Bowie Back In Britain

"How the f**k did you guys recognise me with my shades on?"
DB with BowieNetter Alex A (left) at Southampton yesterday.

The European cannon is here...again...

David Bowie arrived back in Britain yesterday to begin another round of promotional stuff for 'Heathen', and his next single 'Everyone Says Hi'...and, of course, for the European shows already mentioned here on BowieNet.

Arriving back at Southampton yesterday morning, DB was again met by fans, one of whom, Alex Alexander, kindly supplied the above picture of himself with David. Thanx Alex...you're a rock, whatever that means.

Rumours of more signing sessions and TV appearances have been bouncing around the MBs, and here follows a few of David's confirmed engagements...this is by no means a complete list of everything David will be doing, and you should stay tuned for more TV and radio stuff in the UK.

David begins his schedule by celebrating my birthday tomorrow... well he won't be celebrating it exactly, but he will be accepting a rather special award of which we'll tell you more about later tomorrow. (I know it's tacky to keep mentioning my birthday, but you know me, 100% nylon sheets)

The following week, David begins a few days of promotions, some of which I've outlined below:

Monday 9th London
Instore signing at HMV, as reported here last week.

Tuesday 10th Paris
Record piece for ?Vivement Dimanche? TV, to be broadcast at a later date. Instore signing at the Champs Elysées Virgin Megastore.

Wednesday 11th Paris
Record piece for ?Hypershow? TV, to be broadcast at a later date.

Friday 13th Gothenburg
Instore signing at Bengans record store.

Sat 14 Gothenburg
Live performance on 'Grand Lottery Show'.

In October, David will be performing for the ?Wetten Das? TV show in Germany on the 5th, and for the ?Quelli Che il Calcio? TV show in Milan on the 6th. We'll bring you the finer details nearer the time of each of the above appearances.

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Listen To David's Latest Radio Interview On 'fresh Air'

Terry Gross just after her recent interview with db

Listen to me

David has given a new interview to 'Fresh Air' with Terry Gross, one of the most popular programmes on USA public radio. This cutting edge, weekday 'magazine' of contemporary arts and news issues is a one hour programme which often features in-depth interviews with prominent cultural and entertainment figures. I won't give too much away about what David has had to say, but do be sure and tune in at the following times tomorrow - Wednesday 4th September.

New York City:
WNYC-FM New York 93.9 3:00 PM to 4:00 PM
WNYC-AM New York 820 3:00 PM to 4:00 PM

Los Angeles:
KCRW-FM Santa Monica 89.9 3:00 PM to 4:00 PM

More stations throughout the USA can be found here. The website does say that the programme can be accessed in Europe on the 'World Radio Network'. You can see a text trailer for the show here, and you can listen to any current show online.

(Please note that these times are subject to change due to breaking news.)

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The Stars Come Out For David Bowie

"Making my love like a shining star..."
David Bowie 2002 by Total Blam Blam.

Somebody plays my song in tune...

Several of those crazy rock star folk have recently chosen to record their own versions of David Bowie tunes. So, dear member, if you're interested in that type of thing...please do keep reading...

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You love bands when they're playing hard...

Lead singer of Def Leppard, and good friend of BowieNet, Joe Elliot, recently informed me that the band have a cover of 'Rebel Rebel' as a bonus track on CD2 of their current single, 'Now'. It's a cracking version, which will be no surprise to those of you familiar with the many Bowie tunes Joe has already covered as a member of Cybernauts.

If you aren't familiar with the name Cybernauts, then you must be new here. Go check out the following items about the most famous Bowie cover band on Earth, that also boasts two original Spiders among its ranks... (11/21/00 NEWS: CYBERNAUTS ARE COMING ? 01/16/01 NEWS: CYBERNAUTS LIVE CD OUT NOW ? 07/09/01 NEWS: EXCLUSIVE - JOE ELLIOTT SPEAKS TO BOWIENET ? 07/11/01 SNIPPET: CYBERNAUTS IN CLASSIC ROCK MAG)

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Someone passed some bliss among the crowd...

1 Giant Leap have recorded a curious new folk/rap hybrid, all-star version, of 'Memory Of A Free Festival'. The track was recorded at Glastonbury as a tribute to the origins of the festival. The band decided to record the song as a "tribute to the distant beginnings of the Glastonbury phenomenon."

