Month: March 1999

Just a reminder that we will be chatting with Joey Arias this Thursday, March 18th at 6:00 p.m. EST.

Please log into the #ChatGuest room for this chat event. See you there. You can read more on Joey in Bowies February 20th Journal or in Joey’s bio.

David appeared on last night’s Comic Relief charity show in a video-taped segment. All in good fun, David says:

“Hello boys and girls, erm… I’m David Bowie and… I’m talking to you for Comic Relief. Tonight I thought I’d do something a little bit different so I’m gonna play a new composition for you, erm… that I think you may enjoy. It’s called ‘Requiem For A Laughing Gnome’. It’s for recorder and erm… it has some choreography that was… erm… I picked up from an Navaho Indian erm… that I met last week in the Croydon chapter. It’s in four movements, probably I should begin with the first one. Thank you.”

David starts playing the recorder, and does a bit of fancy footwork. A message appears on the screen:

David continues playing as another message appears:

All done for a worthy cause! You can visit the Comic Relief/BBC web site and make a donation on-line. In 13 years of fundraising and grant-making, Comic Relief has raised over £139 million.

The Trio Channel (Dramas, Documentaries and Films channel) will air Absolute Beginners tomorrow, March 14th at 9:00 p.m. EST. Here is a quick clip from the film.

Be on the look-out for David Bowie tonight on Comic Relief: a UK evening devoted to raising money for charity.

(BBC1 & BBC2 7:00pm-1:00am)
( BBC2 9.00pm)

For more information on Comic Relief:
http://www.comicrelief.org.uk/.

UK ARENA on Cable and Sky Digital are repeating two David Bowie documentaries, the BBC programmes Bowie at 50 and the wonderful Cracked Actor several times this month starting on Friday 12th March at 9.35pm.

Have a glimpse at the NEW Bowieart splash screen. You can visit Bowieart now by clicking here!

13 years ago today (March 12, 1986), theAbsolute Beginners single wasreleased.

Hey. Did you know that you can view the Absolute Beginners RealVideo right here, right now. All you need is the latest version of RealNetworks RealPlayer. (download link below)

As we reported last month, Lifetime channel aired a special ‘Intimate Portrait’ about Iman. Narrated by Isabella Rosellini, “Intimate Portrait: Iman” features interviews with her husband, David Bowie; friend Rosie O’Donnell; Peter Beard; and famed fashion photographer Francesco Scavullo.

If you missed the special, or just wanted to have your own copy, you can now buy the Iman special direct from Lifetime Channel.

UK ARENA on Cable and Sky Digital are repeating two David Bowie documentaries,the BBC programmes Bowie at 50 and the wonderful Cracked Actor several timesthis month starting on Friday 12th March at 9.35pm.

ere are 2 submissions that beg to be BowieNews items. The first is a song written and performed by Carla Rhodes (aka Picadilly) entitled Ode to BowieNet.
The track tells the tail of the BowieNet members. (pure fiction…right?) Click here to hear the track and read the lyrics. Good fun!

The Second is a new Bowie site entitled “SOD – Sisteurs of Utter Destruction“

Submitted by Paula (aks Squeakie), the site features free email accounts, funny DB FAQ’s and acool GuestBook. It is also promising the upcoming Contest of the Milleniumwith cool Bowie-related prizes! Check it out at http://www.squeakie.com/sod.