Boston Pix And Review Round Up

DB during 'Heathen' at the Boston Orpheum Theatre. Pic by
Mark Plati. Click for bigger version and another audience shot.

Someone passed some bliss among the crowd...

David Bowie played the last show of his string of seven East Coast dates at the Orpheum Theatre on Wednesday, and here are a couple of pictures taken on the night from Mark Plati and BowieNetter Stonefox. Here also follows excerpts from two reviews of the show. Click on the headings to see the full reviews.

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Bowie in Boston by BowieNetter Stonefox.

The Boston Globe - Bowie and his music still defying time By Jim Sullivan, Globe Staff

The classic British rock stars who have paraded through Boston in recent months - the Rolling Stones, the Who, Paul McCartney - have proved to be an admirably vital bunch. But David Bowie deserves a special place as grand marshal for the deft way he has of mixing the classic, the contemporary and the completely obscure with a refreshing vibrancy. The charismatic Bowie simply has a quality that keeps him out of the oldies bin regardless of the commercial fortunes of his new releases.

Throughout the show, Bowie affably threatened the audience with Russian poetry readings, joked that his all-black outfit was on loan from Johnny Cash and, following ``China Girl,'' tried to convince the audience that that song, plus ``Ziggy Stardust'' and ``Let's Dance,'' were on his new album so they would go out and buy it.

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Return of 'Bowie in Boston by BowieNetter Stonefox'.

The Boston Herald - David Bowie's Orpheum concert shows that he's still in Fashion by Sarah Rodman

''All things must pass,'' sang David Bowie in ''Heathen,'' near the end of his two-hour show at the sold-out Orpheum Theatre last night, and you think, yes, all things but David Bowie. You swear Bowie, 55, must have a portrait of himself in his attic that ages as he doesn't - but that's our rock 'n' roll Dorian Gray for you. Lithe, lean, dressed in black (like Johnny Cash, he said), hair blowing in wind generated by an electric fan.

You want to talk about a timeless catalog? Bowie's got that in spades, and with ''Ziggy Stardust,'' ''Life on Mars,'' and others he dings the old nostalgia bell. It's by having this depth of material - being so close to the front of so many different musical movements - coupled with a slammin' latest CD (''Heathen'') that enables him to effortlessly bridge the years. Glam, funk, pop, punk, cabaret, covers - all put through the Bowie artistic filter and revved up as full-tilt rock 'n' roll.

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Boston enjoyed the same set as the previous three audiences had (If it ain't broke...etc.) except for the addition of 'Alabama Song' between 'Be My Wife' and 'Sound And Vision':

Boston Orpheum Theatre

Sunday
Cactus
Breaking Glass
Fame
Ashes To Ashes
Slip Away
China Girl
5:15 The Angels Have Gone
Starman
Absolute Beginners
I've Been Waiting For You
Afraid
Fashion
Be My Wife
Alabama Song
Sound And Vision
Rebel Rebel
I'm Afraid Of Americans
Life On Mars?
"Heroes"
Heathen (The Rays)
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White Light, White Heat
Let's Dance
Ziggy Stardust

Here are a couple of reviews of the Philly show that have just surfaced, illustrated with two more Mark Plati pictures from rehearsals that day. Thanx to BowieNetter Mandn for forwarding the Philadelphia City Paper review.

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MP and Slicky at The Tower, picture rather cleverly taken by Mark Plati.

Delaware County Daily Times - Is it any wonder, Bowie's a legend by Andrew Cushman

The best thing about David Bowie's concert at the Tower Theater this past Monday was that just before he thundered into the encore edition of "Ziggy Stardust," he stepped to the mic and promised, "You will see us next year." The fans who attended the set sure hope so.

Speaking of near-perfect, Bowie, who played the crowd like the crafty veteran performer that he is, was superb.

Bowie interacted with the crowd all night, saying he walked to the show from the 69th Street station, and later pulling out a talking James Brown doll, which was good for a chuckle.

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Kat and Jerry seem oblivious to the unheralded return of The Jakalope.

Philadelphia City Paper - Like Clockwork by A.D. Amorosi

Bowie's voice -- whether delivered through clenched teeth or in full yelp -- still soars powerfully when in theatrical croon mode, still bites down archly and chews slowly Dada-ist texts in his clipped English accent. This is good. Any great actor should get better with age.

Bowie let newer tunes like "Heathen (The Rays)" bathe in the same brilliant dramatic light as his usual suspects, nursing each nuance of this apocalyptic paean to steel-and-glass-smashed skies. Few artists of his age and caliber can maintain the passion for artful new writing and performance like this. Bravo.

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You and one (1) guest will be able to attend the Early Show taping tomorrow morning in NYC.

