David Bowie: Live Webchat 2nd February 2000 @ 6:30pm Gmt (1:30 Pm Est)

http://eden.vmg.co.uk/davidbowie.html

Living legend David Bowie will be taking part in a webchat on the Eden website on Wednesday 2nd February 2000.

To take part in the webchat, simply log onto: http://eden.vmg.co.uk/davidbowie.html and type your question in.

This live webchat is not the first time David Bowie has taken part in online activities. Last year, he became the first major artist to allow the public to digitally download his album from the web. Bowie also has his own Internet Service Provider (Bowie.Net).

David Bowie has just released the second single, Survive, from his latest critically acclaimed solo album, hours??.

'David Bowie's webchat is being co-ordinated via the eden website and bowienet, David's own Internet Service Provider, the first artist ISP ever launched'

To coincide with the David Bowie webchat, Eden will be giving away some extremely limited edition Bowie merchandise.

Real Take 5

Our favorite media streaming company is at it again! Real Networks new service called 'Take 5' is hitting the Web with a vengence, and there is no other way to break it in, than with a Bowie stream. Check out the David Bowie/Queen video for 'Under Pressure' today, February 1st, 2000.

Go to Real.com and click on the Take 5 logo (you may need to download some new plug-ins, but they are small and very quickly downloaded and installed)

Bowie Loses Control

Bowie interview with incite, a riot!

The folk at incite recently posted up an interview with David that mostly centred around Omikron, as short as it is hilarious the piece also has a couple of exclusive pix that the likes of SusanS are still recovering from. I have posted a couple of the funnier moments below, click here to see the full thing...

incite: Do you think someday there will be virtual stars who exist only in cyberia?........

Bowie: Early in the process with Eidos we joked about leaving Bowie in the game and letting David Jones slip out the back door unnoticed.............

incite: ........Do you think its better for the artist to develop their own site rather than have a bunch of fan sites over which they have no control?

Bowie: Who says I have any control over my web site?! Honestly, the things they do in my name!.............

Total Blam Blam - (European Correspondent)

David Bowie Live Webchat Tomorrow!

Everybody's talking at me...

Tomorrow evening David Bowie will be participating in a live webchat at Eden. Go to the location for what will no doubt be another memorable happening by clicking here. Organisers Eden have promised that: "To coincide with the David Bowie webchat, Eden will be giving away some extremely limited edition Bowie merchandise."

The chat will take place at 6:30pm UK time, which I believe is also GMT? So for most of you reading this, I make that 1:30pm EST, which probably coincides with your lunchtime quite nicely. Even if you can't make the chat proper you can make your presence felt by submitting a question right here, right now.

Come on let's make David feel welcome in this strange new chat territory by giving him a sackfull of probing enquiries from a few familiar faces.

Total Blam Blam - (European Correspondent)

And Now For Something Completely Different

Palin comparison - Sorry couldn't resist the chance to use a pun like that!

Click on the hot-spot on one of the above images, (not going to tell you which one) to take you to a snippet about London's Millennium Dome, Michael Palin and a distinct lack of parrots.

Total Blam Blam - (European Correspondent)

Take A Look

FirstLook.com has tons of hit singles available online, complete with rankings and ratings. You can preview tunes and purchase them (for a handful of pennies) on a per-listen basis. They had one DB song available, and here it is:

39      David Bowie      Seven
A powerful release from David Bowie.
(Advertiser Cost $ 0.04)

Go to FirstLook.com

from BNet teenage corrospondant, A_Girl

Q Review

Here is a clip of the review that Q Online gave the 'Survive' single:

"On dit that the Thin Grey Duke is back on form with his most recent album 'hours...'..."

Go to the review

info courtesy Spaceface

Bowienet V2 Update

As most of you know, BowieNet V2 was scheduled to premier on Jan. 31st, 2000. Regrettably, in order to achieve a seamless changeover to all the new functions, several more weeks will be required. In other word, we would rather get it right than answer 10,000 emails. LOL.

We do however have something cool to tide you over. Check the BowieNet news page on Monday. For now, here is a small glimpse of our new look.

Bowie Escapades

A Ysengrin creation has found its way into BowieNet. Check out the cartoon, where a crowd-razzled Bowie gets whisked away to safety... Click on the image above, or the link below to see the whole thing in a much larger form.

Check out Ysengrin's Bowie Escapade

Bowie History: Db In The '70s

On January 27, 1971, (nearly 30 years ago... ok, 29 years ago) David came to the Americas to promote 'The Man Who Sold the World' wearing frocks. His appearance provoked an angry response.Then, on Jan 26, 1975, Cracked Actor, a documentary about David appeared on the BBC-2 for the first time.info courtesy A_Girl

Giveaways

a target="_new" href="http://www.mp3.com">Registered artists at MP3.com got a treat last month with MP3.com's mailing of a CD-ROM which included the Something In The Air 3D animation from Omikron: The Nomad Soul.

Tower Records in the US is selling rechargeable gift certificate cards with printings of music artists on the front, including one with Bowie from the cover of 'hours...'. Minimum purchase amount is $10.

