Hansa Berlin

摘要

'There were pieces of me laying all over the floor.' That's how David Bowie remembered 1976. Living - though that's hardly the word -on a diet of milk, red peppers and cocaine, every successive alias he ditched - Ziggy Stardust, Aladdin Sane, The Thin White Duke, The Man Who Fell To Earth - had been like shedding a layer of skin. And now, what's left of him is a skeletal ghost, a fading shadow of his former selves. He knows full well that if this carries on, his next act will be his final curtain call, playing prey to the grim reaper, so he flees from temptation and slinks out of Los Angeles with his tail between his legs. He briefly holes up in Switzerland - certainly safe but way, way too boring - then seeks sanctuary in Berlin, ironically the smack capital of the world, where he's soon joined by an old pal, Iggy Pop, who just happens to be battling his own chemical nemesis - yup, you guessed it - heroin.