Win Tons Of Great Bowie Stuff On 6 Music Today

People stared at the make-up on his face…

BBC 6 Music’s host of Rocket Science and MINT, Marc Riley, hasn’t let the notion of growing old gracefully deter him from experimenting with make-up, hair removal and contact lenses.

Judging from the picture above, one could argue as to the success of his experiments. But, one thing’s for sure, you can’t argue with the success of the funny fellow’s radio shows…or his newly acquired uncanny likeness to Donald Pleasance.

Whatever, today’s Rocket Science promises to be an absolute feast for Bowie fans.

Live music will be provided by the aptly-named The Suffrajets, while Marc will be delving into the BBC archives for a classic 1972 David Bowie session.

There will also be the chance to win a special Bowie bag of goodies in the shape of the complete back catalogue on CD, a signed-by-DB Serious Moonlight DVD poster, and, possibly most desirable of all, an Abbey Road 12″ promotional only vinyl acetate of the upcoming Baal digital download that we told you about last month. (07.12.06 NEWS: BAAL EP AND BTWN EXTRAS DIGITAL DOWNLOADS DUE)

These acetates are going to be strictly limited to ten copies, of which a couple have already been earmarked for a forthcoming BowieNet contest nearer the release of Baal in September.

Rocket Science and MINT are online and on DAB radio every week at the times indicated in the station ID thingummy above.

But don’t fret if you missed the initial broadcast while attending the event below, as you can still listen online up until the following week’s instalment.