Listen:
The Man from Mars has left us, but David Bowie's body of work lives on.

He provided one of my earliest and most favorite New York moments.

In college, I attended the CMJ conference in the city with several other KRUA alum. It's a big gathering of college radio stations, journalists, labels, promoters, and up-and-coming bands.

One of the big shows that year was Arcade Fire in Central Park. We weren't even supposed to be at the show, but somehow one of us knew the right person to know and voila! tickets to the show.

Towards the end of Arcade Fire's set, David Bowie emerges and performs with the Montreal band. Not quite the same performance, but from the same time frame - in case you want to re-visit.

Thanks Bowie,

Read:
Your to-read list only grows after reading Mary Karr's The Art of Memoir. That scene in Good Will Hunting, when Will says something like you could have learned the same thing with a dollar fifty in library late fees, instead of dropping a hundred grand in grad school. Karr's book seems like a getting a master lesson in memoir without spending a ridiculous amount on classes.

Watch:
Knife Fight and Top Chef - as close as I get to guilty pleasures. Likely because I'm eating less meat, watching chefs make meals is like to tofu for my brain.

Follow:
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