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    December 03, 1998

    BowieNet is pleased to announce our new partnership with barnesandnoble.com. In the coming weeks, David will select books of his choice and write a review. The reviews will range in topics from art, music, history, culture and more.

    As David's first book review, he picked the timely new release - Glam!: Bowie, Bolan, and the Glitter Rock Revolution by Barney Hoskyns. David has been approached by many media sources to get his "take" on that peroid of cultural history and now our members will be the first to read his exclusive review! Look for the posting next week in "What's New".

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    December 03, 1998

    12/04/98 UPDATE: SHOW ME THE MONEY

    Chris Ofili, the 30yr old from Manchester, England, is the first painter to win Britains' prestigious £20,000 Turner Prize in 13 years. The Turner has previously gone to sculptors, Installationists, media-artists and the like. Ofili, a long time favourite artist of Bowies', is renowned for including not only dialogue-provoking black imagery in his work, but also large pieces of elephant dung. His idiosyncratic approach has often divided critics, (of course). On excepting the prize from fashion designer agnes b., Ofili exclaimed "Thank God.

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    December 03, 1998

    The Embassy of the Democratic Republic of Congo (formally known as Zaire) has officially denied the creation of the Bowie Stamp. Democratic Republic of Congo officials state that "no new stamps have been issued in the last 18 months since the revolution." (Ed. note: Any new stamp issued by the Democratic Republic of Congo would not be issued in the name of Zaire).

    The stamp was found up for auction on the e-bay site. (Sorry, Bidding is closed for this item).

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    December 02, 1998

    The Movie Channel
    Sunday, December 6
    11:10pm EST (110 min)
    Basquiat

    Rated R - 1996, Drama: Based on the story of Jean Michel Basquiat, a noted New York artist whose career was cut short by a heroin overdose. Dir: Julian Schnabel, Starring:Jeffrey Wright, Michael Wincott, Benicio Del Toro, Claire Forlani, David Bowie, Dennis Hopper.

    Additional Air Dates:

    12/09/98 9:40AM EST on TMC 2 12/09/98 6:00PM EST on TMC 2 12/09/98 3:25AM EST on TMC 2 12/15/98 11:15AM EST on TMC 2 12/15/98 5:15PM EST on TMC 2 12/15/98 3:25AM EST on TMC 2 12/19/98 1:20PM EST on TMC 2 12/19/98 4:00AM EST on TMC 2 12/22/98

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    December 02, 1998

    VH1
    Thursday, December 10
    9:00pm EST (60 min)
    Legends "David Bowie"

    VH-1 will be re-running David Bowie's 'LEGENDS' show on December 10th at 9:00 PM EST as part of their 'Legends' Week - December 7-11.

    (Profile) From cult stardom in the 1970s to superstar status in the 1980s and 1990s, David Bowie established an enduring name for himself as a musician and artist.

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    December 01, 1998

    December issue of Rock & Folk Magazine features an exclusive interview with DB for their 'Special Glam' issue. Available in France, Belgium, Switzerland, Canada and Reunion. It's probably available at good international newspaper/magazine stores in the US.

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    December 01, 1998

    Bowies' sometime producer, co-producer and long time friend, Tony Visconti is releasing his enigmatic 'Inventory ' C.D. at long last. Says Tony: "Inventory is a 13 track album recorded around the time of Bowie's Heroes, in 1977. I used many production techniques from that period so you will detect a sonic similarity. Just before I mastered it Bowie and Iggy Pop listened to it and gave me sage advice about which tracks should stay on and which shouldn't. The total running time of this CD is over 70 minutes!"

    Two delightful surprises are songs that Mick Ronson played guitar on and were never

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    December 01, 1998

    As predicted by Bowie in his journal entry from October 29th, 1998, painter Chris Ofili has won this years prestigious Turner Prize.

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    December 01, 1998

    As promised, here are the remaining drawings created by the collaborative team of David Bowie and Laurie Anderson.

    For more details on these drawings, have a look at David's October 16th journal.

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    December 01, 1998

    A David Bowie postage stamp (pictured above in the 12/04/98 news) is reportedly issued out of Zaire (Democratic Republic of Congo). We don't know what this is all about but we shall find out for you and let you know.

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