Jamie Catto of the band explains further in his online Glastonbury diary:

"I guess I should tell you the Mission we had in mind: Having specially prepared a backing track of David Bowie?s ?Memory of a Free Festival? we decided to make a short film about Glastonbury based on the song including images and bits of interview from the madness there and, in typical 1GL style, grab as many of the best artists playing there to sing or play on the track.

The plan was to have the film and song recorded, edited, mixed and laid down in 3 days and somehow get them to screen it on the big screens by the Main Stage on Sunday night. We set up the laptop studio and the editing laptops in two vans in the Greenpeace Field, all powered by Solar Power believe it or not, and set about trying to beg, borrow and steal backstage passes to all the stages so we could grab the artists.

We ran around like madmen. I had a mobile phone on each ear for most of the festival, repeatedly calling managers, agents and sometimes the artists themselves who all had more important things on their minds."

1 Giant Leap were successful in achieving their aim, here's Jamie again:

"On Sunday evening at 7pm (just after Isaac Hayes came off stage) the Main Stage DJ announced what ?those crazy dudes called 1 Giant Leap? had accomplished and screened our little film. The song sounded awesome on those enormous speakers and we were all very emotional as our fantastic collaborators came onto the screen one by one and the forty thousand strong crowd cheered and danced."

Contributors to the recording in order of appearance were: Susana Baca, Lou (Lamb), Sophie (Zero 7), Maxi Jazz (Faithless), Michael Franti (Spearhead), Damon (Badly Drawn Boy) and Manu Chao.

Click on the shortcuts to experience the fruit of their labour in either Windows Media or RealPlayer formats.

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All 26 members of The Polyphonic Spree manage to squeeze on to the RFH stage,
at David Bowie's Meltdown festival back in June. Photograph by Total Blam Blam.

I never thought I'd need so many people...

That most profound of religious experiences, and one of my own very favourite Meltdown acts, The Polyphonic Spree, have announced details of their first UK tour. Hot on the heels of their recent festival appearances, the eight dates (so far at least) culminate in a show at London's Shepherd Bush Empire on October the 27th.

The Spree have been performing 'Five Years' since their decision to include it in their Meltdown set, and hopefully it'll remain part of the show for the forthcoming tour.

Their current single, 'Soldier Girl', is available in a very limited pressing of 3,000...surely a future collector's item, so buy it now. And a slightly different version of their wonderful first album 'The Beginning Stages of...' will be reissued in the UK on September 23rd on CD and on double gatefold vinyl with different artwork. If you fancy something particularly different from the norm, make sure you catch this band live...you will not be disappointed.

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"Little Drummer Boy." Danny Goffey in full flight during Supergrass's
blistering set at David Bowie's Meltdown. Pic by Total Blam Blam.

Like the ragged boy who races with the wind...

While we're talking Meltdown acts, Danny Goffey of the quite brilliant Supergrass (superb new album due soon) is this week's compiler of his ultimate 10 track compilation CD in the magazine's regular Burn It feature. Danny chose a song that first saw the light of day on the Decca album, 'The World Of David Bowie', and it was also a song that was among Tony Visconti's very first productions for David.

Here's what Danny had to say about 'In The Heat Of The Morning':

"It goes (poor Bowie warble), 'In the heat of the mo-ho-rning-ah!' and it's got this mad organ solo. It's from the 60's, I think it was on a rarity album, before Ziggy and all that. It's weird it was never more popular. We tried to cover it, we're in the process of maybe covering it live."

While we're on the subject of NME's Burn It feature (hasn't this flowed nicely), the loveable Corey Taylor of Slipknot, again singles out David Bowie for praise. (He chose 'Scary Monsters' in a similar feature for another magazine a while back.) It seems that Corey is ignoring the jeers of his hard-rocking friends with his inclusion of 'Ashes To Ashes' among several very heavy tunes for his Burn It compilation. Those of you offended by colourful language may want to skip his quote though:

"I don't give a fuck what anybody else says, David Bowie is fuckin' awesome. Sure, he's had his days where you just look at him and go, 'Dude, what were you thinking?' But this is just a great song."

So there you have it. Sorry this has been such a long piece, but it's Sunday...what else did you have to do? };-)

Win Tmwfte On Dvd Now... Or Sometime In The Future?

No mistake here... If you know what to do, good luck. If you don't, you need to look around!

Win Tmwfte On Dvd Now... Or Sometime In The Future?

No mistake here... If you know what to do, good luck. If you don't, you need to look around!

Bowie London Show... It's A Date!

"I'll be back, playing over there somewhere, in October."
DB during his last London appearance at Meltdown.