Here's what you need to do.

1. On Friday, October 25th at 11AM sharp, be at the following address.

CBS Broadcast Center
530 W. 57th St
(betw. 10th and 11th Ave across the street from the BMW dealer with all those cool MINI's)

2. Check in with either Howard or the Webmaster. Bring Photo ID and the confirmation email you received for backup.

NOTE: Although the taping is inside, be prepared for rain, as it is forecasted to. We'll be waiting outside until they are ready for you.

3. Have fun and make LOTS of noise!!!

David will be doing 4 songs, and the show will air later next week.

You can expect to be out of the studio no later than 1:30.

CONGRATULATIONS AGAIN!!!

Beacon And Tower Pix From Mp And Bnetters

"The band was altogether." Picture from The Beacon Theatre by Happyland.

"It's metamorphosis"

David Bowie played the last show of his current string of seven American dates at the Orpheum Theatre in Boston last night, but while we're waiting for pictures and reports from that show, here's some pictures (finally) from the Beacon Theatre in New York and The Tower Theatre in Philadelphia. Thanx as always to Mark Plati, and also to BowieNetters, Happyland, Desert Firefly and Anker for all of the pictures in this piece.

"And with each beam, The same old dream." Bowie bathes in
white light at the Beacon. Pic by Desert Firefly, with sfx by TBB.

Since the initial flush of reviews for the first New York shows, I've had no luck in finding any other online accounts, which I guess is quite normal. But, as ever, there are plenty of BowieNetter accounts on the MBs well worth a read, and don't forget to keep an eye on Ursula2k's David Bowie 2002 US Tour site site too.

Black is the new black, as modelled by The Goombah Three
backstage at The Beacon Theatre. Pic supplied by Mark Plati.

Both the Beacon and Tower shows had an identical setlist to The Bronx show, and here it is:

Sunday
Cactus
Breaking Glass
Fame
Ashes To Ashes
Slip Away
China Girl
5:15 The Angels Have Gone
Starman
Absolute Beginners
I've Been Waiting For You
Afraid
Fashion
Be My Wife
Sound And Vision
Rebel Rebel
I'm Afraid Of Americans
Life On Mars?
"Heroes"
Heathen (The Rays)
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White Light, White Heat
Let's Dance
Ziggy Stardust

The audience at the Tower. Click for bigger version if you dare!

I'm sure you've already read that James Brown was David's very special guest at The Tower, well, below is the photograph that proves the fact. Eye-witness reports suggest that James looked smaller than most had imagined, and that his performance was wooden... or plastic even!

"Get up offa my knee..." Now that's what I call Plastic Soul.
JB and DB get aquainted backstage at The Tower Theatre.

Spaceface has managed to sniff out an interesting online piece regarding David Bowie's association with the Tower Theatre. The article was written by Chuck Darrow for the Courier Post, and you can read the whole thing here.

The facade of that most historic of venues, The Philadelphia Tower Theatre.

I'll post anything I get from last night's show as soon as Mark sends me something. (It's on its way now.) Meanwhile, here's an excerpt of a great review of the Bronx show by Cheryl Spielman with an excellent picture from the Brooklyn show (confusingly enough) taken by BowieNetter Anker...hope you don't mind Anker?

"We're just here to have fun," Bowie told the eager-to-oblige audience. Never one to shy away from a bit of role playing, the now retired frontman for the Spiders From Mars revealed that he'd been doing some not-so-serious moonlighting as the leader of Jimmy's new "house band." "Those of you who've been coming here to see us regularly on a Thursday night at Jimmy's, over the last couple of months, know that this one has always gone down well with the locals," he quipped, then delivered a pulsating version of "Breaking Glass," from "Low."

"His ever loving face smiles on the whole human race..." A picture from
Brooklyn in the middle of a Bronx review! Picture by BowieNetter, Anker.

Bowie's vocals soared to operatic proportions on his spare reading of "Life on Mars." Even more moving was his impassioned performance of "Heroes," a song that took on new meaning when he performed it at last year's post-9/11 "Concert for New York." Originally written about lovers meeting at the Berlin Wall, it now serves as an anthem of hope for this still recovering city.

Bowie closed the 23-song set with a vibrant version of "Ziggy Stardust." The now 30-year-old song brought home the irony that a man who has spent so many years thinking, writing, and singing about space had delivered a most earthy and unpretentious set of fresh, contemporary songs and cherished classics. But if Ziggy, Major Tom, or even a boy once known as David Jones eventually had to fall to earth, where better to land than smack in the middle of New York?

You can read the whole of this great review here. Stay tuned for a couple more Mark Plati pix from Boston.

