RIP David Bowie.

[Patricia A]

When I first started dragging Bowie posters home and plastering them to my bedroom walls, my mother looked at them with curiosity but didn't criticize them. Years later when I was grown up she was talking to me and remembering how much I loved Alice Bowie. She was a little concerned about me loving a girl in that way and so much, but she wasn't too worried. I was essentially a good kid with a good heart. It could be worse.
For all those years she confused, in a singular way, Alice Cooper who I liked a lot with David Bowie. She made an Alice Bowie and a David Cooper and a lesbian daughter up all by herself.
My dear old mother, she was one of a kind herself.

 

[FlakeNoir]

Oh boy, is this for real? Oh heck, of course I'm blubbing again. If this is real, I just love it.

Scientists have registered a constellation shaped like a lightning bolt in honour of David Bowie

 

[AnnaMarie]

I think it is real. I was just coming to post an article about the same thing.

 

[not_nadine]

David Bowie tribute: Belgian astronomers name constellation after late rock star

 

[not_nadine]

Look at Bowie just walking around New York, unnoticed. Could not even get a cab.

 

[Patricia A]

Please forgive me this rant.
I nearly punched a biotch in the throat today. I have a hard time dealing with this particular girl, even on my good days, because she has a very loud voice, it's super nasaly and high pitched. She constantly prattles on and on about the most inane subject matter imaginable. You can often hear her screeching from half way across the store. So I'm working at my computer, not 6 feet away from her great gabbing, yapping gob, wracking my brain, ignoring my back that's killing me, trying to concentrate on my work over her loud natter, natter, blah, blah, blah, natter, natter, nattering. I felt like I had static electricity running up my spine, building up to critical mass in my body, not unlike a cat would have before punching a biotch in the throat.

Then someone said something about Bowie and she popped out with, "Oh, who caaaaares? So whaaaat? I'm sick of hearing about him. I never liked him, he wasn't that big of a deal, and I don't care what anyone thinks about it, I have the right to my own opinion, he was too weird for me! What a weeeeirrrrdo." She said all that without even taking a breath.

I got up from my desk and walked over toward her with REDRUM in my heart. One of the guys I work with piped up and told her that nobody really cared what she thought. That seemed to snap me out of it, so when she started another tirade. I took a deep breath, and I asked her to please save her chatter for her break time, some people were trying to work. So she piped down and pouted, which suited me just fine.
She has no idea of how lucky she is that she isn't being fitted for a trach tube just about now.

Thanks for letting me vent that out. Bad day in Patlandia, but it's getting better.

Just so you know, I'm pretty sure I would not have actually punched her. I sure as heck would have yelled at her to STFU!
That you could have almost bet the rent money on.

 

[Ceefor]

I'm saddened by his death. I actually burst into tears when I found out.

"We can be heroes, just for one day..."

Rest in peace.

 

[RichardX]

As a lifelong Bowie fan there have been a couple of things highlighted about him in the past couple of weeks:

1) his willingness to collaborate with a variety of talented musicians. Rare for a star to be confident enough to allow lesser known musicians to play such an important role in his work. That went on throughout his career up to the final album. He would find people who interested him and then ask them to work with him and let them do their thing. Arguably the secret to his success. He was always reinventing himself via others. Most famous musicians play it safe and stick with a sound that has worked for them to avoid losing their audience. Not Bowie though.
2) his influence on and interest in black music including hip hop. At first glance there couldn't be a more profound contrast than between Bowie and hip hop but he apparently viewed it as one of the few innovative forms of modern music.
3) Bowie was a blank slate. He was like some type of super computer that took in everything that was around him and used it to create something new and innovative. Even in later life the "normal" Bowie was nothing more than the creation of an actor disguised as a normal person. He seemed to relish being able to walk around NY without being recognized the same way he once did the opposite in drawing attention to himself with outrageous personas like Ziggy. Both were a form of creative disguise for whoever the real Bowie was.
4) his longevity. I can't think of anyone else who had the creative impact at such a level for such a long time. Even folks like Jagger and McCartney hit the creative wall in the 80s. They are still around but haven't been relevant in decades.

