"Believing the strangest things, loving the alien."

[greygirlbeast]

There's this sense that I have an obligation to write about David Bowie, about his impact on me. But I'm afraid I'm not made for eulogies. I spent all day yesterday weepy and stunned. Today, I'm still stunned. I posted artwork and music videos and other people's essays to my Facebook page. Lou Anders wrote an especially marvelous piece for iO9,

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[setsuled]

Or I might write about the first time I actually saw Bowie perform, December 15, 1979 on Saturday Night Live, when he sang with Klaus Nomi and Joey Arias.

That was a good performance.

I've been listening to Bowie constantly yesterday and to-day. It says something in itself that I can do that, never repeating a song, and it's a very good experience.

[sovay]

I might write about the profound effect that Outside (1995) had on my fiction, from the post-industrial wastelands of Tales of Pain and Wonder to the artistic mutilations of "A Season of Broken Dolls."

I always think of that album in connection with you.

I am glad you saw him perform.

[davesmusictank]

That Black Star album is awesome.