PS - The first person to tell me why I used the lyric quote "It's metamorphosis" at the top of this piece gets a little prize!

Get Your Tickets To The Early Show Here!

Run through the shadows... (to the golden tickets..)

As mentioned in the news item [ 10/08/02 NEWS: DB ON 'LIVE WITH REGIS AND KELLY' AND 'THE EARLY SHOW' ] and to kickoff the new News Team on the Early Show David will be performing 4 LIVE SONGS to be aired sometime later next week.

The show will tape this Friday October 25th, and we've got first crack at the studio seats.

Enter this drawing and you and a friend could win spots at the taping.

Click below (or the image above) to enter.

ENTER THE DRAWING!

If you want more info about the studios and air times check this page.

Bowie, A Jolly Popular Briton!

The people know...

I'm sure most of you are now aware of last Sunday's countdown for The Top 100 Great Britons here in the UK, (sorry, computer problems have delayed some of my postings) but if you aren't, read on.

We first mentioned the story back in August (08/22/02 NEWS: BOWIE SHORTLISTED IN 100 GREATEST BRITONS) when we posted the top 100 Britons that were nominated by 30,000 people. These things are always controversial and really rather silly, but they're also fun, and I guess they're guaranteed to create high viewing figures for the BBC.

Whatever your opinion of the final positions (I'm saying nothing) David Bowie did manage a very impressive number 29, not bad when you consider how many Britons have lived and died, (Probably loads!) and even better when you consider the only musicians with a higher placing were Lennon and McCartney.

Anyway, You can see the full run down here, and I've posted the top thirty below just so that you can see who the 30,000 lunatics polled above David Bowie! };-)

30 Guy Fawkes
29 David Bowie
28 William Wilberforce
27 Emmeline Pankhurst
26 William Tyndale
25 Professor Stephen Hawking
24 Queen Elizabeth II
23 Owain Glyndwr
22 Michael Faraday
21 Alan Turing OBE
20 Sir Alexander Fleming
19 Sir Paul McCartney
18 Queen Victoria
17 Michael Crawford
16 Margaret Thatcher (Baroness Thatcher)
15 Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington
14 King Alfred the Great
13 Lord Baden-Powell
12 Captain James Cook
11 Ernest Shackleton
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Isambard Kingdom Brunel
Winston Churchill
Oliver Cromwell
Charles Darwin
Elizabeth I
John Lennon
Horatio Nelson
Isaac Newton
William Shakespeare
Diana, Princess of Wales

Please note, the last ten positions aren't numbered, as voting is still going on to decide the final positions of the top ten. So you can now join in by voting for the greatest Briton here. The BBC2 series culminates in a live studio show in November, when the greatest Briton, as voted by the general public, will be announced.

Get Your Tickets To The Early Show Here!

Run through the shadows... (to the golden tickets..)

As mentioned in the news item [ 10/08/02 NEWS: DB ON 'LIVE WITH REGIS AND KELLY' AND 'THE EARLY SHOW' ] and to kickoff the new News Team on the Early Show David will be performing 4 LIVE SONGS to be aired sometime later next week.

The show will tape this Friday October 25th, and we've got first crack at the studio seats.

Enter this drawing and you and a friend could win spots at the taping.

Click below (or the image above) to enter.

ENTER THE DRAWING!

If you want more info about the studios and air times check this page.

Polyphonic Spree Bowie Cover Out Today

News had just come over...

The Polyphonic Spree, whose praises I have sung on BowieNet more than once, (09/01/02 NEWS: THE STARS COME OUT FOR DAVID BOWIE) release their brilliant new single, 'Hanging Around' today.

CD1 of the two CD set includes the band's glorious version of David Bowie's 'Five Years' that they recorded live at Maida Vale for a Radio1 session.

The band, who are currently in the middle of a UK tour, have some more US dates coming up... you really must go and see them if you get the chance. You can find tour information, and much more by clicking on the image above.

Emi And Nokia Announce Exclusive Mobile Content For Best Of Bowie Album

EMI and Nokia have announced that the new Best of David Bowie album, scheduled for UK release on the 4th of November, will be promoted using next generation ringing tones, imaging technology and mobile handset downloads in an exclusive tie-in.

In conjunction with Club Nokia UK (www.club.nokia.co.uk), Bowie fans will have the opportunity to download both standard ringing tones and new superior sound quality polyphonic versions of their favourite Bowie songs, like ?Changes? or ?Space Oddity? to handsets including the Nokia 3510, 7650 and Nokia 7210 and will be downloadable via all four mobile networks*.

Full colour handset screen wallpapers will also be available depicting classic David Bowie album covers such as ?Hunky Dory? as well as classic images taken by legendary music photographer Mick Rock.

