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The Sound and Vision of David Bowie

Bill DeMain, Performing Songwriter, September 2003

PLANET EARTH is blue and David Bowie's beige. Dressed down in khakis, a light tan T-shirt and a matching ball cap, he looks more like a delivery guy than Ziggy Stardust. Only the odd left eye gives him away. That, and the fact that most delivery guys aren't able to completely disarm you with their charisma five seconds after you meet them.

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