Don’t fake it, baby…
When I posted a follow up to last year’s April Fool gag on April 2nd, 2009, (04.02.2009 NEWS: DID YOU TAKE THIS PICTURE OF DAVID BOWIE?) I made the following promise: “…so many members have now begun to expect this kind of thing on April 1st, I think it’s time to say that this was the last one we’ll ever do…”
No reason why you would believe that at the time. However, as unlikely as it seems, I have actually stuck to my word.
I’ve posted this item as late in the day as possible so as not to spoil everyone else’s April Fool pranks. Indeed, as I post this, Honolulu still has a good few hours (at least seven) of April 1st left to go. Who listens to the midday rule anyway?
April Fools’ Day is definitely a redundant tradition on BowieNet…when you do fall for my silliness it’s no real fun anyway, as there’s no crime in believing something that’s perfectly feasible…as most of the last few years attempts to hoodwink you have been, kind of.
So instead we will run this annual bit of mischievousness instead. It’s a pretty straightforward contest, but I guess you has to knows yer eggs…
There are seven Bowie ‘collectibles’ on this page…some official, some not…all real items in my collection, except for one fake!
All you have to do for now is study each of the items with their captions (which I’ve kept short to make it all a little bit harder) and stay tuned to find out what to do with your findings. I’ll kick off with the description for the above item of dubious origin…
Item #1 (above): Seven track Turkish 12″ featuring David Bowie’s Let’s Dance
Item #2: Box of promotional MAINMAN gold matches
Item #3: Unassembled Aladdin Sane record store counter display, USA 1973
Item #4: Japanese 12″ x 12″ in-store double-sided RCA flyer from late 1972
Item #5: BPI bootleg 7″ 45 single pressing of two live Bowie tracks
Item #6: Playable Polish flexi-disc postcard of Kazimierz Mikulski’s 1954 painting, Night Rehearsal, featuring the Bowie song, Star
Item #7: 1976 Sound Promotion Bowie logo solid metal belt buckle
So that’s it. As I say, stay tuned for further details of how to proceed.