Always at the forefront of technology, the promotion presents the latest in a long line of firsts for Bowie during his hugely successful career. David Bowie has always been synonymous with breaking new ground from the beginning, creating cutting edge pop promo videos for songs such as 'Life on Mars?' and 'Space Oddity' as well as staging ground breaking multimedia events incorporating theatrical elements for his Ziggy Stardust tour shows in the early seventies.

As part of this activity, Club Nokia members will be given a free, 30 day membership to BowieNet (www.davidbowie.com), David's exclusive online fan club. Full details on the free offer can be found at http://www.davidbowie.com/nokia/

One of the first artists to recognise the potential of CD-ROM technology he went on to create his www.davidbowie.com site before most had even heard the word 'Internet'. His recent album ?Heathen? and a short tour in America and Europe were greeted with great enthusiasm and warmth in the same year that saw him commemorating the 30th Anniversary for the release of his seminal 'The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust' album.

Commenting on this exclusive Bowie Club Nokia campaign, Charlotte Fionda, Senior Marketing Manager at Nokia Mobile Phones UK Ltd said, ?We are very excited to be able to join forces with David Bowie and use the latest mobile developments to promote his ?Best of Bowie? album - especially when as an artist Bowie is always at the cutting edge of technology. The digital services are aimed to be fun for music-lovers as well as enabling Club Nokia members to discover how to get more out of Club Nokia and their mobile phone?.

Commenting on behalf of EMI records UK, Andy Melchior, New Media Manager from EMI Marketing said, ?We see David Bowie as the perfect fit for such a cutting edge promotion, which for the first time fully utilises the capabilities of the new generation of colour handsets with polyphonic capability. No other artist has done as much to utilise new technology to consistently afford his fans exciting new opportunities for interaction with his creative input.?

Club Nokia members enjoy a wide range of exclusive benefits including downloadable ringing tones, graphics, screensavers, game packs, the latest information on Nokia products and mobile communications and much more.

* The Nokia mobile phone owner requires the correct SMS and MMS settings to access some services.

Friends And Family Say Goodbye To Andherson Miliatti

Andherson Miliatti, and right, Andherson with his friend Angie.

It is with much sadness that I bring you news of the death of BowieNetter Nathan Adler, whose real name was Andherson Miliatti. His good friend, BowieNetter Leon, has informed me that Andherson took his own life on Wednesday the 8th of October.

Brazilian Bowie Fan Club, OUTSIDE, held their first annual meeting in January 1999 in Rio de Janeiro, with much of the success of the event attributed to the mult-talented Andherson.

Andherson was only 29 when he died, and he will be dearly missed by family and friends, including fellow Outsiders, Angie (pictured with Andherson above) Leon, Emílio, Carol, Gustavo and Lázslo. You can visit his website by clicking on the montage above.

David has expressed his own sadness at Andherson's passing, in this message from the MBs.

Queens And Bronx Pictures And Set Lists

"Listen. You may have shaved heads, but I'm wearing the
leather jacket...that means I'm the hardest!" A pre-show
DB tells Sterling and Mike how it is. Picture by Mark Plati.

In a concert hall in Queens, Someone sees it all...

Sorry for the delay on these folx. Pooter probz had rendered me impotent...But, thankfully, I'm raring to go again! Here are a few pix from Mark Plati and BowieNetters Stonefox and Caroline...thanx so much to all of you for giving permission to use your shots.

This show was obviously enjoyed by everybody present, including DB, who mailed me directly after the show with this: "Smashing show tonight. Managed to work in some extraneous verbal garbage on both Stalin and Simone de Beauvoir. Now that's value for money."

"Great spotting. Yup. It's my old leather jacket that I've had since the mid-eighties."
DB confirms Caroline's suspicions on the MBs...the same Caroline that took this shot!

It certainly was VFM. And, it seems, David was far more chatty than even his communication to me would suggest, apparently claiming that the leather jacket he was wearing once belonged to the aforementioned French existentialist, but that she looked like a fat Patti Smith when wearing it, or words to that effect. And also that "that little shit, [Andrei] Tarkovsky, (Russian film director) could never have written a song as good as 'Changes'."

It all sounds like it was too much fun, and I have to admit that I'm extremely pissed at having missed this string of dates. Anyway, spilt milk 'n all that...

Queens. I'm talking geography here...not casting aspersions on the audience you understand.
Picture by Mark Plati.

