    Show notes:    You tube song link:    https://youtu.be/KrlvgARHdzc?si=STe0faSKglkToNfv Topics referenced or discussed:   Terry BurnsCane Hospital Haddon Hall Music as medication Mental health Characters as fractured personality Cut-upsOne Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest Brazil Arkham Asylum Bowie and Eno go to GugginSinister GnomesA Small Plot of Land Monty Python and The Holy Grail / JabberwockyWild Eyed Boy From Free CloudLegendary Stardust CowboyDaniel JohnstonWild Man FischerVince Taylor The Aladdin Sane Lightning Bolt The Prisoner Huxley and OrwellPsychotropic drugsVietnam WarMoorhaven Hospital EST RecordersTony Visconti and Mick RonsonUnwashed and Somewhat Slightly DazedWoody WoodmanseyJoseph HellerKurt Vonnegut Librium Sexuality as mental illness libelJack Kerouac ‘On the Road’Beat PoetsOpen the dog! Un Chien Andalou The Buddha of SuburbiaKabbala Who sold the world..?The People Under the StairsGrunge voiceBilly Corgan and Kurt CobainSwedish Chef Johnny Marr (The Smiths) Led Zeppelin Black Sabbath Van Der Graff Generator Follow us on Bluesky at bemybowiewife.bsky.social and don't forget to like and scribe - 5 ★ would be Hunky Dory. Credit to Airstream for use of their track "on Board". Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

  7. Aug 17

    Season 2 Episode 1 - Turn Around Go Back!

    Season 2 Song 1   Show notes:    You tube song link:    https://youtu.be/pnRNAIQAc50?si=6kGnDBOwYWxqn23d Topics referenced or discussed:  MetropolisMick RonsonTony Visconti LodgerWoody WoodmanseyJohn CambridgeThe HypeJeff BeckAngela BarnettJagger and RichardsTin Machine Space Oddity (Cygnet Committee / Janine)Led Zeppelin - Black Sabbath - Cream Folk Metal!Bowie hippie?Prince Bowie-TranslateAndy Warhol Hunky Dory Ziggy Stardust Nirvana MTV UnpluggedGlass Spider Tour Kurt Cobain’s 50 Favourite AlbumsLuluCarlos AlomarDodoDiamond DogsGuide vocals Man Who Sold the World, 1995 Eno MixThe Width of a Circle Pi KeplerOccult Sacred GeometryAlistar CrowleyFriedrich Nietzsche Fascism Kanye WestDJ William BlakeDion Fortune Lou ReedStation to Station - BlackstarPrimal Scream - Loaded Slaughter on Tenth Avenue Black Tie White Noise - I Know It’s Gonna Happen Someday Morrissey - Your Arsenal / Bowie - Rock ’n Roll SuicideGary NumanJohn FoxxBoy GeorgeDeep PurpleMetallica - Megadeth - Fear FactoryNursery rhymesAshes to AshesRobert PlantShakespeare Bruce SpringsteenGilgameshVan Der Graff Generator Jarvis CockerSuedeThe AuteursHaddon Hall (Not on the alternative album cover. Your host was wrong.)Gabriella Rossetti Lauren Bacall Ophelia Dinosaur Jr.Terry Burns Monty Python - Terry Gilliam David Lynch Dante T-RexNile RodgersJimmy Page Follow us on Bluesky at bemybowiewife.bsky.social and don't forget to like and scribe - 5 ★ would be Hunky Dory. Credit to Airstream for use of their track "on Board". Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

  8. Season 2 Trailer

    Season 2 Trailer

    Updates for Season 2 - a public service announcement Follow us on Bluesky at bemybowiewife.bsky.social and don't forget to like and scribe - 5 ★ would be Hunky Dory. Credit to Airstream for use of their track "on Board". Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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The podcast where a lifelong David Bowie fanatic and a converted skeptic take a marital tour through the sprawling universe of the Starman himself. And after years of repeat listening for him…and a growing curiosity from me, we are going to share our kitchen table debates. Every fortnight, we are going to explore different aspects of the life and art of Bowie.  But fair warning: we love a good tangent and never miss a rabbit hole. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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  • Creator
    Marnie Chapman
  • Years Active
    2026
  • Episodes
    19
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © Marnie Chapman
  • Show Website
    Be My (Bowie) Wife

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