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Here is the second part of our 2 part story: “The Cyber-Song Journals.”
This is Alex Grant’s personal journal. It’s quite interesting reading. From his departure to the recording of the Internet’s first Cyber Song, Alex brings us all along on his BowieNet gala weekend. Thanks again Alex for sending this in for us all!
In this week’s TV Guide (June 5-11), there is a feature called “TV’s 25Greatest Musical Moments” where TV Guide and the Today Show teamed up toselect the greatest 25 musical moments.
David’s guest appearance onBing Crosby’s ‘Merrie Old Christmas’ on November 30, 1977 was the 14thgreatest in the selections made.
They say “Of David Bowie’s many peculiar personas (e.g.Ziggy Stardust), this may be the strangest of all: Bing Crosby’s duetpartner on a Crosby Christmas TV special. Their repartee was agrandad-meets-martian fiasco, but then the two started singing together,artfully meshing “The Little Drummer Boy” with “Peace On Earth”. It wasmagic.
As they glided to the finish, Crosby murmured, “Pretty thing,isn’t it?” Yes, Bing, even beautiful.”
BowieNet has been nominated as “Best Artist Site” at this years Yahoo Internet Life Awards. The awards are sponsored by Yahoo Internet Life Magazine. The other nominees are Tori Amos, The Beastie Boys, Public Enemy, Marilyn Manson, and Prince. The winners will be announced on July 19th at Studio 54 in New York City and will be cybercasted (tba). yahoooo!
VH1 HISTORY OF ROCK AND ROLL
Wednesday, June 2, 1999, 10:00 p.m. EST
(60 min)
The ’70s: Have a Nice Decade
VH-1 will be airing the special “The ’70s: Have a Nice Decade” on Wednesday, June 2, 1999, 10:00 p.m. EST.
(Profile) The seventies may stand as the most colorful decade of rock, with the theatrics of artists like David Bowie, Kiss and Alice Cooper. Also, a new craze called disco swept across America..
This special will be shown again on Monday, June 7th at 1:00 a.m. EST
Here is the first in a 2 part story we will call “The Cyber-Song Journals.”
Our very own Bonster wrote the first part of the journals. This is her take on “The Adventures of Alex Grant“.
Tomorrow, we will post up part 2. Alex will share his personal journal of his Gala weekend in New York, his activities throughout the weekend, and the grand finale, meeting and recording with David Bowie.