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Chris Hadfield does Space Oddity

This is just too cool for words!

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The Onion does Bowie and NASA and the Shuttle

It doesn’t get much better than this: According to NASA administrator Maj. Gen. Charles F. Bolden, Jr., the highly experimental glam space program—dubbed Project Starman—has been in development for exactly five years. Though engineers initially feared the mission might blow … Continue reading

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Seven degrees of Bowie – U2

About a week or so ago, I had a discussion with my teenage step-daughter.  She’s hip.  She keeps one eye covered with hair at all times so the world can’t see her face.  She’s not emo tho.  Be sure to … Continue reading

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First tv appearance

This is being mentioned as Bowie’s first tv appearance.  He’s doing a relatively simple version of Space Oddity.  Things sure changed real quick for him after this appearance.

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Confusing copyrights

Now, I’m pretty sick and tired of trying to figure out what on the ‘net is either public domain, limited copyright, or protected-from-any-viewing-at-all by copyright ( see NBC ).  One that really takes the cake IMO is Bowie’s first official … Continue reading

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My top 20

My friends Jeni-Q and Cristin put together their Top 20 Bowie songs over at Jeni-Q’s place. That seemed rather simple enough. So, I thought I’d do it myself. First off, here’s theirs. For Jeni it was: Five Years Cygnet Committee … Continue reading

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Cat Power sing Space Oddity, sorta

I’m kinda stumped here.  I stumbled upon this video of Space Oddity as performed by a band called Cat Power: Now, it’s only thirty seconds long. What’s that you say?  It’s a COMMERCIAL? Sung by a girl band? For a … Continue reading

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Flight of the Conchords

Sometimes life throws curves at you that you don’t really see coming.  Sometimes those curves change your life in deep, profound ways.  This is not one of those. My son has been fascinated with Concords.  The airplane that doesn’t fly … Continue reading

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Kashmir’s Memory of a Free Festival

Was obviously looking for something completely different, but stumbled on this in the process.  This is a band called Kashmir or something to that effect doing Memory of a Free Festival.  This is one of my fave’s and one I … Continue reading

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Space Oddity on Hits A Go Go ( have you seen THIS outfit before? )

If you wanna see the evolution of David Bowie in its entirety, just watch all the videos of Space Oddity.  Or just do it here, I’ve got a bunch of them.  And, I’ll probably have a bunch more.  Never one … Continue reading

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