Month: December 2002

Black eyed Ravens, They spiral down…

We first told you about Lou Reed’s tribute to Edgar Allen Poe more than a year ago. (11/05/01 NEWS: BOWIE CONTRIBUTES TO NEW LOU REED ALBUM) Well, the album finally has a release date of January 27th 2003 and it comes in two formats that both contain ‘Hop Frog’, the track that David has recorded with Lou.

For those of you that can’t possibly wait until January 27th, promo copies (see pic above) of the two disc set are currently fetching more than $100 on eBay!

Meanwhile, those of us that can wait will have to content ourselves with the track listing for now. See below for both versions.

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The Raven (single disc version)

01. Overture
02. Edgar Allen Poe
03. Call on me – Lou Reed & Laurie Anderson
04. Valley of unrest (spoken track)
05. Thousand departed friends (instrumental)
06. Change
07. Bed
08. Perfect day
09. Raven (spoken track) – Lou Reed & Willem Dafoe
10. Balloon
11. Broadway song – Lou Reed & Steve Buscemi
12. Blind rage
13. Burning embers
14. Vanishing act
15. Guilty – Lou Reed & Ornette Coleman
16. I wanna know (The pit and the pendulum) – Lou Reed & The Blind Boys Of Alabama17. Science of the mind
18. Hop frog – Lou Reed & David Bowie
19. Tripitena’s speech (spoken track)
20. Who I am (Tripitena’s song)
21. Guardian angel

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The Raven (double disc limited edition)

Disc 1 – Act 1
01. Conqueror worm (spoken track)
02. Overture
03. Old Poe (spoken track)
04. Prologue (spoken track)
05. Edgar Allen Poe
06. Valley of unrest (spoken track)
07. Call on me – Lou Reed & Laurie Anderson
08. City in the sea/Shadow (spoken track)
09. Thousand departed friends (instrumental)
10. Change
11. Fall of the House of Usher (spoken track)
12. Bed
13. Perfect day
14. Raven (spoken track) – Lou Reed & Willem Dafoe
15. Balloon (spoken track)

Disc 2 – Act 2
01. Broadway song – Lou Reed & Steve Buscemi
02. Tell tale heart (part 1)
03. Blind rage
04. Tell tale heart (part 2)
05. Burning embers
06. Imp of the perverse (spoken track)
07. Vanishing act
08. Cask (spoken track)
09. Guilty (spoken track)
10. Guilty – Lou Reed & Ornette Coleman
11. Wild being from birth (spoken track)
12. I wanna know (The pit and the pendulum) – Lou Reed & The Blind Boys Of Alabama13. Science of the mind
14. Annabel Lee/The bells (spoken track)
15. Hop frog – Lou Reed & David Bowie
16. Every frog has his day (spoken track)
17. Tripitena’s speech (spoken track)
18. Who am I (Tripitena’s song) (edit)
19. Courtly orangutans (spoken track)
20. Fire music (spoken track)
21. Guardian angel (spoken track)

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You’re out there playing your high class games of sorrow…

Who could forget Boy George’s winning performance of ‘Starman’ on Celebrity Stars In Their Eyes back in October of last year? (07/12/01 NEWS: BOWIE, BY GEORGE – 09/29/01 NEWS: BY GEORGE, IT’S ZIGGY – 10/06/01 NEWS: WILL STARMAN BE A WINNER FOR GEORGE? – 10/07/01 NEWS: GEORGE’S ZIGGY IS A WINNER) Well, in case you hadn’t already noticed the fuss in the UK tabloids recently, England’s favourite stately homo will be attempting the feat again next week, on ITV at 9:00pm UK time.

We can exclusively reveal that George has fast-forwarded a year from his last appearance to portray DB as Aladdin Sane via the 1973 top 10 hit, ‘Sorrow’. I can’t imagine he would be allowed to win a second time, but the Boy has chosen a winning combination of a great subject singing a great song, so let’s just hope the audience has the good taste to make George a winner again.

