Sonicnet Feature Bowie The Innovator

From the 50th birthday performance broadcast over the Internet to the present day, SonicNet reports that Bowie is still looking for new ways to combine technology and music.

While you are there check out the ARTISTS INFO panel that includes a biography, a discography, audio clips and, by far the silliest, a 'similar artists' section which lists just one band. The name of that band, who I have to admit are very similar to Bowie, is...wait for it...Tin Machine!!! Future entries could include Ziggy Stardust and The Spiders From Mars, The Lower Third and The Mannish Boys among others.

Click on the logo above to take you right there.

Total Blam Blam - (European Correspondent)

Bowie Does Beatnik

As you know from the past, BowieNet and Beatnik presented the world premiere of the Beatnik Player 2.0 with the launch of the Fame ReMix project.

In the coming weeks, keep your eyes out for yet another project with Beatnik, including the complete "sonification" of the new BowieNet v2.

Chris Haskett (formally of the Rollins Band) is working together with BowieNet, putting a web-score together for the soon to be launched site (expected in May, 2000).

Until then, keep your eyes open for the next project from Beatnik and BowieNet.

Bassman's David Bowie Page Update

Here's a few among much, much more. The 1981 CD edition, fully illustrated.The 1990-92 CD and LP edition, fully illustrated. The 1999 CD edition, fully illustrated. This just a small part of the entire update.

To see it in complete, check out the site update page: http://www.algonet.se/~bassman/su/

Covers Covers Covers

Two Bowie covers have recently appeared.Superchunk, the indie band from North Carolina have just released a cover of "Scary Monsters" on their EP "100,000 Pounds"(Merge).The second cover worth a mention, Matchbox 20 is releasing a full length live video "Live From Australia" (Atlantic) which will include a cover of "Fame".

The Guru

A radio station the Netherlands has asked our very own Marcel (the Guru) to make a special Bowie programme for their radio on April the 11th. Marcel plans a 2 to 3 hour special featuring Bowie songs on that station.

The show will be broadcasted in the Netherlands and the radio broadcast is in thecity of The Hague. According to the Guru, it will be very very special!

One-two Punch

The great Holly Palmer has a couple of gigs coming up, and joinging her at tonight's and tomorrow's gigs, the great Emm Gryner! The one-two punch. So, check out The Fez (380 Lafayette, NYC) tonight and tomorrow night, March 31st and April 1st!

Here are more Holly gigs, for the month of May:

May 2	Arlene's Grocery (95 Stanton St. btwn. Ludlow and Orchard St in the Lower East Side)
May 9	Arlene's Grocery
May 16	Arlene's Grocery

Enjoy the shows, everyone!!

Ugo Poll

UGO.com (UnderGroundOnline) is running a web poll for the question 'Which popular musician/band has created the best original music for a game?'. Bowie and 'The Nomad Soul' are currently in first place with 32.3% of the vote!

Go to UGO, and VOTE!

Dial-up Letter

Those of you who subscribe to the BowieNet Dial-Up Internet Service should have received an e-mail letter about the change in Dial-Up settings. Click here to see the letter.

You can go here for some more information and assistance on reconfiguring your dial-up connections. Or call the number you see in the e-mail that you should have received (and if you are a dial-up member, but did not receive an e-mail, click on link in the first paragraph).

Once again, this message is ONLY for people who use BowieNet as their Dial-Up Internet Service, and the date for changing your settings is Monday April 3rd.

Glasto Tix

Here's some important info for anyone wishing to go to the Glastonbury Festival this summer:

"Subject to the granting of a Public Entertainment Licence, tickets will be on sale on Monday 3rd April 2000.

The price will be Ã‚Â£87.00, plus a Ã‚Â£2 booking fee.

They will be available to buy securely online via this website, and also by post or telephone from the Glastonbury Festival Ticket Unit (further info when available).

They are also expected to be on sale at the normal high street outlets - the major outlet is (as normal) expected to be HMV. Full details will be here when available."

American Psycho

This story appeared in the AllStar News at CDNow:

Velvet Underground co-founder John Cale will perform at an after show party following a benefit screening of American Psycho at Lot 61 in New York City on April 12. Cale composed much of the soundtrack to the film, which includes such artists as David Bowie, the Cure, New Order, and Eric B. and Rakim, among others. Tickets for the screening, held at Clearview Cinemas earlier in the evening, range from $75 to $750 and can be reserved by calling (212) 966-3651. All proceeds go to the Wooster Group.

