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In 1997, David Bowie wanted a liquidity event. Instead of steadily receiving royalties from his 25-album music catalog throughout the next decade, Bowie decided he’d rather receive a lump-sum payment. This led to Bowie Bonds: a set of bonds backed by the royalties from Bowie’s music catalog. Notably, Bowie wasn’t selling his music indefinitely. The... See more
Alana Levin • Bowie Bonds as Early Creator Tokens
David Bowie is in every book,
Colson Whitehead • The Underground Railroad (Pulitzer Prize Winner)
He hit Number 1 in the U.S. with the disco John Lennon collabo “Fame,” which got instantly plundered by James Brown for “Hot (I Need To Be Loved, Loved, Loved)”—making Bowie the rare rock star who could claim James Brown ripped him off.
Rob Sheffield • On Bowie
Sir David Attenborough turned 99 today 🍃 his extraordinary career has spanned over 7 decades, starting in the 1950’s as a producer in the talks department at the BBC he broke through with a show called “Zoo Quest” in 1954 where he was supposed to be the producer but ended up as the presenter after the original host got sick.
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Kiss From a Rose
youtu.beDavid Bowie also had a go with ‘Even a Fool Learns to Love’, later recycling the rejected material as ‘Life on Mars?’