Month: January 1999

Here are a few photos from Saturdays Chat session with Ronan Keating of Boyzone. If you did weren’t able to attend Saturday’s chat session, you can read the transcript here!

Update: it seems that is IS possible to run Worlds Ultimate 3D Chat on a Mac with Kinetix Virtual Win 95.

The following information was sent in by a MAC guru.

“You can run Worlds on a Mac with a product called Virtual PC by Connectix. It allows win 95/98 emulation on high end Power Macintoshes. You shouldreally be using a G3 Mac to get good emulation results. I haven’t triedthis yet, mostly because it’s a hastle and my machine is about a year oldand at the minimum requirements to run Virtual PC. Anyhow the connectixwebsite has all the info folks need (http://www.connectix.com). Theresalso another emulator made by Insignia called Real PC and/or SoftWindows95/8… site is http://www.insignia.com).”

In reviewing some of the technical data for the WORLDS 3D Chat, there seems to be a “technical loophole” that you might want to consider. It says:Worlds Ultimate 3D Chat will run on a Mac with Kinetix Virtual Win 95. We haven’t confirmed this, but thought it might be useful to know. If you have a MAC with Kinetix Virtual Win 95, give it a try!

Ronan Keating, of Boyzone will chat with David Bowie TODAY, Saturday, January 30th, 1999.TIME: 7:00 p.m. GMT, 2:00 p.m. EST.

Here is the entire Zaire stamp set as reported by our December 4th news item. Thanks to Total Blam Blam for the image!

We caught up with Gail Ann Dorsey and have confirmed the dates for the Zucchero (means Sugar inItalian) shows. David makes mention of this tour in his Jan. 24 journal entry.Let’s get out there and support Gail on this tour! Here are the dates and locations.

12-02-1999 Montichiari BS Palageorge
14-02-1999 Bolzano BZ Palaonda
15-02-1999 Treviso TV Palaverde
17-02-1999 Milan Filaforum
18-02-1999 Milan Filaforum
20-02-1999 Firenze FI Palasport
21-02-1999 Torino TO Palastampa
02-03-1999 Perugia PG Palaevangelisti
03-03-1999 Roma RM Palaeur
04-03-1999 Bari BA Palaflorio
06-03-1999 Pesaro PS BPA Palas
07-03-1999 Genova GE Palasport

The tour will also be in London on March 31st. You can read up on Gail by reading the chat transcript from her BowieNet chat (Thursday, December 10th, 1998)

Time Out UK (January 27 – Febuary 3) has selected the Nicky Horne/David Bowie Interview as their “Pick of the Week”in Radio this week. David Bowie will be Nicky Horne’s guest on Sunday, January 31st from 5 – 6pm GMT.

Just a reminder:
If you are in the UK, you can call David with your questions on 0500 1053 89. Talk-Radio can be found at 1053 and 1089 MW (Medium Wave). Outside the UL but still want to be involved? Then email your questions to David in the Talk Radio studio (questions@davidbowie.co.uk).

Stay tuned for more information on the webcast!

The time has now “officially” been set for 7:00 p.m. GMT, 2:00 p.m. EST for Ronan Keating / David Bowie Chat this Saturday, January 30th, 1999.See you there!

In the article “Serious Moonlighting” from the February 1999 issue of InternetMagazine (UK), David Bowie talks about Bowienet, and the futures of theInternet and music industry.

“People say that it’s not going to happen, thatwe’ll always be able to pop down to the local store and buy an album. I havea theory about the future of the Internet. Do you want to hear it?” Check itout at www.internet-magazine.com

Is the Internet good or bad for European culture? Yesterday, the BBC held an international debateon the concerns that European culture might be threatened by the lack of regulation on the World Wide Web.

UltraStar’s Ron Roy delivers a strong voice for the Internet and it’s future. Ron was joined by Mark Reid, and Paul Jessop, Technical Director of the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry. Check it out at http://www.bbc.co.uk. There is even a Real Audio clip of the debate.Go Ron!