Month: March 2001

The stupendous Massive Attack have joined DB in creating a wonderfully evocative version of the old standard ‘Nature Boy’ for the forthcoming summer cine-release ‘Moulin Rouge’.

David laid down his vocal last week in NY city and sent it off to Robert ‘3D’ Del Naja in London, who then pulled together the rest of the production. Massive and David first met when they found themselves working on the same Festival in Israel in the nineties. ‘Moulin Rouge,’ directed by Romeo and Juliet creator Baz Lurhman, stars Nicole Kidman and Ewan McGregor among others and will make its debut at Canne this May.

Already tipped as a summer smash, Moulin Rouge will be the third of Lurhmans ‘thoroughly modern musicals’ to date, starting with the wonderful ‘Strictly Ballroom’. The Bowie/Massive recorded performance of ‘Nature Boy’ will be featured in both the movie and its soundtrack.

David describes it as “Slinky and really mysterious, 3D has put together a riveting piece of work. I’m totally pleased with the end result.” More details as soon as we have them. Meanwhile, here’s a link to the movie itself.

dotmusic.com has posted an official denial by David Bowie to a story they posted yesterday. So I’m afraid BowieNetter Electric Blue will have to forget about opening up her spare room to house the exodus of Bowie fans that will not now be travelling to Wales in May. The original nonsense headed “BOWIE PUTS HIMSELF FORWARD FOR FESTIVAL” ran like this:” David Bowie has taken the unprecedented step of inviting himself to take part in this year’s Hays Festival in Wales. The annual event takes place on 25 May and features selected experts in different fields of art and culture, who are invited to perform, read and talk about their art.

Bowie, who is widely recognised as one of the most influential people in popular music, took the unusual step of putting himself forward for the festival after he heard Sir Paul McCartney and Beth Orton would be talking about their lyrical skills at the event. Bowie contacted organisers and asked if they’d like to invite him too.

“He just wants to talk to people about his art,” says a source from the festival.”

David’s reaction to this ‘story’ follows:

“Phoney. I’ve never heard of this Festival. As much as I love Wales, the thought of going to some festival to ‘talk’ about my ‘art’ makes me all giddy with horror. I think that the Festival’s PR person is trying to drum up interest. Anyway, isn’t Hays in Middlesex??”

So now you know…sorry EB, perhaps you’ll get another chance to see us all when David invites himself to the annual Welsh Sheep Dog Trials…They’re not guilty I tell you!

Another popular one this. Not too many of you had a problem with identifying Auguste Rodin’s ‘The Thinker’, the only problem was choosing the right song that contained the word “Thinker”. The three most popular choices, in ascending order, were:

‘Win’ – “Secret thinker sometimes listening aloud”
‘Conversation Piece’ – “I’m a thinker, not a talker, I’ve no-one to talk to, anyway”
‘Cygnet Committee’ (or Lover To The Dawn) – “The Thinker sits alone growing older, And so bitter”

The answer we were looking for was the most popular one, ‘Cygnet Committee’. Although we did include ‘Lover To The Dawn’ among the correct answers that were fed into The Random Selector, in future we will only include songs that have had an official release. Go here for the lucky name that TRS has selected, and this month’s competition picture.

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It’s that time again! That’s right hep cats and kittens, KMSV has got theanswers to everything you’ve always wanted to know but were afraid to ask inthis month’s installment of Ask The SuperVixen!

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The Bowienet members’ Tibet pages have been updated over the weekend, with some transcripts and great screengrabs of the CNN broadcast on the press page. We also had a rather wonderful journal from akko. Here is a taste:

Meet my mum. Here?s a photograph of her with myself, taken at the entrance of the Carnegie Hall on 26 February 2001. Her name is Michiko. She was born in January 1937. She is originally from an ultra-conservative family in countryside, and has been married for 40 years. She has also been a devoted mother of three, the youngest of which is myself, throughout her marriage. So it must have been such an adventure to fly over to New York City on her own. She would not have made it if she was not such a fan of David Bowie. What made her, who is now 64, be a Bowie fan?

