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  [OT] RIP David Bowie ;( Melzzzzz <mel@zzzzz.com> - 2016-01-11 09:35 +0100
    Re: [OT] RIP David Bowie ;( Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us> - 2016-01-11 05:44 -0500
    Re: [OT] RIP David Bowie ;( Siri Cruz <chine.bleu@yahoo.com> - 2016-01-11 03:47 -0800
    Re: [OT] RIP David Bowie ;( chrisv <chrisv@nospam.invalid> - 2016-01-11 07:29 -0600
      Re: [OT] RIP David Bowie ;( Desk Rabbit <me@example.com> - 2016-01-11 14:44 +0000
      Re: [OT] RIP David Bowie ;( DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2016-01-11 11:34 -0500
        Re: [OT] RIP David Bowie ;( Slimer <.m@nsn.s> - 2016-01-11 13:04 -0500
    Re: [OT] RIP David Bowie ;( John Gohde <john.h.gohde@gmail.com> - 2016-01-11 05:58 -0800
    Re: [OT] RIP David Bowie ;( Slimer <.m@nsn.s> - 2016-01-11 10:20 -0500
    Re: [OT] RIP David Bowie ;( -hh <recscuba_google@huntzinger.com> - 2016-01-11 07:30 -0800
      Re: [OT] RIP David Bowie ;( Steve Carroll <fretwizzer@gmail.com> - 2016-01-11 10:11 -0800
        Re: [OT] RIP David Bowie ;( "Ezekiel" <zeke@nosuchemail.com> - 2016-01-11 19:49 -0500
          Re: [OT] RIP David Bowie ;( Tattoo Vampire <sitting@this.computer> - 2016-01-12 14:58 +0000
            Re: [OT] RIP David Bowie ;( "Ezekiel" <zeke@nosuchemail.com> - 2016-01-12 17:01 -0500
              Re: [OT] RIP David Bowie ;( Tattoo Vampire <sitting@this.computer> - 2016-01-13 13:24 +0000
                Re: [OT] RIP David Bowie ;( John Gohde <john.h.gohde@gmail.com> - 2016-01-13 07:20 -0800
          Re: [OT] RIP David Bowie ;( Steve Carroll <fretwizzer@gmail.com> - 2016-01-12 09:02 -0800
      Re: [OT] RIP David Bowie ;( Tattoo Vampire <sitting@this.computer> - 2016-01-11 23:51 +0000
    David Bowie was bad news and at best was good for perhaps one or two songs John Gohde <john.h.gohde@gmail.com> - 2016-01-12 05:09 -0800
      Re: David Bowie was bad news and at best was good for perhaps one or two songs Tattoo Vampire <sitting@this.computer> - 2016-01-12 15:00 +0000
        Re: David Bowie was bad news and at best was good for perhaps one or two songs John Gohde <john.h.gohde@gmail.com> - 2016-01-12 07:20 -0800
          Re: David Bowie was bad news and at best was good for perhaps one or two songs Steve Carroll <fretwizzen@gmail.com> - 2016-01-12 07:46 -0800
            Re: David Bowie was bad news and at best was good for perhaps one or two songs Steve Carroll <fretwizzer@gmail.com> - 2016-01-12 09:04 -0800
        Re: David Bowie was bad news and at best was good for perhaps one or two songs ronb <ronb02NOSPAM@gmail.com> - 2016-01-12 19:54 +0000
          Re: David Bowie was bad news and at best was good for perhaps one or two songs Slimer <.m@nsn.s> - 2016-01-12 17:42 -0500
            Re: David Bowie was bad news and at best was good for perhaps one or two songs owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2016-01-13 00:06 +0000
              Re: David Bowie was bad news and at best was good for perhaps one or two songs Slimer <.m@nsn.s> - 2016-01-12 19:25 -0500
              Re: David Bowie was good news and at best was good for perhaps one or two dozen songs DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2016-01-13 00:31 -0500
                Re: David Bowie was good news and at best was good for perhaps one or two dozen songs owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2016-01-13 06:14 +0000
                  Re: David Bowie was good news and at best was good for perhaps one or two dozen songs DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2016-01-13 12:24 -0500
                Re: David Bowie was good news and at best was good for perhaps one or two dozen songs Tattoo Vampire <sitting@this.computer> - 2016-01-13 13:23 +0000
                  Re: David Bowie was good news and at best was good for perhaps one or two dozen songs chrisv <chrisv@nospam.invalid> - 2016-01-13 13:41 +0000
                    Re: David Bowie rocked. vallor <vallor@cultnix.org> - 2016-01-13 17:40 +0000
                      Re: David Bowie rocked. Anonymous <anonymous@hoi-polloi.org> - 2016-01-13 20:25 +0100
                      Re: David Bowie rocked. Steve Carroll <fretwizzer@gmail.com> - 2016-01-13 13:49 -0800
      Re: David Bowie was bad news and at best was good for perhaps one or two songs DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2016-01-12 11:15 -0500
        Re: David Bowie was bad news and at best was good for perhaps one or two songs John Gohde <john.h.gohde@gmail.com> - 2016-01-12 09:44 -0800
      Re: David Bowie was bad news and at best was good for perhaps one or two songs Desk Rabbit <me@example.com> - 2016-01-13 09:27 +0000
        Re: David Bowie was bad news and at best was good for perhaps one or two songs John Gohde <john.h.gohde@gmail.com> - 2016-01-13 04:56 -0800

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#340301 — [OT] RIP David Bowie ;(

Sad day.

