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It’s a drive-in Saturday…
Showtimes:
9:00 pm – Space Oddity
10:00pm – Queen Nation
Admission $15.00 at the door
$10.00 with Discount ($5.00 off with printed discount email)
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Don’t forget that Laurence Bolwell’s (above)
I struggle hard to take these pictures in…
I attended the launch party of
This is easily the most impressive exhibition of Mick’s work, with beautifully themed rooms for each artist and many rare and unseen shots of pretty well everybody Mick has photographed and filmed, and I have to say that those of you planning to attend are in for a delicious visual feast beyond compare.
Even if you’re only interested in Mick’s work with David Bowie there is more than enough here to slake your thirst. Apart from massive prints of some of the more well known Ziggy shots, there are also huge displays of Mick’s Bowie artworks (see below) and continuous looped footage of some of the rarer bits of Mick’s Ziggy films, such as The Rainbow in ’72.
There’s even a listening post with an early 1972 Bowie interview with Mick, which I believe was actually conducted the same night as Mick first photographed David at Birmingham Town Hall on March 17th on their return to Haddon Hall. It’s a fascinating glimpse into the psyche of the embryonic Ziggy, while he was still formulating some of his ideas.
Aside from all this, there’s also a display in the exhibition of the work of
If you don’t have much cash, it may be an idea to give the
There’s also the slipcase hardback edition of Blood and Glitter (04.02.05 NEWS: MICK ROCK IN BERLIN NEXT WEEK) and the new softback edition retitled GLAM!, below.
If that doesn’t tempt you, why not get one or two of the Mick Rock greeting cards…one of which is the Bowie shot used for the Life On Mars? press ads, and there are a couple of T-shirts and other Bowie books too.
If your interest stretches further than David Bowie, then I’m afraid you’re financially doomed as there is also tons of stuff by the other artists Mick has photographed…not to mention loads of great Punk Rock merchandise left over from the last exhibition at
For those of you that missed it, there’s more about this event in Tuesday’s news. (09.27.05 NEWS: MEET MICK ROCK AND MUCH MORE IN MANCHESTER, MAN!)
Stay tuned for our Mick Rock competition starting next week and details of more Mick Rock exhibitions on the horizon.
Till there was Rock, you only had God…
The
The main event at
“Spanning 40 years of rock, this exhibition is the largest ever to date by legendary photographer Mick Rock, ?the man who shot the seventies? and went on to capture the images, acts and auras of some of contemporary culture’s most celebrated icons.”
You can read more about the event and check ticket prices, etc., for the exhibition,
Also at Urbis on Thursday, Mick is probed for 90 minutes from 6:30pm for:
Go
Starting next weekend we’ll be running a competition to win one of ten copies of the new hardback edition of Mick Rock and David Bowie’s absolutely stunning book, Moonage Daydream: The Life & Times of Ziggy Stardust, each of which will be signed by Mick. And, as promised back in June, (06.09.05 NEWS: NEW MOONAGE DAYDREAM COVER REVEALED) we’ll also have one of the original
As the merchandise exchanged and money roared…
I bet the person who removed the original centre of the above single didn’t figure on their action devaluing the 7″ piece of black plastic by around £1,250! (Approx. $2,220 USD)
The record, (cleverly catalogued as BOW-1E) is the very desirable Low sampler from 1977, which the majority reading this (including me) won’t own. The one-sided promo was originally pressed to promote the release of Low, surprisingly enough, though it was never actually distributed.
It contains snippets of six of the tracks from side one of the album, (excepting Always Crashing In The Same Car, for some reason) and it clocks in at 4.45, which works out at a generous forty seven and a half seconds per snippet!
The record is so sought after that the above copy, less than ideal with the centre removed, still commanded an incredible £1,000 (Approx. $1,775 USD) on eBay earlier in the week.
The reason that this centre removal may have cost the seller dearly, is that the pristine copy in its original RCA promo sleeve, below, went on eBay back in May for a breathtaking £2,250 (Approx. $3,995 USD)!
Of course, this is yet another perfect example of why sellers shouldn’t rush to popular price guides to get an indication of actual value. Record Collector has the disc at £500 in the 2006 edition of their price guide, which it has done for the past five years now.
