David Bowie Instagram – BOWIE’S GOTHIC INFLECTED PERFECT FOR HALLOWEEN VIDEO “But your fear is as old as the world…” Following its premiere at the Barclaycard Mercury Prize the night before, David Bowie’s Love Is Lost video was posted on YouTube ten years ago today. Described in the official press release back then as “a strangely moving gothic inflected storyline perfect for Halloween”, here it is to help set the mood for today’s celebration of all things spooky: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dOy7vPwEtCw (Linktree in bio) We’ll leave you with an excerpt from that press release. + – + – + – + – + – + – + – + – + – + – + – + – + BOWIE’S $12.99 HOMEMADE VIDEO ‘LOVE IS LOST’ (HELLO STEVE REICH MIX EDIT BY JAMES MURPHY FOR THE DFA) Last week David Bowie had an idea. His new single, ‘LOVE IS LOST’, was to be released this week and a video clip was needed. Eschewing both celebrity guests and splashy production, Bowie picked up his domestic camera from home, rescued a couple of puppets from his legendary archive and wrote, shot and edited the entire video over this last weekend in the darkened corridor of his office in Manhattan, New York. With his assistant Jimmy King on camera and best friend Coco Schwab handling everything from continuity to sandwiches they worked through the evenings finishing on Monday morning, sending it out to the rest of the world. The result of this speedy production is a strangely moving gothic inflected storyline perfect for Halloween. And the cost? Just $12.99 for the thumb drive to download the finished video on. + – + – + – + – + – + – + – + – + – + – + – + – + #BowieLoveIsLost #BowieHalloween #BowieScaryMonsters