Here's the set list from Queens, keep scrolling for the Bronx stuff:

Colden Center at Queens College, Queens

Sunday
Cactus
Breaking Glass
Fame
Ashes To Ashes
Slip Away
China Girl
5:15 The Angels Have Gone
Starman
Changes
Absolute Beginners
I've Been Waiting For You
Afraid
Fashion
Be My Wife
Sound And Vision
Rebel Rebel
I'm Afraid Of Americans
Life On Mars?
"Heroes"
Heathen (The Rays)
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White Light, White Heat
Let's Dance
Hallo Spaceboy
Ziggy Stardust

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David Bowie at Jimmy's Bronx Cafe. Picture by BowieNetter Stonefox.

The Bronx show was the penultimate of the five New York Marathon dates, with two songs dropped from the previous night's set. As usual, there has been a pretty good reporting of most of these New York shows on the MBs, but I've not managed to find anything online for these last two. Please let me know if you see anything.

Anyway, the crowd were as appreciative as ever for this gig, as evidenced in the two Mark Plati audience shots below. I've posted another of Mark's pictures at the end of this piece, but before you get there, I should warn you that it's likely to leave a lasting impression...and it certainly isn't for the faint-hearted or those about to retire to bed for the night!

Glitter Balls... I'm talking that thing on the ceiling here...not casting
aspersions on David's knackers you understand. Picture by Mark Plati.

"Now, Jimmy's is looking sweet..." Picture by Mark Plati.

Jimmy's Bronx Cafe, The Bronx

Sunday
Cactus
Breaking Glass
Fame
Ashes To Ashes
Slip Away
China Girl
5:15 The Angels Have Gone
Starman
Absolute Beginners
I've Been Waiting For You
Afraid
Fashion
Be My Wife
Sound And Vision
Rebel Rebel
I'm Afraid Of Americans
Life On Mars?
"Heroes"
Heathen (The Rays)
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White Light, White Heat
Let's Dance
Ziggy Stardust

"I am the egg-man they are the egg-man..." Picture by Mark Plati.

So, onward to The Beacon Theatre tomorrow night, you lucky lucky bast.......

Watch Db On Jools Holland Tonight

Linda Thompson, Jools, Beenie Man, Ms Dynamite and DB. Picture by Total Blam Blam

I'll slip out again tonight

Don't forget that tonight at 11.35PM on BBC2 in the UK is your first chance to see the set which David recorded back in September, for the opening edition of the new series of Later with Jools Holland.

Five songs were recorded - Rebel Rebel, Look Back In Anger, 5:15 The Angels Have Gone, Heathen and Ashes To Ashes - although its likely that only four will be broadcast.

You can check out this page at the BBC2 website, which has this to say about David's spot:-

BBC2's flagship live music show returns for a new eight week run. You can expect the usual high quality performances from artists around the world and this first show is no exception. Joining Jools in the studio is David Bowie, performing tracks from his most acclaimed album in years, "Heathen" along with his 1974 smash "Rebel Rebel".

The programme is repeated, again on BBC2, on Sunday night at midnight. (which is officially described as Monday 21st October, 12.00AM)

DB gets ready for filming as Blammo takes this shot of the particularly elegantly attired Gail.
Picture by Total Blam Blam

(Due to TBB's continued computer problems, which will be resolved very soon, this item comes to you from Spaceface.)

:))

Win Tickets To See David On Conan O'brien

Oh come on little baby, late night - big town

David Bowie is set to appear as a musical guest tomorrow on Late Night with Conan O'Brien.AND we've got a handful of tickets to give away to you lucky BowieNetters.

TO ENTER:
Send an email to WEBMASTER@DAVIDBOWIE.COM with the following information:

-- FIRST NAME
-- LAST NAME
-- A PHONE # WHERE YOU CAN BE REACHED BETWEEN 10 and 11 AM EST TOMORROW MORNING (Friday October 18th)

Winners will be notified BETWEEN 10 and 11 AM EST TOMORROW MORNING (Friday October 18th). You will pick up your tickets at NBC between 4:00 p.m. and 4:15 p.m. Full details will be given to the lucky winners on the phone call.

NOTE: PLEASE, DO NOT ENTER IF YOU CANNOT OPERATE ON SHORT NOTICE, AND/OR HAVE A POSSIBILLTY OF BEING UNABLE TO ATTEND THE SHOW.

(The Conan O'Brien show airs at 12.35am on Saturday October 19th.)

GOOD LUCK!

Kristeen Young At Cbgb's Tonight & Album Winners!

Ooh, she does too much to me...

