BOWIENET NEWS : FEBRUARY 2000

Here is the BowieNet news summary for February 2000. Please click on the link to be taken to the relevant page.

this day in history (15th February) we celebrate the release of:-
'Rebel Rebel','Alabama Song' and 'Absolute Beginners' 24 years ago - the 1976 tour kicks off in Vancouver
- Blammo catches up with the tour at Wembley. Click here for his personal account David participates in Eden's live online chat
- click here for transcript Debenhams hail David as 'the master of reinvention and the hardest working rock star in the world'
- in their spring 2000 magazine 28 years ago the very first Ziggy tour kicked off in the UK
- click on the 'Needs Must' image in the article for some comments from db 27 years ago the 'Bowie US Tour II' (Aladdin Sane) opened at the New York Radio City Music Hall

02/01/00 NEWS: NEW JOURNAL ENTRY - David talks of the girl group 'Fanny'
02/01/00 NEWS: REAL TAKE 5 - watch the Bowie/Queen 'Under Pressure' video stream at Real.com
02/01/00 HOT NEWS: DAVID BOWIE LIVE WEBCHAT TOMORROW! - David to participate in a live webchat at 'Eden' with prize giveaways
02/01/00 SNIPPET: BOWIE LOSES CONTROL - db - 'honestly the things they do in my name' - snippets from an 'Incite' interview
02/01/00 NEWS: SNIPPET: AND NOW FOR SOMETHING COMPLETELY DIFFERENT - Blammo meets Michael Palin
02/02/00 NEWS: NEW JOURNAL ENTRY - David recommends a show for the UK'
02/02/00 NEWS: BOWIE EDEN CHAT - read the transcript of the webchat with David
02/02/00 SNIPPET: THIS DAY IN BOWIE HISTORY - The 1976 world tour opened in Vancouver - 24 years ago today
02/02/00 NEWS: BMI LOOK TO THE FUTURE - 'as 1999 wound to a close, David Bowie found himself being honoured multiple times...'
02/02/00 NEWS: ALL-ACCESS EMM - a snippet from 'Access magazine's review of Emm's CD 'Science Fair'
02/03/00 NEWS: NEW JOURNAL ENTRY - David is racing up and down NY
02/03/00 NEWS: NETAID COMING THRU - a NetAid update, a backstage interview with db & streaming video concert footage
02/03/00 NEWS: MTV ITALIA - the 'Survive' video is MTV Italy's no.1 for the second week in a row
02/03/00 NEWS: BOWIE CARNIVAL - the Brazilian fan club 'Outside' plan their second annual meeting
02/04/00 NEWS: HALLO LUV - a small animation of David's 1966 'Luv' ice cream commercial
02/04/00 NEWS: THE RAFT AND THE BRITS - The-Raft.com reports on David's nomination for a brit award
02/04/00 NEWS: REPRESENT NYC - Bob Goodale to represent Ultrastar and BowieNet at the 'NY Music and Internet Expo' conference
02/05/00 NEWS: SURVIVE DOTS CHARTS - 'Bowie has now had hit singles in four decades from the 1960's onwards'
02/05/00 NEWS: ADDICTED TO POLLS - 'Hours' is listed in the 3rd annual writers poll
02/07/00 SNIPPET: WE CAN BE HEROES... FOR EVER AND EVER - 'Heroes' is used to advertise 'Escape From colditz' & the clock says 9.25:-)
02/07/00 NEWS: AND NOW...THE NEWS - MTV.com enthuses over details revealed in the Eden chat
02/07/00 NEWS: YOU'VE COME A LONG WAY, BABY - Macy Gray is in 'Q' and talks of a lovely telephone call with db
02/08/00 SNIPPET: WE CAN BE HEROES...FOR EVER AND EVER UPDATE - The 'Escape From Colditz'- 'DB' legend is explained
02/08/00 NEWS: CHARTWATCH - international chart positions for 'Survive', 'Thursdays Child' and 'Hours'
