I woke up from a bad dream this morning, around 3:30 AM. I checked my phone, opened Facebook to get my mind off whatever scared me and caught this from WXRT Chicago DJ Jason Thomas.
What does that mean?!
Was the new stuff bad? Did something happen? Then I open Twitter and it’s there in front of my face. The man whose music hit me in a way when I was younger, that forced me to explore and find more like it.
gone.
I thought my nightmare was still going, that I was stuck in the weird place between being conscious and unconscious. Nope. Wide awake. I shared it with the person who I connected with the most on things like this, without any regard for the time…then eventually fell asleep with the Ziggy Stardust riff in my head. It’s still there.
Instead of writing a long and exhausting tribute, which I totally could, I want to just update this page with thoughts, memories, moments, trivia and links that I come across throughout the day…to share with fans who feel the same way.
This page will be updated throughout the day, so feel free to keep checking back.
The transformative GIF that you’ll see across the internet all day. Coincidentally saw it make the rounds all last week as well.
David Bowie on Dick Cavett in 1974, with a young Luther Vandross singing backup.
93XRT and morning host Lin Brehmer hit the right spots with Bowie music and interviews all morning. I imagine it will be great to hear all day, so tune in here.
A tribute concert that was already planned at Carnegie Hall will now be a memorial. March 31st, featuring The Roots, Cyndi Lauper, Ann Wilson, Perry Farrell and Jakob Dylan.
We’ll be reviewing a different year each week #TBT…or Throwback Thursday…and we’ll do so by looking over what happened in the worlds of Movies, Music, and Sports!
For fun, we’ll start with 1987…my birth year.
Take a look and feel free to add on in case something was overlooked.
Movies
Action
RoboCop, The Untouchables, Lethal Weapon. Running Man, Beverly Hills Cop II, Over The Top, Adventures in Babysitting, The Living Daylights (James Bond) and…
Predator
Comedy Â
Good Morning, Vietnam, Spaceballs, Plains, Trains and Automobiles, Dragnet, Overboard, Three Men and A Baby, Roxanne, Summer School, The Secret of My Success, and…
The Princess Bride
HorrorÂ
Hellraiser, The Lost Boys, The Witches of Eastwick, Nightmare on Elm Street 3, Jaws: The Revenge, and…
Evil Dead II
Also…
Wall Street, Raising Arizona, Moonstruck, Dirty Dancing, Full Metal Jacket, Fatal Attraction, La Bamba, The Last Emperor
The 60th Oscars Nominees/Winners
 Best Picture
           Broadcast News
           Fatal Attraction
           Hope and Glory
           Moonstruck
           The Last Emperor – Winner
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Best Actor
           William Hurt, Broadcast News
           Jack Nicholson, Ironweed
           Marcello Mastroianni, Dark Eyes
           Robin Williams, Good Morning, Vietnam
           Michael Douglas, Fatal Attraction – Winner
 Best Actress
           Glenn Close, Fatal Attraction
           Holly Hunter, Broadcast News
           Sally Kirkland, Anna
           Meryl Streep, Ironweed
           Cher, Moonstruck – Winner
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Best Supporting Actor
           Albert Brooks, Broadcast News
           Vincent Gardenia, Moonstruck
           Morgan Freeman, Street Smart
           Denzel Washington, Cry Freedom
Sean Connery, The Untouchables – Winner
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Best Supporting Actress
           Norma Aleandro, Gaby: A True Story
           Anne Archer, Fatal Attraction
           Anne Ramsey, Throw Momma From The Train
           Ann Southern, The Whales of August
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