In a word...i'm devastated. It was terribly difficult just to type out the words "RIP David Bowie." There are only a handful of artists who i could actually say shaped my life in some fashion or another, drawing an endless amount of inspiration from, and Bowie was one of them, as he appeared to be for scores of others around the globe. He was a chameleon. He was Ziggy Stardust. He was Aladdin Sane, a Diamond Dog, the Man Who Fell to Earth, the Thin White Duke, a constantly evolving singer/songwriter/performer/actor/icon who always seemed to be one step ahead of everybody else. Even in the end. His latest LP felt essential after first listen, and now "Blackstar" may just be more poignant than i ever could have realized. I'll be listening to it endlessly for a little while, along with "Hunky Dory," and "Low," and "Heroes," and...well let's just be honest, i've got 25 studio albums, some live recordings, singles, collaborations, and so much more to wade through over the coming days. This is going to be a hard death to get over, but i count myself lucky, not just that i was able to see Bowie perform live over a decade ago, but that i was alive and on this Earth while he was creating music. I got to witness the second half of his evolution. I got to hear the music.
For now, everyone needs to grab their favorite David Bowie incarnation, their favorite Bowie record, and just slip away with it for a little while. I'm going to leave you with "Fantastic Voyage," a track from the year of my birth, the 1979 album "Lodger."
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