Sire Records will release the soundtrack to New Line Cinema's upcoming film "Drop Dead Gorgeous," an ensemble comedy starring Kirstie Alley, Ellen Barkin, Kirsten Dunst, and Denise Richards. The album will go to retail on July 13, and the motion picture hits theaters on July 23.The band Everything contribute their remake of David Bowie's "Young Americans," and Primitive Radio Gods perform "Devil's Triangle" from their forthcoming Sire Records album "Mellotron On." An unwholesome portrait of Americana, "Drop Dead Gorgeous" follows a small town's obsession with its teenage beauty contest in a mock-documentary style.
Chat Guest: Chat With Mark Plati Tonight
Don't forget to e-mail your pre-chat questions to us BEFORE the Mark Plati chat goes live (Thats TONIGHT, June 24th 8:00 p.m. EST). Send all your questions to info@davidbowie.com.
Please log into the #ChatGuest room for this chat event. See you there.
Will The Real Website Please Stand Up
Want more from the band Rustic Overtones? Here is another website for you to look at: www.girlgerms.com.
If you want to read about the Bowie/Visconti connection to this band, be sure to have a look at this special section, and be sure to listen to the 2 encoded tracks.
You can also check them out on this website: www.rusticovertones.com
Placebo And Bowie Track
Hut/Virgin Records are releasing 'Without You I'm Nothing' as an EP from Placebo (featuring David Bowie) on July 26th. It's a limited edition release.
Special Announcement: New Bowie Album Due October 5, 1999
David Bowie has just finished recording hours..., his forthcoming album due out October 5 on Virgin Records. Produced by David and longtime collaborator / guitarist Reeves Gabrels, the album will contain such songs as "Thursday's Child," "Survive" and "The Dreamers," as well as "What's Really Happening," the song co-written by Alex Grant, winner of the BowieNet cybersong contest. The mysteriously titled hours... features Bowie on vocals, keyboard and 12-string acoustic guitar; Reeves Gabrels on electric and acoustic guitars, keyboard and programming, Mark Plati (tomorrows chat guest on BowieNet) plays bass, acoustic and electric 12-string guitar, keyboard and drum programming; and Mike Levesque (Dave Navarro Band), drums. The album was mixed by Bowie, Gabrels and Plati. Read the entire story in the press release area.
Technical Note: Java Chat
- We get a lot of email about the Java chat, so here are a few Browser Requirements that you NEED to have to make the java chat work.
- Microsoft Internet Explorer, version 3.02 or later (with 5.0 Scripting Engine)
- You MUST install the 5.0 Scripting Engine for IE to work!
- Netscape Navigator, version 4.0 or later
- Browser that fully support Java 1.02 and JavaScript 2.0
- No numeric characters in nic-name
If you prefer to use the free Microsoft Chat client, here are some helpful tips to get set up.
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Today In Bowie History
26 years ago today, June 23, 1973 "The Prettiest Star" written by David Bowie and recorded by Simon Turner is released.
Just One More Thing!
Thanks to ZDTV for the great 3 part series on David and BowieNet.
In addition to the 3 video / streaming stories, don't miss Liam Mayclem's Online Diary: Meeting With Bowie. It's a look into Liam's personal experiences meeting Bowie and working on this 3 part series.
Here are links to all 3 stories: 
Part One: David Bowie's Cyber Song Contest
Part Two: Bowie as Internet Service Provider
Part Three: Bowie the Web Visionary
Today In Bowie History
6 years ago today, June 22, 1973 - Life On Mars? /
Speaking of singles, here is a collection of singles called "FASHIONS 7" Picture Disc Collection" this collectors edition of picture discs (yes, that's right, on vinyl) was released by RCA in the UK, November of 1982. RCA only released a limited edition of 25,000.
Exhuming Mr. Rice
- "Exhuming Mr. Rice" has been selected to be in competition for the 29thGiffoni Film Festival in Giffoni Valle Piana, Italy. The festival isfrom July 18th to 24th and David has been nominated for a Bronze GryphonAward for Best Actor. The festival is a premiere children's festivalwhere kids are the judges!