So, what can we expect next year? George as Halloween Jack performing ‘Diamond Dogs’ perhaps?

and I love your dress..

Remember back in September this year when we brought you news of our very own BowieNet wedding? (09/28/02 SNIPPET: BOWIENET WEDDING: THE PICTURE AND THE WORDS and 09/20/02 NEWS: BOWIENETTERS TIE THE KNOT). Well – Linda and Lindzay, being creative as they are, have made a beautiful website, which covers their wedding day so well you almost feel you were on the guest list. Fellow BowieNetters flew in to Michigan from across the world.

Lindzay sent me some more details of their Bowie-themed wedding, and the pictures of the three sets of bridesmaids tell the story of a day filled with love and also with David Bowie:-

Each set of bridesmaids came out anddid a little turn. The Punk Rockers and Glamour Fairies danced to ‘Fashion’ and’Magic Dance’. The Sailor Bridesmaids came out and gracefully took up theirpositions to ‘Ragazzo Sola Ragazza Solo’ (Italian version of ‘Space Oddity’), which was selected because Linda is an American Italian. The bridesmaids loved the idea and the sense of performance.

Linda made her entrance to ‘Let’s Dance’ and looked lovely. I came out firstwith my brother Gary (my best man) to Moby`s ‘Everloving’ from the ‘Play’ album.

Box123 (Rod) read a poem I wrote for Linda, and Pippa (Starwoman) chose ‘Wild is the Wind’ tosing in a bluesy style, accompanied by RuneKJ on pre-recorded guitar.

Check out the Crobsy Wedding website for lots more photographs of your fellow BowieNetters enjoying their day. Two of those BowieNetters began a whole new life together, which was born in our BowieNet Chat room.

:))

He bought them presents with every coin he made…

I know we only posted this the other day, but it seems a few of you Europeans missed the item due to my late posting… So here it is again!

With only six shopping days left until Christmas day, I thought I should remind you of some of the Bowie goodies still available to you. Not sure how likely you are to get them before Christmas now, but I do know that today is the last day you can order the Ziggy enamel badge set (above) to stand any chance of receiving it before Christmas, if you use PayPal.

To find out how to order any of the items below, click on the relevant link to the original news story and proceed from there…

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06/24/02 NEWS: ORDER MOONAGE DAYDREAM “MASTERPIECE” NOW

Those of you that have already received your copy of Moonage Daydream will know what an absolutely stunning tome it is. Jam-packed with beautiful Mick Rock Ziggy shots, and accompanied by fascinating recollections from both David and Mick, this is easily the best Ziggy-related object ever produced. I honestly can’t stop looking at my copy…Moonage Daydream is the sort of thing you’d rescue from a house fire.

With 346 pages printed on fourteen different paper stocks, including clear acetate, trace leaves and a variety of coloured and textured papers this is Genesis Publications most ambitious production to date…Oh, and it includes a signed insert by David and Mick! The deluxe edition has now sold out, but there are still copies of the regular edition priced at £295 / $465 + shipping.

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06/01/02 NEWS: BOWIENET DISCOUNT ON HUNKY DORY TAPESTRY

What can I say about this? It’s a bloody great big tapestry (54″ x 71″) with DB’s mug on it! It’s actually a very nice reproduction of the ‘Hunky Dory’ cover that you’d probably rather use as a wall hanging than a hallway rug…after all, who wants to trample all over David Bowie?

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10/08/02 NEWS: GEORGE UNDERWOOD ZIGGY SET AVAILABLE NOW

David’s old mucker George designed these Ziggy characters way back when, and decided to resurrect them for this very tasteful set of 30th anniversary Ziggy Stardust enamel badges. At only £49.00 per set, these beauties are flying out, so if you want to invest in a very tasty collectible you’d better hurry before you regret it. David was so impressed with the set that he even plugged it in his journal.