How Lucky You Are...

This announcement may not be quite what you were all expecting, but as I promised to give you more details by the end of the week, here we go...

I am revealing as much as I can at the moment, so please be patient and stay tuned for more information. In an attempt to make your plans a little easier to make however, I can tell you that David Bowie will play a London venue on Wednesday, October 2nd.

For reasons that are probably obvious to you, I am posting information relating to this show in the members area only for now, this is in the vain hope that details don't leak too far outside the BowieNet community.

Please do be patient for ticket and venue details, and please remember I can not respond to personal appeals for more information, however difficult your situation, neither can I respond to MB requests of a similar nature.

Thanx for your attention kidz! };-)

Bowiephiles

"Ugh...where did you put the Alka-Seltzer darling...I may look like a sex god, but I feel like crap!"
DB on the set of TMWFTE by Warren Peace. Nicked from the jealously guarded Blammo archives.

I'll paint you mornings of gold

Welcome back to the weekend column for and about people who love da man..

New Interview : NPR : 08/28/02

If you tuned in to NPR's 'Morning Edition' (USA) on Wednesday morning you might have been surprised to hear David (still in his pyjamas - see above ;-) talking to the host Renee Montagne about songwriting, specifically some of the songs from Heathen ("all the overnight crew (22 year olds) are in love with it" she tells David), and some snippets about parenthood 'Chez Bowie' over the last few days. David talks about his (unique - in my view) ability to provide an apt sonic background to inform the lyrics he writes, and Seven, who mailed in the link, selected this quote "Its the space in between the artist and the audience that is the real 'matter' of a piece of art" The interview really is fascinating stuff, and you can hear the whole thing, streaming here. Don't miss this..

Area: 2 review : Seattle Times : 08/19/02

I know you will empathise 100% with this great quote from the Seattle Times review of David's last date on the Area: 2 Tour. "...by far, the most amazing scene of the night was the audience behavior before Bowie's set. "Dude! C'mon, it's Bowie!," screamed one twentysomething man to his friends, who were closer to the top of the grassy hill. "C'MON!" His five friends responded by careening down the paved walkway to find a good spot closer to the stage. Within a few minutes, the kids and the older audience members merged for the first time. Every paved walkway leading to the stage was crammed with people clamoring to get closer to Bowie. Bowie performed decades of hits...while constant and loud audience cheers were the only thing all day to rival the volume of the thumping DJ tent.

Here's a lovely pic of db and Gail, backstage at Jay Leno.

Image: Mark Plati

And while on the subject of Area: 2, here are one or two more reviews which came in too late for the original gig news item deadlines. The press for these shows was just one big wave of ecstasy. A huge pleasure to read and to work with.

The Hollywood Reporter on L.A.:- "the Thin White Duke combined an elegant air with a deadpan sense of humor (" 'Heathen' -- I gotta pick up a copy of that; I understand it's really good," he quipped about his new album) and proved he's one of the best songwriters in rock 'n' roll, period.

Highlights of his total pleasure of a set included the new "Slip Away," with its sad-eyed, haunting grandeur, and the spare, syncopated "5:15 the Angels Have Gone." Bowie also took an enthusiastic audience through a tour of his decades of material.

"We're off to the '90s; pack your bags," he cracked before "Afraid of Americans." "Stay" was a percussive, soaring rave-up, while "Fame" remained its funky, resonant self. Several songs took on a new incarnation live: "Heroes" was bouncier than on disc, while "Let's Dance" sported a gloomy, atmospheric intro. "Ziggy Stardust" completed a memorable set.

and also the Mercury News on San Francisco:- The audience ate up each act. David Bowie got the biggest response, with a taut, tight, heavy-on-the-bass 90-minute set.. The 55-year-old English rocker, who wore a black suit and vest under a simple lit-up BOWIE sign, has been mixing experimental sounds with commercial ones for three decades.

There was a sci-fi tinge to the set, which began with 1972's ``Is There Life on Mars?'' and included 1977's ``A New Career in a New Town'' from ``Low,'' the album that could be the textbook for Moby's later electronic experimentation.

Bowie's bassist, Gail Ann Dorsey, punched beats from songs that predated hip-hop and helped set the stage for it, songs such as ``Fame'' and ``Fashion.''

This time out, the man who fell to the stage with a new persona for every tour was part blond California surfer, part television pitchman. Not only did he seem to enjoy playing songs he swore off years ago, but he jokingly promised to go into the audience after the show to sell such new musical products as the ``Jackalope'' and the ``Stylophone,'' which he said makes ``Major Tom''-like sounds.

