Chat With Joey Arias

Thursday, March 18th at 6:00 p.m. EST

Please log into the #ChatGuest room for this chat event. See you there. You can read more on Joey in Bowies February 20th Journal or in Joey's bio.

Paul Mcartney Painting

www.siegen-wittgenstein.de

Note: there is a English / German translation feature on the gallery site, just in case your not fluent in German.

Here is a piece entitled "Bowie Spewing" from Paul's collection.

This is an excerpt from the Gallery site:

Although entitled "Bowie spewing", this small painting was not planned as a portrait. As so often the case with McCartney, the subject emerged during the painting process. Experimental painting with no other motive than "just to let the paint lead the way" (McCartney) results in a physiognomy which reminds the artist of David Bowie at an early stage in his career, the time of his "Ziggy Stardust" album.

Comic Relief Appearance

David appeared on last night's Comic Relief charity show in a video-taped segment. All in good fun, David says:

"Hello boys and girls, erm... I'm David Bowie and... I'm talking to you for Comic Relief. Tonight I thought I'd do something a little bit different so I'm gonna play a new composition for you, erm... that I think you may enjoy. It's called 'Requiem For A Laughing Gnome'. It's for recorder and erm... it has some choreography that was... erm... I picked up from an Navaho Indian erm... that I met last week in the Croydon chapter. It's in four movements, probably I should begin with the first one. Thank you."

David starts playing the recorder, and does a bit of fancy footwork. A message appears on the screen:

David continues playing as another message appears:

All done for a worthy cause! You can visit the Comic Relief/BBC web site and make a donation on-line. In 13 years of fundraising and grant-making, Comic Relief has raised over Ã‚Â£139 million.

Absolute Beginners

The Trio Channel (Dramas, Documentaries and Films channel) will air Absolute Beginners tomorrow, March 14th at 9:00 p.m. EST. Here is a quick clip from the film.

Bowieart

Have a glimpse at the NEW Bowieart splash screen. You can visit Bowieart now by clicking here!

Bowie/placebo Reminder

UK ARENA on Cable and Sky Digital are repeating two David Bowie documentaries,the BBC programmes Bowie at 50 and the wonderful Cracked Actor several timesthis month starting on Friday 12th March at 9.35pm.

Today And Yesterday

March 12, 1986

Absolute Beginners

Hey. Did you know that you can view the Absolute Beginners RealVideo right here, right now. All you need is the latest version of RealNetworks RealPlayer. (download link below)

Iman Feature

Lifetime channel

"Intimate Portrait: Iman"

If you missed the special, or just wanted to have your own copy, you can now buy the Iman special direct from Lifetime Channel.

Comic Relief

Be on the look-out for David Bowie tonight on Comic Relief: a UK evening devoted to raising money for charity.

(BBC1 & BBC2 7:00pm-1:00am)
( BBC2 9.00pm)

For more information on Comic Relief:
http://www.comicrelief.org.uk/.

Two Bowie Documentaries

UK ARENA on Cable and Sky Digital are repeating two David Bowie documentaries, the BBC programmes Bowie at 50 and the wonderful Cracked Actor several times this month starting on Friday 12th March at 9.35pm.

The Virgin Soldiers

See if you can spot Bowie in the movie The Virgin Soilders on UK TV tonight, Wednesday evening, 10th March at 12.35am on ITV. Clue: Bar scene - David gets carried across behind the bar.

Bowienet Fans Take Over

ere are 2 submissions that beg to be BowieNews items. The first is a song written and performed by Carla Rhodes (aka Picadilly) entitled Ode to BowieNet.
The track tells the tail of the BowieNet members. (pure fiction...right?) Click here to hear the track and read the lyrics. Good fun!

The Second is a new Bowie site entitled "SOD - Sisteurs of Utter Destruction"

Submitted by Paula (aks Squeakie), the site features free email accounts, funny DB FAQ's and acool GuestBook. It is also promising the upcoming Contest of the Milleniumwith cool Bowie-related prizes! Check it out at http://www.squeakie.com/sod.

Special Announcement:dr. Bowie

We are very pleased to announce that the Berklee College of Music in Bostonare awarding David Bowie their Honorary Doctorate Degree at their commencement thisSpring. Past recipients include Sting, Quincy Jones, Bonnie Raitt, TonyBennett, Paul Simon and B.B. King. Watch this space for more details....

For more information on the college, you can visit their website athttp://www.berklee.edu/

Speedo Contest/round One

Here are the first entries in the BowieNet Speedo contest. Let's get those entries in!

Boy George On Bowie Chat

Here are a few excerpts from an article in the Sunday Express (March 7th, 1999). Boy George had this to say about chatting on BowieNet:

I must confess that when it comes to the Internet, I am an information super highway virgin. I find the whole process of logging in and dot dot com-ing quite daunting. Last summer, I did my first on-line chat with Culture Club fans in America and it was a scream, but not half as exciting as appearing on my childhood hero David Bowie's Website.

Receiving a phone call from Bowie's office was thrilling enough but spending an hour and a half on the phone with him, answering questions to fans all over the world was beyond beyond. Who would have thought that one-day I'd be sharing my wit and wisdom with the man I worshipped and trailed like a maniac for most of my teenage years. Bowie is pure charm?

If you did weren't able to attend the Boy George chat session, you can read the transcript here! A good time was had by all. Thanks again to Boy George.

Yahoo Internet Life

That was fast! Well, here it is. The April 1999 edition (Volume 5, Number 4) of Yahoo Internet Life. Check your local newsstands soon.

Thanks to Raven for the pic!

Bowienet Mousepad

www.davidbowiestore.com

The Mousepad can be found in the Accessories area.

Yahoo Internet Life

Be on the look-out for the April 1999 edition (Volume 5, Number 4) of Yahoo Internet Life. BowieNet grabs the cover of the popular on-line guide. (we will post the cover soon)

Entitled "The Thin Wired Duke" - The Yahoo piece takes a look at BowieNet, and includes a great interview with Bowie. If your a subscriber, you should have already received your copy. Check your local newsstands soon for this cover story.

Bowie History

24 years ago (March 7, 1975), the 'Young Americans' album wasreleased. Described by David as 'plastic soul', the album enlisted the talentsof David Sanborn on saxophone, Carlos Alomar on guitar and a young LutherVandross on backup vocals.

An impromptu session with John Lennon yielded thehit Fame and a cover of The Beatles' Across The Universe.

New Bowie Mag

Looks like we spoke to soon on this one. We received this note from Marlene yesterday:

Dear Bowie fan,

This letter is to ask you to please not send any money to "Speed of Life".If you have already send money, it will be send back to you. Sorry.

Speed of Life no longer exists.I've started with good intentions but due to urgent matters I have to leavesoon and I don't know when I'll be back.

I'm sorry for the people who went through some trouble for me.

Sorry again,
Marlene