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*And we have a winner…David Bowie has announced the winner of BowieNet’s hi-profile CyberSong Contest: Alex Grant, 20, of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. Grant will receive a$15,000 publishing contract from Bug Music (http://www.bugmusic.com), a VIPtrip to New York (where he’ll join Bowie for the recording of the song thisspring), a one-year subscription to BowieNet (http://www.davidbowie.com), acomplete Bowie catalogue, $500 worth of music from CDNow(http://wwwcdnow.com) and a three-year subscription to Rolling Stonemagazine.
The new song, entitled “What’s Really Happening,” was written byDavid Bowie — all except for three verses which were left “blank” foraspiring co-songwriters. Contest entries flowed in by the thousands fromSeptember through December 1998, and even included entries by members of THECURE (http://www.thecure.com).
*Chat with Boy George AND David Bowie this Saturday, Feb. 27BowieNet members are invited to chat with David Bowie and Boy Georgeon Saturday, February 27 at 12 noon EST, 9 a.m. PST. The two pop icons willhave much to say on the state of current cultural and musical affairs.
*David Bowie: Book Reviewer?Once again David Bowie is entering a new realm on the Internet–thistime as a reviewer for BARNESANDNOBLE.COM (http://www.barnesandnoble.com).BOWIE will be a regularly featured book reviewer and this month critiquesMost Art Sucks: Five Years of Coagula, written by Walter Robinson and TomPatchett. Last month, Bowie wrote a thoughtful and amusing review of BarneyHoskyns’ Glam! Bowie, Bolan, and the Glitter Rock Revolution. Bowie willbe writing at least two reviews per month for barnesandnoble.com.