A Day Off I Had. (In which David Bowie was Appreciated.)
Yessss. So nice once in a while to do absolutely f*ck all one day and not feel guilty about it. That was today. It started when I got woke up by my ringing phone. It was my Summer Plans calling, haha. I've got myself a position on an archaeology crew for the summer/fall with PennDot! It's the internship thingie I alluded to previously (and the same sort of gig I missed by a narrow margin last spring), it will be full time for the season, and pay on a scale nicely above minimum wage.
After taking that call, I then decided that in celebration, I wasn't gonna do a damn thing that I didn't feel like doing today. Funny enough, I ended up doing a load of laundry in my bathtub because I didn't want to walk to the 'mat and pay with quarters. But I didn't even put real pants on, or go outside. I stayed in and mined youtube for documentaries and songs.
For today's Bowie appreciation, allow me to share his 21 minute short film for the single, "Blue Jean," off his 1984 album Tonight. It's called "Jazzin' for Blue Jean" and is quite simply delightful. Bowie plays two characters in the film, 1) the protagonist, a sweet dorky guy named Vic who is on quest to impress a girl he's just met, and 2) Screamin' Lord Byron, a drug-addled rock star that Vic's lady friend wants to meet. Bowie is a quite talented actor, and plays both parts brilliantly. His portrayal of Byron is especially awesome, in that Bowie is obviously mocking his own excesses from his Thin White Duke days. I had no idea Bowie had ever done anything like this, and I just love it:
After taking that call, I then decided that in celebration, I wasn't gonna do a damn thing that I didn't feel like doing today. Funny enough, I ended up doing a load of laundry in my bathtub because I didn't want to walk to the 'mat and pay with quarters. But I didn't even put real pants on, or go outside. I stayed in and mined youtube for documentaries and songs.
For today's Bowie appreciation, allow me to share his 21 minute short film for the single, "Blue Jean," off his 1984 album Tonight. It's called "Jazzin' for Blue Jean" and is quite simply delightful. Bowie plays two characters in the film, 1) the protagonist, a sweet dorky guy named Vic who is on quest to impress a girl he's just met, and 2) Screamin' Lord Byron, a drug-addled rock star that Vic's lady friend wants to meet. Bowie is a quite talented actor, and plays both parts brilliantly. His portrayal of Byron is especially awesome, in that Bowie is obviously mocking his own excesses from his Thin White Duke days. I had no idea Bowie had ever done anything like this, and I just love it:
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