From next week until mid-July the Museum of Arts & Design in New York will exhibit a show about David Bowie. Under the name David Bowie, Artist, the show will have some multimedia areas where one can view and marvel at Bowie’s oeuvre. The Museum will also host a cinema program where one can view on the silver screen several of Bowie’s screen appearances.
One of Bowie’s guises during his career was The Thin White Duke. What a lot of people don’t know is that there once actually was a man called The Thin White Duke. In the history books we find the following report of an old duel in ancient Russia:
Heroically the commander Martinov looked up only to see his arch enemy: Ilya Vassilovksi, aka The Thin White Duke. Snorting like a bull Vassilovski came barging at Martinov, and before he even noticed what he was doing Martinov drew a large cantaloupe and swung it at the raging Vassilovksi. Vassilovski ate it, meanwhile seasoning it with a bit of honey-mustard dressing. Now, eye-to-eye with a man with a wild beard now including cantaloupe pieces Martinov did the only thing that one could do in such a situation. Thus Martinov resorted to the old European white man trick of holding up a mirror to confuse his opponent. After Vassilovski ate that as well Martinov decided to curl up and try to convince Vassilovski that he was more fat than meat and surely that couldn’t be good for his cholesterol. He repeated this so many times and he did this while talking so quickly that he forgot to breathe and passed out. Martinov was very happy when he finally woke up and found himself in a hospital instead of Vassilovski’s tummy. Even these days Martinov still tells the tale of how he escaped the Thin White Duke at parties and other festivities, albeit in a slightly different version involving scratching and hair pulling.
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