RIP Bowie

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  • RKCNDY
    RKCNDY Posts: 31,013
    I knew these idiots were going to do this...please donate: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/westboro-is-planning-to-protest-bowies-funeral-but-they-probably-didnt-see-this-coming_569687c3e4b0778f46f7b4a2?ref=yfp
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    - Christopher McCandless
  • ldent42
    ldent42 NYC Posts: 7,859
    RKCNDY said:

    I knew these idiots were going to do this...please donate: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/westboro-is-planning-to-protest-bowies-funeral-but-they-probably-didnt-see-this-coming_569687c3e4b0778f46f7b4a2?ref=yfp

    oh fuck that. that show is in the city I'll go stand out there and counter-protest. I'm assuming theyre gonna do the guardian angels thing. those guys are such assholes.
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  • SD48277
    SD48277 Posts: 12,243
    ldent42 said:

    RKCNDY said:

    I knew these idiots were going to do this...please donate: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/westboro-is-planning-to-protest-bowies-funeral-but-they-probably-didnt-see-this-coming_569687c3e4b0778f46f7b4a2?ref=yfp

    oh fuck that. that show is in the city I'll go stand out there and counter-protest. I'm assuming theyre gonna do the guardian angels thing. those guys are such assholes.
    ldent, :hug:
    ELITIST FUK
  • hedonist
    hedonist Posts: 24,524
    My god I can't stand that group.
  • Thoughts_Arrive
    Thoughts_Arrive Melbourne, Australia Posts: 15,165
    hedonist said:

    My god I can't stand that group.

    They should all go and die.
    Adelaide 17/11/2009, Melbourne 20/11/2009, Sydney 22/11/2009, Melbourne (Big Day Out Festival) 24/01/2014
  • Thoughts_Arrive
    Thoughts_Arrive Melbourne, Australia Posts: 15,165
    Well he has been cremated without any family or friends present, so much for Westboro's plans.
    Adelaide 17/11/2009, Melbourne 20/11/2009, Sydney 22/11/2009, Melbourne (Big Day Out Festival) 24/01/2014
  • electronblue
    electronblue Posts: 3,502
    It's really sad to think David Bowie is no longer alive..breathing with us.
    I personally never saw him 'live', alhough I really enjoyed watching him and listening to his music.
    My roommate was a big David Bowie fan and use to visit his website..some of the collaboration stuff, art work and the chat that he would sometimes do with fans..
    She has been taking it pretty hard. What a brilliant artist he was. Thank goodness that his music will live on.~
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    the bad feelings 
    it's just me"


  • ldent42
    ldent42 NYC Posts: 7,859
    Thoughts_Arrive said:

    Well he has been cremated without any family or friends present, so much for Westboro's plans.

    they're going after the tribute concert that's been scheduled FOR MONTHS at Carnegie Hall.
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  • Thoughts_Arrive
    Thoughts_Arrive Melbourne, Australia Posts: 15,165
    ldent42 said:

    Thoughts_Arrive said:

    Well he has been cremated without any family or friends present, so much for Westboro's plans.

    they're going after the tribute concert that's been scheduled FOR MONTHS at Carnegie Hall.
    Do you know what their issue with Bowie is?
    Adelaide 17/11/2009, Melbourne 20/11/2009, Sydney 22/11/2009, Melbourne (Big Day Out Festival) 24/01/2014
  • northerndragon
    northerndragon Posts: 9,851
    It's not an issue with Bowie per say, they just like to pick events(pretty much always funerals) to protest to force people to hear their views. They have done it to military, icons, even once a small child who died tragically. They are just assholes of the highest order and say they are doing it in the name of God.
    Anything you lose from being honest
    You never really had to begin with.


    Sometimes it's not the song that makes you emotional it's the people and things that come to your mind when you hear it.
  • igotid88
    igotid88 Posts: 28,636
    hard to believe he may have his first #1 album
    I miss igotid88
  • northerndragon
    northerndragon Posts: 9,851
    edited January 2016
    I think this tweet says it really beautifully

    Thinking about how we mourn artists we've never met. We don't cry because we knew them, we cry because they helped us know ourselves.

    — Juliette (@ElusiveJ) January 11, 2016
    Anything you lose from being honest
    You never really had to begin with.


    Sometimes it's not the song that makes you emotional it's the people and things that come to your mind when you hear it.
  • RKCNDY
    RKCNDY Posts: 31,013
    Touching article...
    http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/david-bowie-planned-post-blackstar-album-thought-he-had-few-more-months-20160113
    The joy of life comes from our encounters with new experiences, and hence there is no greater joy than to have an endlessly changing horizon, for each day to have a new and different sun.

    - Christopher McCandless
  • Thoughts_Arrive
    Thoughts_Arrive Melbourne, Australia Posts: 15,165
    northerndragon said:

    It's not an issue with Bowie per say, they just like to pick events(pretty much always funerals) to protest to force people to hear their views. They have done it to military, icons, even once a small child who died tragically. They are just assholes of the highest order and say they are doing it in the name of God.

    And a lot of people hate muslims.
    Adelaide 17/11/2009, Melbourne 20/11/2009, Sydney 22/11/2009, Melbourne (Big Day Out Festival) 24/01/2014
  • Thoughts_Arrive
    Thoughts_Arrive Melbourne, Australia Posts: 15,165
    He died of liver cancer. Was he a heavy drinker?
    Adelaide 17/11/2009, Melbourne 20/11/2009, Sydney 22/11/2009, Melbourne (Big Day Out Festival) 24/01/2014
  • RKCNDY
    RKCNDY Posts: 31,013
    Thoughts_Arrive said:

    He died of liver cancer. Was he a heavy drinker?

    He was a heavy drug user and smoker. I read an article where there is speculation he had lung cancer, which is difficult to catch in the early stages. Then it affects the liver...
    I feel it's inappropriate to post the article here, so you will have to search for it on your own.

    This thread should be about celebrating the life, art, and accomplishments of a great person who was very progressive...way beyond what anybody could imagine.
    The joy of life comes from our encounters with new experiences, and hence there is no greater joy than to have an endlessly changing horizon, for each day to have a new and different sun.

    - Christopher McCandless
  • hedonist
    hedonist Posts: 24,524
    northerndragon said:

    I think this tweet says it really beautifully

    Thinking about how we mourn artists we've never met. We don't cry because we knew them, we cry because they helped us know ourselves.

    — Juliette (@ElusiveJ) January 11, 2016

    Truth. Love it.
  • hedonist
    hedonist Posts: 24,524
    Makes me happy.
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lNqo0kIR-TU
  • hedonist
    hedonist Posts: 24,524
    ^^^apparently brings tears too.
  • hedonist
    hedonist Posts: 24,524
    And fuck it, while I'm at it. Wish they'd performed this together live but still beautiful.

    (by the way, for those who may not recognize him...he's that Mercury guy)

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SJCTgtDU-74

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