Month: October 2011

But I have not been to Honfleur town…

Many thanks to BowieNetter Eric of France who has been in touch with details of the current promotional drive by French radio station Ouï FM.

Apparently the station was, until now, only available in Paris. Now they will broadcast almost all over France, and this campaign advertises that fact by utilising the Sleeveface concept.

I bet the Honfleurais haven’t felt so Rock ‘n Roll since the days of the école de Honfleur when the likes of Claude Monet made such an impression. (Pun, obviously intended.)

You can view more of the images created for the Ouï FM campaign here, including albums by the likes of Roxy Music, The Who, The Ramones, James Brown, Oasis and many more.

New York’s a go-go…

Mick Rock has announced on his newly-revamped site that Life on Mars Revisited, which we told you about back in June, (06.10.2011 NEWS: LIFE ON MARS REVISITED INSTALLATION PREMIERS IN PARIS & 06.17.2011 NEWS: LIFE ON MARS REVISITED MORE DETAILS FROM PARIS) will be shown both days at a two day event in New York.

The Creators Project will return to New York on October 15th/16th by transforming the DUMBO neighbourhood of Brooklyn into a colossal two-day arts and technology festival.

Tickets are free but need to be reserved. You can find links to do exactly that and read the full press release on mickrock.com now.

Hey man, my Bridge School days insane… ***

I’m sure you’re all aware of the two very memorable acoustic shows David Bowie performed for Neil Young’s Bridge School on October 19th/20th 1996.

He played an early evening set on the 19th and an afternoon one on the 20th with Reeves Gabrels and Gail Ann Dorsey for musical company.

The only official release from the two sets was “Heroes” (from the 20th) which appeared on The Bridge School Concerts Vol. 1 CD released the following year.

Well now the same performance can be seen as well as heard as it appears on the upcoming The Bridge School Concerts 25th Anniversary Edition 3 disc DVD set.

Due on October 24th, you can read all about it here and you can view a trailer and check out the tracklisting, etc.

*** If you’re familiar with these shows, you’ll know what I mean. David’s cover of The Coasters’ I’m A Hog For You Baby is jolly saucy and the version of Stan Kenton’s You and I and George is just as romantic.