Month: June 1999

VH1 TONIGHT
June 18, 1999, 2:30 a.m.
6:00pm EST (60 min)
Legends “David Bowie”

VH-1 will be re-running David Bowie’s ‘LEGENDS‘ (Profile) From cult stardom in the 1970s to superstarstatus in the 1980s and 1990s, David Bowie established an enduringname for himself as a musician and artist.

Tonight, ZDTV completes it’s exclusive 3-Part TV / Web Series on www.zdtv.com/internettonight. As you know, you can check it out on BOTH TV and the web.

TONIGHTS EPISODE: Friday, June 18: “Bowie, The Visionary”

Liam Mayclem queries Bowie on MP3, online movie distribution, and what lies ahead for the music world and the Internet.

Don’t forget about the give-aways. Check the www.zdtv.com/internettonight website for details, and watch tonight!

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That’s right. Tony Visconti and Bowie are back at it! This time, the 2 long-time collaborators are working with the up-and-coming New England band called Rustic Overtones.

Tony, who is currently producing the bands new album, was kind enough to include BowieNet in the upcoming project by sending us this info about the band, how they met, and David’s involvement.

Bowie will indeed be doing some work with The Rustic Overtones. Check out this special section, and be sure to listen to the 2 encoded tracks. They are quite addicting!

You can also check them out on the website: www.rusticovertones.com

This years class of 1999 honorary doctorate and commencement speakers contained some heavy hitters, including the likes of Al Gore, General Norman Schwartzkopf, John F. Kennedy Jr., Henry Kissenger and of course David Bowie.

Here is a fun article sent in by BowieNet member SpaceBoy. The article (Time Magazine, June 7 1999) mentions some of the more memorable moments from each speech.

Bowie gets called out as the Class Clown, quoting his opening joke: “How does a tuba player answer the telephone? Hello, Domino’s“

If you didn’t get a chance to see Bowie’s Commencement Speech, you can do so by now.

We have ALSO posted 22 images of the Berklee Commencement. All photos were taken by Iman.

Here are a couple shots from the Cyber Song Contest, taken with the Lucent 360 Cam. In the next few weeks, we will be bringing you more goodies from this event, including a condensed version of the night’s festivities.

For now, please enjoy these 2 shots
( 1 | 2 ) from our friends at Lucent.
Hey, what’s that on Bowie’s finger??

RollingStone.com is running a video of David Bowie’s Cybersong Contestin-studio recording session. They’ve culled the best parts of the sessionand want you to enjoy it again and again. It can be viewed by going to: www.rollingstone.com/sections/special/bowievideo.

PLEASE NOTE: This video will go live tonight (June 16) around 6 p.m. (CST), and part 1 ofZDTV’s three-part series will air tonight as well. (see story below)

Special thanks to our friends over at RollingStone.com for this editied version of the Cyber Song Contest. We love that!

Just a reminder that the film “Everybody Loves Sunshine” can be seen TONIGHT: June 16 on the Sky TV Premier Channel (based in the UK).

This gritty North West of England gangland drama tells the tale of two ex-convicts: one’s struggle to go straight while being thwarted by the other. It was filmed mainly in the Isle of Man.

The film stars Goldie (Godfather of Brit Jungle), David Bowie and Clint Dyer, and was directed by Andrew Goth.

You can read more about Goldie in David’s journal from September 12th, 1998.

Tonight, ZDTV begins it’s exclusive 3-Part TV / Web Series. www.zdtv.com/internettonight. You can check it out on BOTH TV and the web.

ZDTV, the only 24-hour television channel about computers, technology and theInternet, will air an exclusive three-part series, David Bowie’s Technical World, June16, 17 and 18.

TONIGHTS EPISODE: Wednesday, June 16: The Cyber Song Contest

Internet Tonight films a recording session at New York’s Looking Glass Studio, asDavid Bowie records the song written with BowieNet Cyber Song contest winner AlexGrant. The contest drew more than 200,000 entries, and Bowie chose Grant’s songbecause “…it was impertinent, scanned well and was easy to sing.”

BowieNet will re-broadcast all 3 segments in the upcoming weeks, just in case you don’t get ZDTV in your area, PLUS a special BowieNet Exclusive “All the Outtakes, not seen from the ZDTV Webumentary” – How Fun!

BUT WAIT!! THAT’S NOT ALL: What about the prizes???

Here’sthe list of prizes ZDTV is planning to give away to several very luckyviewers over the next few weeks:

3 year-long subscriptions to BowieNet
5 personalized, autographed BowieNet mousepads
5 personalized, autographed CD’s (Bowie’s Greatest Hits)

Yes, even BowieNet members can enter to win, go make sure you check the www.zdtv.com/internettonight website for details, and watch tonight!

Bowie gets a little blurb on www.rollingstone.com. Entitled “David Bowie flaunts cyber know-how” – the piece talks about the upcoming David Bowie’s Technical World to be broadcast June 16, 17 and 18 on ZDTV’s Internet Tonight. Have a look.

SOD- Sisteurs of Utter Destruction, has announced the winners to their What’s Really Happenin’ Dammit! lyric contest.

The contest, a “twisted” version of BowieNet’s “What’s Really Happening” contest, challenged users to write a song using at least four words the sisters have pre-selected. You can check out the list AND the winners of the contest 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.