I am totally obsessed with Letters of Note. I could peruse it all day long for words of wisdom, inspiration and amusement. This is such a great letter from one of my all time favorite musicians David Bowie to the man who just signed him on with a record contract (November of 1970) filling him in on his life so far :
Dear Bob
I was born in Brixton and went to some Schools thereabout and studied Art. Then I went into an Advertising Agency which I didn’t like very much. Then I left and joined some Rock ‘n’ Roll Bands playing Saxophone and I sang some which nobody liked very much.
As I was already a Beatnik, I had to be a Hippie and I was very heavy and wrote a lot of songs on some beaches and some people liked them. Then I recorded ‘Space Oddity’ and made some money and spent it which everybody liked.
Now I am 24 and I am married and I am not at all heavy and I’m still writing and my wife is pregnant which I like very much.
(Signed)
LOVE DAVID
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young man Bowie
big boy Bowie
kid Bowie
Love this!
His new single “Where Are We Now” is cryptic. Is he literally showing us that the bottle is empty?
This is my interpretation: https://sites.google.com/site/fasmusicvideowherearewenow/