 

[FlakeNoir]

As a lifelong Bowie fan there have been a couple of things highlighted about him in the past couple of weeks:

1) his willingness to collaborate with a variety of talented musicians. Rare for a star to be confident enough to allow lesser known musicians to play such an important role in his work. That went on throughout his career up to the final album. He would find people who interested him and then ask them to work with him and let them do their thing. Arguably the secret to his success. He was always reinventing himself via others. Most famous musicians play it safe and stick with a sound that has worked for them to avoid losing their audience. Not Bowie though.
2) his influence on and interest in black music including hip hop. At first glance there couldn't be a more profound contrast than between Bowie and hip hop but he apparently viewed it as one of the few innovative forms of modern music.
3) Bowie was a blank slate. He was like some type of super computer that took in everything that was around him and used it to create something new and innovative. Even in later life the "normal" Bowie was nothing more than the creation of an actor disguised as a normal person. He seemed to relish being able to walk around NY without being recognized the same way he once did the opposite in drawing attention to himself with outrageous personas like Ziggy. Both were a form of creative disguise for whoever the real Bowie was.
4) his longevity. I can't think of anyone else who had the creative impact at such a level for such a long time. Even folks like Jagger and McCartney hit the creative wall in the 80s. They are still around but haven't been relevant in decades.

Fresh tears... every day.

He was an enigma. And so loved...

 

[RichardX]

Fresh tears... every day.

He was an enigma. And so loved...

Bowie could not have gone out in grander style. The last album was amazing. A work of art. An example to everyone of how to live and die. As sad and shocking as it came it was the perfect exit. I do think he will one day be remember as something of a genius. Not to overstate the case but a kind of Picasso of his age. And there are still unreleased songs. A lot to be celebrated as sad as it might be.

 

[FlakeNoir]

Bowie could not have gone out in grander style. The last album was amazing. A work of art. An example to everyone of how to live and die. As sad and shocking as it came it was the perfect exit. I do think he will one day be remember as something of a genius. Not to overstate the case but a kind of Picasso of his age. And there are still unreleased songs. A lot to be celebrated as sad as it might be.

I would definitely agree with all of this. It just feels like all of these years have passed far too quickly.

 

[RichardX]

I saw Bowie a few times in concert from the 90s onward. The best one was at the Capital Ballroom in DC around '97. He was playing football stadiums at that point but this place held only a few hundred people. It was basically a club with a bar etc. You could stand a few feet from Bowie, go to the bar and get a drink while he played on. It was surreal in retrospect. He was wearing that Union Jack coat during the Earthling tour. I sure wish I could remember every detail about what he played but with the passage of time it is mostly a haze.

 

[Patricia A]

 

[Patricia A]

This song feels like an anthem in my heart.

 

[FlakeNoir]

This song feels like an anthem in my heart.

I bet every little girl (or boy) David Bowie fan felt at some point that he was singing their life... (I had everything but the mousy hair.)

 

[Neesy]

Please forgive me this rant.
I nearly punched a biotch in the throat today. I have a hard time dealing with this particular girl, even on my good days, because she has a very loud voice, it's super nasaly and high pitched. She constantly prattles on and on about the most inane subject matter imaginable. You can often hear her screeching from half way across the store. So I'm working at my computer, not 6 feet away from her great gabbing, yapping gob, wracking my brain, ignoring my back that's killing me, trying to concentrate on my work over her loud natter, natter, blah, blah, blah, natter, natter, nattering. I felt like I had static electricity running up my spine, building up to critical mass in my body, not unlike a cat would have before punching a biotch in the throat.

Then someone said something about Bowie and she popped out with, "Oh, who caaaaares? So whaaaat? I'm sick of hearing about him. I never liked him, he wasn't that big of a deal, and I don't care what anyone thinks about it, I have the right to my own opinion, he was too weird for me! What a weeeeirrrrdo." She said all that without even taking a breath.

