Month: September 2014

 

“I should wear your old red dress”

 

All round top fella and brilliant photographer to boot, Brian Rasic, sent in this splendid shot (main pic) of Gail Ann Dorsey sporting a Bowie T-shirt, onstage at Friday night’s Lenny Kravitz (See inset pic) iTunes Festival gig at The Roundhouse.

GAD is currently on tour with Lenny and it was a treat to see her back onstage. You can view the show for a limited time on iTunes.

Sadly there was no Bowie tune performed by LK and the gang, which is a shame considering what a good fist he made of DJ back in 2008 on French TV show Taratata.

Meanwhile, those of you hoping to get the GAD look may have some difficulty getting your hands on the Bowie Aladdin Sane T-shirt. Though it’s an official shirt we can’t find it online. The one in our montage is from the Bowie Archive dressing up box.

 

“More Idols than realities”

 

Both David Bowie’s Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps) and Reality entered the UK album chart on this day in 1980 and 2003 respectively.

The former entered at #1 and the latter at #3, which were also the peak positions for both.

Both artworks featured paintings of Bowie as have a few of the other 27 Bowie studio albums (can you name the others?).

However, it may have escaped your attention that Edward Bell’s Scary Monsters painting has a flipped image of Bowie, the eyes are the obvious giveaway.

Bell got it right later for his portrait of Bowie which he is pictured sitting underneath in our montage.

The designer of Reality, Rex Ray, enjoyed the flattery of Bowie recreating his cover painting via a photo shoot which was used for promotional advertising and the Reality artwork.

Go listen to both Scary Monsters and Reality on Spotify now.

 

“New York’s In Love”

 

It’s that time of year again and Deryck Todd has been in touch with details of this year’s BowieBall in NYC.

You have a little over a fortnight (October 12) to get your look together if you want to try and out-Bowie one of the stars of the video for The Stars (Are Out Tonight), Iselin Steiro.

Iselin, who played a young Bowie clone in the promo, is pictured here from a shoot from October 2010 for Vogue Paris.

Visit the BowieBallNYC page to view pictures from past events and to purchase tickets for this one.

We are duty-bound to point out that this is not an official Bowie promotion, but don’t let that put you off attending this highlight of the NY Bowie social calendar.

 

“Hooked to the silver screen”

 

A brief reminder that there will be screenings of David Bowie is across Canada this evening.

We’re also pleased to announce that due to the success of this nationwide presentation in America on Tuesday, encores are now planned in the US for November 18.

As ever, check DavidBowieIsFilm for screenings near you and to book tickets.

 

“The music is outside”

 

David Bowie’s 1. Outside album was released on this day in 1995, the same week that the first single from the album, The Hearts Filthy Lesson, entered the UK single chart at #35.

Outside entered the UK chart at #8 and narrowly missed the US Billboard Top 20 when it peaked there at #21.

The album was supported by the brilliant 1995/1996 Outside World Tour, which kicked off on September 14 in Hartford in the US, and a couple of remarkable videos for The Hearts Filthy Lesson and Strangers When We Meet single releases.

Remind yourself just how good an album it is via this link to the deluxe reissue on Spotify.

 

“It’s no secret”

 

Released yesterday in the UK and today in the US are both the reissued Sound + Vision 4CD set and the Knock On Wood (KOW) 40th Anniversary picture disc.

The exclusive KOW picture disc and T-shirt bundle is still available here.

However, the KOW bundle which included an exclusive commemorative ticket stub replica from Bowie’s 1974 concert at the Tower Theatre, Philadelphia, has now completely sold out.

 

“It’s happening now”

 

Following a great build up and the proclamation that today is David Bowie Day in Chicago, the MCA’s version of David Bowie Is can now be enjoyed by many more thousands of peoploids.

Aside from the exhibition itself, don’t forget to keep an eye on the MCA Bowie Events page for lots of exciting stuff.

Today’s events include a David Bowie Tribute Concert at Daley Plaza at noon (local time) and a set of Bowie covers from White Mystery (the Chicago-based brother-sister rock ‘n’ roll duo), at the MCA at 6:00pm this evening.

If you can’t make it to the opening today, you have until January 4, 2015, to attend the MCA which is the only US stop for the exhibition.

Meanwhile, enjoy a preview feature courtesy of The Huffington Post with lots of great pictures by Kim Bellware and Joseph Erbentraut.

 

“Like the V&A films we saw”

 

Are you a young* American Bowie fan wondering if there’s anything decent on the box this evening?

Well stop right there and go check ticket availability at your nearest participating cinema for the David Bowie is documentary film, this very evening.

And don’t forget, from September 25 young* Canadians can see the film and then the worldwide youth* can enjoy it from November 5.

 

* Actually, people of all ages are welcome, but the Bowie pun wouldn’t have worked otherwise.

 

“Yassassin – I’m not a moody guy”

 

There’s a great piece over on salon.com wherein; “A David Bowie critic and an obsessive battle over maddening brilliance of Lodger”.

In other words, Simon Critchley and Rick Moody discuss “Bowie’s 1979 masterpiece, Lodger, and the way pop music mutates and deepens over time”, via this lengthy and fascinating email exchange.

If you’re not familiar with their work but think you’ve heard the names before, then that’s because you probably have.

Rick Moody is the chap who exclusively managed to get Bowie to talk about The Next Day last year, in the shape of a list of 44 words in an incredible piece for The Rumpus.

Simon Critchley is the author of the superb recently-published Bowie available from Or Books, eBook already available.

Finally, check out this recent interview with Critchley by Tyler Malone over on Full Stop.

 

“Was loving her such a crime…”

 

As we told you a couple of weeks back, Sue (Or In A Season Of Crime), will be released as a limited edition 10” single and digital download in the UK on Monday, November 17th. (In the US the single will be released as a Black Friday 2014 exclusive 10” on November 28th.)

Here’s the tracklisting for both the physical and digital download formats.

 

10” UK Catalogue Number: 10RDB2014

 

10”

A/ 1. Sue (Or In A Season Of Crime) (7.24)

B/ 1. ‘Tis A Pity She Was A Whore (5.27)

     2. Sue (Or In A Season Of Crime) (radio edit) (4.01)

 

DD:

1. Sue (Or In A Season Of Crime) (7.24)

2. ‘Tis A Pity She Was A Whore (5.27)

3. Sue (Or In A Season Of Crime) (radio edit) (4.01)

 

As mentioned previously (http://smarturl.it/BNetNHCpr), Sue (Or In A Season Of Crime) will also be included on the upcoming Nothing Has Changed compilation released on the same day in the UK, Monday, November 17th. (Regional variations apply)

Scroll image for close-up of A-side.