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Remembering David Bowie

In "A Knight's Tale," Heath Ledger is invited to a dance among the nobles. He is a peasant, impersonating a noble and is anxious because he doesn't really know how to dance. His rival sneeringly asks him to show everybody a dance from Heath's homeland. What happens next is a breath-taking dance sequence in which pre-Renaissance music morphs into Golden Years by David Bowie .

I remember my son, who was 11, was sitting next to me in the theater, registering the delight that spread across my face. David Bowie's music was SO theatrical. But then, it was so many things.

Today, you'll hear a lot of voices talking about Bowie, about moments when he made them feel exuberant or challenge or, most of all, understood.

GUESTS:

  • John Dankosky - Host of WNPR’s Where We Live
  • Shawn Lang - Deputy Director with AIDS Connecticut
  • Eric Danton - Writes about music and pop culture for The Wall Street Journal, Paste Magazine and for his blog atlistendammit.com
  • Dave Itzkoff - Culture reporter for The New York Times and author of “Lads: A Memoir of Manhood,” and “Cocaine’s Son: A Memoir”
  • Eric Lichter-Producer at DirtFloor Studio

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Betsy Kaplan, Chion Wolf, and Catie Talarski contributed to this show.

Colin McEnroe is a radio host, newspaper columnist, magazine writer, author, playwright, lecturer, moderator, college instructor and occasional singer. Colin can be reached at colin@ctpublic.org.

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