A visit to the David Bowie memorial, Brixton, London
Opposite the Brixton tube station in South London is a street mural on Turnstall Road, there are flowers, candles, cards, pictures, tee shirts and magazines all with a message or a picture of the music icon that was David Bowie, where fans have publicly paid their respects.
The mural, painted by Australian artist Jimmy C in 2013 has become a shrine to the great man, where fans have been congregating from near and far.
The site feels almost like some kind of religious experience, a cultural pilgrimage where every visitor is free to mark their respects and pay tribute in whichever way they feel.
Most people, fans or not, took photos to remember the moment, or to send them on to friends, whilst taking a few moments to reflect on the life and music of David Bowie – who was born in Brixton.
After standing at the site for a few minutes, I was watching individual ceremonies and acts people had prepared, with great care, love and attention.
Some got on their knees and decorated the ground with rainbow flowers, cards and messages, messages written with care on the walls next to the mural.
The most striking thing was the clear ability that Bowie had to reach out to generations, I saw people from 70 + years old to teenagers all going through their own rituals of saying goodbye and marking the moment in their own personal ways.
Going to the mural was a special occasion – it was both touchingly sad and happy at the same time, with a busker striking up a rendition of Bowie’s song, “Five Years.”
A thank you and goodbye to a man that you didn’t know personally but had definitely positively affected either you or the world that you live in – as a message I saw on Facebook so rightly put it, be thankful that you grew up and lived at the same time as David Bowie.
As a huge Bowie fan since my teenage years, I enjoyed, although I’m not sure this is the exact term to use, A visit to the David Bowie memorial, Brixton, London.
R.I.P. David Bowie.
The Great big EFLPodBlog David Bowie fanatic’s quiz
This is a quiz for real fans, fanatics and Bowie geeks – maybe the biggest Bowie quiz on the Internet …
The Great big EFLPodBlog David Bowie fanatic’s quiz challenges you to 100 questions on the life and works of the great David Bowie who sadly died on 10 January 2016 – forever missed, never forgotten.
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If you can get just 20 of these without cheating and using The Internet – you can consider yourself a bit of a Bowie buff.
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Headhunter – Lucy
Listen to Susan interviewing headhunter Lucy ; better known as a recruitment consultant in London.
Lucy gives some valuable interview tips and insights for job seekers during the interview.
On a daily basis you’d be talking to your clients and a number of people that you feel would be right for the role. Your work would involve negotiating fees and salaries between your client and the individual, and interviewing the top candidates.
As a headhunter you could work for various kinds of employment agency that deals with a wide range of office based and commercial jobs, or for a more specialised organisation. You’d be dealing with permanent or temporary work at all levels for many industry sectors.
Many start off working in an industry and then, once they’re familiar with it, become head hunters for that sector, seeking out talent using the contacts and knowledge they’ve acquired.
The work would be mainly desk-based, but travel would be needed frequently in the search for the best talent. Meeting with employers is also likely and so a driving licence would be needed for most jobs.
Although it is not always necessary to have a four-year degree, many employers strongly prefer candidates to have some degree in an applicable field, like labour relations, business administration, human resources, etc.
Employers also consider candidates who have non-business backgrounds, which is fairly typical of a position that requires a high degree of people interaction.
A headhunter’s soft skills must be superb, as they constantly have to function in the middle of several parties who have a stake in the process.
The hirer and the hiree both need to be handled and satisfied in the process, or sometimes the headhunter does not receive commission or payment, or if employed internally, does not meet company goals.
They also have to have knowledge of and keep up on what are sometimes constantly changing federal, state and local regulations on human resource activity.
Their job is also to help reduce risk to their client/employer who is hiring employees, so a keen intelligence and an ability to accurately read people is more than important.
Headhunters must be extremely self-motivated and tenacious, not giving up easily in the face of opposition.
Many of them are very stubborn, and this stubbornness can serve them well in their career.
Becoming a headhunter, or recruiter, depends more on experience than anything else.
Seven things a headhunter won’t tell you.
How confusing is buying a new computer?
When a man is offered a lettuce upgrade on his laptop, it’s too good an offer to refuse – until he spots the latest carrot upgrade…
Have you ever been to buy a new computer and been faced with a situation where the latest technology is so good that what they are actually selling seems hardly worth bothering with.
Some of the technoblurb that some shops come out with may just as well be selling a computer or a carrot attached to a computer – it makes about as much sense.
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John Winston Ono Lennon MBE 8 December 1980
John Winston Ono Lennon MBE (born John Winston Lennon; 9 October 1940 – 8 December 1980) was an English singer and songwriter who rose to worldwide fame as a co-founder of the band the Beatles, the most commercially successful band in the history of popular music. With fellow member Paul McCartney, he formed a celebrated songwriting partnership.
Born and raised in Liverpool, as a teenager Lennon became involved in the skiffle craze; his first band, the Quarrymen, evolved into the Beatles in 1960.
When the group disbanded in 1970, Lennon embarked on a solo career that produced the critically acclaimed albums John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band and Imagine, and iconic songs such as “Give Peace a Chance”, “Working Class Hero”, and “Imagine”. After his marriage to Yoko Ono in 1969, he changed his name to John Ono Lennon. Lennon disengaged himself from the music business in 1975 to raise his infant son Sean, but re-emerged with Ono in 1980 with the new album Double Fantasy.
He was murdered three weeks after its release.
Lennon revealed a rebellious nature and acerbic wit in his music, writing, drawings, on film and in interviews. Controversial through his political and peace activism, he moved to Manhattan in 1971, where his criticism of the Vietnam War resulted in a lengthy attempt by Richard Nixon’s administration to deport him, while some of his songs were adopted as anthems by the anti-war movement and the larger counterculture.
As of 2012, Lennon’s solo album sales in the United States exceeded 14 million and, as writer, co-writer, or performer, he is responsible for 25 number-one singles on the US Hot 100 chart.
In 2002, a BBC poll on the 100 Greatest Britons voted him eighth and, in 2008, Rolling Stone ranked him the fifth-greatest singer of all time.
He was posthumously inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1987 and into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame twice, as a member of the Beatles in 1988 and as a solo artist in 1994.
8 December 1980: Death
At around 10:50 pm on 8 December 1980, as Lennon and Ono returned to their New York apartment in the Dakota, Mark David Chapman shot Lennon in the back four times at the entrance to the building.
Lennon was taken to the emergency room of nearby Roosevelt Hospital and was pronounced dead on arrival at 11:00 pm. Earlier that evening, Lennon had autographed a copy of Double Fantasy for Chapman.
Ono issued a statement the next day, saying “There is no funeral for John”, ending it with the words, “John loved and prayed for the human race. Please pray the same for him.”
His body was cremated at Ferncliff Cemetery in Hartsdale, New York. Ono scattered his ashes in New York’s Central Park, where the Strawberry Fields memorial was later created.
Chapman pleaded guilty to second-degree murder and was sentenced to 20 years to life.
As of 2015, he remains in prison, having been denied parole eight times.
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