R.I.P David Bowie: 8th January 1947 - 10th January 2016

You're right. I don't pay attention to sports. I could tell it was some big game.

I suppose it's no surprise that ET/Insider treated it like any other celebrity death. Shows like that are the worst of the worst.

But the whole thing makes me feel like I'm in the wrong place. Bowie absolutely deserves tributes on the radio, television and in print/web media. I love hearing about the airport playing Bowie on repeat. That's beautiful and poignant. And I'm more of a casual fan.

 

My entire wall on Facebook and Instagram feed was all Bowie..American, Brits, European..his loss was felt worldwide.

 

Well social media reaction is one thing. But as far as the media in general goes, it was lead story yesterday morning, and that's it. I don't know what the 24-hour news cycle is like in other places, but suppose it shouldn't be a surprise that Bowie gets his morning of coverage, and then onto the next thing. That's what I mean.

 

Further proof that music is no longer the 'be all, end all' for MOST of the American public!

 

You may check my post #1355, on page 54 I think.

 

St Albans Cathedral, near where I grew up, posted this on their Twitter yesterday in tribute. Beautiful.

 

Random notes:
I'm in Florida doing presentation graphics for a convention, and the speaker yesterday (a man in his mid 60s) began his speech by announcing to the audience that he was "emotionally fragile today after the sad news", then had the audio guy play "Heroes" before he would start his presentation. Never saw that before in the 30 years I'm doing this job. On the other side of the coin, my 30 year old daughter (who was lucky enough to have seen him on the Reality tour with me, part of her "education") has been sending me links to Bowie articles for the last 24 hours.

 

David Bowie: 15 surprising facts about the king of glam rock
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/ar...surprising-facts-about-the-king-of-glam-rock/

 

Yep. I think I posted here yesterday that not even VH1 Classic could be bothered to do anything. They just had a crawl that ran across the bottom of the screen every few minutes. That kind of says it all. And it's frustrating because an artist of Bowie's stature deserves more, whether Americans care about music anymore or not (and I agree, they mostly don't).

 

I don't know...in Indiana the sports talk shows had Bowie music playing and talking about his death...

Paul

 

I was surprised and a bit saddened at the lack of Bowie presence on local radio yesterday, but I think that's a reflection on the piss-poor state of rock radio in the Philadelphia area than a lack of admiration by the local music fans.

 

I've already posted - but an additional thought or two.

Last night my wife and I watched the Lazarus video. At the end I had to walk away - in tears. I felt depressed (still do) and just down for the rest of the day. I feel as if I had lost a friend - even though I never personally met Bowie - and as if part of my childhood died. He was a big influence in my pre/early teen years and also changed the way I look at people and art. Heck most of the music I listen to can be traced in some way to his body of work.

 

I have owned "CHANGESBOWIE" for about 15 years. Only played it a handful of times.

But, I "get it". He was an icon. He was an original and will never be replaced.

How he kept his illness underwraps and actually turned his death into his last artistic statement amazes me.

 

RIP! This sad news make me want to play some his vinyl albums again.

 

I had my 15 year old daughter listening to Bowie..last week..The Man Who Sold The World..and Blackstar CD.
Last night she ..watched the video for Lazarus and Blackster. She likes dark off the trail music...she has a new King...in Bowie. She just thought what she listened too was dark.moody..till she heard/saw those two...lol..her words.."what did I just watch"..in amazement. Wanted to dress like Ziggy Stardust for school...but it got snowed out today..lol

Paul

 

Ontario man remembers playing with David Bowie as 11-year-old
http://www.ctvnews.ca/entertainment...ing-with-david-bowie-as-11-year-old-1.2733775

 

VH1 played Bowie all day on Sunday, 01/10: the movie, Ziggy Stardust, an hour of classic videos, Bowie Storytellers, and The Man Who...

Did they get advance notice of the gravity of Bowie's illness?

 

Same here - I've been listening to the Five Years box since it came out, but not that seriously. I was already familiar with Ziggy & Aladdin Sane but not the others, aside from the hits. Yesterday I started really listening to them and will continue this week (and I am sure continuing much longer). I'm sad but looking forward to discovering all of his music that I had missed so far.

 

Depends on what media you're reading. The NY Times has featured the story---multiple Bowie stories, actually---prominently, and has continued to do that today.

 

No, it was his birthday and he had a massively promoted new album out. Everybody was playing Bowie last weekend.

 

I'm going to play Cure cover of YA later!

 

Rick Wakeman 'regrets' ditching David Bowie for Yes
http://www.tv3.ie/xpose/article/ent...-Wakeman-regrets-ditching-David-Bowie-for-Yes

 

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?...272581416657.145402.1312292203&type=3&theater

"Our band, Holy Holy, have discussed whether we should continue this tour and we made a unanimous decision to lessen our grief by celebrating David's life and great legacy. We will be playing The Opera House in Toronto Tuesday, as scheduled but it sold out so quickly the promoter has just asked us to play Wednesday as well. So, Tuesday is 9 PM for Jessica Morgan and 10 PM for Holy Holy. On Wednesday it will be 8 PM for Jessica Morgan and 9 PM for Holy Holy. Here is a photo from way back when. Photographer Ray Stevenson."

The Man Who Sold the World USA tour 2016!
Jan 12 Toronto, ON The Opera House
Jan 14 Alexandria, VA Birchmere Music Hall
Jan 15 Phoenixville, PA Colonial Theatre
Jan 16 Cleveland, OH The Odeon
Jan 17 Huntington, NY The Paramount
Jan 20 Lancaster, PA Chameleon Club
Jan 21 Boston, MA Wilbur Theatre Presale