David Bowie Says Goodbye To Victoria Newton

Time takes a cigarette...

Editor of The Sun newspaper's Bizarre pop column, Victoria Newton, has edited her last for the popular tabloid among a flood of tributes from rock and pop personalities around the globe.

David Bowie, who met up with Vic backstage at the 2005 Fashion Rocks event (above) proffered this goodbye message...

?The last time I met Vic I had just given up smoking and I mentioned making the casual decision to start smoking at 13 years old as being possibly one of the worst moves of my life, though the artwork on some of the packets was brilliant and kept me buying them just to flash the pack around.?

The ever-present pack of Gitanes in The Thin White Duke's waistcoat pocket (above) during The Station To Station Tour of 1976 is a good example of that.

As you can see from the inset in the above picture, it's a beautifully designed pack and apparently the work of one M Ponty. Ponty was a man responsible for many gorgeous Art Deco illustrations and he shouldn't be confused with French phenomenological philosopher, Maurice Merleau-Ponty. That really wouldn't do.

Anyway, good luck with whatever it is you're doing next Victoria.

Happy Thanksgiving From David Bowie

I'm so thankful...

As I post this it's still the fourth Thursday in November in the USA, which means it's still the first day of Thanksgiving.

If you're outside of the USA and wondering why your American friends aren't playing online much today, it's for that very reason...and by now, they're most likely unconscious on a sofa surrounded by friends and family and stuffed to the gills with poultry.

Anyway, David Bowie has the following message for those of you that do celebrate Thanksgiving...

"Eat that turkey and eat it now. Happy Thanksgiving to one and all." - Sailor

For those of you not familiar with it, the picture above isn't Ian Hunter...it's David Bowie slicing into a large turkey in the winter of 1969 when life probably became a little easier financially for our hero following the world-wide success of the Space Oddity single a mere 38 years ago!

Bowie At Coachella 2008...not

Wishful Beginnings or Don't fake it baby...

It's that time of year when folk start speculating on just who might be playing at next year's festivals around the globe. This speculation has now taken the form of faked posters taking wild guesses at line-ups and festival dates.

Well, before you spy one of the above elsewhere and start selling your house and kids to finance your indulgences, I should point out that the posters are 100% fake.

I can't speak for any of the other proposed acts, but I can tell you that David Bowie is not performing at Coachella 2008.

In the event that he does decide to resume live work in the future, you'll hear about it here first...anything else is just rumours and lies, etc.

Rex Ray Book Signing In La Tonight Plus New Mini-site

Put the blame on me and Rex Ray...

Rex 'I can bounce a quarter off my ass' Ray has a delicious new book out via Chronicle Books entitled: REX RAY ART + DESIGN.

Obviously there's a spread regarding Rex's design work for David Bowie. See the image below, supplied by Rex himself, complete with obligatory empty vodka bottle, full ashtray and crap feet.

Anyway, this ugliness aside, REX RAY ART + DESIGN is a thing of true beauty. The cover at the top of this piece really doesn't do it justice. It's one of those books I find myself flicking through a few times a day just to give me a lift. Honestly, it's that good.

Obviously you needn't take my word for any of this. Check out the Chronicle Books/Rex Ray minisite where you can order the book and other related goodies. There's also a contest to win an original Rex artwork and five Rex Ray gift packs.

Rex, (real name Sofonda Cox) will be signing copies of REX RAY ART + DESIGN at Jonathan Adler on Melrose Ave in Los Angeles between 5 - 7pm this evening.

Check out the EVENTS section of aforementioned minisite for further details of this and other related events, including an exhibition of new paintings and collages at Gallery 16 in San Francisco that runs until December 30th, 2007.

Finally, stay tuned for our own Rex Ray contest in which we will be giving away incredibly rare customised David Bowie prints each signed by Rex and DB and each a unique artwork in its own right.

If you do go along to see the sickeningly talented bastard tonight, please lick his head for me.

