Month: April 2001

“Everything is Rock ‘N Roll…”

Joey Ramone, lead singer of legendary punk band the Ramones, died of lymphatic cancer at 2:40 p.m. Sunday at the age of 49. A sad day for Rock ‘N Roll, to be sure.

You may recall that we had the privilege of chatting with Joey here on BowieNet two years ago. Go here to read the transcript from our chat with the punk icon, or here for more information about his life and death.To read the transcript, you need only click on the picture above or access from the BowieChat page (scroll to the bottom and click on the link to view transcripts of past chats).

The Grand Prize Winner is…..

How much luck can one hoser have in a few months? Apparently, lots! First it was tickets to see David perform at Carnegie Hall as part of the U.S. Tibet House Benefit Concert, now the Grand Prize Winner in the Points Competition for the first quarter of 2001!

Yikes!

A job well done, Alec. Your prizes include:

• 1 year free Premium BowieNet membership
• A personal phone call from David Bowie
• The Entire David Bowie CD Catalog including an autographed CD
• PLUS A Personalized Photo!

Don’t use it all in one place! As always, there are LOTS of winners! 2 1st Place winners, 5 2nd Place Winners and 10 3rd Place Winners!!!

Go HERE to see the complete winners list!!!

Please note: we will be making some changes to the Points System that we think you will be excited about. Watch the news next week for details….

BOWIENET MEMBERS ONLY
For information on becoming a member
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Happy at the sound of your voice…

If you haven’t an egg-rolling session planned, you could do worse than tune in to BBC Radio 2 at midday (GMT) on Easter Monday for the last part of three in the station’s countdown of the ‘Voices Of The Century’. This chart, (a poll of 44,000 Radio 2 listeners and a panel of music industry figures) has been the subject of much heated debate, as these things always are, and I’m sure that debate will continue here with our man Bowie placed at a pretty impressive number thirteen.

The aim of the chart was to find the nation’s 100 favourite singing voices, excluding classical and operatic performers. That’s a lot of singers to choose from. It does seem that death has insured the high chart placing of many of the entrants, with nine of the twelve positions before David being taken up by singers who are sadly no longer with us. I guess this information pretty much endorses Bowie’s title of ‘living legend’. Here follows the top fifteen positions:

01. Frank Sinatra
02. Elvis Presley
03. Nat ‘King’ Cole
04. Ella Fitzgerald
05. Bing Crosby
06. John Lennon
07. Aretha Franklin
08. Billie Holiday
09. Barbra Streisand
10. Freddie Mercury
11. Roy Orbison
12. Paul McCartney
13. David Bowie
14. Bob Dylan
15. Ray Charles

The broadcast is available online, click on the image above for more details. Well done for the well-deserved recognition yet again David.

Total Blam Blam – (European Correspondent)

The release date for the Who Tribute album entitled Substitute: The Songs of the Who has been released – it’s scheduled to hit the streets on June 12th. As you may recall from October, David covers Pictures of Lily which he writes about in his Journal dated October 11th.

Other artists appearing on the tribute album include Pearl Jam, Sheryl Crow, Phish and many others. There are to be 11 tracks in total – go here for more information.

As you may also remember, BowieNet was in the studio with David during the Pictures of Lily session when David revisited his old friend the Stylophone! Here are some crummies from that memorable session in case you missed it ( 10/12/00 NEWS: CRUMMIES OF LILY! ) or just want to watch them again!

CLIP ONE

CLIP TWO

CLIP THREE

CLIP FOUR

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Don’t you let my letter get you down…

The current edition of Q (May 2001) which we have already mentioned once this month, ( 04/02/01 NEWS: WIN A SIGNED COPY OF BLOOD AND GLITTER ) has an interesting letter from the very observant Rachel Jenkins of Middlesex, that goes like this:

Dear Q Re: The omnipresent David Bowie There has been a photo of David Bowie in every single issue of your fine magazine for the last year or so. Big or small, obvious or subtle, relevant or not, there is always an image of him (page 48 in last issue and page 14 in the one before that for example). Not that I’m complaining, it is surely a good thing to include visuals of probably the greatest musician in the world, but I was wondering – is there a Bowie-crazed photo editor? Or could it possibly be a huge conspiracy initiated by the Thin White Duke himself in order to remind us mere mortals just how great he is? Or is it some kind of crazy “Spot the Bowie” competition where I win lots of lovely prizes? Please Explain.
Rachel Jenkins, Teddington, Middlesex
No, It’s just a freaky coincidence.

