David Bowie passed away yesterday at the age of 69 after an 18 month battle with cancer according to his Facebook page. How do you pay tribute to a hero, who was a hero for more than one day. He was a hero his whole adult life whether he was David Bowie, David Jones or Ziggy Stardust. His music forever changed the face of Rock’n’Roll. If it wasn’t for him we would not have many of the musicians we grew up with. He was inspiration, but he also made it OK to be different. He was the face of Glam Rock that shaped Punk that shaped New Wave and so on. He was also an original and because of that musicians were able to dress however they wanted. He made being androgynous normal in a time when people weren’t ready for it. Then as the music world ushered in music videos, he was there to change that format too. Releasing a 20 minute mini-movie for his song Blue Jean back when MTV was just a baby.
These are just a few examples how he left his stamp on music, but it was voice and the words that came from his lips that truly changed music. No one did music like him, and I am grateful for all the amazing songs we got from him. Including his farewell album Blackstar that was released just 3 days ago on his 69th birthday.
He sang, “But I never wave bye-bye,” in my favorite song Modern Love. So today, don’t wave bye bye, Let’s Dance. Put on your red shows and dance the blues as we remember Major Tom!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Fi4gZjsblM
Ever since the Hollywood Foreign Press Association announced that Ricky Gervais would be back to host the Golden Globes, everyone wanted to know who the host would rip in his opening monologue. Well, he started out making a joke about Sean Penn being in hiding, but then he played it rather safe. Well, at least he was nicer to the celebrities than he was to nominationless NBC and was brutally honest about the HFPA being BS.
All in all, it was a good start to the awards show, just not a great one.
BTW I liked his ending better, he closed the show by saying, “From myself and Mel Gibson, shalom!” Shalom!
No one won the Powerball lottery yesterday, so the prize is valued at over $1 billion. That number is not only too huge to fathom, it is too big for the electronic billboards. Good Morning America found a poster in Georgia that reads $999 because I don’t think anyone, including the people behind the lottery, ever thought the prized would ever be larger than $999 million. But at $1,300,000,000.00 and rising, that might make them reconsider adding another electronic number to their billboards. Although, what are the chances it could happen again? 1 in 341,875,763.
Have you played yet? What would you do with the money?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vrXioJeFZRQ
Earlier this week TNT announced that they are rebooting Tales From the Crypt with M Night Shyamalan and the director is asking for your help. He Tweeted, “What are your favorite ‘Tales from The Crypt’ comics and episodes? Looking to adapt some and I’m ready to dig in!” So if you want to see your favorite episode from the original series redone by him, let him know.
Personally, I think this is the perfect project for him. His movies play like drawn out Twilight episodes, so I expect him to a great job with this. What do you think of him helming the Crypt?
