RIP David Bowie

[mudmaiden]

"Ground Control to Major Tom!" We lost another legion!

[dlodoski]

His scene in the Ricky Gervais show Extras was the highlight of that entire series; he was absolutely hilarious. I don't think there was any field of performance that he couldn't nail.

Very nice.

Thank you for sharing that. I have to admit that I'm not familiar with his acting. But he sure handled that bit with panache.

[Lomax]

David Bowie is not dead. Ziggy Stardust has merely gone back to his home planet...

About two months ago, a friend of mine unexpectedly found himself on the phone to David Bowie. He was visiting a neighbour who runs a business buying and selling premium brands of tea - including one in particular that is hard to get hold of and can change hands at a thousand pounds a kilo (don't ask me why - I've never got my head round this conspicuous consumption lark). Apparently, Bowie was a fan of this tea, and phoned my friend's neighbour to plead for a supply. The phone was put on speaker and...

I mean, what do you say in such circumstances? My friend panicked and said (which was true), "I got my wife to watch The Man who Fell to Earth the other day - she thought it was rubbish." Bowie took this disappointment gracefully, and the conversation returned to tea.