The UK Mirror newspaper entertainment editor Matthew Wright haslaunched a campaign to have the Bowie/Placebo duet recorded and releasedfor charity.
He urges people to contact him via email at matthew.wright@mirror.co.uk or by phone at 01712933950.
Bowie In The Press
The March 1999 issue of .Net Magazine (UK) features an interview with DavidBowie on various topics such as MP3, the Internet, bootlegs, web design andthe millennium.
You can now read the interview online. Here is the URL: http://www.futurenet.com.
Julian Schnabel
- As reported back in December, Modern Painter did a cover interview conducted by David Bowie with painterand film maker Julian Schnabel (see David's Nov. 15th journal for more details).
Entitled "Painting the Veils of Time:'I was so much older then, I'm younger than that now'" - David Bowie interviews Julian Schnabel. The entire interview can now be viewed at the Modern Painters site.
Chat Guest: Chat With Joey Arias
BowieNet's next chat guest will be with avant-garde performance artist Joey Arias. Joey was recently highlighted in Bowies February 20th Journal.
We will be chatting with Joey Arias, on Thursday, March 18th at 6:00 p.m. EST. Please log into the #ChatGuest room for this chat event. See you there.
Bowie History
25 years ago this week, Rolling Stone Magazine published William Burroughs' interview with David Bowie. The famous writer interviewed Bowie at David's London home.
Just Having Fun
Seems that there have been some rumors as to the origins of FUN, the 11th track of liveandwell.com. While the first 10 tracks were recorded live, the latest addition to liveandwell.com is indeed a Hybrid re-mix.
Recorded live at the Paradiso in Amsterdam, the song "Is it any Wonder" was re-worked as a bonus track for liveandwell.com. The Hybrid track, entitled FUN starts off live as "Is it any Wonder" and then closes as a studio piece.
Good spotting. As long as we are talking about it, have a listen.
Photos From Boy George / Bowie Chat
- Here are a few photos from Saturdays Chat session with Boy George. If you did weren't able to attend Saturday's chat session, you can read the transcript here!
Mike Garson Online
You've heard his inspiring piano playing with David Bowie, the Smashing Pumpkins and on many solo projects.  Now you can learn all about Mike and his unique approach to composing.  Plus, you can listen to samples of his rock, jazz and classical work and buy seven of his solo CDs.
Check out the "Now! Music Network" on-line experience! Stop by today http://www.nowmusic.net
Bowie History
24 years ago today (March 1, 1975), David appeared live on U.S. television at the Grammy Awards, presenting an award for Best Female Soul Singer to Aretha Franklin and giving a 3 minute speech.
And The Winner Is...
Here is the phone call to our CyberSong Contest winner. Listen to
Be on the lookout for "The Making of What's Really Happening"
Dutch David Bowie Fan Club Meeting
Brought to you by The Voyeur - The International David Bowie Fan Club is having its annual fan meeting on March 14 in De Meern, Holland. The meeting will be from 13:00 till 18:00
This years event initials:
Merchandise: Dealers from Holland and England will sell CD's, Singles, LP's, Magazines, Video's, Books, Posters etc
Free Market Place: Here you can swap your own Bowie material
Videos in the movie theatre
Great lottery with a lot of Bowie prices
"The Shop" from The Voyeur
Live Bowie music from the band "The Madmen"
Exposition: The original HAT that Bowie wore during "The man who fell to earth" and more.
And of course, meet other Bowie fans.
Place: Cultureel Centrum Azotod Meerendijk 126 De Meern (near Utrecht)
Molko Models
It seems that Placebo's Brian Molko will be Modeling For Calvin Kleinthis fall, when he and several other musicianswill appear in Calvin Klein's latest CK ad campaign.
"I'm in fact just going to do modeling for Calvin Klein in March," saysMolko. "So Placebo: movies, music, and modeling at your service."
The new Calvin Klein campaign may also include Liz Phair, Skye Edwards, Robbie Williams, Mya, Beth Orton, and Buckcherry.A spokesperson from Calvin Klein said "photographs have been taken and wehaven't decided who will appear at this time."The campaign is scheduled to appear on subways, buses, magazines, and billboards in the fall.
Chat With Boy George
Just a reminder, chat with David Bowie and Boy George tomorrow, Saturday, February 27th. 5:00 p.m. GMT, Noon EST, 9:00 a.m. PST.
David Bowie and Boy George will chat together for this special event. Please log into the #ChatGuest room for this chat.
Need help with your chat client? Check out the BowieNet help page for Microsoft Chat 2.5. Looking for something different? Why don't you give our BowieNet Java chat client a try? See you there
Cyber Songs, Pop Icons And...book Reviews
Contact:
Diana Gil-Osorio
Antenna Group/for UltraStar
415-977-1930
diana@antennapr.com
*And we have a winner...David Bowie has announced the winner of BowieNet's hi-profile CyberSong Contest: Alex Grant, 20, of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. Grant will receive a$15,000 publishing contract from Bug Music (http://www.bugmusic.com), a VIPtrip to New York (where he'll join Bowie for the recording of the song thisspring), a one-year subscription to BowieNet (http://www.davidbowie.com), acomplete Bowie catalogue, $500 worth of music from CDNow(http://wwwcdnow.com) and a three-year subscription to Rolling Stonemagazine.