For those of you in New York tonight that aren't going to be in The Bronx watching David Bowie, you may want to console yourself with an evening at CBGB's instead. As we mentioned last week, (10/07/02 NEWS: KRISTEEN YOUNG AT CBGB's TONIGHT - WIN HER ALBUM NOW!) Kristeen Young & the Low Boys continue their residency at the venue tonight, but for those of you that can't be bothered to click back to last week, here are Kristeen's remaining dates for October:

Thursday October 17th @ CBGB, 8:30
Tuesday October 22nd @ Luxx (in Williamsburg), 8:00
Thursday October 24th @ CBGB, 8:30
Tuesday October 29th @ CBGB, 8:30

In the same piece we set a competition for ten lucky BowieNetters to win a promo CDR copy of Kristeen's Visconti-produced album, 'Breasticles'. As I said before, aside from containing a beautiful recording in 'Saviour', a Bowie/Young duet, 'Breasticles' is a fine album that showcases Kristeen's incredible four octave range, and boasts many of Kristeen's own wonderful original songs.

Anyway, the task we set you was to: "tell me four artists, other than Kristeen, that Tony Visconti has produced." There are far too many answers to this one to list here now... So I'll just give you the user names of the ten winners who should contact me with their real name and address at TotalBlamBlam@davidbowie.com with a subject line of "I Won Kristeen Young".

mandn
jamesarthur
mathewsfish
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While on the subject of Tony V, you really should go check out his re-vamped site, that has been given the Carla Rhodes (aka BowieNetter Piccadilly) treatment. The content has now been updated to include the recording of 'Heathen', and the whole thing looks a whole lot funkier that it did before. While you're there you can check out just a few of the answers to the above competition.

I'm sure you'll all want to join me in congratulating Tony for his Q Award nomination for Best Producer, this is one I really hope he wins, god knows he deserves it.

Carla herself is in the middle of some New York dates right now, details of which you can find at The Official Carla Rhodes Site, but be quick, she only has Friday and Saturday left to play.

Old And New At Vh1/vogue Fashion Awards

With his name in lights, Bowie's shades disguise was rendered useless
during rehearsals for the VH1/Vogue 2002 Fashion Awards last night.

You've got your transmission and your live wire...

David Bowie performed just two songs at last night's VH1/Vogue 2002 Fashion Awards at the Radio City Music Hall in New York City. Commencing with the re-worked version of 'Rebel Rebel' that he has been performing at recent shows, DB made full use of the catwalk, strutting the length of it in his usual sex-god style.

David wore the blue silk suit that he wore at Hammersmith and elsewhere for 'Rebel Rebel', and returned towards the end of the show for a cracking version of 'Cactus', this time elegantly attired in that long black coat get up (pictured further down this piece) that I think was designed by the winner of the Revolutionary Designer Award, Alexander McQueen.

Another wonderful Kevin Mazur shot from rehearsals.

Most of the online stuff I've managed to find doesn't lean too heavily on the Bowie performance, though the review over at British Vogue has used a cool pic of DB and Jennifer Lopez. So in the absence of a comprehensive review of DB's performance, (sadly, I've yet to see a tape of the show myself) and it being a fashion award and all, let's concentrate on the visual aspect of David's presentation via another load of great images taken by Kevin Mazur at WireImage.com.

Eve, DB and Iman have a group hug before the show.

David Bowie shines during 'Rebel Rebel' last night.

DB poses between songs for a shot with the trouble and strife and the Williams sisters.

"D -A -V -I -D" ? DB performing the Pixies' 'Cactus'.

Recipient of the Rockstyle Award, Steven Tyler, is given a guided tour by DB
through the shots above to see how it's meant to be done, while Pink looks on.

Winners of the Most Stylish Couple Of All Time Award, David and Iman, decide
to retire for the evening for an early night at home with some decent music.

If, like me, you didn't manage to catch the live broadcast of the 2002 VH1/Vogue Fashion Awards, there are still several opportunities to see it on the VH1 channel in the US, including screenings on Wednesday 16th October at 5:30pm, Thursday 17th at 12 noon and Friday 18th at 5:00pm. The awards will be shown next week on VH1 in the UK on Thursday October 24th at 9pm.

Bowienetter Ursula Creates 2002 Us Tour Site

That's Ursula on the right... Hope she don't mind being in the news!

I'm looking for a vehicle, I'm looking for a ride, I'm looking for a party...

While we're waiting for reports to filter through from tonight's show at Queens, don't forget you can check out Ursula2k's David Bowie 2002 US Tour site. It's a great little site, and regular visitors to the MBs will already be familiar with Ursula's creation, which collects together information on the current US leg of David's tour, including news, pictures, ticket information, venues, hotels, parties, and of course, reviews.

Whilst on the subject of reviews, here's one for the Staten Island show from the New York Daily News that seems to have slipped through my net.

