Be on the look-out for the new issue of “What’s Online” – a UK publication that features an interview with David this month.
On sale: 25th February 1999
Cover date: Issue 8
Cover price: £3.95 (UK)
Frequency: Bi-monthly
ISSN: 1369-6386
Editor and Writer: Tim McCann
Here are a few quotes from the interview:
What made you decide to start up BowieNet?
Our priority right from the beginning was that if we were going to do this we were going to do it really well. And the quality control of what goes on the site is extremely strict. I wanted to create something in the same realm as the Earthling and Outside albums ? something that would fit alongside my musical work. What made the Net irresistible, though, was the fact that I could bring all my work together.
For a rock legend, you come across as being very down to earth.
If you’ve been around as long as I have, it helps. I do tend to objectify as a performer. There’s this creation called David Bowie, but I still think of myself as David Jones. I’ve found over the years that the expectations of the audience are very different from the artist. What I realized after Ziggy was that the persona was partly created by the artist but completed by the audience.