Instances Of Aladdin Sane Lightning Bolt On The Increase

Who will heart Aladdin Sane?…

As you are hopefully well aware, we regularly feature the many appearances of Aladdin Sane‘s trademark lightning bolt on these pages…and so, it’s time for another round-up as they’re coming thick and fast right now.

Here follows a line or two about each with online links where they exist, starting in a clockwise direction from top left on the above montage…

———————————————————————————————————————–

Under the Radar has a special Music vs. Comedy issue out now, wherein indie rock musicians and comedians interview each other. The cover shows comedian Aziz Ansari (NBC’s Parks & Recreation) all Aladdin Saned up. He talked to both Toro Y Moi?s Chaz Bundick and TV on the Radio?s Dave Sitek for this issue.

———————————————————————————————————————–

Continuing clockwise is team captain, Fearne Cotton, sporting an Aladdin Sane flash top on the outrageous ITV2 comedy quiz show, Celebrity Juice. For the record, I don’t agree with Keith Lemon, I think she’s quite lovely and her nostrils don’t trouble me…in fact, I’d like to smash her back…(that’s enough of that – Decency Ed)

———————————————————————————————————————–

Top right, Harry Potter meets Aladdin Sane by Russell Walks. Apparently this is part of a planned series of iconic album covers mashed with iconic pop-culture characters that the gifted illustrator is working on right now.

———————————————————————————————————————–

Bottom right is the arm of an unidentified fan who just got their Bowie ink. This is from a list of 20 Awesome Album Cover Art-Inspired Tattoos posted by Judy Berman, view the full-size version and the other tatts here.

———————————————————————————————————————–

Bang in the middle is the love heart with Aladdin Sane flash tattoo that appears on the upper thigh of Rachel Wood. The legs above are indeed belonging to Rachel and not to Fearne Cotton as you may have suspected.

Rachel expressed her love for all things Bowie in a recent Esquire interview/feature…Here’s an excerpt…

Halfway between Louis Jordan and Björk in the bar’s post-brunch playlist, “Oh! You Pretty Things” comes on. Don’t you know you’re driving your mamas and papas insane… . “I love this song,” Rachel says. “I grew up in love with David Bowie.” (She has a tattoo on her upper thigh to prove it, a heart with an Aladdin Sane lightning bolt.) “So I was always into very androgynous things. Guys, girls … I’m into androgyny in general.” She says this helps explain the appeal of her ex Marilyn Manson.

———————————————————————————————————————–

Between Rachel’s legs is Hollyoaks actor Alex Carter dressed as Aladdin Sane for no apparent reason…The snap appeared in one of the quiz rounds on aforementioned Celebrity Juice when Alex was a guest on the same episode that Fearne wore her lightning bolt top…What are the chances of that?

———————————————————————————————————————–

Finally, bottom left is a grab from the latest BlackBerry for Everyone TV advert, which you can view here.