{"id":33235,"date":"2016-01-11T13:39:54","date_gmt":"2016-01-11T12:39:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/benjaminkanarekblog.com\/?p=33235"},"modified":"2016-01-11T13:39:54","modified_gmt":"2016-01-11T12:39:54","slug":"ground-control-to-major-tom-rest-in-peace-david-bowie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thebkmag.com\/rebuild\/eclectic\/ground-control-to-major-tom-rest-in-peace-david-bowie\/","title":{"rendered":"Ground Control to Major Tom Rest in Peace David Bowie"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_33236\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-33236\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/benjaminkanarekblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/David-Bowie.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-33236\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-33236\" src=\"http:\/\/benjaminkanarekblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/David-Bowie.jpg\" alt=\"David Bowie\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-33236\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">David Bowie<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>&#8220;Ground Control to Major Tom&#8230;Rest in Peace&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">To the most innovative, illustrious, imaginative artist that has graced our world of music. Major Tom landed on Mars and then blasted off to the infinite beyond to meet his maker. May he Rest in Peace.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/iYYRH4apXDo\" width=\"700\" height=\"415\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">He will be missed\u00a0by many and appreciated by generations to come.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/David_Bowie\" target=\"_blank\">David Bowie<\/a> was more than just a Pop Star. He was an avant-garde musical genius and fashion trend setting icon. David Bowie was a true STAR.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/jBuwC4VJi50\" width=\"700\" height=\"415\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">A source of light and a life force for generations of music lovers around the world. David Bowie was one of the greatest song writers and melodists of the Pop-Rock scene. Surprisingly, he was also a formidable R&amp;B artist as well .<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_33237\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-33237\" style=\"width: 548px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/benjaminkanarekblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/bow1.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-33237\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-33237\" src=\"http:\/\/benjaminkanarekblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/bow1.jpg\" alt=\"David Bowie\" width=\"548\" height=\"308\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-33237\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">David Bowie<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Before being cut from his\u00a0mortal coil, this <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Aladdin_Sane\" target=\"_blank\">&#8220;Aladdin Sane&#8221;<\/a> went through many creative incarnations. Just two days before his passing, David Bowie left us with his final gift, <a href=\"http:\/\/davidbowie.com\/blackstar\/\" target=\"_blank\">&#8220;Blackstar&#8221;<\/a>.\u00a0Blackstar was the twenty-sixth and final studio album by \u00a0David Bowie. It was released on 8 January 2016, the date of Bowie&#8217;s 69th birthday.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Major_Tom\" target=\"_blank\">&#8220;Ground Control to Major Tom&#8230;Rest in Peace&#8221;<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/v--IqqusnNQ\" width=\"700\" height=\"415\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>To the most innovative, illustrious, imaginative artist that has graced our world of music&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":33236,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[47],"tags":[1247,1248,1249,1250,1251,1252,1253,1254,1255,1256,1257],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/paG8MM-8E3","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":28501,"url":"https:\/\/thebkmag.com\/rebuild\/fashion-luxury-industry\/an-interview-with-australian-fashion-designer-bowie-wong\/","url_meta":{"origin":33235,"position":0},"title":"An Interview with Australian Fashion Designer Bowie Wong","author":"Benjamin Kanarek","date":"January 30, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"I met Bowie Wong at Elie Saab Haute Couture show in Pari and together with some mutual friends we went for lunch afterwards...","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Luxury, Fashion Industry&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Luxury, Fashion Industry","link":"https:\/\/thebkmag.com\/rebuild\/category\/fashion-luxury-industry\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Julie Johansen aka Agent Luxe with Designer Bowie Wong","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thebkmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/IMG_2833.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thebkmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/IMG_2833.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thebkmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/IMG_2833.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thebkmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/IMG_2833.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":27569,"url":"https:\/\/thebkmag.com\/rebuild\/fashion-luxury-industry\/jean-paul-gaultier-icon-rock-star\/","url_meta":{"origin":33235,"position":1},"title":"Jean Paul Gaultier Icon Rock Star","author":"Benjamin Kanarek","date":"October 15, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"What is an icon? 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