David Bowie – Doyle’s Space: Music Hall of Fame

For here, am I sitting in a tin can
Far, above the world
Planet Earth is blue
And there’s nothing I can do

David Bowie was born David Robert Jones on January 8, 1947, in Brixton, London, England, into a working-class family whose modest circumstances belied the creative intensity that would define his life. His father, Haywood Stenton Jones, worked in promotions for a children’s charity, while his mother, Margaret Mary Burns,

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Genesis – Doyle’s Space: Music Hall of Fame

Several big name acts and musicians would be forthcoming from this group!

Genesis, the English progressive rock band that would become one of the most commercially successful and artistically influential acts in rock history, formed at the end of the 1960s amid the creative ferment of British public school culture. The group originated at Charterhouse School in Surrey in 1967, where two separate songwriting duos—Peter Gabriel and Tony Banks on one side, and Anthony Phillips and Mike Rutherford on the other.

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Covers – The Lion Sleeps Tonight

Wee-ooh wim-o-weh. Wee-ooh wim-o-weh

“The Lion Sleeps Tonight” is a popular song that originated in South Africa and gained international fame through various renditions.

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Dune (1984)

I watched the 1984 Universal Pictures science fiction classic “Dune” on Netflix DVD. I hadn’t seen it since I went to Phipps Plaza, in Atlanta Georgia, in 1984. I wanted to watch it again before seeing the 2021 remake. It is the story of rival noble families that battle for control of the planet Arrakis, the only known source of the drug melange, also known as Spice. This Spice causes precognition, future vision, and is vital to space travel, making it the most vital commodity in the universe.

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