Ziggy (Movie Re-Release) : The Guardian : 08/02/02

This quote from a recent edition of The Guardian, reviewing films on release in L.A., homes in on db's life-long ability (and enthusiasm) to 'rip it up and start again':- Ziggy finds Bowie casting about for new guises as he readies the last few nails for the Zigster's pine box and essentially prepares to throw away a guaranteed money-spinner - which is pretty frickin' rock'n'roll, I think. Ziggy emerges as a portrait of an artist more than prepared to burn all his bridges and start again from degree zero.

Here are some more great quotes from recent reviews of the Dolby Digital Surround 5.1 re-release. From Rotten Tomatoes:- "what truly awes is the realization of Bowie's completely mature command of both his voice and the stage so early in his career." and from Film Critic.com:- "You want to cheer, hold up a lighter, and sing along?" (our Mask was at a recent showing in L.A. and posted on the boards that the audience were indeed holding up lighters.. eat your heart out Rocky.. ) The New Times, L.A. adds:- "The ...brilliant sound of Ziggy and his Spiders (Mick Ronson, Trevor Bolder, Mick Woodmansy) has been remixed by longtime Bowie producer Tony Visconti, and Bowie's theatrical vision is deservedly legendary. How could anyone hope to control a camera in the presence of a minor deity?" and Film Threat say:- "Through a stroke of brilliant scheduling, "Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars" is being released at the same time that Bowie's latest album "Heathen" is being unveiled. Bowie fans who need a reason to celebrate the trajectory of the artist's career can make use of this cinematic Alpha and CD Omega."

Don't forget - 'Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars' is showing on AMC in the USA at 12.10AM and again at 12.50PM on 08/31/02. There are also lots more cinema showings coming up around the USA. Check out Cowboy Pictures for the full listing.

Space Oddity : The Guardian : 08/16/02

Roddy Frame (ex Aztec Camera) was the subject of a recent 'Home Entertainment' column in The Guardian and had this to say about his earliest musical moment. :- "I'm always trying to find that special thing in pop music. For me, it started with Space Oddity by David Bowie - it has that semi-tone shift which fascinated me. I played it endlessly to my mum and it made me feel this yearning. It's a kind of sweetness, and it can turn up in the strangest places."

Young Americans : The Emperor's Club : Showing Now

"Young Americans" accompanies the trailer for "The Emperor's Club", a new film starring Kevin Kline, Embeth Davidtz and Rob Morrow. The film is about a professor (Kline) from an elite boys' prep school who is challenged by the headstrong son of a powerful senator. The two battle it out for the hearts and souls of the other students, inexorably changing the fate of both the men.

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Bowie Track On Mercury Music Prize 2002 Cd

And here are we, At the center of it all...

This week sees the release of the limited edition Mercury Music Prize 2002 Compilation CD. As is usual, the album contains a track from each of the shortlisted albums plus a bonus track from the previous year's winning album. (In this case 'Stories From The City' by PJ Harvey)

The hour long CD which is only available for six weeks before it is deleted, contains David Bowie's 'Slow Burn' from the Mercury nominated 'Heathen'. The cover (above) features the painting 'Millions' by London-based artist Laszlo Lukacs. Here is the 2002 Panasonic Mercury Music Prize CD tracklisting:

01. Shoulda Woulda Coulda - Beverley Knight
02. Slow Burn - David Bowie
03. There Goes the Fear - Doves
04. It Takes More - Ms. Dynamite
05. Has It Come to This? - The Streets
06. I Remember When - The Coral
07. Let A Good Thing Go - Gemma Hayes
08. Silent to the Dark - Electric Soft Parade
09. Dreamy Days - Roots Manuva
10. No Trophy - The Bees
11. Underdogs (excerpt) - Guy Barker
12. Dance It - Joanna MacGregor
13. This Is Love - PJ Harvey

The winner of the 2002 Panasonic Mercury Music Prize will be announced at the Mercury Prize show on Tuesday, 17th September. The event will be broadcast live on BBC4 and on Radio 1, and there will also be a BBC2 60-minute Mercury Prize special on Friday, 20th September, hosted by Jools Holland and Jo Whiley.

Db Due For London Signing Session

A weary, but ultimately relieved DB...nursing severe RSI, finally spies the end
of the queue at the Virgin Megastore in 1999. Picture by Total Blam Blam.