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#340303

Melzzzzz wrote this copyrighted missive and expects royalties:

> Sad day.

Now he can fall up from Earth.

-- 
Go not to the elves for counsel, for they will say both yes and no.
		-- J.R.R. Tolkien

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#340304

In article <20160111093534.7f6fee3d@maxa-pc>, Melzzzzz <mel@zzzzz.com> wrote:

> Sad day.

Strange days have tracked us down.

-- 
:-<> Siri Seal of Disavowal #000-001. Disavowed. Denied. Deleted.
'I desire mercy, not sacrifice.'
God exists since mathematics is consistent, and the devil exists since we
cannot prove the consistency.  ~~ Morris Kline

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#340310

Melzzzzz wrote:

> Sad day.

Ah, he had a good run.  I'll consider myself lucky if I reach 69.

Ziggy Stardust is one of my favorites albums.

-- 
"Tell us again how negative-feedback decreases the stability of an
amplifier."  -  trolling fsckwit "Ezekiel", lying shamelessly

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#340313

On 11/01/2016 13:29, chrisv wrote:
> Melzzzzz wrote:
>
>> Sad day.
>
> Ah, he had a good run.  I'll consider myself lucky if I reach 69.

69 is something that's never likely to happen to you unless you find a 
girlfriend.

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#340321

On 1/11/2016 8:29 AM, shitv wrote:

> I'll consider myself lucky if I reach 69.


Your daughter will probably knife you before then, turd.

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#340324

On 2016-01-11 11:34 AM, DFS wrote:
> On 1/11/2016 8:29 AM, shitv wrote:
> 
>> I'll consider myself lucky if I reach 69.
> 
> 
> Your daughter will probably knife you before then, turd.

ROFL.


-- 
Slimer
EFF & OpenMedia member / IFAW, Mozilla & PETA supporter

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#340311

On Monday, January 11, 2016 at 3:35:37 AM UTC-5, Melzzzzz wrote:
> Sad day.

Association between serum 25(OH) vitamin D, incident liver cancer and chronic liver disease mortality

I told you so. :)

http://tinyurl.com/zw3vaqd

Vitamin D protects against liver cancer in European study
http://news.emory.edu/stories/2014/06/vitamin_D_liver_cancer_europe/
"Vitamin D has been shown to play an important role in liver function. Now a new study in Western Europeans shows that vitamin D lowers the risk of developing hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), the main form of liver cancer."


Then in another study ...
"a significant association between serum 25(OH) vitamin D concentrations and risk of liver cancer incidence was observed in the higher serum calcium subgroup ... "
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3790191/#__sec12title

Calcium ions in the blood is a necessary cofactor of vitamin D. Of course, there are other cofactors, such as selenium.

If the public ONLY had a brain.
--
Je suis Moi, Ubuntu/Linux DE

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#340316

On 2016-01-11 3:35 AM, Melzzzzz wrote:
> Sad day.

He will continue to creep the fuck out of me in my nightmares. I have to
say that Golden Years was an awesome song even though the rest of his
stuff didn't inspire me one bit.

-- 
Slimer
EFF & OpenMedia member / IFAW, Mozilla & PETA supporter

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#340318

Melzzzzz wrote:
> Sad day.

Indeed.  

With the cause having been cancer and with "Dark Star" 
album being released just last week, its pretty clear
that he not only knew that this was to be his last 
curtain call, but that the work would be influenced by
the knowledge of the same.  Will be an interesting one
to listen to.


-hh

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#340326

On Monday, January 11, 2016 at 8:31:01 AM UTC-7, -hh wrote:
> Melzzzzz wrote:
> > Sad day.
> 
> Indeed.  
> 
> With the cause having been cancer and with "Dark Star" 
> album being released just last week, its pretty clear
> that he not only knew that this was to be his last 
> curtain call, but that the work would be influenced by
> the knowledge of the same.  Will be an interesting one
> to listen to.

Agreed, and he definitely knew, which must really be a weird feeling.

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#340347

"Steve Carroll" <fretwizzer@gmail.com> wrote in message 
news:b02a2220-0724-4c0f-8fad-15cdc8ca4a09@googlegroups.com...
> On Monday, January 11, 2016 at 8:31:01 AM UTC-7, -hh wrote:
>> Melzzzzz wrote:
>> > Sad day.
>>
>> Indeed.
>>
>> With the cause having been cancer and with "Dark Star"
>> album being released just last week, its pretty clear
>> that he not only knew that this was to be his last
>> curtain call, but that the work would be influenced by
>> the knowledge of the same.  Will be an interesting one
>> to listen to.
>
> Agreed, and he definitely knew, which must really be a weird feeling.