Any collectable is worth exactly how much somebody is willing to pay for it. In fact, to be completely honest, the Low sampler is only really worth around £50 if somebody out there has got one they’re willing to push my way! };-)
Bowie stock is very strong right now, illustrated further by the fact that a particularly dog-eared copy of the above, extremely rare, Portuguese Space Oddity on Philips, (albeit complete with insert) also fetched a remarkable £1,020 on eBay just two days ago.
If you are finding it hard to accept that these records sold for the amounts I’ve mentioned, (admittedly they are beyond belief) then simply click on the relevant cover to reach the original eBay auction page.
It seems rare Bowie is where the smart money is right now. Certainly a better return than any saving scheme or pension fund I’ve ever been offered!
Oh, RaMOANa – if there was only something between us…
Those of you that subscribe to The Voyeur fan magazine have no doubt already wrestled your postperson to the floor before the careless fool bends your copy in half and shoves it through your letterbox. I know I have.
Those of you that don’t subscribe should read on for just a few reasons, from the magazine’s very dashing Peter Smit, as to why you should…
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The September 2005 issue of ‘The Voyeur’ is out now!
Like always at this time of year, the International David Bowie fanclub ?The Voyeur? proudly announces another fabulous edition of ?The Voyeur?.
In this issue of “The Voyeur”:
~ A new(s) item called Rumours and lies and stories they made up
~ Outrageous, an interview by Playboy’s Cameron Crow
~ The elephant man, 25 years ago
~ Haubtstrasse 155 anno 2005′, a visit to Berlin
~ Awesome’ The “Voyeur’s” fan(club)meeting reviewed
~ A special edition of DVD 15
~ The Superman experience, a concert review by Cora Deacon.
More details about the new edition and information on how to become a member can be found on the homepage at
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Some of you may recognise the name of Cora Deacon as the real name of one of BowieNet’s longest serving members, the lovely RaMOANa. The Superman experience is RaMOANa’s three-page review of David Bowie’s epic 1997 show at The Chili Pepper in Fort Lauderdale, illustrated with her own shots of David signing stuff for fans before the show.
You can read more of RaMOANa’s Superman experience and view a whole bunch more colour shots of DB at aforementioned signing,
I, I can remember…
David Bowie’s sublime 1977 title track from his “Heroes” album is the focus of the first part of a new BBC Radio 2 series, Classic Singles, which will endeavour to “explore in detail the most popular and influential singles ever released”.
The show is presented by Debbie Harry, who is more than qualified to do the job, seeing as how she released a live cover of the song on the B-side of Blondie‘s 1980 #1 UK hit Atomic. This live version even included a guest appearance by Robert Fripp, who was responsible for the famous guitar line on the original Bowie/Eno composition.
The “Heroes” single was released 28 years ago yesterday. But, despite heavy promotion at the time, (various different and brilliant performances of the song were recorded for TV shows, including, TOTPs, Marc and Bing Crosby’s Merrie Olde Christmas) it only managed to get to #24 on the UK singles chart…incredible when one considers just how widely appreciated the song is now.
Anyway, here’s a bit about the Classic Singles radio show from the BBC:
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Classic Singles – 10.00-10.30pm BBC RADIO 2
Debbie Harry examines David Bowie?s “Heroes” in the first of a new series exploring in detail the most popular and influential singles ever released.
This is not a countdown but an in-depth examination of the most important music of our time. Each programme highlights the social, musical and historical importance of a classic pop song, explaining why that song generated such passion and excitement and why it still has relevance and resonance today.
The opening programme includes interviews with Bowie and his producer, Tony Visconti, describing how they recorded the track in the famous Hansa studios in Berlin.
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David’s interviews are most likely to be culled from the archives as he hasn’t done anything specifically for the programme, though it’s possible that TV‘s contributions are recent.
The thirty minute broadcast takes place on Wednesday 5th October at 22:00 to 22:30 GMT, and you can listen online to the show
While you’re over at the BBC site, you may want to check out the
Fashions may change, heaven knows…
I know a few of you looking around the
In the words of the publication, David spoke from his summer home in the Catskills, about “his résumé of stylish alter egos, his sartorial inspirations and, of course, codpieces.”
I’ve also had more than a few enquiries asking where the supplement can be purchased. Well, I’m afraid that it’s not commercially available. It comes pollybagged to subscriber-only editions of various October issues of
However, for those of you that haven’t managed to get your mitts on a copy or even read a transcript of the interview yet, click on the image above to read it now.
