m generally not a fan of New Year’s resolutions, but one occurred to me recently as the younger members of my family were blasting out a patchy David Bowie playlist: Stand Up Against Revisionism. It’s harder than ever these days not to succumb to printing the myth — reality can be so so-so — but critics have a duty to keep a clear head while others are losing theirs. Even around the dinner table on New Year’s Day.
Bowie would have been seventy-six this week; he was born on January 8 1947, and died two days...
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