I asked for an autograph...

David Bowie is due to do his first signing session in London since that memorable day at the Virgin Megastore back in December 1999. (12/03/99 TEASER: LONDON...TA TA & 12/06/99 NEWS: VIRGIN MEGASTORE SIGNING 12/04/99)

This time the session will take place at HMV in Oxford Street on Monday 9th September for an hour, between 11.00 am to 12.00 midday. The event will be restricted to 150 lucky ticket holders, and we'll be posting details of how BowieNetters can obtain these tickets shortly.

Here is the full press release:

David Bowie meets his fans at HMV: rare PA as prelude to Mercury Music Prize

One hundred and fifty lucky David Bowie fans have the chance to meet their hero when he makes a very rare personal appearance at HMV?s 150 Oxford Street flagship store in London?s West End next month.

Bowie visits the store for an hour from 11.00 am to 12.00 midday on Monday 9th September. Such is the anticipated demand to meet Bowie, however, that fan access will be restricted to the first 150 people obtaining free tickets for the event. Full details of how fans can obtain tickets will be available via his website, www.davidbowie.com.

David Bowie will be signing copies of his much-acclaimed hit album, Heathen, which is shortlisted as one of the Albums of the Year in the 2002 Panasonic Mercury Music Prize. Bowie?s HMV appearance comes a week prior to the Final of the Mercury Music Prize, on Tuesday 17th September.

Released in June this year, Heathen sees David Bowie reunited with legendary producer Tony Visconti. Guest musicians on the album include Pete Townshend and the Foo Fighter?s Dave Grohl.

Wow, I'm getting butterflies already. While we're on the subject of the Mercury Music Prize...

Best Of Bowie Dvd Tracklisting Released

"Heroes", John, I'm Only Dancing, Boys Keep Swinging, Ashes To Ashes, Little Wonder, The Jean Genie...
These plus another forty videos (and more) available for your viewing pleasure through EMI in November.

Waiting for the gift of sound and vision...

EMI have released details of the 'Best of Bowie? DVD that we mentioned last week. (08/21/02 NEWS: BEST OF BOWIE - 23 VERSIONS WORLDWIDE!) Due on November 4th, the DVD has been produced to tie in with the ?Best Of Bowie? album, which will be released on 21st October. This 47 track double DVD is easily the most complete set of Bowie visual performances ever collected together. Here's a bit from the press release to explain further:

"This 2 disc set boasts a plethora of TV performances, such as ?Oh! You Pretty Things?, ?Five Years? and ?Queen Bitch? (all taken from the ?Old Grey Whistle Test?), ?Young Americans? (from The ?Dick Cavett Show?) and the now legendary ?Starman? performance from ?Top Of The Pops?. The DVD will also include the only contemporary performance of ?Rebel Rebel? on film, which was taken from the Dutch TV programme ?TopPop?."

Here's the full breakdown:

Best of Bowie DVD - Catalogue Number: 490 1039

DVD 1:
01 Oh! You Pretty Things (Old Grey Whistle Test) (Take 2)
02 Queen Bitch (Old Grey Whistle Test)
03 Five Years (Old Grey Whistle Test)
04 Starman (Top Of The Pops)
05 John, I'm Only Dancing
06 The Jean Genie
07 Space Oddity
08 Drive-In Saturday (Russell Harty Plus Pop)
09 Ziggy Stardust (from Motion Picture)
10 Life On Mars? (Mick Rock)
11 Rebel Rebel (TopPop)
12 Young Americans (Dick Cavett Show)
13 Be My Wife
14 "Heroes"
15 Boys Keep Swinging
16 DJ
17 Look Back In Anger
18 Ashes To Ashes
19 Fashion
20 Wild Is The Wind
21 Let's Dance
22 China Girl
23 Modern Love
24 Cat People (Live from Serious Moonlight Tour)
25 Blue Jean
26 Loving The Alien
27 Dancing In The Street

DVD 2:
01 Absolute Beginners
02 Underground
03 As The World Falls Down
04 Day-In Day-Out
05 Time Will Crawl
06 Never Let Me Down
07 Fame '90
08 Jump They Say
09 Black Tie White Noise
10 Miracle Goodnight
11 Buddha Of Suburbia
12 The Heart?s Filthy Lesson
13 Strangers When We Meet
14 Hallo Spaceboy
15 Little Wonder
16 Dead Man Walking
17 Seven Years In Tibet
18 I'm Afraid Of Americans
19 Thursday's Child
20 Survive

The little montage thingy I've done above utilises screen grabs from the videos, so please don't take it as any indication of the quality of this DVD release, which is obviously spot on, and better quality than any previous Bowie video compilation. Well I'm jolly excited about this one, and I'm sure you are too. Keep watching this space for more information and competition details soon.

