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

[Robin Dunn <rdunnrn@yahoo.com>]

Trynka is the one I've read, sent me on a Marc Bolan kick. 

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> On Jan 15, 2016, at 3:22 AM, Per Rosen <per@ronz.org> wrote:
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> 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
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>> 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
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>> capture new developments; the most current one goes up through the TOY le
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>> 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>
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>>> 
>>> 
>>> Sent from my iPad
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>>> 
>>>> On Jan 14, 2016, at 10:35 AM, Leo Casey <LeoCasey@comcast.net> wrote:
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>>>> 
>>>> I have searched in vain for last couple of days for a website that
>>>> contains
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>>>> 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
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>>>> 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
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>>>> and a
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>>>> little less sensationalist?
>>>> 
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