Alternative Milestones Episode 103 – RIP David Bowie

Thu, Jan 15, 2026

(Image by Masashi Kuwamoto, 1980)

Hopefully this is the final episode I have to pre-record before we start broadcasting live from the new studio at 1806 E. Main St. Shockoe Bottom.

We have 4 in Memoriam Milestone tracks this week. Bowie, Chris Bell, The Cramps and Senseless Things will all be featured as we honor those we’ve lost.

Show archive

Playlist

The Cramps, “I'm Cramped”

from Songs the Lord Taught Us

EMI Records - 1979

RIP former guitarist Bryan Gregory 25th anniv

Ultravox, “Vienna (2008 Remaster)”

from Vienna (Remastered Definitive Edition)

Chrysalis Records - 1980

3rd single from 4th album 45th rel anniv

David Bowie, “Can't Help Thinking About Me”

from I Dig Everything: The 1966 Pye Singles - EP

Castle Communications - 1999

RIP singer/songwriter David Bowie 10th anniv, also 60th anniv of first single under name Bowie

Morningwood, “Nth Degree”

from Morningwood

Capitol Records - 2006

debut album 25th rel anniv

The Chemical Brothers, “Loops of Fury”

from Loops of Fury - EP

Astralwerks - 1996

Tom Rowlands 55th bday, also EP 30th rel anniv

Cake, “Sick of You”

from Showroom of Compassion

Upbeat Records - 2011

6th album 15th rel anniv

Senseless Things, “Too Much Kissing”

from Postcard C.V.

Sony Music CG - 2010

RIP frontman Mark Keds, 5th anniv

The Bangles, “September Gurls”

from Different Light

Columbia - 1986

2nd album 40th rel anniv

Chris Bell, “I Am the Cosmos (Single Version)”

from I Am the Cosmos

Omnivore Recordings - 2017

Big Star guitarist Chris Bell 75th bday (RIP)

The Decemberists, “Don't Carry It All”

from The King Is Dead

Capitol Records - 2011

6th album 15th rel anniv

Pretenders, “Time the Avenger (2018 Remaster)”

from Learning to Crawl (2018 Remaster)

Rhino - 1984

bassist Malcolm Foster 70th bday

The dB's, “Dynamite (2024 Remaster)”

from Stands for deciBels (2024 Remaster)

Propeller Sound Recordings - 1981

debut album 45th rel anniv

Madness, “The Prince (2009 - Remaster)”

from One Step Beyond

WVMM - 1979

lead vocalist Suggs 65th bday

Daughter, “Alone / With You”

from Not to Disappear

4AD - 2016

2nd album 10th rel anniv

The Flaming Lips, “The W.A.N.D.”

from At War With the Mystics

Warner Records - 2006

frontman Wayne Coyne 65th bday

Blondie, “Rapture”

from Autoamerican (Bonus Track) [2001 Remaster]

Chrysalis\EMI Records (USA) - 1980

single (2nd) from 5th album 45th rel anniv

New York Dolls, “Jet Boy”

from New York Dolls

Mercury Records - 1973

RIP rhythm guitarist Sylvain Sylvain, 5th anniv

Beach Bunny, “Good Girls (Don't Get Used)”

from Blame Game - EP

Liberator Music / Mom+Pop - 2021

EP 5th rel anniv

October Project, “Funeral In His Heart”

from Falling Farther In

Epic - 1995

producer Peter Collins 75th bday (RIP)

Matthew Sweet, “Blown Away”

from Catspaw

Omnivore - 2021

15th album 5th rel anniv

Rush, “Jacob's Ladder”

from Permanent Waves (Remastered)

Anthem Records Inc. - 1980

7th album 46th rel anniv. Also 30th rel anniv of Alex Lifeson solo album Victor, and 37th rel anniv of live album A Show of Hands