The new song, entitled "What's Really Happening," was written byDavid Bowie -- all except for three verses which were left "blank" foraspiring co-songwriters. Contest entries flowed in by the thousands fromSeptember through December 1998, and even included entries by members of THECURE (http://www.thecure.com).
*Chat with Boy George AND David Bowie this Saturday, Feb. 27BowieNet members are invited to chat with David Bowie and Boy Georgeon Saturday, February 27 at 12 noon EST, 9 a.m. PST. The two pop icons willhave much to say on the state of current cultural and musical affairs.
*David Bowie: Book Reviewer?Once again David Bowie is entering a new realm on the Internet--thistime as a reviewer for BARNESANDNOBLE.COM (http://www.barnesandnoble.com).BOWIE will be a regularly featured book reviewer and this month critiquesMost Art Sucks: Five Years of Coagula, written by Walter Robinson and TomPatchett. Last month, Bowie wrote a thoughtful and amusing review of BarneyHoskyns' Glam! Bowie, Bolan, and the Glitter Rock Revolution. Bowie willbe writing at least two reviews per month for barnesandnoble.com.
Can You Compete?
While in the Chat -room recently, Bowie and several others noted theproliferation of Girlie calendars, cooking classes, comb collections etal, being created by members of B.Net. It was felt that Guys are notgetting as much exposure, so to speak, and it was proposed to remedythat situation immediately. Bowie, in order to redress this dastardlysituation, therefore delegated the job of Competition and Rulesmanifesto to Sir Total Blam Blam and Squire Tybalt.Herewith the result and, Bingo, the Silly Season begins a little earlythis year.
Men's Speedo Model Competition!
Rules:
1. Contestant must email a picture of themselves and a pair of speedosto(info@davidbowie.com). All pictures MUST contain anentrant and a pair of speedos -- however, the entrant need not beactuallywearing the speedos.
2. Image size must be under 640x480 pixels in JPG or GIF format -- nopictures may be over 200kb in size.
3. All entries will be voted upon by the BowieNet public,and each pic shall be rated by the BowieNetizens -- 1thru 5, on a "Studliness" scale.
Prizes:
1st prize: A pair of Speedos signed by Bowie (in marker, PLEASE, not..well.. err). Whether the pair of briefs are used or not is up to Dave.
Runners Up: Inclusion on Tybalt's BowieNet Hunks calendar(whatta prize!).. We might even throw in a mousepad fer the hell ofit.
What's Online
Be on the look-out for the new issue of "What's Online" - a UK publication that features an interview with David this month.
On sale: 25th February 1999
Cover date: Issue 8
Cover price: £3.95 (UK)
Frequency: Bi-monthly
ISSN: 1369-6386
Editor and Writer: Tim McCann
Here are a few quotes from the interview:
What made you decide to start up BowieNet?
Our priority right from the beginning was that if we were going to do this we were going to do it really well. And the quality control of what goes on the site is extremely strict. I wanted to create something in the same realm as the Earthling and Outside albums ? something that would fit alongside my musical work. What made the Net irresistible, though, was the fact that I could bring all my work together.
For a rock legend, you come across as being very down to earth.
If you've been around as long as I have, it helps. I do tend to objectify as a performer. There's this creation called David Bowie, but I still think of myself as David Jones. I've found over the years that the expectations of the audience are very different from the artist. What I realized after Ziggy was that the persona was partly created by the artist but completed by the audience.
Gail Ann Dorsey
- Here are a few photos taken in Florence on February 20th of Gail playing with Zucchero. Photos were sent in by Grazia, Carlotta, Stefano, Paola, Rosanna and Davide.
Check out the chat transcript from Gail's BowieNet chat on Thursday, December 10th, 1998.
(Thanks to Italian Fanclub VELVET GOLDMINE)
Chat With Boy George
Here are the times for the chat with David Bowie and Boy George.
Saturday, February 27th.
5:00 p.m. GMT
9:00 a.m. PST
Noon EST.
David Bowie and Boy George will chat together for this special event. Please log into the #ChatGuest room for this chat. See you there.
Special Announcement: Chat With Boy George
BowieNet's next special chat guest will be none other than Boy George! We will be chatting with Boy George, on Saturday, February 27th. Exact time will be posted SOON.
Please log into the #ChatGuest room for this special event. See you there.
Cnet Special
Be on the lookout for a CNET special featuring "BowieNet". The piece airs the weekend of March 13th and March 14th.
We will keep you posted, but you can look out for additional details at the CNET website: www.tv.cnet.com.