Re: 'Low' / RE: (TV) Oh fuck! David Bowie R.I.P.

[Jay Pontrelli <jpontrelli44@gmail.com>]

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On Tue, Jan 12, 2016 at 10:21 AM, Maurice Rickard <maurice@me.com> wrote:

> The working-to-the-end part reminds me of something that happened a few
> years ago, in another community I'm part of. A musician had received a
> terminal diagnosis, and wanted to work on his last record.  Steve Albini
> tells the story well: http://www.electricalaudio.com/johngrabski.html
>
> Bowie's final statement is far more orchestrated as a cultural moment,
> because that's the position he's occupied for decades: someone out ahead
> of the rest of us, telling us where we're going. But the two are similar
> in the choice of working until the end, and I find both men admirable
> for that.
>
> -M
>
> > On Jan 12, 2016, at 8:15 AM, Joe Hartley <jh@brainiac.com> wrote:
> >
> > I've said for a while now tthat when I die, I want to go out like Joe
> > Strummer (walk the dog, sit by the fire, close my eyes and gone), but
> > Bowie has even raised the bar in death, so now I hope I go in a manner
>
> > half as classy as Bowie did.
>
> Maurice Rickard
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