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“Put on your red shoes and dance the blues”

The Brisbane Times has posted a great interview with Joelene King (the female star of David Bowie’s Let's Dance promo), regarding the relevance of the video she starred in thirty years ago.

In the interview she told Ed Gibbs: “We didn't know how significant the song was because David Bowie had made so many videos that were ’out there’. So I didn't foresee it would be so influential to Aboriginal people, so inspiring for them to see one of their own up there on TV. ”

Bowie told Rolling Stone magazine at the time: “As much as I love this country

“I am what I play”

You’ve no doubt already seen this one as we’ve received a couple of excited communications regarding the unearthing of David Bowie’s first ever press release.

We’re talking about the late BBC DJ John Peel’s mammoth record collection, which is currently being archived and digitised for wider enjoyment.

John amassed a huge collection of vinyl over the years, right up to his death at the age of 65 in October 2004.

Now johnpeelarchive.com has begun to share the first lot of archived 45s, which just so happens to be John’s impressive collection of Bowie singles.

While the

“Funny how secrets travel”

We posted the first of two (or three or more) extracts from Paul Morley’s David Bowie in a weekend book a couple of days ago.

Here follows a second lot of excerpts with lots of contributions from the cards that visitors filled in at the V&A during Paul’s residency.

One of the contributions took the form of a USB drive which bore the simple legend: David Bowie is POSTCARD. It contained the following:

My favourite thing about David Bowie is: The fact that he actually KNEW his own destiny from such an early age (David Bowie Is, is proof of that)...and the

“New York's a go-go and everything sounds right”

Next Sunday (May 5th), three very talented men with special ears (responsible for the production duties on almost two thirds of David Bowie’s studio albums), assemble in New York for the Red Bull Music Academy Classic Album Sundays Bowie Special.

Here’s a bit about it

RED BULL MUSIC ACADEMY MEETS CLASSIC ALBUM SUNDAYS: A DAVID BOWIE SPECIAL

Three classic Bowie records. Three iconic producers talking about their making.

 

12pm - 2.30pm: The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust & the Spiders from Mars – w/ Ken Scott

3pm - 5.30pm: Heroes – w/