I got up from my desk and walked over toward her with REDRUM in my heart. One of the guys I work with piped up and told her that nobody really cared what she thought. That seemed to snap me out of it, so when she started another tirade. I took a deep breath, and I asked her to please save her chatter for her break time, some people were trying to work. So she piped down and pouted, which suited me just fine.
She has no idea of how lucky she is that she isn't being fitted for a trach tube just about now.

Thanks for letting me vent that out. Bad day in Patlandia, but it's getting better.

Just so you know, I'm pretty sure I would not have actually punched her. I sure as heck would have yelled at her to STFU!
That you could have almost bet the rent money on.

One of the guys I work with piped up and told her that nobody really cared what she thought. That seemed to snap me out of it,

Maybe your 'one of the guys I work with' recognized the fact that you were going to take out 'the natterer' and luckily defused the situation.

Sorry to hear about it - I'm glad you held back - would not want to lose your job over something so insignificant.

Hope things are going better for you today Patricia A

 

[Lepplady]

This song feels like an anthem in my heart.

Covered by Jessica Lange in American Horror Story.

 

[Patricia A]

Maybe your 'one of the guys I work with' recognized the fact that you were going to take out 'the natterer' and luckily defused the situation.

Sorry to hear about it - I'm glad you held back - would not want to lose your job over something so insignificant.

Hope things are going better for you today Patricia A

Thanks Neesy. I went red. I don't do that very often, practically never anymore thank Gan. I have matured into a pretty mellow kind of old gal. But I guess all the stars aligned just so and I nearly lost my cool. I really don't think I would have hit her as much as my inner Detta Susannah Walker would have liked to. She straight up gets on my nerves. She is mean and a gossip and I do all I can to avoid her. I will continue to do so in the future. I tried to be friendly with her at first but I cannot abide a gossip, and that's all she wants to do.
Yes, Sean my co-worker said he saw the fire in my eyes when I got up. He knows how tender my feelings about Bowie passing are, and he knows how her chattering drives me nuts. He said it looked like a perfect storm on the horizon and he figured he'd better say something to get her to shut up. Of course after I asked her to stop chattering I went inconspicuously into the restroom and bawled. Big bad me.
It's really kind of inconsiderate to speak ill of the dead as she did, especially when others may be hurt by it. But I'm not her keeper. Thank Gan again.
It was a better day in Patlandia today. Thanks for asking and understanding.

 

[Neesy]

Thanks Neesy. I went red. I don't do that very often, practically never anymore thank Gan. I have matured into a pretty mellow kind of old gal. But I guess all the stars aligned just so and I nearly lost my cool. I really don't think I would have hit her as much as my inner Detta Susannah Walker would have liked to. She straight up gets on my nerves. She is mean and a gossip and I do all I can to avoid her. I will continue to do so in the future. I tried to be friendly with her at first but I cannot abide a gossip, and that's all she wants to do.
Yes, Sean my co-worker said he saw the fire in my eyes when I got up. He knows how tender my feelings about Bowie passing are, and he knows how her chattering drives me nuts. He said it looked like a perfect storm on the horizon and he figured he'd better say something to get her to shut up. Of course after I asked her to stop chattering I went inconspicuously into the restroom and bawled. Big bad me.
It's really kind of inconsiderate to speak ill of the dead as she did, especially when others may be hurt by it. But I'm not her keeper. Thank Gan again.
It was a better day in Patlandia today. Thanks for asking and understanding.

Sorry this happened Pat. I hope the crying was cathartic - yup - there are some mean and nasty ones out there - I've had to deal with at least one like her. I find the only thing that works is to avoid the person if at all possible.

((((Pat))))

Spoiler

 

[AnnaMarie]

Oh boy, is this for real? Oh heck, of course I'm blubbing again. If this is real, I just love it.

Scientists have registered a constellation shaped like a lightning bolt in honour of David Bowie

News - 'Starman' David Bowie honoured with very own constellation - The Weather Network

Official? Not quite

The website hosted by Studio Brussels mentions that they, together with the MIRA Observatory, "registered" this new constellation. Seeing as there is no way to register a new constellation with the International Astronomical Union, though, this is unlikely.

I don't think this makes it any less. And it is possible it could one day become official.