You can go to the Tibet journals page (not to be confused with David’s journals) to read the whole story.

:))

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Secret secret never seen…

…Actually the majority of you have seen ‘Mr Rice’s Secret’ (aka ‘Exhuming Mr Rice’) via satellite or scratchy third-generation copies from some European friend or other. Well the film will finally be available to rent in the UK from April 9th (through Odyssey Video Rental) and possibly sooner in other parts of Europe, but it won’t be available to buy for a further two months until it goes on sale in July. So only another five months or so to go then…Unless, of course, you are one of twenty BowieNetters who are about to win a copy.

Yes that’s right, the selfless and incredibly generous BowieNetter (and talented poet to boot), Russell Phillips, has donated twenty copies of this enchanting film to BowieNet, when he could have just knocked ’em out at his local car-boot sale over the weekend for a tidy profit. What a diamond geezer. These copies are instant collector’s item preview versions in VHS PAL format with a timecode running across the top.

Despite the collectibility (if such a word exists) of these prizes, if the format or the timecode is likely to upset you, please give others a better chance of winning by not entering yourself. Unfortunately Baby BowieNetter Steve K is disqualified from entering as the film has a 12 certificate, but not to worry my gummy little friend, a special BowieNet consolation lolly is winging its way to you. If the rest of you fancy your chances go here.

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Have you seen The SuperVixen’s latest column? This simply is a must read if you’re seeking answers to some of life’s deepest questions, like the origin of EZ Squirt, where toothpaste gets its stripes or where to get the best price for your kidneys online!

You can also read Kelmar’s letter to Bill Gates urging him to use his multi-gazillionaire muscle to initiate the “dot-porn” extension!

After you’ve been enlightened, don’t forget to ask the SuperVixen your own questions for next month – anything goes!

Thanks Kelmar!

A millennium Fetish

If you’ve been anywhere near BowieNet recently, you know all about David’s latest quest to find a name (with help from BowieNutters) for the upcoming “baby radio” (with a current working title of “Radio DaDa).” He wrote about it in his journal yesterday, posted it on the boards in the Now section, and even made it his latest David Asks question…..whew!

We’re all psyched about BowieRadio – not only Radio DaDa, but the main radio station as well! Although we had to push the launch date back a couple of weeks (we initially hoped to launch at the end of February), we’ve tied up the loose ends and are almost ready for take off! So what should you expect?

Available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, BowieRadio will play streaming audio right through your computer including tracks from David’s vast catalogue, live performances and never before heard tracks from David’s personal library!

BowieRadio will also feature specially scheduled playlists of other artists handpicked by David Bowie or by BowieNutters themselves. It’s commercial free, and the audio quality will blow you away! Listen to BowieRadio while you surf BowieNet, surf the Web, or do whatever it is you like to do while you listen – stay tuned!

The Bowienet members’ Tibet pages have been updated over the weekend, with some transcripts and great screengrabs of the CNN broadcast on the press page. We also had a rather wonderful journal from akko. Here is a taste:

Meet my mum. Here?s a photograph of her with myself, taken at the entrance of the Carnegie Hall on 26 February 2001. Her name is Michiko. She was born in January 1937. She is originally from an ultra-conservative family in countryside, and has been married for 40 years. She has also been a devoted mother of three, the youngest of which is myself, throughout her marriage. So it must have been such an adventure to fly over to New York City on her own. She would not have made it if she was not such a fan of David Bowie. What made her, who is now 64, be a Bowie fan?

You can go to the Tibet journals page (not to be confused with David’s journals) to read the whole story.

:))

Thanks, Spaceface!

It’s that time again! That’s right hep cats and kittens, KMSV has got theanswers to everything you’ve always wanted to know but were afraid to ask inthis month’s installment of Ask The SuperVixen!

Thanks Kelmar!