Oddity

Oddity


  • RAY Tubes: Transforming My Listening Experiences

    Tom Gibbs falls in love with vacuum tubes from Ray Tubes, comparing their sound to that of much more expensive NOS ones.

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  • Gravity Optional: How Bowie Redefined Himself (Again) in 1979

    This striking image from David Bowieโ€™s 1979 Lodger photoshoot is more than a visual oddityโ€”itโ€™s a portal into a restless, brilliant period in Bowieโ€™s life. Captured by Brian Duffy, the man responsible for some of Bowieโ€™s most iconic imagery (think the lightning bolt on Aladdin Sane), this photograph encapsulates the strange tension between control and…

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  • David Bowie’s ‘Space Oddity’: A Cosmic Journey Through Sound

    On July 11, 1969, as the world braced for the monumental Apollo 11 moon landing, an emerging David Bowie released โ€œSpace Oddity,โ€ a song that would soon become a defining anthem of the space age. Just days before humans first set foot on the moon, Bowieโ€™s cosmic tale of Major Tom captured the imagination of…

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