Best Of Bowie Dvd

BEST OF BOWIE DVD - Release Date: 4th November 2002
EMI Records
Catalogue Number: 490 1039

To tie in with the 'Best Of Bowie' album, which will be released on 21st October , EMI Catalogue release the long awaited 'Best of Bowie' DVD on November 4th.

This 2 disc set boasts a plethora of TV performances, such as 'Oh! You Pretty Things', 'Five Years' and 'Queen Bitch' (all taken from the 'Old Grey Whistle Test'), 'Young Americans' (from The 'Dick Cavett Show') and the now legendary 'Starman' performance from 'Top Of The Pops'. The DVD will also include the only contemporary performance of 'Rebel Rebel' on film, which was taken from the Dutch TV programme 'TopPop'.

All of this, coupled with the classic videos and live concert appearances, make this 47 track collection truly the 'Best Of Bowie'

DVD 1 1. Oh! You Pretty Thing (Old Grey Whistle Test) (Take 2) 2. Queen Bitch (Old Grey Whistle Test) 3. Five Years (Old Grey Whistle Test) 4. Starman (Top Of The Pops) 5. John, I'm Only Dancing 6. The Jean Genie 7. Space Oddity 8. Drive-In Saturday (Russell Harty Plus Pop) 9. Ziggy Stardust (from Motion Picture) 10. Life On Mars? (Mick Rock) 11. Rebel Rebel (TopPop) 12. Young Americans (Dick Cavett Show) 13. Be My Wife 14. "Heroes" 15. Boys Keep Swinging 16. DJ 17. Look Back In Anger 18. Ashes To Ashes 19. Fashion 20. Wild Is The Wind 21. Let's Dance 22. China Girl 23. Modern Love 24. Cat People (Live from Serious Moonlight Tour) 25. Blue Jean 26. Loving The Alien 27. Dancing In The Street

DVD 2 1. Absolute Beginners 2. Underground 3. As The World Falls Down 4. Day-In Day-Out 5. Time Will Crawl 6. Never Let Me Down 7. Fame '90 8. Jump They Say 9. Black Tie White Noise 10. Miracle Goodnight 11. Buddha Of Suburbia 12. The Heart's Filthy Lesson 13. Strangers When We Meet 14. Hallo Spaceboy 15. Little Wonder 16. Dead Man Walking 17. Seven Years In Tibet 17. I'm Afraid Of Americans 18. Thursday's Child 19. Survive

Have You Caught Virus Yet?

Get me to the doctor...

Judging by the MBs, a few of you have already been infected by the recently launched VIRUS section here on BowieNet. Though it's still just a germ of a thing, it will mutate and grow over time as it sends out it's info-sucking tentacles around the land of Bowie!

While VIRUS is still being cultured in our laboratory, you can check out bits of it now. The CONTAGIA section looks at the world outside BowieNet with links to sites that cover Art, Design, Literature, Movies and Music...there has been a lot of input from David here, with links to much beautiful work.

Other areas contained within VIRUS include: TRANSMIT where you can send Bowie Postcards with musical attachments to whoever the hell you want; there are a few primitive games you can play in the RECREATE section...such as solitaire with a pack of Bowie cards; and there is the X-CHANGE section with BOWIE v MOBY and BOWIE v AIR cyber discussions that most of you will have seen, but with the promise of more X-CHANGEs to come.

All of these existing sections will grow as the BowieNet community feeds them, with the RAVES, SYMBIONTS and BREED sections still to come. There is no known cure for VIRUS, so it's best you learn to live with it as soon as you can. Start by clicking on the word ENTER in the panel above.

Forthcoming Db On Tv

David Bowie getting in the mood for narrating 'The 1970's.
Image: Total Blam Blam

(If) I can talk on television

Premiering on AMC in the USA on Friday August 30th at 8.00PM (ET) is a new and original two hour TV special, 'Hollywood Rocks The Movies: The 1970's' hosted and narrated by none other than 'legendary musical artist' and 'rock superstar' David Bowie. The show 'traces the infusion of music into the movies of the 1970's'.