Philip Glass Version Of Heroes Used For Eurostar Ad

Tomorrow belongs to those who can hear it coming...

This is no doubt already familiar to many of you in the UK as it's been showing on TV all week. It's the latest Eurostar advert in celebration of the opening of the refurbished and quite breathtaking St Pancras International.

The station is the new home for Eurostar and November 14th saw the first 2 hour 15 minute, carbon neutral, run from London to Paris. Taking this train to Paris or Brussels from London produces just a tenth of the carbon emissions that the same journey by plane would, earning Eurostar the right to their slogan: Eurostar For Tomorrow.

Today is a beautifully shot ad that uses the equally beautiful Philip Glass version of David Bowie's "Heroes", taken from 1997's "Heroes" Symphony. Here's what Glass had to say about the work at the time of the album's release:

"Heroes, like the Low Symphony of several years ago, is based on the work of Bowie and Eno. In a series of innovative recordings made in the late 70's, David and Brian combined influences from world music, experimental avant-garde, and rock and roll and thereby redefined the future of popular music.

The continuing influence of these works has secured their stature as part of the new "classics" of our time. Just as composers of the past have turned to music of their time to fashion new works, the work of Bowie and Eno became an inspiration and point of departure of symphonies of my own." - Philip Glass

You can read more about the new service from St Pancras International and view the advert at fortomorrow.eurostar.com.

Footnote: Some of you youngsters may be scratching your head trying to place today's lyric quotation. Well, it's actually the slogan that was used during the promotion for David Bowie's "Heroes" album thirty years ago...so it seemed quite appropriate on more than one level for this piece.

Bowienetter Wins Bowie Mug Shot On Ebay For $2.5k

There's more than money moving here...

The police 'mug shot' taken of David Bowie on March 25th 1976 that we told you about last week (11.10.2007 NEWS: ROCHESTER PD BOWIE MUG SHOT UP ON EBAY) has fetched an incredible $2,556 in an eBay auction that finished moments ago, just before midnight UK time on Sunday evening.

The photograph was purchased by a BowieNetter, the very lovely postmodernlover, who I just had a brief transatlantic chat with.

She told me that her high bid was considerably higher than the closing amount, so determined was she to win the item in this true once in a lifetime opportunity. And the life-long fan also wanted to be certain that the photograph went to a good home.

The bidding was no doubt helped by the online publicity the picture received and by the press reports that have appeared. The excellent Guardian piece above and the Mirror article below to name but two.

In the end, the picture was always going to fetch a high sum, if not only because, as The Guardian puts it, David Bowie "was and always will be the hippest man ever to walk the earth". And this "immaculate" shot of The Thin White Duke only serves to further illustrate that point.

The previous holder of the coolest mug shot of all time, Frank Sinatra, would no doubt have found it more than a little ironic that the man often mistakenly reported to be lined up to play him in the biopic of his life outcooled even him in the end.

Low Makes Guardian Essential Listening List

You've got to wait to die...

Over the next five days, The Guardian newspaper in the UK will publish a five-part supplement (part one above) listing the 1,000 albums that, in The Guardian's opinion, you should hear before you die.

Well, I reckon the majority of you reading this can slash that figure to a mere 999, as I'm pretty sure you've all heard the Bowie album that made the list: Low.

Here follows two of the four Guardian rules for picking the 1,000.

First, no single act can appear more than once - though where an artist has collaborated widely, they might pop up all over the place, as Brian Eno and Damon Albarn do.

Second, where there was a good alternative to the blindingly obvious album, we went for the alternative. After all, who needs to be told, yet again, to buy Revolver or Pet Sounds?

You can read the rest here.

Here's the entry for Low, accompanied by the front-page blurb from the newspaper....

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David Bowie - Low (1977)

The first of Bowie's three Berlin albums, Low is the sound of a legend at ground zero. Side one swells with sharp, metallic pop, Bowie's glam dynamics filtered through the influences of krautrock and Kraftwerk. Side two's extraordinary instrumental panorama, all disembodied voices and dark electronics, is a perfect requiem to the divided city in which it was made.

