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Re: (TV) OT Again: Good Bowie Bio? / 'Blackstar' FLAC?



Like Phil, I recommend Trynka. Well written. You read it as a novel./Per
15 januari 2016 02:44:57 +01:00, skrev Phil Obbard <pobbard@gmail.com>:

> Hi Leo,
> 
> As you can imagine, I've read quite a few of these books in the last 20
> years. Most recently, I read Paul Trynka's "Starman" (2011) which was
> fairly good and non-salacious.
> 
> On the Mashable link Dave sent, I've only read #3 (Nicholas Pegg's), whic
h
> is part discography, part analysis, part biography, and all awesome. It's

> not a traditional read but once you start paging through it it's hard to
> put down. Pegg has reissued the book several times over the last decade t
o
> capture new developments; the most current one goes up through the TOY le
ak
> in 2011. Hopefully there will be another one to capture THE NEXT DAY and
> BLACKSTAR... and anything else they might (after a respectfully long paus
e,
> I hope) let out of the vaults.
> 
> Still can't believe how much things changed in the Bowie world from the
> elation of Friday and the weekend (new album, new direction, new videos,
> etc) to Monday morning's dreadful news. Like my wife said, for us, it's
> like an uncle we loved but only rarely saw has passed away unexpectedly.
> 
> Phil
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On Thu, Jan 14, 2016 at 5:36 PM, Dave Marin <<dwmarin@gmail.com>> wrote:
> 
> 
> > This help re bio?
> > 
> > <http://mashable.com/2016/01/14/david-bowie-biography/#hzKlgyJSHkqy>
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > Sent from my iPad
> > 
> > 
> > > On Jan 14, 2016, at 10:35 AM, Leo Casey <LeoCasey@comcast.net> wrote:

> > > 
> > > I have searched in vain for last couple of days for a website that
> > > contains
> > 
> > > a downloadable FLAC version of 'Blackstar'.
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > (I'm not looking for a site with a free, illegal version. ) All the
> > > websites I've found (e.g., Amazon) have just a mp3 download, or the C
D
> > > itself which of course is sold-out and would take weeks to arrive.
> > > Anyone
> > 
> > > know where there's downloadable FLACs?
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > Also: Can someone recommend a good biography? One that's more serious

> > > and a
> > 
> > > little less sensationalist?
> > > 
> > > 
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