Have a look at this Exhuming Mr Rice Special Feature.
Special Announcement: Chat With Mark Plati
Thursday, June 24th 8:00 p.m. EST, BowieNet is pleased to bring you a LIVE CHAT with Mark Plati, Producer and Engineer.
Plati is a producer, engineer and musician based in New York City. He has been a musician since the age of 11, studying bass with Duke Ellington's nephew in high school and a variety of instruments at Indiana University. He came to New York in 1987 and began working with dance music legend Arthur Baker as an engineer, synthesizer programmer and mixer. In 1990 he worked with Prince on the Graffiti Bridge soundtrack, and from there began to move more into rock and mainstream record production. Working with the Poppies in 1991 brought Mark to The Looking Glass Studios, and after that experience he began to make the studio his base, recording there with artists such as David Bowie, The Cure, Duncan Sheik and Deee-Lite, to name a few.
His philosophy is that anything goes in the studio, and has been quoted as saying he likes to make records out of 'junk'. He is also an avid cyclist (often mistaken for a bike messenger).
If you have any questions you would like to ask Mark before the live chat, you can e-mail your Mark Plati questions to info@davidbowie.com. We will use these pre-chat questions in addition to your live questions.
Please log into the #ChatGuest room for this chat event. See you there.
Papas Got A Brand New Bag Of Cash
Wall Street has loaned 67 year-old James Brown, "The Godfather of Soul" $30 Million secured by future royalties on his music in a 'Bowie Bond' style deal.The 'BowieBond' concept involves selling securities backed by future cash flow on artists existing catalogue. Since Bowies' precedent making deal of 1997, all such deals on Wall Street are known as BowieBond deals.
Paul Mcartney Painting
Last months issue of People Magazine featured an article that took a look at what Paul McCartney was up to these days.
The story focused on McCartney's envolvment in painting, and featured this original McCartney painting entitled "Bowie Spewing" from Paul's collection.
Here is a quick bit about the piece:
Although entitled "Bowie spewing", this small painting was not planned as a portrait. As so often the case with McCartney, the subject emerged during the painting process. Experimental painting with no other motive than "just to let the paint lead the way" (McCartney) results in a physiognomy which reminds the artist of David Bowie at an early stage in his career, the time of his "Ziggy Stardust" album.
Is There A Dr. In The House?
- This years class of 1999 honorary doctorate and commencement speakers contained some heavy hitters, including the likes of Al Gore, General Norman Schwartzkopf, John F. Kennedy Jr., Henry Kissenger and of course David Bowie.
Here is a fun article sent in by BowieNet member SpaceBoy. The article (Time Magazine, June 7 1999) mentions some of the more memorable moments from each speech.
Bowie gets called out as the Class Clown, quoting his opening joke: "How does a tuba player answer the telephone? Hello, Domino's"
If you didn't get a chance to see Bowie's Commencement Speech, you can do so by now.
We have ALSO posted 22 images of the Berklee Commencement. All photos were taken by Iman.
Visconti, Rustic Overtones, And Bowie
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- That's right. Tony Visconti and Bowie are back at it! This time, the 2 long-time collaborators are working with the up-and-coming New England band called Rustic Overtones.
Tony, who is currently producing the bands new album, was kind enough to include BowieNet in the upcoming project by sending us this info about the band, how they met, and David's involvement.
Bowie will indeed be doing some work with The Rustic Overtones. Check out this special section, and be sure to listen to the 2 encoded tracks. They are quite addicting!
You can also check them out on the website: www.rusticovertones.com
David Bowie To Include What's Really Happening, The Track Written In The Cyber-song Bowienet Contest, On Forthcoming Album Titled 'hours...' Due Out October 5 On Virgin Records
FROM: TRESA REDBURN/MITCH SCHNEIDER
DAVID BOWIE has just finished recording hours..., his forthcoming album due out October 5 on Virgin Records. Produced by BOWIE and longtime collaborator/guitarist Reeves Gabrels, the album will contain such songs as "Thursday's Child," "Survive" and "The Dreamers," as well as "What's Really Happening," the song co-written by Alex Grant, winner of the BowieNet cybersong contest.
