Just lost my father on Friday to cancer. My best friend magnified my interest / appreciation for David Bowie. Him passing so soon after, just makes my loss more amplified.

Fuck cancer.

I think that was part of the magic of Bowie. One could appreciate him and his work without needing to be a die hard fan and that die hard fans seem to accept that without the mockery/snobbery that you sometimes see with other artists. He just made things, and people, and the world better by being here.

(I’m sure there…

I never particularly listened to a lot of Bowie, other than the stuff that everyone knows, and I am genuinely, deeply saddened by this news. He was one of those people I was thrilled to know existed, even if I hadn’t engaged with his work all that much. I guess I just assumed he (and Lemmy) would be here to turn out…