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Hmmm...Paris was about the nearest city to where Low was made. A divided city? Perhaps it is...but I think The Guardian is most likely concluding Low was recorded in Berlin...seeing as how it was the first of three in the 'Berlin Trilogy'?

In the supplement, the above review for Low is accompanied by a quite irrelevant, but jolly good 1974 live shot.

Db Spongebob Episode Attracts Record 9 Million

Dive In Saturday...

PR Newswire has reported that the SpongeBob?s Atlantis SquarePantis episode has netted the series' biggest ever audience, with almost 9 million viewers tuning in on Monday. (11.11.2007 REMINDER: LORD ROYAL HIGHNESS ON TV MONDAY)

You can read the full Newswire piece here.

For those of you that haven't caught the episode yet, here's the synopsis to prepare you for the emotional roller coaster that SpongeBob's Atlantis SquarePantis takes you on...

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In "Atlantis SquarePantis," SpongeBob finds the missing half of an ancient medallion believed to be a relic from the lost city of Atlantis and brings it to the Bikini Bottom Museum where the other half is on display. The two sides are reunited, and suddenly a magical van appears that beckons to take SpongeBob, Patrick, Sandy, Squidward and Mr. Krabs to the legendary city of Atlantis. Upon arrival they are greeted by Atlantis' king himself, Lord Royal Highness (voiced by David Bowie), who spares no time in taking the visitors on a tour. Atlantis proves to be even more wonderful than anyone could have imagined, particularly for SpongeBob and Patrick who encounter the Oldest Living Bubble. But when a flash from Patrick's camera causes a mishap, SpongeBob, Patrick, Mr. Krabs, Sandy and Squidward must run from the Atlantean Guards or find a way to make amends.

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SpongeBob SquarePants: Atlantis SquarePantis is now available on TurboNick and on DVD from Nickelodeon Home Entertainment and Paramount Home Entertainment.

You can also tune in to Nickelodeon to watch this episode again on Saturday 17th. (See advert above)

Signed Keanan Duffty Bowie Clothes On Ebay

New York's in love...

David Bowie recently signed a few of Keanan Duffty's designs from the Target BOWIE range for the 7th On Sale charity auction.

Here's some relevant stuff regarding the auction and 7th on Sale...

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7th on Sale is back with a one-of-a-kind fashion experience that offers shoppers thousands of items direct from the world's top designers between November 15 and December 6. You can shop online or in person at the New York shopping days. For the second time, a worldwide audience can bid online for celebrity-worn gowns, magazine-worthy home goods, brilliant jewelry and more. Look for new items daily. Once again, 100% of the money raised goes to services and housing for those living with HIV and AIDS.

This is the world's biggest sample sale and it kicks off on November 15, 2007 with a black-tie gala in New York. That will be followed by three days of shopping open to the public, November 16-18, in New York. Click here to purchase tickets to one of the sessions. Also, make sure you check eBay often because seven-day auctions will launch daily between November 15 and December 6. All bids start at only 10% of the retail price and hundreds of designers have donated items.

The 2007 event is sure to make fashion and fundraising history once again as fashion's biggest names join forces as major sponsors of 7th on Sale: the Council of Fashion Designers of America (CFDA), eBay, Kenneth Cole Productions, M·A·C AIDS Fund, Marc Jacobs International, Polo Ralph Lauren, Topshop and VOGUE Magazine.

In addition, the M?A?C AIDS Fund has generously agreed to match every dollar raised at the online auctions, up to $500,000.

A little history...