02/08/00 FEEDBACK: JOURNAL SPREADS THE WORD - David is thanked for reminding everyone of the girl group 'Fanny'
02/09/00 NEWS: NEW JOURNAL ENTRY - David has an interesting dinner
02/10/00 SNIPPET: THIS DAY IN BOWIE HISTORY - 28 Years ago - the Ziggy UK tour kicked off - read some accounts & comments from db
02/10/00 NEWS: CHECK OUT OMIKRON! - 'Omikron - The Nomad Soul' receives two rave game reviews
02/10/00 NEWS: GABRELS THE NOMAD SOUL - The Denver Post has an article on Reeves Gabrels and his work on 'The Nomad Soul'
02/10/00 CONTEST UPDATE: INSIDE THE MINDS OF DAVID AND LIZ - a contest reminder
02/11/00 NEWS: NEW JOURNAL ENTRY - David tells the tale of his stolen Freddie Buretti jacket
02/11/00 SNIPPET: THIS DAY IN BOWIE HISTORY - 'Sound and Vision' was released 23 years ago today. Blammo relives the moment
02/11/00 SNIPPET: THE HARDEST WORKING ROCK STAR IN THE WORLD - Debenhams hail David in their Spring 2000 issue
02/11/00 NEWS: ROCK'S GLORY DAYS - Larry Hulst's Colorado Springs photographic exhibition includes a shot of db
02/11/00 NEWS: HITS AND ANTI-HITS - the Marius de Vries mix of 'Survive' makes the alternative top 10 of Canoe.ca
02/12/00 NEWS: SMOKING SALON - 'watching David Bowie pretend to smoke is a sensual experience'
02/12/00 NEWS: DANCING WITH NILES - Nile Rogers on db 'I feel like I'm in the room with the embodiment of musical art'
02/12/00 NEWS: OMIKRON ROCKS PIONEER PLANET - another great review of 'The Nomad Soul'
02/12/00 NEWS: THE IRISH TIMES ARE SMILIN' - an article on BowieBanc
02/14/00 NEWS: VALENTINE NEWS: BABY ON THE WAY!!! - wonderful news from David and Iman...Iman is pregnant :)
02/14/00 NEWS: NEW JOURNAL ENTRY - db 'It's a boy!!! It's a girl!!'
02/14/00 NEWS: VALENTINE NEWS: COCK N ROLL - Playgirl features db
02/14/00 NEWS: BOWIE IN NME BEST SOLO ARTIST SHOCK! - David is no8 in the NME 'best solo artist' poll
02/14/00 SNIPPET: THIS DAY IN BOWIE HISTORY - the 'Bowie US Tour II' (Aladdin Sane) opened at the Radio City Music Hall, 27 yrs ago
02/14/00 CONTEST UPDATE: INSIDE THE MINDS OF DAVID AND LIZ - a competition reminder
02/15/00 SNIPPET: WOOPS, PLEASE EXCUSE ME - 'Wild Is The Wind' is used by Radio 1 to illustrate a popular news item ;-)
02/15/00 SNIPPET: THIS DAY IN BOWIE HISTORY - a celebration of three single releases - Rebel Rebel, Absolute Beginners & Alabama Song
02/15/00 NEWS: READER'S POLL STRIKES AGAIN - Hot Press readers vote db as no3 in their best male category
02/16/00 SNEAKER: NOMAD SOUL 4 U - BowieNet to give away copies of Omikron: The Nomad Soul
02/16/00 SNIPPET: DAVID BOWIE? YOURS FOR ONLY £150 - Mojo value 'Man Of Words, Man Of Music' at £150
02/16/00 NEWS: MAYOR OF SUNSET STRIP - db is rumoured to be contributing to the Rodney Biggenhiemer documentary
02/16/00 SNIPPET: THIS DAY IN BOWIE HISTORY - watch the video of David & Placebo at the Brit awards, one year ago today
02/16/00 NEWS: THE NAZZ - just what is it? a reader asks 'Mojo'
02/17/00 NEWS: JEAN GENIE TRIBUTE BAND GIGS LINED UP - details of forthcoming performances
02/17/00 NEWS: DEE BEE COVER CAST - the project is now streaming via Shoutcast
02/17/00 NEWS: RUNNING WITH SCISSORS CONTEST - a member's website holds a db lyric contest