Further details include this:-

'THE 1970's' takes viewers on a romp through the most ground-breaking rock and roll films of the 1970s. Spectacular film clips, trailers, photographs, interviews with rock and rollers and Hollywood insiders complement the music of an array of artists from The Rolling Stones and Bob Marley, to The Bee Gees and The Sex Pistols, highlighting the two-hour special narrated by rock superstar David Bowie.

Repeat showings:- Sunday 1st September at 6.00PM, Tuesday 3rd September, 10.15PM, Wednesday 4th September, 2.10AM and Monday 16th September at 9.45AM and again at 3.10PM.

You can read more in the press release for the show, here.

Don't miss!

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Come see, come see, remember me?

And... What a TREAT is in store for those of you who can receive ARTE! If you who were lucky enough to be able to attend the almost instantly sold out Paris show at Olympia on July 1st this year you will remember the presence of TV cameras (07/02/02 NEWS: LAST NIGHT'S PARIS SHOW RECORDED FOR TV). The resulting film is to be shown as part of a 'Music Planet Special: David Bowie Evening' on Thursday 12th September. The evening commences at 8.45PM, with the concert broadcast from 10.55PM until 12.35AM. The website offers pages about the evening in either German or French.

If you read German, check out this message board post for the complete schedule.

Also coming up for German viewers - on 5th Oct on the ZDF TV Show 'Wetten Dass', David will give an interview and perform 'Everyone Says Hi'. Check out this News Item on Sony Music's German site.

You can find all this and much more in your Bowie Calendar.

Enjoy!

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Plati Pix... A Few That Got Away

I Have Not Been To Oxford Town...

With excitement mounting for David's return to Europe, here are a few reminders of his recent visit to this continent. These pictures from last month's European jaunt, courtesy of Mark Plati, slipped through the net due to the fact that we were so spoilt for choice at the time. Hope you enjoy them...I'm sure we'll post a few more very soon.

David Bowie Chaps. Just one section of David's vast alternate touring wardrobe.
Though he favoured a kind of Wyatt Earp outfit for most of the dates...DB did toy
with the idea of going the whole hog with the Alexander McQueen cowboy look!.

"OK, if I get on first, do you lot promise to follow?" A nervous David Bowie band gets ready to board.

"Gottle a geer, gottle a geer...Who are you callin' dummy?"
DB and GAD backstage at the Quart Festival in Norway.

The Bowie touring party often enjoys an in-flight game of sardines...that's DB hiding in the back!

Bowie London Show: Will He? Won't He?

"Ouch! What a time to get bloody cramp of the thigh."
DB during his last London appearance at Meltdown.

So long as you're with the London boys...

I have had, understandably, several panicked enquiries via e-mail, and have spied many posts from concerned members on the MBs regarding the possibility of a forthcoming David Bowie London show. Well, I'm afraid I can't give too much away right now, suffice to say David will be playing a London concert in early October. Stay tuned for more details towards the end of next week, if not a little sooner!

Bowie Gets Close To The Ledge

"If you record another one of my songs boy, you can keep the jacket!"
The Legendary Ziggy Stardust Cowboys get together in San Francisco.

And I think my spaceship knows which way to go...

Some of you may have already spied this story from Tony Philputt which BowieNetter Regina found and posted on the MBs yesterday. Tony is The Man when it comes to all things concerned with The Ledge, and he's also a charming and very generous person to boot.

Tony is responsible for the very first, and probably the last (there won't be a need for another) documentary on The Ledge, 'Cotton Pickin' Smash! The Story of the Legendary Stardust Cowboy', and he thought a meeting between The Ledge and David Bowie would be the perfect ending for his film.

That perfect ending happened on Wednesday, August 14th, (not the 18th as reported elsewhere) backstage at David Bowie's San Francisco show at the Shoreline Amphitheatre. Tony tells the story perfectly over at www.keyofZ.com, here's a short excerpt:

"About halfway thru the show, Bowie's road manager came up to the table, shook our hands and told us how excited David was that we were there. He instructed us to stay where we were and he would come get us after the show. When he returned, we followed him to the front of a line of folks who were waiting for the ol' "Meet 'n' Greet" with David. You could hear some grumbling about why we got placed ahead of them in line since they had been there longer. But mostly I think they were just trying to figure out who the hell we were.

They didn't wait long. Bowie came around the corner -- and his face lit up like the proverbial Christmas tree. "LEDGE!!!!!" came out of his mouth as he rushed up to Norm and gave him a big squeeze. The look on both their faces was priceless. Then he turned to me and said (I swear): "Hey, you're the bloke who made the movie!" He leaned in and said (again I swear), "Make sure I have your phone number and email address 'cause I think I can help you."