7th on Sale was founded in 1990 by the CFDA Foundation and VOGUE magazine. In its first three incarnations (1990 and 1995 in New York City, 1992 in San Francisco) the initiative raised more than $11 million, which was distributed by the New York City AIDS Fund to benefit HIV and AIDS organizations. The 2005 re-launch of 7th on Sale, available for the first time online through eBay, brought in an additional $1.7 million for the cause, which was distributed over the last two years through opportunity grants and requests-for-proposal. Beneficiaries over the years have included dozens of worthy organizations like AIDS Community Research Initiative of America (ACRIA), Alpha Workshops, amfAR, Gay Men's Health Crisis, God's Love We Deliver, Greenhope Services for Women, Harlem United Community AIDS Center, HIV Law Project, and the Latino Commission on AIDS, among many others.

Why your donations are important...*

While incredible progress has been made in the fight against the epidemic, HIV/AIDS remains a constant global threat. AIDS is the world's deadliest infectious disease among adults and is the fourth leading cause of death worldwide. Some other statistics:
- The Joint United Nations Program on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) estimates that there are now close to 40 million people living with HIV or AIDS worldwide.
- Since the beginning of the epidemic, AIDS has killed more than 30 million people worldwide, including more than 550,000 Americans.
- In 2002, HIV/AIDS was the leading cause of death among New York City women between the ages of 25 and 34.
- 61 percent of young people living with HIV/AIDS are girls.Around the world, 95 percent of people living with HIV do not know it.
- By 2010, India will have between 20 and 25 million AIDS cases, the highest in the world.

*Source: Kaiser Family Foundation, UNAIDS, U.S. Centers for Disease Control

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The first couple of BOWIE items are live on eBay now, including a trench coat (see autograph immediately above) and a puffer vest.

And there's a lightning bolt T-shirt, (see picture at top of page) a Let's Dance lyric print shirt (see large autograph on second image down) and a pair of black jeans with lightning bolt design on pocket, yet to come.

Go here, or click on any of the images above to view the current 7th on Sale Bowie auctions.

Speaking of charity auctions, I've had a couple of e-mails asking why I haven't posted pictures of David's contribution to this year's Lunch Box Fund yet. Well, that's mainly because he hasn't contributed this year. However, it's still a great auction for a very worthy cause worth a look...which you can do here.

Bowie Tracks On Topgear Compilation Cds

I put my foot down to the floor...

TopGear is the hugely popular (in the UK at least) BBC TV show regarding stuff you can drive. The above CDs are a spin off from it and this series of releases shows a little more imagination in the compiling than many other of these types of things.

Due to the ubiquitous nature of compilation CDs with a Bowie track on, I've not really been keeping up with them in recent months. However, I thought these were probably worth a mention.

For those of you interested, TopGear Anthems (above left) is a 38-track double CD which was released back in May and contains Song For Bob Dylan.

TopGear Seriously Cool Driving Music is a 39-track double CD released this week and contains Suffragette City. Ahhh, wham bam thank you Ma'am! Fill her up...

Fs2s Book Display At Paul Smith Fifth Avenue Store

New York's in love...

I was sent the following from Genesis Publications regarding the November 1st New York launch of FS2S. (Sorry folx, I didn't know about the event either.)

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PAUL SMITH LAUNCHES FROM STATION TO STATION

From Station To Station: Travels With Bowie, 1973-1976 received its official US launch on November 1 at the flagship New York store of British designer Paul Smith.

It was a memorable night that saw the store packed with guests, including the author Geoff MacCormack who was bowled over by the reception he and his book received.

As well as the book, 16 limited edition prints were also on display. These 10x8 inch prints have been made especially for Genesis and each is a limited edition of 5, signed by Geoff.

Paul Smith is so delighted with From Station To Station that the whole store-front is dedicated to it, except for one window dedicated to other classic Genesis titles. And the window dressers have worked exactly the sort of magic worthy of a Genesis limited edition.

You can see the magnificent display throughout the whole of November at Paul Smith, 108 Fifth Avenue, New York where you can also view and buy copies of the book and the limited edition prints.

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Check out the short cuts in the pictures above to find out more and pop along to Paul Smith at 108 Fifth Avenue for a browse if you're in the New York avenue.

