Diggs Musings 1

Hindsight is 20/20.  This is such a fucking cliché saying, and only a cliché control freak would use this to their advantage.  You have to love when people say they don’t micromanage, because the people that say that always micromanage everything, right down to the toilet paper and bathroom breaks.  This might sound repetitive, but we are talking about a repetitive person here, one that uses um at least five times in each sentence, a walking CLICHÉ.  This, my friends, is the true sign of a wannabe independent thinker.  It is still strange not to be in that place, not to be a fixture in a room locked away until she remembers that you are there and feels like using you for her needs or heartless harassment.  

The Next Day-Shattering the Hero of Major Tom

The Next Day is a combination of all things Bowie, yet he continues to be modern, and he is always unique and unsurpassed.  Their are tones from Low, notes from his debatable 80's period, drug references from his struggles, and the happy new Bowie that has shed "Major Tom" and finally found the axe to break the ice; he has come down right now.  He sings fast like his cocaine days, "goth" like his Nine Inch Nails collaborations, adds horns ablaze to back up his ever changing voice, and he goes from dark to light in a second.  Everyone can find some reference to their own life in this album, and it is a fitting release for a "retired" musician, proving that he is an innovator for immitators.  You can tell that David thought he was going to die, and he contemplates death in a "non Elliot Smith" way, referencing his high regard for life, teenage sex, drugs, and living life to the fullest, not letting the orgiastic future recede him.  He never stopped being cool, yet he references, "flying to be cool again," true circular life in motion.  I will listen to this over and over, and I will continue to find new things, references to old things that I did not catch before, and it makes me contemplate every possible human emotion.  Thanks again Mr. Bowie!