"What's Really Happening," regarded as the first true cyber-song, was the result of collaborative efforts between Bowie and co-writer Alex Grant, who was one of 80,000 people who submitted lyrics online to the Bug Music-sponsored BowieNet cyber-song contest. Last month, fans around the world were able to watch a live webcast of the recording session on BowieNet, Tunes.com/RollingStone.com and the Lucent Technologies FullView web site, as Bowie laid down the song tracks with Grant and his friend singing background. This event marked the first-ever public webcast using the 360-degree FullView camera, invented at Bell Labs, the research and development arm of Lucent Technologies (NYSE: LU). According to BOWIE, "The most gratifying part of the evening for me was being able to encourage Alex and his pal Larry to sing on the song that he, Alex, had written. It was a cool way to finish the session off."
The mysteriously titled hours... features: BOWIE, vocals, keyboard and 12-string acoustic guitar; REEVES GABRELS, electric and acoustic guitars, keyboard and programming; MARK PLATI, bass, acoustic and electric 12-string guitar, keyboard and drum programming; and MIKE LEVESQUE (Dave Navarro Band), drums. The album was mixed by BOWIE, Gabrels and Plati. Other details about the album and its first single/video are TBA.
Bowie Tv Tonight
VH1 TONIGHT
June 18, 1999, 2:30 a.m.
6:00pm EST (60 min)
Legends "David Bowie"
VH-1 will be re-running David Bowie's 'LEGENDS' (Profile) From cult stardom in the 1970s to superstarstatus in the 1980s and 1990s, David Bowie established an enduringname for himself as a musician and artist.
Wow, Even More On Zdtv Tonight
- Tonight, ZDTV completes it's exclusive 3-Part TV / Web Series on www.zdtv.com/internettonight. As you know, you can check it out on BOTH TV and the web.
TONIGHTS EPISODE: Friday, June 18: "Bowie, The Visionary"
Liam Mayclem queries Bowie on MP3, online movie distribution, and what lies ahead for the music world and the Internet.
Don't forget about the give-aways. Check the www.zdtv.com/internettonight website for details, and watch tonight!
Cyber Song Stuff
- Here are a couple shots from the Cyber Song Contest, taken with the Lucent 360 Cam. In the next few weeks, we will be bringing you more goodies from this event, including a condensed version of the night's festivities.
For now, please enjoy these 2 shots
( 1 | 2 ) from our friends at Lucent.
Hey, what's that on Bowie's finger??
Zdtv Starts Tonight
Tonight, ZDTV begins it's exclusive 3-Part TV / Web Series. www.zdtv.com/internettonight. You can check it out on BOTH TV and the web.
ZDTV, the only 24-hour television channel about computers, technology and theInternet, will air an exclusive three-part series, David Bowie's Technical World, June16, 17 and 18.
TONIGHTS EPISODE: Wednesday, June 16: The Cyber Song Contest
Internet Tonight films a recording session at New York's Looking Glass Studio, asDavid Bowie records the song written with BowieNet Cyber Song contest winner AlexGrant. The contest drew more than 200,000 entries, and Bowie chose Grant's songbecause "...it was impertinent, scanned well and was easy to sing."
BowieNet will re-broadcast all 3 segments in the upcoming weeks, just in case you don't get ZDTV in your area, PLUS a special BowieNet Exclusive "All the Outtakes, not seen from the ZDTV Webumentary" - How Fun!
BUT WAIT!! THAT'S NOT ALL: What about the prizes???
Here'sthe list of prizes ZDTV is planning to give away to several very luckyviewers over the next few weeks:
3 year-long subscriptions to BowieNet
5 personalized, autographed BowieNet mousepads
5 personalized, autographed CD's (Bowie's Greatest Hits)
Yes, even BowieNet members can enter to win, go make sure you check the www.zdtv.com/internettonight website for details, and watch tonight!