1/21/99 SNEAKER: NICKY HORNE - ACCESS ALL AREAS ON TALK RADIO David Bowie will be Nicky Horne's studio guest on his Access All Areas show on Talk Radio on 31st January from 5 - 6pm GMT. Bowie will be talking about BowieNet, the future of technology, the internet and a variety of other topics. The event will be Talk Radio's first webcast in both RealAudio and RealVideo and will be broadcast around the world live from the Talk Radio studio in London. The interview will only be available on Talk Radio in the UK and in Sound and Vision on BowieNet. Talk-Radio can be found at 1053 and 1089 MW (Medium Wave).If you are in the UK, you can call David with your questions on 0500 1053 89 or if you are outside the UK, you can email your questions to David in the Talk Radio studio. The address to send your questions to David Bowie and Nicky Horne is:questions@davidbowie.co.uk
Special: Creativity Award
A Special Creativity award goes out to the to the creator of The Bowie Remix/Recreation Project website for going "above and beyond"! An extraordinary entry in the song contest. This participant has his/her own site (members.aol.com/bowieremix/) on which you will find not only lyrics in English but also in French. PLUS, you get to hear his/her version in Real Audio G2, Real Audio 5.0 or below or MP3. You also get a little explanation as to why this entrant went to so much trouble. Good Show!
The Big Issue
1/21/99 UPDATE: THE BIG ISSUE In an update to our "David Bowie grabs the front cover of the UK's The Big Issue (January 11-17th issue)", here is a peek at the cover!. The article called "Starman lost in Cyberspace" details the launch of BowieNet in the UK. On newsstands now.
Special Announcement: And The Winner Is...
1/20/99 SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT: AND THE WINNER IS... Alex Grant, our Grand Prize Winner will have the honor of co-writing the song
What's Really Happening with David Bowie!
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Here are the winning lyrics:Grown inside a plastic box Micro thoughts and safety locks Hearts become outdated clocks Ticking in your mind
Now it's time to close our eyes Now it's time to say goodbye Now it's time to face the lie That we'd never cry
All the clouds are made of glass And they're slowly sinking Falling like the shattered past Were we built to last?
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Alex will also receive the following as part of the Grand Prize:
- $15,000 publishing contract compliments of Bug Music.
- A VIP weekend in New York City
- Flown into New York City, Alex and a guest will be invited into the studio with David while he records the song using Alex's winning lyrics
- 1 year subscription to BowieNet
- David Bowie's complete music catalog
- $500 gift certificate from CDNow
- a three year subscription to Rolling Stone Magazine
Here are our 4 runner's up Winners:
1. Scott Nellis
2. Michael Solem
3. Bob DeVore
4. Jane Gilmartin
These four runners up will receive the following prizes:
- signed print of Bowie Art
- six month membership to BowieNet
- David Bowie's complete music catalog
- $250 gift certificate from CDNow
- a one year subscription to Rolling Stone Magazine
Check the contest site and BowieNet News for details on the recording, webcasting, and the interactive adventures of Alex Grant and David Bowie. Congratulations to all our Cyber Song Contest winners!
Barnes And Noble
Rock Today, Net Tomorrow
"If I was starting out in music now, I think I'd look on rock as a stodgy, traditional format and the Internet as what's happening tomorrow." -- David Bowie in the January 15th edition of the UK newspaper THE GUARDIAN. The article is entitled "Tomorrow's Rock 'n' Roll" and is from a recent interview with David.Check out the interview at: http://www.guardianunlimited.co.uk
New Zealand Radio
Radio New Zealand will re-air Bowie's performance at the 1996 Phoenix Festival on January 22, 1999, 23:06 NZST, RNZ National Program. New Zealand, huh?
Special Announcement: We Have A Winner
The Cyber Song Contest madness is over! David Bowie has selected the winner and co-author of What's Really Happening. The winner and runners-up will be posted within 24 hours!! Check back soon!
Gallery Bash
As reported on Jan. 14, a "Closing Party" for the "Bowie" exhibit will be held on January 23rd at the Rupert Goldsworthy Gallery in NYC to celebrate the run of the exhibit. The party is open to all, and will be held from 5 to 8 p.m. at the Gallery, located at 453 W. 17th Street, second floor. January 23rd is the last day of the "Bowie" exhibit. For more details on the Goldsworthy Gallery Exibition, have a look at David's October 16th journal.
What Performance?