Who else but Bowie would even do something like this? It's going to be 
interesting seeing the stuff he's done.

He's done a wide /range/ of things in the past but this is definitely out 
there.

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#340368

Ezekiel wrote:

> Who else but Bowie would even do something like this? It's going to be
> interesting seeing the stuff he's done.
> 
> He's done a wide /range/ of things in the past but this is definitely
> out there.

It's a very strange album. It's almost freeform jazz but too spacey and 
disjointed to even be called that. Given he knew he was dying, the lyrics 
are predictably dark and gloomy, albeit with some humorous asides like 
"'Tis a Pity She Was a Whore".

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#340405

"Tattoo Vampire" <sitting@this.computer> wrote in message 
news:n734ab$g5s$1@tattoovampire.eternal-september.org...
> Ezekiel wrote:
>
>> Who else but Bowie would even do something like this? It's going to be
>> interesting seeing the stuff he's done.
>>
>> He's done a wide /range/ of things in the past but this is definitely
>> out there.
>
> It's a very strange album. It's almost freeform jazz but too spacey
> and disjointed to even be called that.

Sounds like a lot his work. He had a wide range of music for decades. 
There's music that's easy to like and easy to not like. He was never my 
favorite artist but I still liked him.


> Given he knew he was dying, the lyrics
> are predictably dark and gloomy,

I'd be surprised if the lyrics weren't like that. Talk about a life changing 
event.


> albeit with some humorous
> asides like  "'Tis a Pity She Was a Whore"

Lyrics like this are definitely talking about someone specific.

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#340450

Ezekiel wrote:

> Sounds like a lot his work. He had a wide range of music for decades.
> There's music that's easy to like and easy to not like. He was never my
> favorite artist but I still liked him.

My favorite Bowie album is Diamond Dogs, which is loosely based on 
Orwell's 1984.

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#340458

On Wednesday, January 13, 2016 at 8:27:43 AM UTC-5, Tattoo Vampire wrote:
> Ezekiel wrote:
> 
> > Sounds like a lot his work. He had a wide range of music for decades.
> > There's music that's easy to like and easy to not like. He was never my
> > favorite artist but I still liked him.
> 
> My favorite Bowie album is Diamond Dogs, which is loosely based on 
> Orwell's 1984.


Yeah, very loosely. Being drunk, also helps - LOL.

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#340384

On Monday, January 11, 2016 at 5:49:51 PM UTC-7, Ezekiel wrote:
> "Steve Carroll" <fretwizzer@gmail.com> wrote in message 
> news:b02a2220-0724-4c0f-8fad-15cdc8ca4a09@googlegroups.com...
> > On Monday, January 11, 2016 at 8:31:01 AM UTC-7, -hh wrote:
> >> Melzzzzz wrote:
> >> > Sad day.
> >>
> >> Indeed.
> >>
> >> With the cause having been cancer and with "Dark Star"
> >> album being released just last week, its pretty clear
> >> that he not only knew that this was to be his last
> >> curtain call, but that the work would be influenced by
> >> the knowledge of the same.  Will be an interesting one
> >> to listen to.
> >
> > Agreed, and he definitely knew, which must really be a weird feeling.
> 
> Who else but Bowie would even do something like this?

Zappa is the only one that comes to mind.

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#340342

-hh wrote:

> With the cause having been cancer and with "Dark Star"
> album being released just last week, its pretty clear that he not only
> knew that this was to be his last curtain call, but that the work would
> be influenced by the knowledge of the same.  Will be an interesting one
> to listen to.

The first video to be released from the album is the song "Lazarus". He's 
lying in a hospital bed at the beginning, and at the end disappears into a 
cupboard.

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#340358 — David Bowie was bad news and at best was good for perhaps one or two songs

On Monday, January 11, 2016 at 3:35:37 AM UTC-5, Melzzzzz wrote:
> Sad day.


Not really.

I listen to the 2003 60 Minutes interview, which was never broadcast. I can see why that drivel was never put on the air. What a crock of hogwash!

If you can get over the queer, makeup, and illegal drugs factor, which I cannot, the guy shares a lot in common with Obama. Just like Obama, Bowie could babble on all day long and say virtually nothing.

Listening to musicians talk is a lot like listening to athletes carry on so. They all have a special knack for making any sane person want to escape from their presence.

In short, David Bowie was bad news and at best was good for perhaps one or two songs.

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#340369 — Re: David Bowie was bad news and at best was good for perhaps one or two songs

John Gohde wrote:

> I listen to the 2003 60 Minutes interview, which was never broadcast. I
> can see why that drivel was never put on the air. What a crock of
> hogwash!
> 
> If you can get over the queer, makeup, and illegal drugs factor, which I
> cannot, the guy shares a lot in common with Obama. Just like Obama,
> Bowie could babble on all day long and say virtually nothing.
> 
> Listening to musicians talk is a lot like listening to athletes carry on
> so. They all have a special knack for making any sane person want to
> escape from their presence.
> 
> In short, David Bowie was bad news and at best was good for perhaps one
> or two songs.

Once you escape the confines of country and western music, John, you might 
learn to appreciate Bowie. :-P

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