well, i suppose this one is, ultimately, vibes related, so the usual musical greeting is applicable. no actual music, though, but quite the unmistakable link, look you see.
it is now the business end of the year (2024), or if you will a point at which some might say death to 2024. for me it has been quite an extraordinary year, but (maybe) more on that at another time, another place. right now, the usual dilemma is the decision on a calendar for the year ahead. except that it really wasn't much of a debate, or even conversation.
being rather delighted (or at the least satisfied) with the not strictly speaking official David Bowie calendar i picked up from Boyes for this year (2024) i popped in to see if they had similar. indeed they did, with pictorial evidence of such shown above. for the same price, too, which from what i can recall was if not a flat £10 then something like £9.99. this is only slightly cheaper than the "official" calendars featuring Bowie, but has the immense advantage of featuring much more better pictures.
on returning home with this new calendar i had the sense that there was something quite familiar with the cover picture. well, the cover picture and the image used for January, for they are one and the same. if you see what i mean. it did not take too long to work out such familiarity. blimey, does anyone really find all this stuff i write interesting.
so yes, then, it is so that January 2025 features the same image as used for December 2024. that is really a lovely touch by the bootleggers, or if you will pirates, or should you prefer independent business types who have no time for trivialities such as copyright and permission. i now deeply regret not getting one of these Bowie calendars for 2023, just to see if December 2023 happened to be the image which greeted January 2024. see the link from above (or here) for that particular picture.
how peculiar that, once more, the unofficial calendar is like totes, full tilt better than any of the official ones. for a start they seem to use considerably better pictures. also, they just present them straight, without any artsy stuff or tired sepia tint. from what i recall the main "official" calendar from those in charge of the Bowie estate focused exclusively on the Hunky Dory album. i mean, yes, it is an exceptionally good record, but no, i really don't want to celebrate it for an entire year.
above is a vaguely clear image of the twelve (12) images that await display during the course of 2025, then. if i am entirely honest i could probably have done without the Labyrinth one, but then again that's quite an iconic look (which is saying something considering all of the iconic looks what he had). the songs were good too, and the film was decent enough. yeah, happy with them all. presumably that image for December 2025 shall, if they follow the pattern, be the one used for January 2026. i do hope there is that kind of consistency, even if many would wish it so that i do not make it quite so far in time as to find out the answer.
very pleased indeed that my calendar selection proved to be straightforward. i shall take it (bravely) as a given that, since you have read this far, you are to a degree happy for me with this. may it be so that your choice (or selection) of calendar is also excellent.
be excellent to each other!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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