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.
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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
_____________________________ 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
___________________________ 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
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