Comments on: Aladdin Sane/Harry Potter t-shirt http://boingboing.net/2010/12/05/ziggy-stardustharry.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Sun, 19 May 2013 17:17:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/12/05/ziggy-stardustharry.html#comment-957710 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-957710 Perhaps someone far more hip than me can explain the blob of drool(?) depicted on his collar? Perhaps someone far more hip than me can explain the blob of drool(?) depicted on his collar?

]]> By: annoyingmouse http://boingboing.net/2010/12/05/ziggy-stardustharry.html#comment-957711 annoyingmouse Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-957711 Surely Harry Sane? Surely Harry Sane?

]]> By: Grey Devil http://boingboing.net/2010/12/05/ziggy-stardustharry.html#comment-957712 Grey Devil Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-957712 I like the idea of the design but the illustration could've gone further i feel. Still nice though (: I like the idea of the design but the illustration could’ve gone further i feel. Still nice though (:

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/12/05/ziggy-stardustharry.html#comment-957714 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-957714 Ooops. Ziggy Stardust had a dot on his forehead. The lightning bolt makeup was for Aladdin Sane, not Ziggy. Ooops. Ziggy Stardust had a dot on his forehead. The lightning bolt makeup was for Aladdin Sane, not Ziggy.

]]> By: debcha http://boingboing.net/2010/12/05/ziggy-stardustharry.html#comment-957719 debcha Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-957719 Harry Sane, for sure. Anon #1, here is the original Aladdin Sane cover (as well as a bit of the backstory): http://zedequalszee.tumblr.com/post/1155954064/claytoncubitt-brian-duffys-cover-of-david Harry Sane, for sure.

Anon #1, here is the original Aladdin Sane cover (as well as a bit of the backstory):

http://zedequalszee.tumblr.com/post/1155954064/claytoncubitt-brian-duffys-cover-of-david

]]> By: David Pescovitz http://boingboing.net/2010/12/05/ziggy-stardustharry.html#comment-957722 David Pescovitz Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-957722 OK, I changed my headline to Aladdin Sane. I didn't name the t-shirt though. OK, I changed my headline to Aladdin Sane. I didn’t name the t-shirt though.

]]> By: ZDepthCharge http://boingboing.net/2010/12/05/ziggy-stardustharry.html#comment-957724 ZDepthCharge Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-957724 Yeah, but Bowie described the Aladdin Sane album as "Ziggy in America". Yeah, but Bowie described the Aladdin Sane album as “Ziggy in America”.

]]> By: annoyingmouse http://boingboing.net/2010/12/05/ziggy-stardustharry.html#comment-957727 annoyingmouse Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-957727 I like the idea of "Harry Stardust in America". I'm picturing a second-rate tribute act struggling to make his way across the states. I like the idea of “Harry Stardust in America”. I’m picturing a second-rate tribute act struggling to make his way across the states.

]]> By: David Pescovitz http://boingboing.net/2010/12/05/ziggy-stardustharry.html#comment-957750 David Pescovitz Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-957750 Stardust's lifelong dream, is to play the Lucky Slots Casino in Vegas, which, unbeknownst to him, was demolished decades ago to make way for a shopping mall. Stardust’s lifelong dream, is to play the Lucky Slots Casino in Vegas, which, unbeknownst to him, was demolished decades ago to make way for a shopping mall.

]]> By: atomicon http://boingboing.net/2010/12/05/ziggy-stardustharry.html#comment-958023 atomicon Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-958023 Hmmmm. Not like. Hmmmm. Not like.

]]> By: annoyingmouse http://boingboing.net/2010/12/05/ziggy-stardustharry.html#comment-957779 annoyingmouse Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-957779 The Rise and Mall of Harry Stardust? The Rise and Mall of Harry Stardust?

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/12/05/ziggy-stardustharry.html#comment-958323 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-958323 Daniel Radcliffe is a confirmed Bowie fan. I couldnt find the original article, but here is an excerpt form a Details Magazine Radcliffe/Bowie photoshoot: http://elaineandjosh.wordpress.com/2008/11/12/the-boy-wizard-who-fell-to-earth/ Daniel Radcliffe is a confirmed Bowie fan.

I couldnt find the original article, but here is an excerpt form a Details Magazine Radcliffe/Bowie photoshoot:

http://elaineandjosh.wordpress.com/2008/11/12/the-boy-wizard-who-fell-to-earth/

]]> By: braininavat http://boingboing.net/2010/12/05/ziggy-stardustharry.html#comment-957831 braininavat Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-957831 For some reason this just makes me want to recommend Jerry Cornelius to the Harry Potter fans... also: Q: What do you call a hippy who turns ceramics? A: For some reason this just makes me want to recommend Jerry Cornelius to the Harry Potter fans…

also:
Q: What do you call a hippy who turns ceramics?
A:

]]> By: HeatherB http://boingboing.net/2010/12/05/ziggy-stardustharry.html#comment-957849 HeatherB Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-957849 The boy who jived. The boy who jived.

]]> By: deckard68 http://boingboing.net/2010/12/05/ziggy-stardustharry.html#comment-957868 deckard68 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-957868 That blob is on the original Aladdin Sane cover as well. It's supposed to be jizz, I think. That blob is on the original Aladdin Sane cover as well. It’s supposed to be jizz, I think.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/12/05/ziggy-stardustharry.html#comment-957872 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-957872 Wow, Aladdin Sane... one of bowie's more obscure efforts... haven't thought of it in years... most of you youngfolk probably never heard of it. Panic In Detroit, now <i>there's</i> a song. "He looked alot like Che Guevara, drove a diesel van, kept his gun in quiet seclusion, such a humble man..." memories, Wow, Aladdin Sane… one of bowie’s more obscure efforts… haven’t thought of it in years…

most of you youngfolk probably never heard of it. Panic In Detroit, now there’s a song. “He looked alot like Che Guevara, drove a diesel van, kept his gun in quiet seclusion, such a humble man…”

memories,

]]> By: Jesse M. http://boingboing.net/2010/12/05/ziggy-stardustharry.html#comment-957873 Jesse M. Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-957873 the glob on the collar is just a reference to the original Aladdin Sane image <a href="http://www.amiright.com/album-covers/images/album-David-Bowie-Aladdin-Sane.jpg">here</a>. According to p. 214 of <a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=JrvOjdqP1GAC&lpg=PA214&ots=5yWYxVU6oW&dq=aladdin%20sane%20clavicle&pg=PA214#v=onepage&q=aladdin%20sane%20clavicle&f=false">this book</a> it's supposed to be a big teardrop pooling on his clavicle. the glob on the collar is just a reference to the original Aladdin Sane image here. According to p. 214 of this book it’s supposed to be a big teardrop pooling on his clavicle.

]]> By: Halloween Jack http://boingboing.net/2010/12/05/ziggy-stardustharry.html#comment-957889 Halloween Jack Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-957889 This is one of the best mash-ups ever. This is one of the best mash-ups ever.

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