Ann Magnuson! Performing as David Bowie! This Thursday evening at SFMOMA! SFMOMA explains:
Magnuson is a performance artist, musician, and actress who defined 1980s downtown New York, marked college radio with her band Bongwater, and has graced everything from TV to Hollywood blockbuster thrillers. In her new tribute cabaret, she nods to Bowie with a song cycle of his early 1970s work. With musical direction by Kristian Hoffman, the performance gains power as Magnuson embodies Jobriath, the only openly gay star of the glam rock revolution. The performance also will incorporate dreams, Jung, human sacrifice, Aztec shamanism, and all things dark, bloody, and beautiful. Also, Blue Bottle Coffee and SFMOMA continue their BANQUET series on the Rooftop Garden.
Read on for costume contest details and more, and then RSVP and invite your friends!
To win tickets, tell us in the comments below why you love Ann Magnuson OR David Bowie. Most compelling entrant, based on merit, wins a pair of tickets to the party. Contest ends tomorrow (Wednesday, October 26, 2011) at noon.
At last — a Mission Mission ticket contest that I can relate to…
…unfortunately, I can’t think of any kind of poignant anecdote to tell. I only mention it because I was a Bowie fan back in the ’70s, a Bongwater fan in the ’80s, and an Ann Magnuson fan in the ’90s and ’00s (oh, and I’m still getting email from Shari Elf’s gallery in Joshua Tree because I visited a Magnuson exhibit back in 2009).
Ah well.
I love David Bowie because of his creepy role in Labyrinth. Isn’t that enough?
Still wanting a Nick Cave doll and looking for a place a little more life affirming
One day I’ll be able to articulate how cool David Bowie is. This Halloween I’m dressing up as my cat dressed up as David Bowie. That should count for something, right?
See I’m not alone:
http://www.kruufm.com/files/162/bowie_cat.jpeg
Can I get the free tickets because I am poor (I know everyone reps that and it’s annoying to hear, but I don’t have a better answer at this place and time) and am a great David Bowie enthusiast. I saw him once at the Area 2 concert at shoreline. Sad to say since Moby put on the concert, he made himself be the headliner and not the legendary Bowie. Oh well. Can I go and see this lady perform?
Also, this song is good:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pm_zcz-sXck
David Bowie is the chosen one, ’nuff said.
(almost, why didn’t you include the option of telling you why love Jobriath? then Bowie himself could’ve entered!)
The Thin White Duke is probably, aesthetically, my ideal man. Despite the fact that I sleep in a t-shirt depicting him during his coked up Diamond Dogs tour. I will probably play his version of “Wild is the Wind” at my wedding. Hm.. what else?
http://paperbeatsall.wordpress.com/tag/bowie/
bowie wrote my favorite song, little fat man
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jv6mEv_rDdE
Because Bowie validates my sexuality…..