david bowie

Why nine songs? Well because 30 or more didn't seem to be an option. David Bowie hit with the "Young Americans" and "Changes One" albums pretty much back to back when I was about 14.  Nothing ever really seems to mean as much to you as the music that hit when you're a teenager. Some stuff comes close, but that stuff you hear in your teen years stays with you forever.

David Bowie had been battling cancer for 18 months prior to his death, shielding the news from all media to fight the disease in private.

David Bowie passes away at the age of 69.

The Smashing Pumpkins have always been one of my favorites. But even a favorite can go all screwy once in a while. They were recently on an episode of "Guitar Center Sessions" and covered Bowie's "Space Oddity" in a very odd way.

Lincoln, yes the car maker, commissioned Beck to cover David Bowie's classic "Sound & Vision" for a new commercial. It's not bad, even if it is a little contrived.

Every ten years or so someone puts out one of those "generational lists".  They says things like, "kids of this generation will never know what cassette tapes are, they think Jay Leno was always the host of the tonight show, they think microwaves have always been around and so on...".  Well for as long as I can remember you got the grocery circular in the paper.   That's about