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“Crack, baby, crack, show me you're real”

If you’re planning to be at the V&A’s Evening Talk with Alan Yentob and the screening of his Cracked Actor film on Friday evening, you may want to swot up before you attend by tuning in to BBC1 at 10:35pm this evening. (Thursday)

Here’s a bit from the BBC blurb:

In 1974 Alan Yentob, a 27-year-old producer-director for the BBC's Omnibus strand, received a call from Tony Defries, whose management company MainMan looked after David Bowie.

“And stories they made up”

If you tuned in to The John Murray Show on Ireland’s RTÉ Radio 1 on Monday, you may have heard Gerry Leonard in conversation with John regarding his favourite iPod selections.

It was a fascinating item with lots of great little insights into Gerry’s world, including the creation of the live version of Loving The Alien.

However, you may have also been distressed by the revelation during the interview that Bowie was lined up for Eurovision 2013. If you were, you probably hadn’t noticed the date. We're safe for at least another year! 

Apparently Bowie himself was

“I asked for an autograph...”

In celebration of the wonderful news that David Bowie’s The Next Day remains in the Official UK Albums Chart at #3 today, we're giving you the chance to win a signed CD of your choice simply by voting for your favourite Bowie album.

What’s your favourite David Bowie studio album?

Vote for your favourite of David Bowie's 27 studio albums for your chance to win a signed-by-Bowie copy of the Bowie CD of your choice (includes standard issues from the currently available back catalogue of studio albums only).

Take your time with this difficult vote as the poll is

“Don't you wonder sometimes, 'bout sound and vision”

Sennheiser has posted a short film about the making of David Bowie is online.

The film features contributions from the curators of the exhibition, Victoria Broackes and Geoffrey Marsh, along with some fascinating insights into the creation of the exhibition from some of those involved with making the unique sound and vision for David Bowie is.

View the 4 minute film here now.

Also, watch out for Sennheiser‘s David Bowie is edition of Blue Stage, their very cool free iPad app.