The Next Day is the 25th studio album by the English musician David
Bowie (pictured), released in March 2013. It was his first studio
release in ten years, as Bowie had retreated from public view after
undergoing surgery for a blocked artery in 2004. Co-produced by Bowie
and Tony Visconti, the album was recorded in secret in New York City
between May 2011 and October 2012. Primarily an art-rock album, The
Next Day references Bowie's earlier glam and funk releases. The album
was released through ISO Records in association with Columbia Records.
The lead single, "Where Are We Now?", and news of the album were posted
online on 8 January 2013, Bowie's 66th birthday, surprising fans who
thought that he had retired from music. The Next Day topped charts
worldwide and debuted at number one and two on the UK Albums Chart and
the US Billboard 200, respectively. Bowie's highest-charting US album
to date, it was praised by critics as Bowie's best in decades and placed
on several year-end lists.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Next_Day>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1574:
Guru Ram Das became the fourth of the Sikh gurus, the spiritual
masters of Sikhism.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guru_Ram_Das>
1594:
James VI of Scotland held a masque at the baptism of Prince
Henry, his first child.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masque_at_the_baptism_of_Prince_Henry>
1959:
South Vietnamese opposition figure Phan Quang Đán was elected
to the National Assembly, despite soldiers being bussed in to vote
multiple times for President Ngô Đình Diệm's candidate.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phan_Quang_%C4%90%C3%A1n>
2007:
A heavy bomber plane that had been unintentionally loaded with
nuclear missiles transported them from North Dakota to Louisiana before
they were recognized.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2007_United_States_Air_Force_nuclear_weapons_incident>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
conduce:
1. (transitive, obsolete)
2. To cause (something) to occur; to bring about.
3. To contribute (something).
4. (also figurative) To conduct or lead (someone or something).
5. (rare) To advantage or benefit (someone or something).
6. (rare, possibly) To carry on or continue (an activity).
7. (intransitive)
8. To contribute or lead to a specific result.
9. (obsolete) To be advantageous to; to advantage, to benefit.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/conduce>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
I don't have a problem with guilt about money. The way I see it
is that my money represents an enormous number of claim checks on
society. It is like I have these little pieces of paper that I can turn
into consumption. If I wanted to, I could hire 10,000 people to do
nothing but paint my picture every day for the rest of my life. And the
GNP would go up. But the utility of the product would be zilch, and I
would be keeping those 10,000 people from doing AIDS research, or
teaching, or nursing]. I don't do that though. I don't use very many of
those claim checks. There's nothing material I want very much. And I'm
going to give virtually all of those claim checks to charity when my
wife and I die.
--Warren Buffett
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Warren_Buffett>