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| BOGUS BUSINESS BUREAU |
| 1 | Aladdin Sane   | BBB | Performing Arts | Musicians-misc |
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Aladdin Sane
A pun on "A Lad Insane". Lyrics: Who will love Aladdin Sane? / Battle cries and champagne / Just in time for sunrise / Who will love Aladdin Sane?
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| 2 | Art Crime, Inc. | BBB | Companies | Companies-misc |
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Art Crime, Inc.
Nathan Adler, also known as Detective Professor Adler, is attached to the division of Art-Crime, Inc., the recently instigated corporation funded by an endowment from the Arts Protectorate of London.
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| 3 | The Diary of Nathan Adler | BBB | Literature | Books-Biography |
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The Diary of Nathan Adler
Short story in the album liner notes.
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| 4 | Four Scenes in a Harsh Life | BBB | Performing Arts | Theater Productions |
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Four Scenes in a Harsh Life
Art performane piece.
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| 5 | Mack-Verbasiser | BBB | Technology | Software |
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Mack-Verbasiser
A Metarandom programme. Feed it all relevant pieces and it re-strings real life facts as improbable virtual-fact.
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| 6 | Oxford Town Museum of Modern Parts | BBB | Entertainment | Museums |
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Oxford Town Museum of Modern Parts
Museum.
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| 7 | Rothkos Studio | BBB | Arts | Art Galleries |
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Rothkos Studio
Art Studio.
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| 8 | Rubber Band | BBB | Performing Arts | Musicians-misc |
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Rubber Band
David Bowie: There's a rubber band that plays tunes out of tune in the library garden Sunday afternoon, while a little chappie waves a golden wand.
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| 9 | Silver Tree Top School for Boys | BBB | Education | Boarding Schools |
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Silver Tree Top School for Boys
Lyrics: Here's the town in which I live, Petunia Green / Here's the shop, and here's the man who sold me laces for my shoes / There is Mr. Marcus, boys, they say he's mad / Here's the battle that I won / Silver Treetop School for Boys.
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| 10 | Tao Jones Index | BBB | Performing Arts | Musicians-misc |
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Tao Jones Index
David Bowie released a live version of Pallas Athena and performed at the Phoenix Festival in 1997 under this name.
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| 11 | Tate Magazine | BBB | Media | Magazines-misc |
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Tate Magazine
Art Magazine.
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| 12 | The Thin White Duke | BBB | Performing Arts | Musicians-misc |
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The Thin White Duke
Character adopted by the English musician David Bowie for public appearances in the mid-1970s.
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| 13 | TVC 15 | BBB | Technology | Audiovisual Devices |
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TVC 15
A holographic television that swallows people.
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| 14 | Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars | BBB | Performing Arts | Musicians-misc |
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Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars
Lyrics: Now Ziggy played guitar / Jamming good with Weird and Gilly / And The Spiders from Mars / He played it left hand / But made it too far / Became the special man / Then we were Ziggy's Band.
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| FICTITIOUS TIMELINE |
| 15 | June 15, 1977 | Dates | 20th Century: 70s | Events |
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June 15, 1977
Nathan Adler can't sleep in Kreutzburg, Berlin.
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| 16 | October 27, 1994 | Dates | 20th Century: 90s | Events |
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October 27, 1994
Ron Athey, performance artist not for the squeamish - former Heroin addict - HIV positive, pushes what looks like a knitting needle repeatedly into his forehead.
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| 17 | October 28, 1994 | Dates | 20th Century: 90s | Events |
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October 28, 1994
Date of an advance copy of New Yorker magazine celebrating fashion, the first of its kind since Tina Brown took over as editor.
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| 18 | December 31, 1999 | Dates | 20th Century: 90s | Events |
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December 31, 1999
A dark spirited pluralist begins the dissection of 14-year old "Baby Grace".
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| MAKE BELIEVE MAP |
| 19 | Freecloud Mountain | Map | Nature | Mountains |
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Freecloud Mountain
Lyrics: Staring through the message in his eyes / Lies a solitary son / From the mountain called Freecloud / Where the eagle dare not fly / And the patience in his sigh / Gives no indication / For the townsmen to decide.
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| 20 | Hunger City | Map | Urban Areas | Cities |
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Hunger City
And in the death / As the last few corpses lay rotting on the slimy thoroughfare / The shutters lifted an inch in Temperance Building, high on Poacher's Hill / And red mutant eyes gazed down on Hunger City.
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| 21 | Love-Me Avenue | Map | Transit Routes | Streets-Avenues |
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Love-Me Avenue
Like packs of dogs assaulting the glass fronts of Love-Me Avenue / Ripping and rewrapping mink and shiny silver fox, now legwarmers.
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| 22 | Petunia Green | Map | Urban Areas | Cities |
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Petunia Green
Lyrics: Here's the town in which I live, Petunia Green / Here's the shop, and here's the man who sold me laces for my shoes / There is Mr. Marcus, boys, they say he's mad / Here's the battle that I won / Silver Treetop School for Boys.
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| 23 | Suffragette City | Map | Urban Areas | Cities |
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Suffragette City
Lyrics: Oh, don't lean on me, man, 'cause you can't afford the ticket / I'm back on Suffragette City / Oh, don't lean on me, man / 'Cause you ain't got time to check it / You know my Suffragette City / Is outta sight she's all right.
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| 24 | The Village | Map | Urban Areas | Cities |
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The Village
Lyrics: Solemn-faced / The village settles down / Undetected by the stars / And the hangman plays the mandolin before he goes to sleep / And the last thing on his mind
Is the wild-eyed boy imprisoned / 'Neath the covered wooden shaft.
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| OTHER |
| 25 | David Bowie | Other | Quotes | Quotes |
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David Bowie
David Bowie: For me a chameleon is something that disguises itself to look as much like its environment as possible. I always thought I did exactly the opposite of that.
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| 26 | Untitled | Other | Themes | GLOW |
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| 27 | Untitled | Other | Themes | Sin City |
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