02/18/00 NEWS: GLASTO A GO!! - David is rumoured to be headlining this year's Glastonbury Festival
02/18/00 NEWS: ROCK STYLE - David's union jack coat is on display in New York's Rock 'n' Roll fashion exhibition 'Rock Style'
02/18/00 NEWS: RECENT PICKS - 'Hours' is reviewed by VH1
02/19/00 NEWS: FILMFOURFEST - 'ziggy Stardust - The Movie' is to be shown on the Film 4 channel
02/19/00 NEWS: BNET BASH SITE - a members' web page on the 1999 (TFI/NetAid) fan gathering
02/19/00 NEWS: WRITTEN IN THE STARS - db's horoscope is featured in a celebrity horoscope website
02/21/00 SNIPPET: THIS DAY IN BOWIE HISTORY - the 'Young Americans' single was released 25 years ago today
02/22/00 UPDATE: THESE DAYS IN BOWIE HISTORY - two late arrivals
02/23/00 NEWS: NEW JOURNAL ENTRY - db 'Is This Where God Lives?'
02/23/00 SNIPPET: THE YEAR OF THE SCAVENGER - Ziggy the dog performs on TFI's 'Celebrity Zoo' contest
02/23/00 NEWS: HAIRSTYLE OF THE GODS - a feature based on a book by Mark Larson and Barney Hoskins
02/24/00 REMINDER: FANTASPORTO 2000 - the Oporto International Film Festival is to feature several db films
02/24/00 NEWS: CRACKED SCREENING - Cinema Classics are to screen 'Cracked Actor'
02/24/00 NEWS: PLACEBOS PICKS - Placebo choose 'Ashes to Ashes' as their no1 video of all time
02/25/00 NEWS: NEW JOURNAL ENTRY - db introduces 'Blam's Little Spot'
02/25/00 NEWS: OMIKRON: #1 AGAIN - 'Omikron: The Nomad Soul' is voted no1 adventure game by Computer Bild online
02/25/00 NEWS: GLASTO 365 - more Glastonbury rumours
02/25/00 NEWS: VOYEUR MEETING - the Voyeur fan club is to have its annual meeting in March
02/26/00 NEWS: THEEEEEEE WINNAH IS... - ..BOWIENET. The Musikexpress readers vote BNet as the no1 website...and more!
02/26/00 NEWS: ANDY WARHOL ANNIVERSARY - we remember Andy Warhol who died 13 years ago today
02/26/00 NEWS: BABY BOARD - Rolling Stone set up a David & Iman baby board for suggestions and thoughts
02/28/00 NEWS: BRITS VOTE - vote for David on the Brit awards web site
02/28/00 NEWS: BOWIENET VOTE - vote for BowieNet in a German online poll
02/28/00 NEWS: PRETTY THINGS - the Pretty Things have a new website
02/29/00 NEWS: DAVIDBOWIEDAY - MTV Europe are to have a David Bowie day
02/29/00 SNIPPET: BLAM'S LITTLE SPOT - an excellent new collectors feature, this first instalment deals with the MWSTW dress cover
02/29/00 NEWS: Q STAGE - 'Q' lists 'Stage' as one of the best drumming albums of all time

a tiny snippet from David's 1966 Luv ice cream commercial click for NetAid concert footage
- scroll bar to David's performance
01:32.43 for 'Survive'
01:37:30 for 'China Girl'
01:42:00 for 'Drive In Saturday'
01:45:55 for 'Rebel Rebel' check out this lovely shot of David and Elizabeth Taylor 'Sound and Vision' was released 23 years ago 
- Blammo looks back fondly, and jogs a few memories :-) the 'Young Americans' single was released 25 years ago to an 'unsuspecting world'

well I looked at my watch....
strange coincidences on the TV screen - fake or genuine?
- Blammo looks at TMWSTW dress cover in his new feature
- 'Blam's Little Spot' more rave reviews for the 'Nomad Soul' computer game MTV Europe are to have a David Bowie day

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