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Friday Afternoon Diversion: Happy Birthday Mr. Jones

By Tankboy in Arts & Entertainment on Jan 8, 2010 9:00PM

I am kind of a complete geek over David Bowie, so much so I DJed a Bowie Night earlier this week in celebration of his at the time impending birthday. Today is the actual big day though, and 63 years ago Bowie was born / landed on our planet / stepped through an inter-dimensional rift and has been entertaining / confounding folks ever since. The dude is so awesome there is NOTHING he cannot make cool. For proof of this, notice how he makes dancing with babies and puppets while sporting electroshock hair look totally AWESOME.

And, after the jump, peep one of the most recent tributes to Bowie to tickle my fancy.