I’m back on Suffragette City…
Ahead of the release of their second album, You Could Have It So Much Better, on October 3rd, the
Alex Kapranos has made no secret of his love of all things Bowie, (a mutual respect that David has made clear too: 10.07.2004 NEWS: DB DIGS FRANZ – FRANZ DIGS DB) and in an interview back in April he talked about some of the things that had inspired him during the recording of the new album:
“We?re listening to a lot of Bowie. A bit of the old glam stuff, but also ?Low?, ?Station to Station? and ?Heroes?. But also it?s good to listen to those records when thinking about producing records as they’re so radical and so adventurous and very inspirational.?
In the same piece, Alex also mentioned his love for Eno-era Roxy Music and how they too have been an inspiration. If these influences are apparent on the record, I for one look forward to the release of You Could Have It So Much Better with much anticipation.
Elsewhere,
Here follows the relevant bit…
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As their silver bus speeds down a dark Dutch highway, half the band — drummer Paul Thomson, 30, and baby-faced bassist Bob Hardy, 25 — have already retreated to the cryptlike bunks that take up the vehicle’s upper deck. Nearby, frontman Alex Kapranos, 33, is awake, if weary. He has fixed his intense stare on a laptop; the glow from the screen flatters his silent-movie-villain cheekbones, but not the dark circles around his green eyes.
Mindful of his sleeping bandmates, Kapranos begins to sing softly, reading the familiar lyrics of David Bowie’s “Suffragette City” from the computer: “Oh, leave me alone . . . Oh, Henry, get off the phone.” The band’s sound engineer and I can’t help ourselves: “Hey, man,” we chime in. “This mellow-thighed chick just put my spine out of place,” Kapranos continues, in a sweet tenor that’s missing the snarl of his onstage voice.
“I always thought that it was ‘that mellow fat chick,'” Kapranos says a couple of minutes later. “That would be a much better line.” Franz Ferdinand’s leader is well qualified to make that judgment. After spending most of the last nineteen years either diligently dissecting great rock songs or writing his own, he can offer up expert opinions on everyone from Queen to obscure power-poppers Sparks (who recorded the Franz-appropriate tune “Rock & Roll People in a Disco World”). But tonight’s lesson is a crash course in Bowie, with a final exam on the way: In forty-eight hours, Kapranos has to perform “Suffragette City” for the first time in his life (as a duet with Jake Shears, of American disco-pop act the Scissor Sisters) in front of 60,000 or so people.
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Well, as we all know from aforementioned report on BowieNet, the performance at V was a huge success, with no reports of Alex fluffing the lyric to Suffragette City…unlike somebody else around here! (09.17.2002 NEWS: BLAMMO REPORTS FROM BOWIE REHEARSALS)
They’re so natural…
The current edition of NME has a blurb on the front which reads: DAVID BOWIE JOINS ARCADE FIRE. As lovely as that notion may seem, the piece is obviously a live review from Fashion Rocks.
“It felt really natural. We have a lot of respect for him so it kind of felt like meeting a professor rather than a celebrity.”
The piece (above) used a picture that we had in last week’s news (09.09.2005 REMINDER: FASHION ROCKS ON CBS TONIGHT PLUS MORE PICTURES) in case you missed it and you want to view a bigger version.
The Killers are the cover stars of this edition of NME, with a picture of the band accompanied by the quote: “We owe everything to Britain”. Of course, one particular Brit was singing the band’s praises almost a year ago in his online journal, which you can find a link to in this news piece: 10.05.2004 NEWS: IT’S TUESDAY, NEW BOWIE JOURNAL…AS PROMISED.
He was The Nazz…
The peoploids over at
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GLAM-OU-RAMA presents Night Of A 1000 Ziggys
Buffalo Bars, Saturday 24th September – 8:30pm to 2:00am
It’s seems like only a few weeks ago that we held the 2nd annual Night Of A 1000 Ziggys with Star Scream & Shard (and with David Ryder-Prangely dueting on an amazing version of Rebel Rebel). I guess it just seems so recent because it was such an amazing night and the memories are so powerful. Well, it was actually almost a year ago and now we present to you the 3rd annual Night Of a 1000 Ziggys!
The idea of the night is that we glam things up even more than normal, play for more Bowie and that people dress up either as our favourite alien, Ziggy Stardust, or in a way that is inspired by him. It should feel like you’ve time-warped back to 1973 and are at an after-party for a Ziggy Stardust concert. The question is, will Ziggy himself turn up?
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The Bowie nights at