Pizza Hut and CD Now are having a special promotion! Any US resident who buys a New Yorker pizza from Pizza Hut between now and February 20th will be able to make a CD of up to 6 songs for free from CD Now. Any of 200 songs can be selected from 70 artists! David is one of them with 3 available songs, Heroes, Dead Man Walking and Let's Dance! So order that Pizza for the Superbowl and have fun!

from BNet teenage corrospondant, A_Girl

Db And Bb In The Ft

David Bowie and the big pink thing

This morning's Financial Times (a rather large pink organ...ooooer!) in the UK has a generous piece on BowieBanc and celebrity branding. Click on the above image to read an online version of the article. Here follows an interesting excerpt:

Bill Zysblat, Bowie's business manager, sees no conflict between BowieBanc and the pop star's former image. "What he is doing is taking his fan base, which 20 years ago had an affinity for wearing a T-shirt of his, and maybe 10 years ago graduated to wearing a golf shirt of his, and in the last three or four years has developed to being part of his online service, and trying to create that same affinity with what he is doing with online banking," he says.

Am I missing something here? I for one have never even tried on one of David's T-shirts, much less borrowed a golf shirt of his! };-)

Go to the article

Total Blam Blam - (European Correspondent)

Shes Comin' To Your Town

Backup singer Emm Gryner has been promoting her self-produced solo CD "Science Fair" in a unique way. Her "Living Room Tour" is being held in the homes/backyards/dorms/whatever of her fans! Emm put out a request on her mailing list for people to host intimate concerts introducing their favorite artist to all their friends - and the response was astounding! Here are the current dates:

EMM GRYNER --- LIVING ROOM TOUR --- FEB 2000
Feb. 4 8pm- Nutley, NJ - Megan's LR show
Feb. 5 8pm- Union City, NJ - Jessica's LR show
Feb. 6 4pm- Vestal, NY - Mark's LR show
Feb. 11 3pm - WBRS - Boston, MA - Live-to-air radio concert
- audience welcome
- also featuring Jessica Weiser
Feb. 11 7pm - Allston, MA - Sebastian's LR show
- also featuring Jessica Weiser
Feb. 12 4pm - Brighton, MA - Kimberly's LR show
Feb. 13 4pm - Boston, MA - Stephanie's LR show
- also featuring Jessica Weiser
Feb. 19 -8pm - Philadelphia, PA - Dana's LR show

Also, go to Emm's Space

Girls Night Out!!!

Wow, a good time was had by all!

Firstly, a special thanks out to Emm, Gail, and Holly for being 'the girlz', and to DB, Mark Plati, and Mike Garson for... being 'the boyz'! And, of course, thanks to YOU for taking part in this one-of-a-kind event!

Check out last night's chat transcript

Stop The Press

It has just been announced that IMAN BOWIE has been made the new contributing "Beauty Editor of Vibe Magazine" Check out i-iman.com for the announcement of her first assignment.

Go to i-iman.com for more info

Girls Nite

01/26/00 CHAT REMINDER: GIRLS NITE OUT TONIGHT!!! This is the last reminder for tonight's chat!! The 'Girls Night Out' chat session, Wednesday the 26th @ 8PM. Holly. Emm. Gail. db. maybe more...? Log in to the #GuestChat Room

It's A Wrap, Almost...

'Boys keep swinging... for a few more days at least!'

You have until the end of the month to get your final captions in for the competition we set back on December 16th. If you still think you could be one of the six lucky winners of a brand spanking new David Bowie 2000 autograph but haven't entered yet, then I suggest you 'shake yo ass'...whatever that means. Click on the above image to refresh yourself with the details.

For those really paying attention, the 'Inside the Minds of David and Liz' contest will run until February 14 (Valentine's Day!), so keep them cards and letters comin'!

From our European Correspondent ~ Total Blam Blam

Brilliant Careers

The 'Brilliant Careers' segment of Salon.Com has a Brilliant Article on the man we like to call db. They obviously did their homework on this one, with lines such as this:

"He's easily the most influential rock star of the post-Beatles era, given the number of whole pop movements, from British punk to Britpop, goth to hair metal, industrial to electronica, that owe him enormous and obvious debts."

Go to the article

from BNet teenage corrospondant, A_Girl

Got My Mojo Working, Again!

Apart from the Bowie/Ronno piece mentioned above by Spaceface in BNet news today, Mojo is worth the cover price alone this month for a few Bowie related items that I will now outline... Go here for more.

Total Blam Blam - (European Correspondent)

Mojo Mag

MOJO magazine have a monthly section about the eventsof 30 years ago. This month it is FEB 1970, and theyhave a piece about DAVID's meeting with MICK RONSON. We should see lots more coverage here in future months as DAVID's career takes off.

"Just 129 punters, some of who had not come to seeDAVID BOWIE but to give a last cheer for JUNIOR'SEYES, whose final gig it was."

"BOWIE had just returned from Edinburgh where he'dbeen playing a cloud in a LINDSAY KEMP TV production. Superstardom seemed a long way off."

"All DAVID took home with him that night was MICKRONSON."

"Two days later, RONNO made his debut with BOWIE at ataping for JOHN PEEL's "The Sunday Show"

""It was exciting," RONSON later recalled. "It wassomething so new. All those ideas DAVID had."

info courtesy Spaceface