We still need a whole bunch of questions to ask Geoff for our upcoming interview/contest. (08.04.2007 NEWS: ASK GEOFF A QUESTION FOR EXCLUSIVE BOWIENET INTERVIEW)

Come on folx, get your thinking caps on, you know the one with 'spark imagination' button on the side as we've now extended the deadline to the end of November.

Db Pays Tribute To John Giddings In Music Week Piece

Johnny plays the sitar, he's an existentialist...

This week's Music Week honours one of the live industry's most highly-respected promoters with an 18-page tribute feature.

Solo Agency's John Giddings has been behind David Bowie's live shows since the dawn of time, and here's what DB had to say in acknowledgement of that fact...

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"Back in 1982 I had a gig on the old Dieppe-Newhaven ferry which should have started at the stroke of 9.15. Well, as it would happen I had the mother of all earaches so I shut myself in the cabin for the night.

The next morning I was told that John had jumped up on the bar, dressed as me and performed the entire set faultlessly and for an encore had done two rounds of 'Love You 'Till Tuesday' and a revealing 'Build Me Up, Buttercup' Nobody 'till now knew that it was John and not myself. Those were the days. Ferries. Grand stuff. Good old John" ~ db

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For those not familiar with John and his work since he graduated from Exeter university in the early seventies, you can read all about him on the internet.

Lord Royal Highness On Tv Monday

Could laugh at the ocean...

It appears that the original scheduling we were given for the first airing of the SpongeBob SquarePants episode: SpongeBob?s Atlantis SquarePantis has been moved from today (Sunday 11th) to tomorrow.

We've already posted several items about this episode (10.05.2006 NEWS: SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS IN NEW BOWIE JOURNAL & 05.21.2007 NEWS: ATLANTIS SQUARE PANTS TO AIR IN NOVEMBER & 10.05.2007 NEWS: EXCLUSIVE FIRST LOOK AT LORD ROYAL HIGHNESS) which has the voice of David Bowie for the appropriately flamboyant Lord Royal Highness, below.

However, you can learn more over at www.nick.com where you can find related goodies including the trailer, a game and schedule information.

Rochester Pd Bowie Mug Shot Up On Ebay

Late night, big town, police, shake down...

This story first broke on TSG a couple of days ago, and it's in relation to the above police 'mug shot' taken of David Bowie on March 25th 1976.

Fans of a certain age will remember well the nervousness they felt when DB was arrested, along with three others, at the Americana Rochester Hotel in the early hours of March 21st after a show at the War Memorial in Rochester, New York.

Press reports on both sides of the Atlantic screamed "Bowie Busted" (still have the cuttings) and there was genuine concern that our man could be sent down for fifteen years after he was charged with "fifth-degree criminal possession of marijuana".

Anyway, after raising the $2,000 bail each for himself and his companions (who included one James Osterberg, Jr.) David returned to have his picture taken four days later on the 25th.

Above are the fruits (steady) of that photographer's labour in what has to be the coolest busted rock star photograph of all time.

Well now, if you have the right cash, you can enjoy a slightly more dog-eared version of the above print in the comfort of your own home, as the original is up for auction on eBay (Bids currently at US $610.01)...how do people get hold of stuff like this in the first place?

In the event, as you may have noticed, DB didn't go down for fifteen years and he emerged from the incident squeaky clean.

Still kind of ironic that he was busted for possession of marijuana, particularly during this period of 'experimentation'...somebody at Rochester PD wasn't doing their research properly.

Vintage Bowie T-shirts Estimated At $2,000

I like the tee shirts...

Two vintage David Bowie T-shirts going under the hammer at the Christie's New York Rock & Pop Memorabilia Auction at the end of the month have been estimated at between $1,500 and $2,000 USD.

That's the shirts above, (not in scale) and, according to Christie's, they have designs on the back and front too.

Here's the lot description...

