Month: December 2000

From everyone here at BowieNet, we would like to wish you all a HAPPY NEW YEAR! Thanks for being a part of BowieNet.

As you may have noticed, some of our message boards have gotten a bit overwhelming. In the Spirit of the New Year, we have been discussing the idea of pruning them a bit, but do not want freak anyone out 😉

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“Dave…stop…stop, will you…stop, Dave…will you stop, Dave…stop, Dave…I’m afraid…”Welcome to the year of the film that inspired David Bowie to pen the song that gave him his first taste of commercial success, (phew). As everybody reading this knows, the film ‘2001: A Space Odyssey’, was the trigger for some of the ideas contained within what is possibly David’s most famous song, the punningly entitled ‘Space Oddity’ (“…Oooh yes I don’t really like David Bowie, but I do like that Major Tom one..”).Released in July 1969 the single eventually reached #5 in the UK, and was the first reissued single ever to reach #1 on its second issue when it “really made the grade” in 1975. Space Oddity continues to be one of Bowie’s most enduring and endearing songs, and it wasn’t too many years after this initial flush of success that another Stanley Kubrick film would leave a huge impression on David, helping flavour the look of his next success, Ziggy Stardust. But that’s a story we’ll go into in considerably more detail next year. Total Blam Blam – (European Correspondent)

2000 is just about over and New Years Eve is upon us. What a year it’s been!Here are just a few of the cool things that happened in y2k:

1. Alexandria Zahra Jones Born (Congrats To The Bowie’s)
2. “The Pretty Things Are Going To Hell” Remixer
3. Bowienet Members Only Concert / Roseland
4. BowieNet v2 Named Best Artist Web Site
5. Countless Contest And Special Features
6. Crummie From Toy
7. David Bowie Named Online Pioneer Of The Year!!
8. Exclusive Chats with David Bowie, Page Hamilton, Mike Garson, Gail Ann Dorsey, Mark Plati, Tony Visconti, Earl Slick, and the Ladies Chat with Emm, Gail, Holly
9. Dee Bee Cover Project
10. Digital Download / 20 Classic Albums Available Online!
11. Exclusive Studio Videos
12. Fanmix Project
13. Haibow Contest
14. Free Tickets To Bowie Shows
15. Live And Well CD Delivered
16. Musik express votes www.Davidbowie.Com #1 Website of 2000!
17. Omikron
18. The wonderful contributions to our Gallery Section
19. The Launch Of V2
20. The Always popular David Bowie Journals

Strung out on lasers and slash back blazers…

Are you looking for that special ingredient to make your new year’s eve Glam Rock party go with an extra swish? Then look no further than this compilation of covers by the world-famous Children of the Revolution. The notorious rockers are clearly refusing to give up the Glam Rock crown, and are also, thankfully, refusing to grow old gracefully. Their outrageous onstage clobber, the envy of Chicory Tip members everywhere, was worn during the recording of this album, and you can almost hear the stomp of platform boots throughout. Almost.

This fine collection, enigmatically entitled ‘IV’, is released by Mike Peters‘, (of The Alarm), Twenty First Century Recording Company through MPO. Touchingly faithful versions of two David Bowie songs are included on the CD, ‘The Jean Genie’ and ‘All The Young Dudes’, even though ‘Dudes’ is more faithful to Mott The Hooples’ version. Other songs recorded originally by the likes of The New York Dolls, T Rex, The Sweet and Slade are included, and there’s even a Christmas tune written for the band by Mile Peters. Click on the sleeve above to order a copy of the CD online, and go here to learn more about the mighty Rev.

Thanx to Alain Insane for helping keep Glam alive.

Total Blam Blam (European Correspondent)

Tell you who you are if you nail me to my car

Q magazine have a regular feature HEAVY ROTATION : What’s playing in the Q office this month.

The Feb 2000 issue selects Joe The Lion from Heroes. They describe it as “The one that goes “Nail me to my car”, because its about Californian performance artist Chris Burden, who once nailed himself to the roof of a Volkswagen Beetle.“

Chris Burden gave an interview at the Royal Academy Of Fine Arts, Stockholm in Feb 1999. You can hear an audio clip of him talking about the 1974 performance which inspired this song. He was nailed to the roof of the car through the palms of his hands and rolled out for viewing for 15 or 20 seconds, a performance he describes as an apparition.

David talked about this innovative artist in an interview he gave in Sept 95.”Chris Burden, he was an extraordinary guy. He was the subject of a song I wrote called “Joe the Lion” on Heroes. He’s the guy – [singing] `Nail me to my car, tell you who you are.'”. He also made a film where he had himself sewn into a mailbag and thrown in the middle of a highway, where he lay for 5 hours in heavy traffic and emerged unscathed. And he once had himself shot in the arm with a .22 onstage.” more (thanks to ‘Heroes’)

For more about Chris Burden’s work, some of which seemed to predict the general style of Damien Hirst and others, you can go here.

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After a month of training, David Bowie makes his first appearance with Lindsay Kemp in the mime production “Pierrot In Turquoise”That was thirty-four (34) years ago today, December 28th, 1967.

Look at your children, See their faces in golden rays…

The picture above is number one in a limited edition of fifty prints, produced by David Bowie, of his gorgeous wife Iman. This 32″ x 24″ inch beauty could be yours if you nip over to eBay and stick in a bid for the item, which is being auctioned in aid of Global Kids. Here’s what the non-profit organisation says about itself:

“Global Kids, Inc. is a non-profit educational organization dedicated to preparing urban youth to become global citizens and community leaders. Global Kids programs aim to ensure that young people of all backgrounds have the knowledge, skills, and experience needed to succeed in school and the workplace and to participate in the shaping of public policy and international affairs.”

At the time of writing this, and with less than 24 hours remaining, the bid stands at $250. So here is the chance for some generous type to own an ultra-rare David Bowie print, (you’re unlikely to ever see another number one of a limited edition Bowie artwork such as this) while helping a great cause in the process. Let us know if you’re the winner. Good luck and happy bidding.

Total Blam Blam (European Correspondent)

As you may have noticed, some of our message boards have gotten a bit overwhelming. We have been discussing the idea of pruning them a bit, but do not want freak anyone out 😉

Keep a lookout for a poll that will ask you what YOU would like to do with the Message Boards.

The Poll will have 4 simple choices:
a. Keep them as is
b. Delete all but the last month
c. Nuke Em, with same topics
d. Nuke Em, start new topics

Start pondering this question with deep meditation please!

Here is a fun, 13 minute video interview we dug out of the archives for you. This Interview features Flo and Eddie interviewing David Bowie, as well as samples of the “Heroes”video.

For those of you who don’t know, Flo and Eddie made their mark with the Turtles, and later joined Frank Zappa’s Mothers of Invention. They later glided into their own Flo & Eddie persona, which you can watch for yourself in this classic TV show clip.

This rare interview covers topics such as Identities, Rock and Roll, individuality, Ziggy the archetype, Berlin, Iggy Pop, Kenya and much more!

Check out David’s Flo and Eddie Interview