tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post1679413384950860285..comments2024-03-28T08:43:22.385-05:00Comments on Every goddamn day: 03/28/24: Not so good a time after allNeil Steinberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11468057838260476480noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-44000648661217511442016-01-12T20:18:34.968-06:002016-01-12T20:18:34.968-06:00It is in remission now but wasn't when he made...It is in remission now but wasn't when he made the remarks I was alluding to.<br /><br />TETomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09641357239788323783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-54926647919835908782016-01-12T17:34:53.777-06:002016-01-12T17:34:53.777-06:00Sickness is one thing, terminal illness and immine...Sickness is one thing, terminal illness and imminent death is something else. It's very personal and I think Bowie handled it in the same fashion he's handled most of his career. His life is private, but artistic expression is his way of communicating his feelings, as we've seen with his latest release. As usual, the message is powerful.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04541828632284556589noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-19303529083178277142016-01-12T15:51:24.754-06:002016-01-12T15:51:24.754-06:00Tom--I don't think Carter's cancer is term...Tom--I don't think Carter's cancer is terminal. The last I heard, it was in remission.<br /><br />Bitter ScribeUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12857840826894504436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-42981739021441391472016-01-12T12:43:45.990-06:002016-01-12T12:43:45.990-06:00The Albright pictures are haunting.
Agree with Ne...The Albright pictures are haunting.<br /><br />Agree with Neil that criticizing someone for the way he choses to shuffle off the old mortal coil is unseemly.<br /><br />Although the event now seems to have been postponed, I liked the way Jimmy Carter spoke publicly about learning of his terminal cancer. He said he was surprised and gratified that if wasn't personally devastating.<br /><br />Tom Evans Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09641357239788323783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-41989368710807025082016-01-12T12:12:40.767-06:002016-01-12T12:12:40.767-06:00Beautiful writing here. There is no 'wrong'...Beautiful writing here. There is no 'wrong' way to handle dying. Share if you want to and if you can, don't if you can't, or make your imminent passing a final work of art. It's all lovely.Gilmore Planning & Landscape Architecturehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10812304687565296621noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-78232124921924561962016-01-12T10:36:20.818-06:002016-01-12T10:36:20.818-06:00Good column. If Bowie felt that keeping his cancer...Good column. If Bowie felt that keeping his cancer under wraps was the right thing for him, then kudos. OTOH, I think of Warren Zevon, going around touring and appearing on Letterman after a terminal cancer diagnosis, meeting his fate with dignity and grace. The point (insofar as I have one) is that mortality is one of those intensely personal experiences to which there is no one, single right attitude or behavior.<br /><br />Bitter ScribeUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12857840826894504436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-84258172661503304742016-01-12T08:47:39.211-06:002016-01-12T08:47:39.211-06:00Neil - You should definitely sit down and listen t...Neil - You should definitely sit down and listen to Blackstar - as JJ said, knowing the news now only makes it more haunting, but also paints DB in a new light. He definitely wanted to express his emotions and ordeals in the best way he could. Baring his soul as it slipped away as nobody else could. He hit it out of the park. Interviews with his band mates for the record said if they knew how this would all shake out, they probably couldn't play those songs. <br /><br />I haven't seen the Albright portraits in a while, but I remember seeing them all (20+ ?) in an exhibition a number of years back and they were truly astonishing - as is much of his work.Born a Golferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15764317026133892954noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-91400620112585899642016-01-12T08:18:38.373-06:002016-01-12T08:18:38.373-06:00As usual, "it depends." Bowie kept his i...As usual, "it depends." Bowie kept his illness secret, but the art he made out its looming is as powerful and direct as it gets. Check out the video for "Lazarus" NOW that we know he's gone, and he knew he was going. He knew we wouldn't see it until he was dead. He is indeed very consciously saying goodbye, showing one way to do it with dignity and grace. Powerful stuff, indeed. And P.S. I LOVE me some Ivan A.J.J. Tindallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13381555158949851490noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-25971092416527540962016-01-12T07:21:18.094-06:002016-01-12T07:21:18.094-06:00Now there was a brave and honest man, Albright I m...Now there was a brave and honest man, Albright I mean.<br /><br />johntatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10088632798195131329noreply@blogger.com