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ROCK AND POP MEMORABILIA - Nov 30, 2007 - David Bowie - Lot Number 0108

A pair of David Bowie Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars T-shirts circa the early 1970s, including a long sleeved shirt with Ziggy on the front and the Spiders logo on the back, and a Tower Theater, Philadelphia, Nov. 30, Dec.1, Dec. 2, 1972 concert shirt. Accompanied by a copy of the book Vintage Rock T-Shirts.

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With estimates as high as that, it makes one wonder what the holy grail of Bowie T-shirts (below) would fetch at auction these days.

I can remember one of these 1972 RCA promo Ziggy shirts with the classic George Underwood Ziggy cartoon design on eBay in the early days of the popular auction site. I let it pass for some paltry sum...a decision that still makes me weep to this day...Anybody got a swap?

Myspace Oddity

And I think MySpace ship knows which way to go...

Had a few e-mails from people asking if so called official David Bowie MySpace pages are legitimate or not.

Well, even if they do appear to be endorsed by DB or myself, as you suspect...not!

In the unlikely event that there is ever an official David Bowie MySpace page, we'll let you know of it's existence here first.

Db And Iman At 4th Annual Black Ball For Kca

We had a friend, a talking man...

As you know, Iman, along with Alicia Keys, was the co-host of the Conde Nast 4th Annual Black Ball Concert Concert for Keep A Child Alive at the Hammerstein Ballroom in New York on Thursday evening. (10.10.2007 NEWS: IMAN TO CO-HOST THIS YEAR'S BLACK BALL IN NYC)

Iman's husband (left in the picture above) went along to give his support to both her and fellow rock/pop singing sensation, Bono, who the event was honouring.

By all accounts, a few of the songs performed on the evening were understandably Bono-centric, with Gwen Stefani duetting with Alicia Keys on a version of U2's Sunday, Bloody Sunday and Metropolitan Opera singer Kathleen Battle joining Keys for a version of the U2/Pavarotti collaboration Miss Sarajevo, which was originally released under the name of Passengers.

Bono himself performed a duet with Keys on their 2005 collaboration Don?t Give Up (Africa), a cover of the song originally recorded by Peter Gabriel and Kate Bush.David is pictured above with Iman and Gail Ann Dorsey's aforementioned current employer, Gwen Stefani.

You can view a list of the myriad celebrities that attended the do on the Wire Image site by clicking on either of the above images.

Thanx as ever to Kevin Mazur and Wire Image for the continued use of their exclusive pictures.

Sony Box Due For America And Europe In December

Grown inside a card box...

Had a couple of e-mails regarding the above 10-track promo that is starting to surface. It's described on the reverse as: "Highlights from the forthcoming limited edition boxset - David Bowie 88697169032. Five original albums all with bonus discs, including previously unreleased tracks and rarities packaged in unique vinyl replica sleeves - released November 2007". All good, except that date has now moved to December 3rd

We first hinted at this release after we published details of the Japanese version many moons ago, (02.11.2007 NEWS: SONY JAPAN TO ISSUE FIVE BOWIE CDS AS 'PAPER JACKETS' & 03.13.2007 NEWS: SONY MUSIC JAPAN ANNOUNCES MORE BONUS TRACKS & 05.03.2007 NEWS: SLIPCASE FOR SONY JAPAN PAPER SLEEVE RELEASES & 06.05.2007 REMINDER: SONY JAPAN PAPER SLEEVES RELEASED TOMORROW) which we also set a contest to win copies of back in August! (08.25.2007 NEWS: SONY JAPAN PAPER SLEEVES CONTEST - FINAL PART)

With the knowledge that "shortly thereafter" is relative, you'll be pleased to know that we'll be finally publishing the winners of that contest during the first weekend of December.

I'm sure we'll have a contest in the very near/distant future to win copies of this new European/American version, but in the meantime, here's the tracklisting for the above promo...

