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“So I picked on you-oo-oo”

Well, if life begins at forty, Starman is one year old today.

Released this day in 1972, it still sounds as good now as it did way back then.

The proof is here.

“And I'm busting up my brains for the words”

American novelist and short story writer, Rick Moody, (possibly best known for his 1994 novel, The Ice Storm, which featured a specially re-recorded version of I Can’t Read on the film’s soundtrack) has successfully persuaded David Bowie to contribute 42 words for a “sort of a work flow diagram for The Next Day”.

Moody has used the words in an incredible 14,000-word critique, “produced in two short weeks”, of The Next Day for The Rumpus. If you have a fair few minutes to spare, you can read the whole thing over on therumpus.net.  

Meanwhile,

“I’ve got Friday on my mind”

If you’re kicking around London’s South Kensington on Friday evening, all dressed up as David Bowie but with nowhere to go, you would be mad not to take advantage of some V&A fun with the chance to win something cool for your efforts.

To kick off the Bowie Weekender, the V&A is encouraging fans to dress as, or be inspired by, Bowie for a flash mob photo opportunity on the steps of the Cromwell Road entrance to the V&A.

They are keen to get as many would-be-Bowies as possible in the photos and will be gathering people from 18.00 on Friday (apparently it

“You got me spinning, baby, spinning in a trance”

The collectors among you who concern yourselves with such minutia as label variations will be either delighted (or distressed) to learn that the white vinyl, picture sleeve 45 of The Stars (Are Out Tonight)/Where Are We Now?, was issued for Record Store Day today as two different pressings with different catalogue numbers.

Though both were made in the EU, there is a major label difference between the UK and international variations of the pressing.

The UK version comes with an orange RCA label for Where Are We Now?, while the international