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11/27/02 NEWS: LIMITED SIGNED REX RAY DB PRINT IN BOWIESTORE & MORE

There were only 100 of these Rex Ray-designed prints produced, and each one is individually numbered and signed by David and Rex. There aren’t many left now, and any still remaining will go on public sale in the next couple of days. So if you do want one, be sure to order it now before it’s gone forever! There are also tons of items in the BowieStore including T-Shirts, posters, CDs, songbooks, hats and holiday package specials.

Someone’s back in town the chips are down…

Posted this yesterday, but I’ve only had one reply so far, so here it is again…

We now have the results of the Darkness and Disgrace competition that I set last week. (12/09/02 NEWS: DARKNESS AND DISGRACE IS BACK, WIN TICKETS NOW!) We asked you the name of the BowieNetter who was our guest reviewer for D&D back in January last year? A few of you said Total Blam Blam, which, while I wrote a review of sorts, I don’t think I could really be described as a guest reviewer.

Anyway, the great majority of you correctly stated that the BowieNetter I was after was the very beautiful Dick Mac… and I mean that in a manly, but somehow spiritual way! Here are the five people who have won two tickets to the date of their choice:

teresawalsh
sweethead
rpd
soniah
lizsk2

Send your real name and address to me at TotalBlamBlam@davidbowie.com with a subject line of “OMG! I told you it was Dick Mac!”. Well done you lot…see you there.

Everything will be alright tonight…

If you can make it tonight, please do join us for the BowieNet chat with Catherine Russell at 7:30 pm UK time (2:30 pm EST). You can reach the chat area by clicking on the image above, or by pasting this url into your browser:

http://www.davidbowie.com/members/modchat/

This is a moderated chat, which means you will not see any of the questions you type until they are answered by Cat. You will not be able to log into the chat until approximately 10-15 minutes prior to its commencement.

You all know Cat from her live appearances with David this year, and once seen, who could possibly forget that ever-smiling face grinning out from beneath that mass of dreads, as she waved from behind her keyboards and percussion… The Bowie band’s very own Cheshire Cat!

But, her work with David is just a small part of her incredible résumé… go check it out now by clicking on Cat in the picture above, and swot up on those questions for tonight. With only five and a half hours to go, it’s probably later than you think! Sorry, don’t know why I said that. See ya later. };-)

Someone’s back in town the chips are down…

We now have the results of the Darkness and Disgrace competition that I set last week. (12/09/02 NEWS: DARKNESS AND DISGRACE IS BACK, WIN TICKETS NOW!) We asked you the name of the BowieNetter who was our guest reviewer for D&D back in January last year? A few of you said Total Blam Blam, which, while I wrote a review of sorts, I don’t think I could really be described as a guest reviewer.

Anyway, the great majority of you correctly stated that the BowieNetter I was after was the very beautiful Dick Mac… and I mean that in a manly, but somehow spiritual way! Here are the five people who have won two tickets to the date of their choice:

teresawalsh
sweethead
rpd
soniah
lizsk2

Send your real name and address to me at TotalBlamBlam@davidbowie.com with a subject line of “OMG! I told you it was Dick Mac!”. Well done you lot…see you there.

“Cathy,” I said as we boarded a Greyhound in Pittsburgh…

Just another quick reminder about the BowieNet chat with Catherine Russell tomorrow. (Thursday, December 19th, 7:30 pm UK time – 2:30 pm EST) We’ll post more details tomorrow, but if you can get along, please be sure to attend…Let’s show Cat that us folx on this side of the pond are deserving of this new European-friendly chat time. See you there.

I live above the grocer’s store…

Another event outlined in your BowieNet e-mail, but again worth a mention here, is a very special evening on New Year’s Eve at Arlene Grocery in New York.

On December 31st 2002, Arlene Grocery’s House band, ‘The Major Toms’, will feature guest vocalists during a back-to-back track-by-track string of the four David Bowie albums released between 1972 and ’74: ‘Ziggy Stardust’, ‘Aladdin Sane’, ‘Pinups’ and ‘Diamond Dogs’.

Click on the image above to take you to a detailed breakdown of the evening, with ticket details etc.