Here is the second part of our 2 part story: "The Cyber-Song Journals."
This is Alex Grant's personal journal. It's quite interesting reading. From his departure to the recording of the Internet's first Cyber Song, Alex brings us all along on his BowieNet gala weekend. Thanks again Alex for sending this in for us all!
Tony Scott's new series The Hunger will air on The Canadian Movie Network tomorrow night. Hungry for Bowie in the US? Look for the series to air on Showtime here in the States later this fall.
David Bowie is the host for each half-hour episode. The premiere episode (entitled The Suction Method) airs Saturday June 5th at 10:45PM and again on Thursday, June 10th at 10:30 PM.
SYNOPSIS: A middle-aged cheating husband (Fisher Stevens) gets what he deserves when an unusually beautiful carpet cleaner (Valerie Valois) comes over to rid the house of unwanted dirt.
Have a look at the Feb. 26th journal Bowie wrote during the creation of the series.
In this week's TV Guide (June 5-11), there is a feature called "TV's 25Greatest Musical Moments" where TV Guide and the Today Show teamed up toselect the greatest 25 musical moments.
David's guest appearance onBing Crosby's 'Merrie Old Christmas' on November 30, 1977 was the 14thgreatest in the selections made.
They say "Of David Bowie's many peculiar personas (e.g.Ziggy Stardust), this may be the strangest of all: Bing Crosby's duetpartner on a Crosby Christmas TV special. Their repartee was agrandad-meets-martian fiasco, but then the two started singing together,artfully meshing "The Little Drummer Boy" with "Peace On Earth". It wasmagic.
As they glided to the finish, Crosby murmured, "Pretty thing,isn't it?" Yes, Bing, even beautiful."
Here you go Marcel!
This is me with the Bowiemini at Headonstreet, a very famous Bowie streetin London, in this street the Ziggy stardust cover was shooted. In the picyou see the car in front of the telephoneboot, the same one as on the backcover of ziggy!
Hope you understand the joke, since the mini has never been at thisstreet. - Marcel.
BowieNet has been nominated as "Best Artist Site" at this years Yahoo Internet Life Awards. The awards are sponsored by Yahoo Internet Life Magazine. The other nominees are Tori Amos, The Beastie Boys, Public Enemy, Marilyn Manson, and Prince. The winners will be announced on July 19th at Studio 54 in New York City and will be cybercasted (tba). yahoooo!
Here is the first in a 2 part story we will call "The Cyber-Song Journals."
Our very own Bonster wrote the first part of the journals. This is her take on "The Adventures of Alex Grant".
Tomorrow, we will post up part 2. Alex will share his personal journal of his Gala weekend in New York, his activities throughout the weekend, and the grand finale, meeting and recording with David Bowie.
VH1 HISTORY OF ROCK AND ROLL
Wednesday, June 2, 1999, 10:00 p.m. EST
(60 min)
The '70s: Have a Nice Decade
VH-1 will be airing the special "The '70s: Have a Nice Decade" on Wednesday, June 2, 1999, 10:00 p.m. EST.
(Profile) The seventies may stand as the most colorful decade of rock, with the theatrics of artists like David Bowie, Kiss and Alice Cooper. Also, a new craze called disco swept across America..
This special will be shown again on Monday, June 7th at 1:00 a.m. EST
Lifetime channel will re-air a special called'Intimate Portrait' about Iman June 4, 1999from 3:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. EST. Heres a look at a brief bio on Iman.
"Intimate Portrait: Iman" features interviews with her husband, David Bowie; friend Rosie O'Donnell; Peter Beard; and famed fashion photographer Francesco Scavullo.
Have a look at this ZDTV Internet Tonight Best of Music Online 1998, Part 1.
Here is what the report has to say:
BowieNet emerged as the coolest new ISP on the planet. Everyone and their mother were getting online with Ziggy. The site offers up many online firsts, including Bowie pictures and videos not available anywhere else. Full marks to the Thin White Duke for giving not just his fans, but also artists and musicians, a place they can call home online.
Here is a link to the Video Story. Check out the background used for the video clip.
Here is an invation for the event. Mick Rock contributed the photo of David.
We will keep you posted on new developments with this movie staring Bowie. In the mean time, have a look at this Exhuming Mr Rice Special Feature.
In addition, here is a fun clip of Bowie coaching young Alex Grant and friend Larry T. through their background vocal recording session.
Here are a few press clippings and news stories that make mention of the new game and Bowie's involvement.
Here is one site that asks you "What are your thoughts onDavid Bowie entering world of 3-D games." You can let them know by going to www.spokane.net.
Last week we asked you to help create the all-access passes for our "What's Really Happening" backstage personnel. David thought you might like to share your creative powers in creating the "BowieNet Cybersong Event - Backstage Pass." Here are the final designs.
We will post ALL of the submission up next week, and let our 3 lucky winners know who they are. Thanks to everyone for sending in your designs.
The song is called "The Pretty Things Are Going To Hell" and a different version of the song will also be included on the soundtrack which is currently scheduled for release on August 10.
Other artists confirmed for the soundtrack include Massive Attack, Remy Zero, Chumbawamba, Billy Corgan and the Afro Celt Sound System featuring Sinead O'Connor on vocals.
Why are we re-telling this tale? Well, it seems that Mike Garson actually co-composed the score for STIGMATA with Billy Corgan. He also composed the music and Billy wrote the music for the end title. Small World huh.
You can check up on our friend Mike Garson at his website: Mike Garson's Now! Music Network.
For more information, go to www.bowieart.com.
The magazine is a collection of short stories, allillustrated by David's artwork, and the cover has one of David'sself-portrait on it. It's available in bookstores - Barnes & Noble,Borders and smaller independents.
Here is a link to Amazon.com, if you wanted to pick up a copy.
Visit the Zeotrope website at http://www.zoetrope-stories.com for more details on where you could look,subscribe, and all that good stuff.
Responding to a poll conducted by EW Online (www.ew.com), more than 36,000 voters named their favorite rock artists of the classic era (before 1980). The polls put David Bowie at the top of the heap, with a majority (35%) of the votes, beating out John Lennon, Elvis Presley and Jimi Hendrix to name a few. Barbara Streisand came in a distant second with 16.5% of the vote.
Here is the half page photo where David gets the Number One Best Solo Artist mention.
Largent had this to say about his number one pick: "This pre-MTV trilogy from the glam rocker's Lodger days influenced the look of all videos to this day." Click here to view the Lodger videos.
Bowie also snags 2 of the Top 100 Greatest Album Covers with Aladdin Sane and Diamond Dogs.
And it's not over yet... Here is the link to the Entertainment Weekly poll page, where you can submit your votes.
Entertainment Weekly has decided to continue the poll until June 1. So go ahead and show them how we rock the vote one more time. The final votes will be presented on Wednesday, June 2, 1999. We will keep you posted...
Here are a few shots of the MINI, the "Art Car" that was part of an Nation Wide design Competition.
The Mini company asked Kate Moss (model), Paul Smith (clothes designer) and Bowie to design a car. All three were exhibited at the prestigious Design Museum at Butlers Wharf in London.