"There she is son...an honest to goodness Gemini Spaceship"
"Wow! That thing really moves, you're actually going home in it?"

"Dumbfounded that he even knew who I was, we gave him the various gifts we'd brought (he's wearing one of them in the photos) and stood around and gabbed for a bit, much to the amazement and befuddlement of the other folks waiting in line. As we left, he pulled me aside again and reiterated how much he enjoyed the film, how he thought my idea for redoing it with a different ending was a great idea, and made sure he had my phone number!"

Here's a bit Tony didn't include in his account about the jacket that David is wearing:

"It was VERY difficult for me to part with as it was a gift from Norman to me. But I wanted to thank DB for the kindness and respect that he showed "The Ledge" (Something that as you know is the exception and not the rule) and that made it somewhat easier. It was made for Norman by a fan of his back in 1986."

I've experienced Tony's generosity first hand too. You may remember he gave me a bugle that belonged to The Ledge (06/16/02 NEWS: LAST NIGHT AT MELTDOWN) that had also been a gift from Norman. What a diamond geezer he is.

On a final note, look out for the latest Legendary Stardust Cowboy release, that includes a "favour returned" in the shape of a completely insane version of 'Space Oddity'. "I Got The Corn Crib Blues" indeed.

Bowienetter Mask Makes Good

This girl, her world is made of flashlights and films...

Talented rock photographer Myriam Santos-Kayda is the latest to have the honour of a gallery of David Bowie pictures here on BowieNet bestowed upon her. The deliciously diminutive snapper, better known to members as BowieNetter Mask, is more than just a simple photographer though, as those of us that know her well can attest. But exactly what else she is, is hard to put in to actual words, so I'll let her beautiful photography do the talking.

Many of you will recognise the colour session from this year's Roseland poster and various magazine and newspaper articles from around the world, seriously, this session has proved very popular with the world's press. The other shots were taken in NY during tour rehearsals earlier this year.

Click on the image above to take you to the Mask Gallery, which can normally be found in the Mutations panel on the splash page underneath the What's New box. There you can browse through 26 different Bowie pictures, and you can even contact Mask via the gallery if you're interested in buying any prints from her. You can also check out her official site via the gallery, which really is worth a look. But, be warned, you may want to go make a cup of tea while it's loading if you don't have broadband!

Anyway, well done girl, we're all very proud of you...we've watched you bloom from the spotty little teenager with a nervous tick (played havoc with her early work) who we knew from the early days of chat, to a fully-grown woman renowned the world over...what a lovely tale of triumph over something or other it's been.

There ya go Mask, I got to the end without once mentioning your arse, cows, or the money...oops sorry, until then at least! - tons of love, Blammo xx };-)

Formats For 'everyone Says 'hi'' Cd Single

Something I could keep...

'Everyone Says 'Hi?', the second single from 'Heathen', is due for a 16th September release here in the UK. The single will be available as three different CDs, collecting together the extra tracks that were originally intended for the withdrawn 'Slow Burn' UK release. (05/08/02 NEWS: BONANZA OF EXTRAS FOR SLOW BURN SINGLE)

In addition to these extra tracks, the 'Everyone Says 'Hi?' formats will include another previously unreleased 'Heathen' outtake, 'Safe', and another track from the unreleased 'Toy' album, 'Baby Loves That Way', which has only had a limited release on the Japanese five track 'Slow Burn' CD.

Here's the breakdown for each of the formats:

'EVERYONE SAYS 'HI'' UK CD SINGLE FORMATS

CD1
Everyone Says 'Hi'
Safe (Outtake from 'Heathen' sessions)
Wood Jackson (Outtake from 'Heathen' sessions)

CD2
Everyone Says 'Hi'
You've Got A Habit Of Leaving (From unreleased 'Toy' album)
Baby Loves That Way (From unreleased 'Toy' album)

CD3
Everyone Says 'Hi'
When The Boys Come Marching Home (Outtake from 'Heathen' sessions)
Shadow Man (From unreleased 'Toy' album)

Ahead of its release, 'Everyone Says 'Hi?' has already received the recognition of BBC Radio 2?s ?Record Of The Week?, and during David's recent live dates the song has proved to be a popular tune among you lot too...So let's force TOTPs to reshow that recording of 'Everyone Says 'Hi?' from back in June by getting the song into the UK Top 30!