{"id":2162698,"date":"2025-11-17T20:37:23","date_gmt":"2025-11-17T20:37:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2162698"},"modified":"2025-11-17T20:37:23","modified_gmt":"2025-11-17T20:37:23","slug":"the-ongoing-history-of-new-music-episode-1063-what-bowie-still-matters-part-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/the-ongoing-history-of-new-music-episode-1063-what-bowie-still-matters-part-1\/","title":{"rendered":"The Ongoing History of New Music, episode 1063: What Bowie Still Matters, part 1"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>I remember where I was when I heard that David Bowie had died. It was 2:30 in the morning on Monday, January 11, 2016. I was already having a restless night, so instead of just staring at the ceiling for another hour, I picked up my phone. Maybe that would help me sleep.<\/p>\n<p>Instead, my phone was blowing up. News was breaking that Bowie had died the previous afternoon.<\/p>\n<p>My initial reaction was that this was another internet hoax. This was Bowie. He was special\u2014probably immortal. Sure, he\u2019d had his health problems, but he had the best health care money could buy from anywhere in the world. And besides, the man had just released a brand-new album that Friday. That was barely three days ago. He couldn\u2019t be dead.<\/p>\n<p>Yet the news was true. Bowie was gone, a victim of liver cancer that had been diagnosed 18 months earlier. And just like that, one of the most important musical artists of all time was gone.<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019ve had ten years to reflect on Bowie\u2019s legacy, and many people can\u2019t help noticing that the world started going to hell after he died. I mean, just think of all we\u2019ve been through politically, socially, economically, and technologically since then: Trump presidencies, Brexit, Putin, Ukraine, COVID, Gaza, and the rise of AI in not-so-beneficial ways.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m sure it\u2019s all a coincidence, but it\u2019s no exaggeration to say that since Bowie died, we\u2019ve transitioned into a completely different world. Yet one thing remains: David Bowie still matters. In fact, he may matter more than ever before.<\/p>\n<p>Here. Let me explain.<\/p>\n<p>Songs heard on this show:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>David Bowie, Lazarus<\/li>\n<li>Davy Jones and the King Bees, Liza Jane<\/li>\n<li>David Bowie, The Laughing Gnome<\/li>\n<li>David Bowie, Space Oddity (Demo)<\/li>\n<li>David Bowie, Changes<\/li>\n<li>David Bowie and the Spiders from Mars, Ziggy Stardust<\/li>\n<li>David Bowie, The Jean Genie<\/li>\n<li>David Bowie, Rebel Rebel<\/li>\n<li>David Bowie, Fame<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>This is Eric Wilhite\u2019s playlist<\/p>\n<p><em>The Ongoing History of New Musi<\/em>c can be heard on these stations. Don\u2019t forget that there\u2019s a podcast version, too, in case you miss any episodes. Get them for free wherever you get your podcasts.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>102.1 The Edge\/Toronto \u2013 Sunday night at 7pm<\/li>\n<li>Q107\/Toronto \u2013 Sunday night at 9pm<\/li>\n<li>Live 88-5\/Ottawa \u2013 Saturdays at 9am and Sundays at 6pm.<\/li>\n<li>107.5 Dave-FM\/Kitchener \u2013 Sunday nights at 11pm<\/li>\n<li>FM96\/London \u2013 Sunday nights at 8pm<\/li>\n<li>Power 97\/Winnipeg \u2013 Sunday nights at 10am and 10pm<\/li>\n<li>107-3 The Edge\/Calgary \u2013 Sundays at 10am and 10pm<\/li>\n<li>Sonic 102.9\/Edmonton \u2013 Sunday at 8am and 8pm<\/li>\n<li>The Zone\/Victoria \u2013 Sunday at 8am and 9pm<\/li>\n<li>The Fox\/Vancouver \u2013 Sundays at 10anm and 10pm<\/li>\n<li>The Goat Network\/Interior BC<\/li>\n<li>Surge 105\/Halifax \u2013 Sunday at 7pm<\/li>\n<li>WAPS\/WKTL The Summit\/Akron, Canton, Cleveland, Youngstown \u2013 Mon-Fri at 9pm<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"l-article__copyright\">\n\t\t\t\t\u00a9\u00a02025\u00a0Global News, a division of Corus Entertainment Inc.\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script>\n\t(function (d, s, id) {\n\t\tvar js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];\n\t\tif (d.getElementById(id)) return;\n\t\tjs = d.createElement(s);\n\t\tjs.id = id;\n\t\tjs.src = \"\\\/\\\/connect.facebook.net\\\/en_US\\\/sdk.js#xfbml=1&version=v2.6&appId=161185570739502\";\n\t\tfjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);\n\t}(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source q107.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I remember where I was when I heard that David Bowie had died. 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