Bowienetters Make Good (part 236)

"Under the moonlight, this serious moonlight." Major Jack Celliers
(played by David Bowie) enjoys some brief respite from the torture of
an unforgiving sun, shortly before...ooops, nearly gave the ending away!

You must see the movie the sand in my eyes...

BowieNetter, Withnail, informs me that he is responsible for the booking of 'Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence' at the forthcoming 10th annual Hamptons International Film Festival. The film is due to be screened this Friday the 18th at 10:30pm. Withnail explains further:

As you may know, I am a programmer for the 10th annual Hamptons International Film Festival, in charge of the Films of Conflict & Resolution section. I chose to program an archival film out of competition, and it is, of course, Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence. So, here are the details:

The Hamptons International Film Festival will be screening Nagisa Oshima's 1983 film Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence on Friday, October 18th at 10:30pm at the Sag Harbor Theater in Sag Harbor, NY as part of the Films of Conflict & Resolution section.

The description (written by yours truly) along with a nifty piccy of Sailor in a WWII British paratrooper's hat (NOT taken by yours truly) and a link to buy tix can be found here. All information on purchasing other tickets and passes (including a special $50 Conflict & Resolution pass) can be found here. For any Bowienetters that want to come out for the screening, there is travel info here:

Sag Harbor is about 5 miles from East Hampton, where the bulk of the festival screenings are being held. Anyone who needs further info can email me at my BowieNet account. I will be VERY busy throughout the fest, but I will do my best to answer all questions. - Withnail

So there you have it, keep scrolling for more BowieNetters wot dun good...

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The solid book we wrote can not be found today... (though it will be available soon)

BowieNetter and contributor to these very pages, Spaceface, sees the fruit of her labours published shortly, in the shape of a new book called: 'Rock at the Sharp End: a Promoter's Tale'. Spaceface has spent the last five years helping to edit the book which was written by Geoff Doherty. You can pre-order the book at Amazon, which is where I nicked this synopsis from:

He promoted them all - The Who, Eric Clapton, Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, David Bowie, Yes, Free, Rod Stewart, Jethro Tull, Deep Purple, The Nice and scores more. Sometimes they were on the way up, sometimes they were already big, sometimes they didn't show at all. Acts that didn't usually play in the north-east played for Geoff Doherty. This is his story, spiced with sex, drugs and violence. A miner's son, his upbringing was marked by hardship and countless street fights, but at the Bay Hotel in Sunderland, he brought self-belief and steely determination to getting the big stars to play on his patch. Docherty progressed from being doorman and bouncer to self-appointed promoter with a style all of his own and became arguably the biggest rock concert promoter in the north-east of England.

We'll bring you more closer to the book's publication, including, hopefully, some of the Bowie stuff that didn't make the final edit. One more dungooder to go...

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David Bowie with the Coral at Later With Jools Holland. Pic by Total Blam Blam.

Snapping pictures of scrawny limbs and toothy grins... (And that's just The Coral!)

The picture above appears in Britain's most popular music weekly, NME, here in the UK this week for a news feature about flavour-of-the-moment, The Coral.

NME printed the picture as part of an apology for an earlier piece the magazine published, in which it was suggested the Scouse youngsters had snubbed Mr Bowie during a photo opportunity, and were generally rude to him during the taping of the Tenth Anniversary Edition of Later With Jools Holland.

In fact nothing could be further from the truth, the band made their way backstage after the taping in search of a Bowie autograph, which they received, along with a twenty minute chat with DB. Thankfully, BowieNetter, Total Blam Blam (hold on...that's me!) was there to record the event for posterity and to witness both parties getting along famously.

Here's the gracious NME correction printed in the current edition:

NME has discovered a picture of the meeting between The Coral and David Bowie at a recording of the tenth anniversary edition of BBC2 show Later With Jools Holland. In the October 5th issue of NME, we mistakenly reported that the band declined to be photographed with Bowie for the show. But - as the picture shows - Bowie and The Coral are now great mates.

NME have also "mistakenly reported" that Later will air on the 21st and 25th of October, but it in fact the show kicks of the new series on BBC2 this Friday the 18th at 11:35pm. Last done good to follow, same BowieNetter though I'm afraid!

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Front page of last week's Music Week and this week's NME cutting, with pictures by Total Blam Blam.

Music (Week picture) is sublime...

Britain's most popular trade music weekly, Music Week, last week had a large live shot of DB from Hammersmith gracing their front page. The picture was used to illustrate a review of the show, and very nice it is too, even if I say so myself.

Of course, you lot have already seen it, and judging by the lovely e-mails I received, a few of you liked it too. The Music Week shot was my first non-internet published picture, and I have to say I'm feeling a tiny bit proud of myself right now!

Thanx as always to DB for giving me the opportunity, and being the sort of subject that makes it easy to get a good result.

