42 years ago today, David Bowie made his first appearance in the Ziggy Stardust persona that would make him a mega-star. Here he is a bit later performing the eponymous title track:
Ed Kilgore is a political columnist for New York Magazine; a longtime contributor to the Washington Monthly; and a former policy adviser to three governors and a U.S. senator from his home state of Georgia.
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