Monday, December 06, 2004
Playing hookie today I guess.... the weather was a good excuse- but it's cleared up a bit and I still am not rushing in to work. I just can't face the inclimate weather and little to no sales. Maybe I am relishing a bit in the power of "I'm not going in today and noone can stop me, or fine me, or give me shit." Well, I suppose they could attempt to give me shit- I just probably wouldn't care.
In this time of doing absolutely *nothing* I have heard a little known Bowie fact.. or maybe it is the stuff of myth and legend or maybe it is true.
Mark David Chapman is the man who shot and killed John Lennon.This I knew( I was looking up some Lennon stuff because tonite I am recording a cover of "Happy X-mas- War is Over" with the Black Man Clay band ) What I *didn't* know is that His alternative target was none other than My lord and God Bowie. He had been to the production of the Elephant man that night and took a photo of Bowie and bragged to his girlfriend that he could have killed either man. The Program was in his apt with Bowie's name circled. If John Lennon had not emerged from the studio that night, Bowie might be dead. I remember back in HS, Corbid and myself in the courtyard wishing that John had opted to sleep in the studio or keep recording, or not have recorded at all that night. Now it is a confusing Butterfly Effect type of thing... if John hadn't died would Bowie be dead?AAARGH.. how would one choose? Or perhaps it's a Hitler situation- if I found myself suddenly behind this man with a loaded gun I would have to shoot. What are we missing from our musical history because John was stolen from everyone? How would my life have been different if Bowie was gone? Dec 8th 1980.... No Labyrinth. eeek. No Lizzie Stardust I'm sure of that because Labyrinth was my awakening to Bowie. eeek. NO voice lessons. No theatre. Wow. What a crime not to have Lennon, though. Damn.
-Lizzie Stardust
In this time of doing absolutely *nothing* I have heard a little known Bowie fact.. or maybe it is the stuff of myth and legend or maybe it is true.
Mark David Chapman is the man who shot and killed John Lennon.This I knew( I was looking up some Lennon stuff because tonite I am recording a cover of "Happy X-mas- War is Over" with the Black Man Clay band ) What I *didn't* know is that His alternative target was none other than My lord and God Bowie. He had been to the production of the Elephant man that night and took a photo of Bowie and bragged to his girlfriend that he could have killed either man. The Program was in his apt with Bowie's name circled. If John Lennon had not emerged from the studio that night, Bowie might be dead. I remember back in HS, Corbid and myself in the courtyard wishing that John had opted to sleep in the studio or keep recording, or not have recorded at all that night. Now it is a confusing Butterfly Effect type of thing... if John hadn't died would Bowie be dead?AAARGH.. how would one choose? Or perhaps it's a Hitler situation- if I found myself suddenly behind this man with a loaded gun I would have to shoot. What are we missing from our musical history because John was stolen from everyone? How would my life have been different if Bowie was gone? Dec 8th 1980.... No Labyrinth. eeek. No Lizzie Stardust I'm sure of that because Labyrinth was my awakening to Bowie. eeek. NO voice lessons. No theatre. Wow. What a crime not to have Lennon, though. Damn.
-Lizzie Stardust
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Ok- the more I try to find on this the more I think this one is urban legend... OOps! "But it's *got* to be true- I read it on the internet!!!" Tee Hee...
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