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R.I.P...

Post by Steven DuCharme » Mon Jan 11, 2016 1:30 pm

Mr. David Bowie
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Post by Andrew Zigmond » Mon Jan 11, 2016 1:38 pm

It was a great shock to see the news, even though with hindsight he looked quite haggard in that last video. It's hard to think of anybody else who has changed popular culture so profoundly.

The new album is well worth a listen. Might be his best since Heroes.
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Post by Gareth T Ellis » Mon Jan 11, 2016 1:41 pm

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Matt Mackenzie
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Post by Matt Mackenzie » Mon Jan 11, 2016 10:09 pm

Was wondering if he had a chess connection - anything else notable in that respect?
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Post by LawrenceCooper » Mon Jan 11, 2016 10:38 pm

Matt Mackenzie wrote:Was wondering if he had a chess connection - anything else notable in that respect?
It depends if this is him or not: http://www.ecfgrading.org.uk/new/menu.p ... de=248151A :oops:
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Post by Matt Mackenzie » Tue Jan 12, 2016 12:06 am

He would in any case have been playing under his real name (David Jones) I suspect ;)
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Post by Christopher Kreuzer » Thu Jan 14, 2016 1:43 pm

Thoughtful piece here on some of the wider context of Bowie's death (and the treatment of death in general in the media):

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-35292372
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