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It was on this day, March 1, 1999, that Mike Garson’s Now!Music Network was officially launched! In addition to twospecial pieces of art (one of which was created by BowieNetmember Starluck!), Mike has written a “special” poem tocelebrate this milestone. For additional information, check out Mike’s News Page at:
Go to the Now! Music Network
1972 was the year. During this time, Iggy & the Stooges – at the height of their musical powers and legendary excesses – recorded the now-seminal album ‘Raw Power‘ and performed their only UK gig at London’s ‘The Scala‘.
It was a crazed period captured on camera by one man: Mick Rock.
“Iggy Pop is, you might say, extreme. He makes the Mick Jaggers and Alice Coopers of this world look kind of timid. Words such as ‘spontaneous’ and ‘unpredictable’, frequently applied to him, are a little short on power. Iggy is a monster.” – Mick Rock, 1972
Now, to be released this Spring, a deluxe edition book of 200 black and white images, including 47 striking color shots, documenting Iggy and his remarkable band at their finest. Most of these images have never been published before. The book also contains an interview of Iggy by Mick himself, and an introduction by Mick as well.
The book will be published May 2nd, 2000 in the UK, and June 2nd, 2000 in the USA.
There will be a full-scale exhibition and launch party to be held at the original venue: The Scala, on May 2nd.
Go here for a sneak preview of a couple of Mick’s shots
The MTVE ‘David Bowie Day‘ is happening 1st March across the Nordic & European feeds, which cover the following territories:
NORDIC FEED: Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Faroe Islands
EUROPEAN FEED: Belgium, France, Israel, Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Switzerland, Greece, Russia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Egypt, Georgia, Hungary, Iceland, Luxembourg, Malta, Moldova, Monaco, Poland, Romania, Slovak Republic, Slovenia, Turkey
This is what will be shown over the course of the day:
1. David Bowie – ‘VH-1 Storytellers‘ – 1999
2. David Bowie – ‘Live from the 10 Spot‘ – US MTV Show
3. David Bowie – ‘Rockumentary‘ – 1991 Documentary with Kurt Loder
4. David Bowie – ‘hours… special‘ DB interview with MTV South re. hours album, originally put together by MTV South last year, they have re-voiced it.
5. David Bowie – ‘All-Time Top 10 David Bowie Videos‘ – 2000 As voted for by visitors to the MTV website. A selection of 20 was put onto the MTV website with visitors to the site invited to vote for their favourites. The results will be shown in a special program.
6. Bitesize segments – interview clips running into videos, eg. using clips from interviews with DB recorded last year, using clips from other artists saying what a huge influence DB is on them etc.
7. Promo clips to be screened throughout the day.
The great Holly Palmer is hittin’ the road! Actually, she is hitting the Street… 72nd Street! To kick off a month packed with gigs, Holly is playing a gig tonight at the Dark Star Lounge.
Where:
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Here’s the rest of the concert schedule for March (and one for April… all these dates are in New York City):
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Enjoy the shows, everyone!!
Get yer VCRs greased and ready, because tomorrow, Wednesday, March 1st, there will be THE DAVID BOWIE DAY on MTV Europe! Lots of good stuff is lined up for your home entertainment, so don’t miss it!
Go to MTV Europe
British music mag Q have another article this month that features Bowie. ‘Stage‘ is listed among their ‘Best Drumming Albums of All Time‘, and this is what they said about drummer Dennis Davis during the recording of ‘Station To Station‘ in 1975:
“…it was his first as keystone of the rhythm section (with Carlos Alomar and George Murray) that lasted for five studio albums and this one – the contentiously mixed document of 1978’s Stage tour, recorded in Philadelphia. Davis really lets his hair down throughout, barrelling round his kit, testing every cymbal in the shop and embellishing favourites such as a snail’s-pace Ziggy Stardust and Station To Station with some flamboyant but fluid showmanship.”
Go to Q Online
As promised in David’s journal last week, Blam’s Little Spot became available for public viewing yesterday. The first item up for the Blammo treatment is the legendary The Man Who Sold The World dress cover.
Total Blam Blam would also like to take this opportunity to thank everyone for their offers of marriage this leap year, February 29th, but feels duty bound to point out that he is in fact already married. He would also like to point out that Rednik is a married man too, and while Blammo is flattered by Rednik’s offer, he feels that Red, in his responsible position of webmaster, really should know better.
NB: For the confused among you, it is traditional in the UK for ladies to propose to men on the 29th of February.
Total Blam Blam – (European Correspondent)
“The Pretty Things are definitely NOT going to Hell” as they have a new web site:
http://www.snappermusic.com/theprettythings
There you can hear audio and send a Pretty Postcard featuring an audio oftheir anthem to dope, “All Light Up“. As you may or may not know Bowiecovered two P.T. songs on his ‘Pin-Ups‘ album in the early 70’s.
OnlineStar, a German site, has a contest for ‘Best Internet Site‘. The contest is decided by voters from around the world. Go to the link even if you cannot read German, in the left corner is a space for the last name, next to it is one for the first name and underneath it the e-mail address. In the big white space just write the message, that you would like to nominate B-net, and maybe some reasons why.
Then just click on “Abschicken“, and that’s it.
Go here to vote for BowieNet!
thanks to Simone for the tip
As you all know, the Brit Awards ’00 have David Bowie nominated for ‘Best British Male‘. Now is your chance to back that nomination by voting for Bowie on the Brit Awards Website. The race is on, and the competition is fierce, but Bowie will prevail with your help… As we speak, db is in 2nd place, but gaining fast. Lookout Tom Jones, this is David’s year!
Go VOTE!!!