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Meet me at the dance hall, we’re going to have a ball.
BowieNetter, DEmerson has put together a page on his site dedicated to the upcoming Tibet House benefit at Carnegie Hall, Feb. 26. You will find lots of useful information on tickets, the Carnegie Hall seating chart, and for out-of-towners there are helpful links on New York City.
Click on the poster DE has put together to take a look.
Thanks, DEmerson!
And Des de Moor sang his songs, Of darkness and disgrace…
At last night’s debut performance of ‘Darkness and Disgrace’ at the Rosemary Branch Theatre in London’s Islington, femme fatales emerged from shadows and boys stood upon their chairs. I smiled sadly for a love I could not obey, mainly on account of the fact that I wasn’t actually there. Nevertheless, I do plan to get along in the next couple of days, after which I will post my report on these pages.
‘Darkness and Disgrace’ is the work of “salty chansonnier” Des de Moor, (whose ‘Water of Europe’ album is currently available online), and Russell Churney who you may remember enjoyed a spell on TV as Julian Clary’s pianist, (that’s pianist!), where, as Julian’s hapless foil, he would regularly be the target of blatant advances and hilarious innuendo. I digress…
In ‘Darkness and Disgrace’ the duo “revisit a shared childhood inspiration, and together they take a fresh look at selections from three decades of one of the most breathtakingly eclectic, imaginative and multi-layered bodies of work in the history of popular song.” The particular selections from that multi-layered body of work they have chosen to interpret are: The London Boys, Please Mr Gravedigger, All the Madmen, Saviour Machine, The Width of a Circle, The Bewlay Brothers, Life on Mars?, Lady Stardust, Time, Future Legend/Bewitched, Diamond Dogs, We Are The Dead, Sons of the Silent Age, It’s No Game, Scream Like a Baby, The Buddha of Suburbia and I Have Not Been to Oxford Town.
The Barb Jungr directed performance runs until Sunday 28th January, at the Rosemary Branch Theatre. Click on the image above for more information including booking details.
Total Blam Blam – (European Correspondent)
And he was alright, the band was altogether…
You may remember a piece on these pages from November about the impending arrival of Cybernauts (11/21/00 NEWS: CYBERNAUTS ARE COMING). Well they’re here. The band that used to be billed as Joe Elliot with The Spiders From Mars, have released their promised 18-track live album on Universal Records in Japan, with all but two of those songs (‘Angel No. 9’ and ‘White Light/White Heat’) being Bowie compositions. Go here for further details on how you can download the album, and a few words from Joe himself about the band that has two genuine Spiders among its ranks.
Total Blam Blam – (European Correspondent)
The stars look so special
From Sonicnet.com: Moby and David Bowie have been added to the lineup for the 11th annual Tibet House Benefit Concert, according to organizers.
Joining the dance-music star and rock icon at the show, set for February 26 at New York?s Carnegie Hall, will be Patti Smith, a longtime contributor to the Tibet House concert;……
RollingStone.com: David Bowie, Moby, Natalie Merchant and Patti Smith will head up the bill for the eleventh annual Tibet House Benefit Concert on February 26th………
Click links for full stories.
Thanks, Spaceface!
If you want it, boys, get it here thing
EMI are no longer pressing the third CD of the Bowie at the Beeb set…the live performance from the BBC Radio Theatre in London on June 27th 2000. Though you may still find copies in your local stores, any re-orders will now be supplied as the ’68 – ’72 double CD set only. So if you didn’t buy it yet, get it now before you live to regret it, whatever that means.
Total Blam Blam (European Correspondent)
Rolling Stone Online will feature the web’s best fans and bands, and theartists who are the most internet savvy. David Bowie has been selectedby the Rolling Stone Online editorial staff as one of the artists, andclips from the video for his Grammy nominated single “Thursday’s Child”will be included in the feature. There also will be a poll where fanswill get to vote. Check it out!
Look for David Bowie on MTV tomorrow at 1PM EST on a program called “Hips, Lips and Gender Benders.” Thanks, Glittergrrlluby!
God knows I’m good…
Tune in to VH1’s “100 Greatest Albums of Rock & Roll” beginning on Monday, January 15th. David Bowie’s “Hunky Dory” and “The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust andThe Spiders From Mars” have made the list and will be featured in the program. The special will run through January 19th and will air at 10PM EST. Tune in to find out the albums’ rankings…..