Posts by David Hood
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OTOH, there was also this from Bowie
When I first came to the US, around 1971, my New York guide told me one day that The Velvet Underground were to play later that night at the Electric Circus, which was about to close. I was the biggest fan in the UK, I believe.
I got to the gig early and positioned myself at the front by the lip of the stage. The performance was great, and I made sure that Lou Reed could see that I was a true fan by singing along to all the songs. After the show, I moved to the side of the stage to where the door of the dressing room was located.I knocked, and one of the band members answered. After a few gushing compliments, I asked if I could have a few words with Lou. He looked bemused but told me to wait a second.
After only moments, Lou came out, and we sat and talked about songwriting for 10 minutes or so. I left the club floating on cloud nine — a teenage ambition achieved.
The next day, I told my guide what a blast it had been to see The Velvets live and meet Lou Reed. He looked at me quizzically for a second, then burst into laughter.
"Lou left the band some time ago," he said. "You were talking to his replacement, Doug Yule."
http://www.esquire.com/entertainment/music/news/a41108/david-bowie-what-ive-learned/
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In the sea of serendipity, I see another child of January 8th, Elvis,, did an unreleased song on mortality "Black Star" http://dangerousminds.net/comments/bowie_elvis_warhol_black_star_connection_popism_eats_itself
Though it is also a term for a cancer related lesion.
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Hard News: Bowie, in reply to nzlemming,
but she knew who he was
I would guess Labyrinth was probably the last time Bowie as an icon had a formative influence on a growing generation, rather than being seen as an artist doing interesting thing in relation to what he had done before.
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As extensions of the Bowie 5 years doco, the Rolling Stone piece by Nile Rodgers is a good read http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/nile-rodgers-on-how-little-richard-jazz-and-museums-shaped-david-bowie-20160112
And this animation is just sweet as a follow on as well http://www.openculture.com/2014/09/david-bowie-brian-enos-collaboration-on-warszawa-reimagined-in-comic-animation.html
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People in Dunedin and south might want to keep an eye out for Aurora this evening (or repeatedly search Twitter for Dunedin aurora) as there is a chance of glowing skies between 9pm and 3am.
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To be fair, everyone is in Brütal Legend (my daughter has a copy).
He has also been in French and Saunders, it seems to have been blocked by the BBC on YouTube but...
http://www.cyberfret.com/blog/100-easy-tunes-for-guitar-comedy/
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Capture: A Place to Stand, in reply to Soon Lee,
This time he’s brought reinforcements
Always two there are.
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Hard News: PAWOTY: We are all quaxing now, in reply to Oliver Thompson,
Gardens New World in Dunedin used to run a special fleet of ‘retired’ trolleys for this purpose in the 1990s
Still do, I think. Called take-home trolleys.
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Here in Dunedin, I see there was a hotter day in February of 1981 than today. No hotter December days (looking back through weather station data to the 1940s).
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In terms of globality, quaxing did get an "article" in the Daily Mail, if being fodder for a corporate content mill counts for anything.