Rumors have been spreading about a potential David Bowie/ Placebo performance at the upcoming Brit Awards 1999 (UK annual music awards show scheduled for February 16 - London's Docklands Arena). The rumor was partially started by BowieNet on December 10th and perpetuated by the newspaper "The Sun". The Sun article claims that David and Placebo will be teaming up for a duet, performing T-Rex's classic 20th Century Boy, (a track Placebo contributed to the Velvet Goldmine soundtrack). Placebo was one of the opening band at the Bowie's 50th Birthday Bash, and Bowie has called Placebo's album Without You I'm Nothing one of the best of 1998. As far as the rumor goes, "When we hear more, you'll hear more"!
Top In Pop Culture
Entitled "POP 50 Index", Raygun.com features David Bowie in a "Top in Pop Culture" index, as chosen by the Ray Gun editors.
Stamp Set
As promissed, here are the additional 7 stamps from the "mysterious stamp set" from St. Vincent. The set is titled famous entertainers. Thanks to Glenn for the image.
Bowienet Uk Posters
In an update to our "Poster out-take" news item on Jan. 06, 1999, here is the final version of the poster used for the BowieNet launch in the UK. This poster, as well as the out-takes, were all designed by renowned artist Rex Ray.
Bowie Tv
January 17, 1999, 01:10, Changes, TV2, Denmark An interview with Bowie (probably the Alan Yentob 50th Birthday interview, judging by the title)
Martin Luther King Jr. Day
In honor of Martin Luther King Day, we thought you might enjoy reading Dr. King's famous "I have a Dream" speech.
Virgin Top 500
Virgin Radio, a UK national radio station, has just posted their annual "Top 500 listeners poll". The Virgin Radio Top 500 is a peoples choice / voting poll. David Bowie came in with 15 tracks (listed below) in the top 500. Here is the ranking: 499 Sorrow468 Starman 437 Suffragette City405 Space Oddity 370 Rebel Rebel 337 Golden Years303 Jean Genie268 Changes 231 Young Americans 197 Sound and Vision165 China Girl125 Modern Love081 Ashes to Ashes 036 Let's Dance020 HeroesYou can find out who the other Top 500 were by going to http://www.virginradio.com.
Contest Announcement
David has narrowed it down to the top 5 finalists, but is having difficulty selecting the Grand Prize winner. He would like to live with the lyrics for a few more days. Good News is coming to one of you soon.
Star's Man
Niel Spencer of The Observer Life Page has done a bit of star work on David. Here is what he has to say:"Capricorns don't come more obvious than David Bowie, who fell to Earth under the sign of the ambitious mountain goat on 8 January, 1947. Astrologers explaining DB's longtime sci-fi and technological obsessions would, doubtless, point to his rising sign of freaky, modernist Aquarius. The ongoing flurry of activity in that sign lends good omens to the launch of BowieNet , his own web server, while Pluto at the apex of his chart augurs transformation."
Critics Review Bowie Exhibit
Here is what the Critics are saying about the "Bowie" Exhibit at the Rupert Goldsworthy Gallery:--------------------------------------------------------------------------------Time Out New YorkIssue 168December 10-17, 1998"The artists in the show share a fascination for David Bowie, but the better works here get past simple adoration to examine Bowie's cultural impact on a deeper level...the show as a whole is thoughtfully installed.--------------------------------------------------------------------------------Review MagazineDecember 15, 1998 "As Goldsworthy sees it, Bowie was more than an influential rocker: he became the embodiment of a cultural movement to which he gave language and images. Goldsworthy pays homage to Bowie by organizing a group exhibition that unabashedly idolizes him even as it picks up his project of making art from pop culture - in this case, Bowie's pop art...If the criticism is that Bowie appropriated and synthesized forms, or questioned identity, then these artists suggest that he was prescient of later art. The artists here gladly advertise Bowie's influence on their development."--------------------------------------------------------------------------------The New YorkerDecember 21, 1998"Bowie" - An engaging group show featuring works in various mediums. Such a large selection of works by diverse artists almost inevitably leads to a variation in quality, but there's plenty of good stuff to look at." --------------------------------------------------------------------------------Rumor has it that there will be a "Closing Party" for the Bowie exhibit on January 23rd at the Rupert Goldsworthy Gallery to celebrate the exhibits run?
Today In Music
Today in music history, January 14th, 1966, Davie - spelled D-A-V-I-E - Jones changed his name to David Bowie