Brooklyn Pix From Mark Plati And Review Round-ups

A pre-show DB and The Magnificent Seven try to look tough, but fail miserably.
Picture supplied by Mark Plati, but most likely the work of 'Mad' Frankie Enfield!

Staten is my island...

While you're all waiting for the Bowie show in Queens on the 16th, here are a few pictures from Saturday's show at St. Anne's Warehouse in Brooklyn. Apart from the usual set of excellent backstage and audience shots from the very generous Mark Plati, we have a couple more contributions from happyland and desert.firefly. Many thanx to all of you...keep 'em coming.

Click on Mark Plati's picture above for a bigger version on the MBs. Only available to members.

Here's the set list from Brooklyn, but keep scrolling for more pix and a round-up of some recent reviews:

Sunday
Cactus
Breaking Glass
Fame
Ashes To Ashes
Slip Away
China Girl
5:15 The Angels Have Gone
Survive
I've Been Waiting For You
Rebel Rebel
I'm Afraid Of Americans
Life On Mars?
Look Back In Anger
"Heroes"
Heathen
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Moonage Daydream
Afraid
Stay
Bewlay Brothers
Everyone Says 'Hi'
Hallo Spaceboy
Let's Dance
Ziggy Stardust

(Major) Tom and Jerry during the show opener, Sunday, on Saturday! Pic by Mark Plati.

Photograph kindly supplied by BowieNetter desert.firefly.

Photograph kindly supplied by BowieNetter happyland.

Here are a couple of reviews from Staten Island, and a straggler from Hammersmith that appears in the current issue of Hello magazine.

New York Times (You'll need to register before you can read this one)

Page Six

Hello Magazine

Bowiephiles

David Bowie 'live and glistening' on the
inside cover of 'David Live'

I gazed a gazely stare

This week's NME has a review of the new Foo Fighters album, 'One By One'. David Grohl is asked to choose three albums which he is listening to currently. He chooses 'David Live' (which has been the subject of some discussion on our boards recently), and has this to say about his choice:-

I've just bought a turntable so I've gone vinyl crazy. You always listen to the albums you had as a kid. It's just a great record.

Talking of David Grohl, the tracklist for the hotly awaited Nirvana greatest hits compilation has now been unveiled, and is set to include their 'MTV Unplugged' 1993 cover of 'The Man Who Sold The World' :-)

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many powers he had..

The November 2002 edition of 'Q' magazine has the almost obligatory (well, what would we say if they missed him?) db picture, this time on 'The Month In Pictures' page. Its small, but perfectly formed, and shows David wrapped around the members of Travis at the GQ Men Of The Year Awards (09/03/02 NEWS: BOWIE RECEIVES GQ OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD). They say :-

Boys Keep Grinning - A terrifyingly youthful David Bowie spills his beauty secrets to Travis at the GQ Men Of The Year awards.

Elsewhere in the magazine, Courtney Taylor of The Dandy Warhols talks about playing a song from his new album for David.:-

Taylor is particularly pleased with 'I Am Sound': "I played it for David Bowie," he says, "and he said, Hmm, Ashes To Ashes. Which, even if it's a B-minus Ashes To Ashes, is doing pretty well."

And last but not least, 'Q' carries a supplement this month titled 'The 50 Most Powerful People In Music'. David comes in at #45 and the blurb about him cites his 'full critical rejuvenation' whatever that means, as well as his 'far-reaching influence' and his 'trail blazing' innovation with BowieArt. Tony Visconti has this to say about him:-

David is still wide-eyed, still thinks things are awesome, and he is a knowledge junkie, which is quite amazing for a 55-year-old man.

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I, I can remember..

This week's edition of Top Of The Pops 2 will include archive footage of David performing "Heroes". The programme airs at 6.20PM on Tuesday 15th October on BBC2 in the UK. Their webpage says:-

We're transported to the time of 'Berlin Bowie'. 'Low'.. was a beautiful mixture of electronics, pop and avant-garde technique that sparked off 'Heroes' later that year.

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hundreds of files...

An interesting story in The Guardian this week tackles the topic of internet file sharing and the music industry's responses. They quote the latest figures from the BPI which show David in the top three pirated artists. They say:-

The release of a compilation CD followed by a new studio album made Bowie by far the most in-demand serious rock artist on the file swapping sites.

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It's the hearts filthy lesson. Tell the others..

The alternative mix by Nine Inch Nails of David Bowie's 'Heart's Filthy Lesson' is released on Monday 14th October as part of a new CD 'The Remix 2' compiled by the UK Radio Station XFM. You can go here to check out the full tracklisting. (Thanks Linda)

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