Month: April 1999

On commencement eve at the Berklee Performance Center, Friday, May 7, 1999 at 7:30 p.m. EST, students will present a concert tribute to David Bowie and fellow honorary doctorate recipient Wayne Shorter, performing selections from their award-winning careers. Bowie is expected to be in attendance.

As a special treat, Berklee plans to web-cast the commencement concert via Real Video. BowieNet will post more information on this as the event time approaches, or you can check out the Berklee College of Music website for more details.

Both Bowie and Shorter will speak during the commencement ceremony the following day (May 8th), with Bowie being the principal speaker to more than 600 graduates and 3,000 guests.

Other past Berklee honorary doctorate recipients include Duke Ellington, B.B. King, Patti LaBelle, Sting, James Taylor, Pat Metheny, Dizzy Gillespie, Billy Joel, Bonnie Raitt, and Quincy Jones.

That’s right. There have been some changes to the BowieArt site. A new splash screen now awaits you. Have a look.

Don’t pack your bags yet! The two-day Bowiefest that was planned for Saturday and Sunday, the 21st and 22nd of August 1999 had been cancelled. David Priest (the event’s coordinator) stated venue problems and time considerations as the reason for the cancellation.

If you are looking for more on this story, you can contact musicmaster@lineone.net for additional details.

21 years ago today (April 28, 1978), David Bowie performed live at the Philadelphia Spectrum. The concert was recorded for a double live LP, entitled ‘Stage’

Here are 2 more entries in the Speedo Contest. We are going to wrap this one up next week, so if you want to be eligible for judging, get your photos in by Wednesday (April 21, 1999). Then we will all vote for the winner.

Come on, open that graphics program and get to work!!

If you don’t know how to, but want to learn, try Web Graphics 101 from CNET. This little tutorial will teach you everything you need to know about web graphics, and includes links for downloading graphics programs. So now you have no excuses, send your Speedo entry in now!

The new Bowie fan site entitled “SOD – Sisteurs of Utter Destruction“, submitted by Paula (aks Squeakie), is currently promoting a new contest “What’s Really Happenin’, Dammit!?”

A “twisted” version of BowieNet’s “What’s Really Happening” contest, SOD now challenges you to write lyrics for the Bowie track using at least four words the sisters have pre-selected for you. You can check out the list on the SOD site.

The SOD site alsofeatures free email accounts, funny DB FAQ’s and acool GuestBook. Check it out at http://www.squeakie.com/sod.

Here is a cool quote from Brian Molko of Placebo, as seen Melody Maker:

Q: “What is your most treasured memory?”

A: “My most recent most treasured memory was being onstage at the Brit Awards with David Bowie, the two of us playing guitar and singing in harmony with each other – that was a real ‘pinch me, I’m dreaming’ situation. We weren’t too bad, we were in key at least – but we could never really get the lyrics right. We were doing ’20th Century Boy’. We had a fucking laugh.”

Here is a clip of the performance for those that missed it.

A two-day Bowiefest is planned for Saturday and Sunday 21st / 22nd August 1999. Entitled “BOWICON99” – The 1999 UK David Bowie Convention.

Events planned include the screening of never before seen Ziggy Stardust footage from Aylesbury and Dunstable 1972, rare audio material, videos, live bands, Bowie disco, auction, trading stalls, special guests and lots more.

If you are interested in performing at Bowicon99, or simply want more details, contact David Priest.

In a re-print from a past issue, Bowie gets a few words and picture in the April 1999 issue of Architectural Digest about a home he previously owned in Mustique.

It was 16 years ago today (April 14, 1983), that ‘Let’s Dance‘ was released.

Bowie’s most commercially successful album to date generated such monster hitsingles as: Modern Love
China Girl andLets Dance.

You can also view these Bowie classics in RealVideo format:

Want more? Here are a few exclusive photos of the “Let’s Dance” period, including shot’s of David recording the album.