Finally, I'll leave you with a reminder of the 121 tracks that make up the ten discs in the box.

Disc 1 - Outside
     01. Leon Takes Us Outside
     02. Outside
     03. The Heart's Filthy Lesson
     04. A Small Plot Of Land
     05. Segue - Baby Grace (A Horrid Cassette)
     06. Hallo Spaceboy
     07. The Motel
     08. I Have Not Been To Oxford Town
     09. No Control
     10. Segue - Algeria Touchshriek
     11. The Voyeur of Utter Destruction (As Beauty)
     12. Segue - Romana A. Stone / I Am With Name
     13. Wishful Beginnings
     14. We Prick You
     15. Segue - Nathan Adler
     16. I'm Deranged
     17. Thru' These Architect's Eyes
     18. Segue - Nathan Adler (Version #2)
     19. Strangers When We Meet

Disc 2 - Bonus Disc
     01. The Heart's Filthy Lesson (Trent Reznor Alternative Mix)
     02. The Heart's Filthy Lesson (Rubber Mix)
     03. The Heart's Filthy Lesson (Simple Test Mix)
     04. The Heart's Filthy Lesson (Filthy Mix)
     05. The Heart's Filthy Lesson (Good Karma Mix by Tim Simenon)
     06. A Small Plot Of Land (Basquiat OST Version)
     07. Hallo Spaceboy (12" Mix)
     08. Hallo Spaceboy (Double Click Mix)
     09. Hallo Spaceboy (Instrumental)
     10. Hallo Spaceboy (Lost In Space Mix)
     11. I Am With Name
     12. I'm Deranged (Jungle Mix)
     13. Get Real
     14. Nothing To Be Desired

Disc 3 - Earthling
     01. Little Wonder
     02. Looking For Satellites
     03. Battle For Britain (The Letter)
     04. Seven Years In Tibet
     05. Dead Man Walking
     06. Telling Lies
     07. The Last Thing You Should Do
     08. I'm Afraid Of Americans
     09. Law (Earthling's On Fire)

Disc 4 - Bonus Disc
     01. Little Wonder (Censored Video Edit)
     02. Little Wonder (Junior Vasquez Club Mix)
     03. Little Wonder (Danny Saber Dance Mix)
     04. Seven Years In Tibet (Mandarin Version)
     05. Dead Man Walking (Moby 1 Mix)
     06. Dead Man Walking (Moby Mix 2 US Promo 12")
     07. Telling Lies (Feelgood Mix)
     08. Telling Lies (Paradox Mix)
     09. I'm Afraid Of Americans (Show Girls OST Version)
     10. I'm Afraid Of Americans (Nine Inch Nails V1 Mix)
     11. I'm Afraid Of Americans (Nine Inch Nails V1 Clean Edit)
     12. V-2 Schneider (Tao Jones Index)
     13. Pallas Athena (Tao Jones Index)

Disc 5 - 'hours...'
     01. Thursday's Child
     02. Something In The Air
     03. Survive
     04. If I'm Dreaming My Life
     05. Seven
     06. What's Really Happening
     07. The Pretty Things Are Going To Hell
     08. New Angels Of Promise
     09. Brilliant Adventure
     10. The Dreamers

Disc 6 - bonus Disc
     01. Thursday's Child (Rock Mix)
     02. Thursday's Child (Omikron: The Nomad Soul slower version)
     03. Something In The Air (American Psycho Remix)
     04. Survive (Marius De Vries UK CD Single)
     05. Seven (Demo)
     06. Seven (Marius De Vries Mix)
     07. Seven (Beck Mix #1)
     08. Seven (Beck Mix #2)
     09. The Pretty Things Are Going To Hell (Edit)
     10. The Pretty Things Are Going To Hell (Stigmata Film Version)
     11. The Pretty Things Are Going To Hell (Stigmata Film Only Version)
     12. New Angels Of Promise (Omikron: The Nomad Soul version)
     13. The Dreamers (Omikron: The Nomad Soul - longer version)
     14. We Shall Go To Town
     15. We All Go Through
     16. No One Calls

