Bowie's last appearance of the Old Millenium seemed to give a hint of what is to come for the New One. A kinder, gentler, and funnier Bowie than ever before! In celebration of the new year/decade/century/millenium, BowieNet offers to you a section devoted to Bowie's appearance on the BBC's Big Breakfast (aired December 30th, 1999).
So here it is. Enjoy!
Product + Personality = Brand *
BBC2's Arena last night aired 'The Fine Art Of Seperating People From Their Money', an intriguing guide to the worldof commercial creativity hosted by that most gentle of souls, the actor Dennis Hopper. Contributions came from thelikes of film directors Tony Scott, Spike Lee and Alan Parker, actor Anthony Quinn, musician Dave Stewart and theartist David Bowie. (That's what it says here.)
As interesting as the programme was, the contributions from DB were taken from an interview from the last century.According to UK Bowie super-spotter John Harrison, the interview was first shown in it's entirity on the GermanARTE channel for a programme called 'Metropolis' in September 1995. Unless, of course, you know differently.
* An uncredited quote paraphrased by DB during the programme.
Total Blam Blam - (European Correspondent)
The BBC have yet more Bowie TV on their airwaves tomorrow (Tuesday 4th January). David talks about his nextrelease 'Survive' (released January 17th) on the jolly funky music show that is The O Zone. Tune into BBC2 at 7:10pm. SusanS and Steve K will be pleased to learn that The O Zone is broadcast in very sexy Nicam Digital Stereo!
While we are on the subject of the BBC, TOMORROW'S WORLD utilised a part of the excellent Jeremy Paxmaninterview in a programme entitled: '2000 And Beyond: A Tomorrow's World Special'. This edition of the popularscience show was shown on Wednesday 29th December and repeated the next day, by which time I presume the storywas old news. David touched on the impact of the new technologies and the internet in particular.
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Total Blam Blam - (European Correspondent)