My thoughts on Bowie

[Jemmy Bloocher]

I actually cried this morning on hearing. My very first 7" was Bowie's
Rebel Rebel. Great stories I'm hearing.
On 11 Jan 2016 15:36, "Mark Kohut" <mark.kohut at gmail.com> wrote:

> https://twitter.com/BobMehr/status/686570597770522625
>
> On Mon, Jan 11, 2016 at 10:14 AM, Mark Thibodeau <jerkyleboeuf at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > Consider how courageous it is for an artist to release an album on the
> > verge of death. I mean, it's wonderful that Blackstar is as good as it
> > is, and has turned out to be a critically acclaimed milestone... but
> > what if the consensus had been different? Imagine dying weeks after
> > releasing an album that everybody thought was rubbish?
> >
> > On a more serious note...
> >
> > Legend is an honorific that is all too often bandied about. In the
> > case of David Bowie, it applies.
> >
> > Bowie didn't just live a life without compromise, he lived many, his
> > fictional personae more authentically lived than most contemporary
> > celebrities' actual realities.
> >
> > The sounds and visions he gifted to we unworthy acolytes had the
> > visceral psychic density of the most lucid of dreams.
> >
> > Now David Bowie the man is gone, but he's left his creations behind to
> > keep us all company until time and memory run out.
> >
> > And if that isn't magick, then I don't know what is.
> >
> > Mark Thibodeau aka Jerky LeBoeuf
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