Bowiephiles

All the pages that have turned…

Pick up the current issue of Hello magazine, cover date Sept 30th, for interviews and photographs of both Iman and David. Within the ten page spread, both talk at length about family life, marriage and parenthood. Here are a couple of extracts:

Q: Do you like to entertain a lot?

Iman: About once a month, we’ll have twenty people over. We usually do a screening after dinner. It’s always something unusual, like a silly documentary from the BBC that is just a hoot. It’s the only way to have a good conversation and mix it up and be easy. I’d much rather be at home.

And David on taking Iman to Australia:

I adore it and I find it constantly refreshing. It’s an extraordinary place and I get on very well with the people. I know Iman will love it.

————————————————————————————————————

Ready, set, go…

Streaming online right now is an interview David gave recently, to San Francisco based radio station, KFOG. They say:

World Class Rock legend David Bowie joined the KFOG Morning Show recently to chat about life, love and his new album, Reality with the KFOG Morning Show’s Irish Greg McQuaid and newsman Peter Finch.

Click on the picture and scroll down for links to two parts of the interview.

————————————————————————————————————

Come blow me away…

David talks about his musical heroes in this interview at Rolling Stone.com. Here’s a great anecdote about his first saxophone teacher:

Ronnie Ross — who was featured in Downbeat as one of the great baritone players — lived locally, so I looked in the telephone book, and I rung him up. I said, “Hi, my name is David Jones, and I’m twelve years old, and I want to play the saxophone. Can you give me lessons?” He sounded like Keith [Richards], and he said no. But I begged until he said, “If you can get yourself over here Saturday morning, I’ll have a look at you.” He was so cool.

Much later on, when I was producing Lou Reed, we decided we needed a sax solo on the end of “Walk on the Wild Side.” So I got the agent to book Ronnie Ross. He pulled out a wonderful solo in one take. Afterward I said, “Thanks, Ron. Should I come over to your house on Saturday morning?” He said, “I don’t fucking believe it! You’re Ziggy Stardust?”

Click on the image to read the whole thing.

————————————————————————————————————

:))