Disc 7 - Heathen
     01. Sunday
     02. Cactus
     03. Slip Away
     04. Slow Burn
     05. Afraid
     06. I've Been Waiting For You
     07. I Would Be Your Slave
     08. I Took A Trip On A Gemini Spaceship
     09. 5:15 The Angels Have Gone
     10. Everyone Says Hi
     11. A Better Future
     12. Heathen (The Rays)

Disc 8 - Bonus Disc
     01. Sunday (Moby Mix)
     02. A Better Future (Remix by Air)
     03. Conversation Piece (Re-recorded 2002)
     04. Panic In Detroit (Outtake from a 1979 Recording)
     05. Wood Jackson
     06. When The Boys Come Marching Home
     07. Baby Loves That Way
     08. You've Got A Habit Of Leaving
     09. Safe
     10. Shadow Man

Disc 9 - Reality
     01. New Killer Star
     02. Pablo Picasso
     03. Never Get Old
     04. The Loneliest Guy
     05. Looking For Water
     06. She'll Drive The Big Car
     07. Days
     08. Fall Dog Bombs The Moon
     09. Try Some, Buy Some
     10. Reality

Disc 10 - Bonus Disc
     01. Waterloo Sunset
     02. Fly
     03. Queen Of All The Tarts (Overture)
     04. Rebel Rebel (Charlie's Angels 2: Full Throttle soundtrack)
     05. Love Missile F1-11
     06. Rebel Never Gets Old (Radio Mix)
     07. Rebel Never Gets Old (7th Heaven Edit)
     08. Rebel Never Gets Old (7th Heaven Mix)

Target Cds And Look Book Winners

She finds the slinky vagabond...

We set a contest to win the above very recently (10.12.2007 NEWS: TEN BOWIE/DUFFTY/TARGET CDs AND LOOK BOOKS TO BE WON) wherein we asked the name of Keanan Duffty's band and where he got that name from?

The ten members below correctly answered that the band is called Slinky Vagabond and that David Bowie's Young Americans (see today's lyric quotation) was the inspiration for it...

apalumbo
crazedad
emily
fredthegnome
jefk
jgcoakley
mhammond
paul
stardust.cowgirl
suikkanen

Keanan also named his own clothing label Slinky Vagabond and you can read more about this and the band on his MySpace page. Also, check out the Slinky Vagabond site for more Duffty-related stuff...including some interesting mash-ups in the mp3 section. Check out the first one: Scary Psycho Model.

If the ten winners would like to get in touch with their postal details, we'll get their well-earned booty to them pronto.

October Issue Of The Voyeur Available Now

I guess we could cruise down one more time...

Hot on the heels of their annual fan meeting, those Dutch types have unleashed the October 2007 issue of The Voyeur fan magazine (above) which should be with subscribers about now.

As much as this is jolly good news for those that have been with The Voyeur and its previous incarnations over the years, I'm sad to have to report that this October issue is the penultimate.

The organisers do intend to continue with an online presence at www.davidbowiefanclub.com and they hope to publish the final issue of the mag before the end of the year.

This will be without the regular contributions from Ton van der Horst, who has decided to call it a day.

Anyway, here's what to expect from the current issue...

Watch out for "The Voyeur"
Welcome to "The Voyeur"
The Autograph - Every picture tells a story
Woodmansey caught "Red Handed" - An exclusive interview "The Voyeur" had with Woody Woodmansey.
Catch a Falling Star - A Book review by Peter Haywood.
Four page full colour David Bowie centrefold
Announcement of the 2007 fan(club)meeting (oops)
'Snap em' he said - Paparazi at the Highline Festival
The 1980 Floor Show - The six DVD bootleg set reviewed

Further details regarding the content of this new edition and information about back issues can be found on The Voyeur homepage at http://go.to/bowiefanclub.