There was deep sadness all over the world when another iconic performer died on January 10th 2016. David Bowie had been diagnosed with liver cancer in late 2014 but told few people outside his immediate family. He had successfully kept his public and private lives separate for most of his career, and did not want to change that now. He continued to work on his final album, ‘Blackstar’, until the end of 2015 and it was released on his 69th birthday, just two days before his death. Blackstar is a very deliberate final album and it (and its associated videos) contains many images and references that people more knowledgeable than I have identified as death rituals, references to his past and his family.
We felt that it was not possible to do justice to the breadth of his career and appeal on our own, so asked the forum to give us their suggestions too. Many thanks to Acorn1, Max and Boywhith (Tom) for their help.
We finished the set with Blackstar (if you haven’t seen the video, go and look for it. Sit down first) and start with Changes. Postshow went on for longer than usual too, and finished with Changes as well. Edison was not at his desk, so this was another show broadcast by AlanDJ with Malaclypse in attendance on the plaza.
Preshow – stash diving as usual, in the middle of the ‘B’s
| Title | Artists | Album | Year | |
| 101 | Empty Pages | Blood, Sweat & Tears | No Sweat | 1973 |
| 102 | Touchdown | Bob James | Touchdown | 1978 |
| 103 | Another Night in Tunisia | Bobby McFerrin+The Manhattan Transfer | Vocalese | 1985 |
| 104 | What Can I Say | Boz Scaggs | Silk Degrees | 1976 |
| 105 | Jump Street | Boz Scaggs | Silk Degrees | 1976 |
| 106 | Pinball | Brian Protheroe | Pinball | 1974 |
| 107 | Levitate | Bruce Hornsby And The Noisemakers | Levitate | 2009 |
| 108 | Dancing In The Dark | Bruce Springsteen | Born In The U.S.A. | 1984 |
The Show
| 201 | Changes | David Bowie | Hunky Dory | 1971 |
| 202 | Andy Warhol (T) | David Bowie | Hunky Dory | 1971 |
| 203 | Heroes (A) | David Bowie | Heroes | 1977 |
| 204 | Ziggy Stardust | David Bowie | Ziggy Stardust | 1972 |
| 205 | Loving the Alien (M) | David Bowie | Tonight | 1985 |
| 206 | Kooks | David Bowie | Hunky Dory | 1971 |
| 207 | Queen Bitch | David Bowie | Hunky Dory | 1971 |
| 208 | Big Brother/Chant of the Ever Circling Skeletal Family (T) | David Bowie | Diamond Dogs | 1974 |
| 209 | Peace on Earth | David Bowie and Bing Crosby | TV show | 1977 |
| 210 | New Career in a New Town (M) | David Bowie | Low | 1977 |
| 211 | Yassassin (T) (M) | David Bowie | Lodger | 1979 |
| 212 | Under Pressure (A) | Queen and David Bowie | single | 1981 |
| 213 | This Is Not America (A) | Pat Metheney Group and David Bowie | single | 1985 |
| 214 | Buddha of Suburbia (M) | David Bowie | The Buddha of Suburbia | 1993 |
| 215 | The Wedding Song (M) | David Bowie | White Tie, Black Noise | 1993 |
| 216 | John, I’m Only Dancing | David Bowie | single | 1972 |
| 217 | Suffragette City (A) | David Bowie | Ziggy Stardust | 1972 |
| 218 | Diamond Dogs | David Bowie | Diamond Dogs | 1974 |
| 219 | Fashion | David Bowie | Scary Monsters | 1980 |
| 220 | Modern Love | David Bowie | Let’s Dance | 1983 |
| 221 | Fame (T) | David Bowie | Young Americans | 1975 |
| 222 | Golden Years | David Bowie | Station to Station | 1976 |
| 223 | Let’s Dance | David Bowie | Let’s Dance | 1983 |
| 224 | Rebel Rebel | David Bowie | Diamond Dogs | 1974 |
| 225 | Blackstar (T) | David Bowie | Blackstar | 2016 |
Postshow
| 301 | Sound and Vision | David Bowie | Low | 1977 |
| 302 | The Jean Genie | David Bowie | Aladdin Sane | 1973 |
| 303 | Space Oddity | David Bowie | Space Oddity | 1969 |
| 304 | Station to Station | David Bowie | Station to Station | 1976 |
| 305 | Young Americans | David Bowie | Young Americans | 1975 |
| 306 | Oh! You Pretty Things | David Bowie | Hunky Dory | 1971 |
| 307 | Unwashed and Somewhat Slightly Dazed (M) | David Bowie | Space Oddity | 1969 |
| 308 | Let’s Dance | David Bowie | Let’s Dance | 1983 |
| 309 | 1984 (M) | David Bowie | Diamond Dogs | 1974 |
| 310 | Rock’n’Roll Suicide | David Bowie | The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust | 1972 |
| 311 | Life on Mars? | David Bowie | Hunky Dory | 1971 |
| 312 | Elegy | Colosseum | Valentyne Suite | 1970 |
| 313 | The Weaver’s Answer | Family | Family Entertainment | 1971 |
| 314 | Sweet Thing | David Bowie | Diamond Dogs | 1974 |
| 315 | Somebody Up There Likes Me | David Bowie | Young Americans | 1975 |
| 316 | Word on a Wing | David Bowie | Station to Station | 1976 |
| 317 | Letter to Hermione (M) | David Bowie | Space Oddity | 1969 |
| 318 | Kooks | David Bowie | Hunky Dory | 1971 |
| 319 | Starman | David Bowie | The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust | 1972 |
| 320 | Do Anything You Say | David Bowie | 1966 | 1966 |
| 321 | Ricochet | David Bowie | Let’s Dance | 1983 |
| 322 | Word on a Wing (Live) (M) | David Bowie | Station to Station | 1976 |
| 323 | Changes | David Bowie | Hunky Dory | 1971 |