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Is David Bowie Taking Over Manhattan?

If you've been hearing a lot of David Bowie lately (and not just because your roommate is a big Aladdin Sane fan) you might have noticed his polished - presidential even - tone. He's shown himself to be a masterful organizer: his High line Festival, which kicked off yesterday, is THE festival of the year. He's proven himself an adept diplomat, talking his way out of a feud with a gruff Bobby DeNiro and negotiating through the tangle of neighborhood activists eager to protect the High Line. And now his populist streak is on full display. As the Observer reports, Bowie is opening up a burlesque house at former mafia hangout Little Charlie's Clam House. Like any good leader, Bowie first wooed the cultural aristocracy with screenings of underexposed Latin American films and is now making his appeal to the masses through a liberal display of tits and fishnets. Has the moment finally arrived? Is Bowie making his move? Is it time, that is, to turn and face the strange? —Josh

A Different Kind of Clams On Display at Little Charlie's [Observer]

5:10 PM on Thu May 10 2007
By Joshua Stein
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Pangloss at 04:32 PM on 05/10/07
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I'll let The Thin White Duke walk my high line any day.
flipper baby at 04:39 PM on 05/10/07
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You remind me of the babe. What babe? The babe with the tassels.
nicoel at 04:40 PM on 05/10/07
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David Bowie is very disappointed in you.
TVBunny at 04:42 PM on 05/10/07
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Oh please David Bowie for Mayor.
TedSez at 04:54 PM on 05/10/07
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I think I know that dancer in the photo.

I was the man who felt her up.
BrianVan at 05:08 PM on 05/10/07
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This is the sort of thing that should be covered in Past. Over.

"David Bowie? He was a musician? Oh, weird, he's now this guy who runs all these festival shows and bars in Manhattan. He had a cameo in "Zoolander". Also, wasn't he in a couple of weird movies in the 80's?"
picardia at 05:13 PM on 05/10/07
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I for one welcome our new goblin/transvestite/alien overlord.
katie_a_princess at 05:16 PM on 05/10/07
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David Bowie can take me over.
phoebette at 05:18 PM on 05/10/07
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We need more Bowie!
Max Silvestri at 05:27 PM on 05/10/07
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Sorry to burst everyone's bubbles, but much like Bowie's masterful crystal ball contact juggling in Labyrinth, the Duke's recent successes are once again actually the work of famed juggler Michael Moschen.
GrumpyMcGillicutty at 05:42 PM on 05/10/07
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They closed Little Charlies? Fuck!
Gwinny at 06:02 PM on 05/10/07
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It doesn't matter to me what David Bowie is running for - I'll vote for him for sure.
Cheap Shot at 06:56 PM on 05/10/07
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Bowie knows which place is the center of the universe. He's just trying to add some culture to it again.
k122n at 09:06 AM on 05/11/07
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if anyone can save manahattan, it's bowie. hahahaha
pbica at 10:08 AM on 05/11/07
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Yes, David Bowie for mayor...only if he dresses like the Goblin King every day.