The letter is accompanied by a picture of Bowie from Glastonbury last year, not that it mattered of course, the ‘Blood and Glitter’ special contained a further five pictures. Well spotted Rachel, and long may this practice continue, after all we mention Q as often as they mention DB!

You don’t have to question everything in heaven or hell…
Or do you?

That’s right kiddies, it’s that time of the month again! (Yes, really!) Ask the SuperVixen is back with your monthly T and A… err, make that Q and A! And this month’s column has a stunning CONTEST where you could win (not-so) valuable prizes! So what are you waiting for?!

Any questions? Just float a mail. 🙂

Thanks, Kelly-Marie!

…drum roll, please!!!

The Grand Prize Winner is…..

How much luck can one hoser have in a few months? Apparently, lots! First it was tickets to see David perform at Carnegie Hall as part of the U.S. Tibet House Benefit Concert, now the Grand Prize Winner in the Points Competition for the first quarter of 2001!

Yikes!

A job well done, Alec. Your prizes include:

• 1 year free Premium BowieNet membership
• A personal phone call from David Bowie
• The Entire David Bowie CD Catalog including an autographed CD
• PLUS A Personalized Photo!

Don’t use it all in one place! As always, there are LOTS of winners! 2 1st Place winners, 5 2nd Place Winners and 10 3rd Place Winners!!!

Go HERE to see the complete winners list!!!

Please note: we will be making some changes to the Points System that we think you will be excited about. Watch the news next week for details….

The current edition of Q (May 2001) which we have already mentioned once this month, ( 04/02/01 NEWS: WIN A SIGNED COPY OF BLOOD AND GLITTER ) has an interesting letter from the very observant Rachel Jenkins of Middlesex, that goes like this:

Dear QRe: The omnipresent David BowieThere has been a photo of David Bowie in every single issue of your fine magazine for the last year or so. Big or small, obvious or subtle, relevant or not, there is always an image of him (page 48 in last issue and page 14 in the one before that for example). Not that I’m complaining, it is surely a good thing to include visuals of probably the greatest musician in the world, but I was wondering – is there a Bowie-crazed photo editor? Or could it possibly be a huge conspiracy initiated by the Thin White Duke himself in order to remind us mere mortals just how great he is? Or is it some kind of crazy “Spot the Bowie” competition where I win lots of lovely prizes? Please Explain.
Rachel Jenkins, Teddington, Middlesex
No, It’s just a freaky coincidence.

The letter is accompanied by a picture of Bowie from Glastonbury last year, not that it mattered of course, the ‘Blood and Glitter’ special contained a further five pictures. Well spotted Rachel, and long may this practice continue, after all we mention Q as often as they mention DB!

Don’t you let my letter get you down…

The current edition of Q (May 2001) which we have already mentioned once this month, ( 04/02/01 NEWS: WIN A SIGNED COPY OF BLOOD AND GLITTER ) has an interesting letter from the very observant Rachel Jenkins of Middlesex, that goes like this:

Dear Q

Re: The omnipresent David Bowie

There has been a photo of David Bowie in every single issue of your fine magazine for the last year or so. Big or small, obvious or subtle, relevant or not, there is always an image of him (page 48 in last issue and page 14 in the one before that for example). Not that I’m complaining, it is surely a good thing to include visuals of probably the greatest musician in the world, but I was wondering – is there a Bowie-crazed photo editor? Or could it possibly be a huge conspiracy initiated by the Thin White Duke himself in order to remind us mere mortals just how great he is? Or is it some kind of crazy “Spot the Bowie” competition where I win lots of lovely prizes? Please Explain.
Rachel Jenkins, Teddington, Middlesex
No, It’s just a freaky coincidence.

The letter is accompanied by a picture of Bowie from Glastonbury last year, not that it mattered of course, the ‘Blood and Glitter’ special contained a further five pictures. Well spotted Rachel, and long may this practice continue, after all we mention Q as often as they mention DB!

…made my life so wonderful…

The release date for the Who Tribute album entitled Substitute: The Songs of the Who has been released – it’s scheduled to hit the streets on June 12th. As you may recall from October, David covers Pictures of Lily which he writes about in his Journal dated October 11th.

Other artists appearing on the tribute album include Pearl Jam, Sheryl Crow, Phish and many others. There are to be 11 tracks in total – go here for more information.

As you may also remember, BowieNet was in the studio with David during the Pictures of Lily session when David revisited his old friend the Stylophone! Here are some crummies from that memorable session in case you missed it ( 10/12/00 NEWS: CRUMMIES OF LILY! ) or just want to watch them again!

CLIP ONE

CLIP TWO

CLIP THREE

CLIP FOUR