Nathan Adler, where are you?

   As it turns out, I'm not talking about the rabbi or kabbalist, but the Hero of David Bowies 1.Outside, 1995s brilliant concept album. This was supposed to be a murder mystery set in the future where "art murder" was beginning to be commonplace.  Nathan was a detective who was trying to solve the murder of Baby Grace Blue.  Now, this was meant to be a trilogy of albums, spliced together with cryptic liner notes and "segues" of the characters talking.  It was very theatrical, and a bit disturbed... in a good way, of course.  

   However, the second and third parts never saw the light of day, although rumor has it that Bowie did write some of them.  Such a pity... Really, although it really didn't click hard with the folks that grew up with Bowie in his early years (I know, I was front row at the show, and the older folk just looked plain confused... contrast that to the confused young folk who didn't believe me when I told them "The Man Who Sold The World" was NOT a Nirvana song), it was absolutely the best thing he had come out with in years, and in fact is far better than anything he's done since.  He had a totally different atmosphere here,  

best noticed in this amazing video for the "breakout" single "The Heart's Filthy Lesson." If you've never seen it, it's a treat.