Brooklyn Vegan — by Bill Pearis Bowie with Klaus Nomi and Joey Arias on 'SNL,' 1980 Happy Birthday to David Bowie who turns 68 today. (Today is also Elvis' birthday, he would've been 80.) In tribute, we offer a roundup of recent items... more info

Stereogum — The Museum Of Contemporary Art Chicago has been running their David Bowie Is exhibition since September and has put on a number of live events, including performances from Ty Segall and Kevin Barnes. Their latest event was a conversation with Annie C... more info

The Telegraph — The Curiosity Rover has discovered signs of life on Mars, but did David Bowie get there first? more info

Stereogum — During a video segment at last week’s BBC Music Awards, Chris Martin revealed that David Bowie turned down a guest spot on a Coldplay song, according to a report from NME. “One time I sent him a song to ask him to sing on it,” Martin said. “H... more info

The Independent — It has housed the world’s largest water chute, welcomed the Empire of India Exhibition and hosted the most disastrous concert of David Bowie's career. more info

Stereogum — Billy Corgan has always shown an admirable commitment to random shit, but I don’t think he’s done anything quite this high on the “wait, what” scale since he dated Tila Tequila. At a Paris show over the weekend, Corgan and his Smashing Pumpki... more info

MTV.co.uk News — The nominees for British and International Artists Of The Year are in... more info

The Telegraph — The shortlists for the BBC Music Awards, which have been announced, include Ed Sheeran and Sam Smith, Prince and Dolly Parton more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Larkin Grimm & Tony Visconti @ Knitting Factory, 2010 (more by Lori Baily) Vinyl sales have been on the uprise for a while now, and 2014 was the biggest year for wax in nearly two decades. In the UK, new... more info

MTV.co.uk News — The former Nirvana drummer has told Howard Stern that there were two very cool collaborations that almost happened recently... more info