Go to the story

Dial-up Letter

Those of you who subscribe to the BowieNet Dial-Up Internet Service should have received an e-mail letter about the change in Dial-Up settings. Click here to see the letter.

You can go here for some more information and assistance on reconfiguring your dial-up connections. Or call the number you see in the e-mail that you should have received (and if you are a dial-up member, but did not receive an e-mail, click on link in the first paragraph).

Once again, this message is ONLY for people who use BowieNet as their Dial-Up Internet Service, and the date for changing your settings is Monday April 3rd.

State Of Dis-union

Boston Globe's Boston.com ran an article that basically outlined the current state of the music industry, and weighed the effects of cutting-edge software products like the infamous Napster, BowieNet was mentioned as an example of a site that has taken advantage of all of the benefits that the new technology offers.

"The music industry is trying to protect its turf and curtail progress; at the same time, artists deserve to be paid. 'If the recording industry wins, we lose the huge social advantages,' says Harvard Law School professor William Fisher. 'But if the recording industry loses, artists' rights are eroded.'"

"...artists would release their music files online in an unprotected format, offering certain services (such as advance concert tickets) to honest fans who pay as they play. David Bowie has mastered the concept at www.davidbowie.com, which offers users everything from Internet service to CDs (as in compact disc and certificates of deposit)."

Go to the article @ Boston.com

Slickmusic

Now that everyone (even the new folks) knows about the powerful force known as 'Slick', you can go find out more about 'the man' and his music, and you can get free stuff too! Visit SlickMusic.com for the most current and the most historic news, images, and tunes by the great Earl Slick (or just to welcome him back to Bowie's band!)

Visit SlickMusic.com

London Landmark Guide Pt2

AKKO's London Bowie Landmark Guide Part 2 has been uploaded. Some photos and quotes about Manchester Street and Heddon Street are now available. Please take a look at this:

Akko's Bowie Landmark Guide

Golden Years Pt 3

PART 3 : GOLDEN YEARS - THE DAVID BOWIE STORY

This final instalment had some great sound bites, particularly from Nile Rodgers on 'Let's Dance', and Bob Geldof on David's pivotal role in 'Live Aid'. Once again, fulsome praise was given to David's talents from a wide variety of famous friends and colleagues.

The end of the programme seemed to me not to say enough on the innovation, excitement, and new, younger following generated by David's later work, notably 'Earthling' and '1. Outside'.

His interest in the Internet was mentioned, but only in passing. I was expecting to hear something about his foresight and inspiration in creating the first fully interactive official fan site and ISP. We will hear more about this, no doubt, when the rest of the world has cottoned on! And of course, the chatters were hoping to be name checked, one by one (wink). Hehe....next time guys.

In general, this programme has been a great listen. It was fascinating to hear David's very recent comments on his whole career. May I just add that the job of transcribing this for you has been a lot of fun, not least for the challenge it posed to my spelling abilities! (Rachmaninov, Blavatski et al)

For a Bowie fan, this series was a 'must'. For more quotes and images from part 3 (no deliberate mistakes this week! Blam, please heave a sigh of relief, - unless you know different?) click here. If you haven't already seen them, click here for part 1 and here for part 2.

"I mean its no secret, you know, my feelings about David artistically. I consider him the 'Picasso' of music and I really mean that sincerely." - Nile Rodgers

"After people like Lennon and Dylan, I think David Bowie brought a very modernistic intelligence and the necessity for change. I think he was completely positive, certainly through one and a half decades of completely overriding influence, in the best of popular music, and I take my bloody hat off to him!" - Roger Taylor

"Its a compulsive need to wreck everything (laughs). You might notice thereÃƒÂs a pattern of stripping down and building back up again throughout my life. But I guess thatÃƒÂs how some of us conduct our lives." - David Bowie

thanks again spaceface!

Generation @

DB's old Berlin apartment is being put to good use as headquarters for an internet-related research project:

"Generation@, a project to research and examine the impact of the Internet on society has secured Bowie's old Berlin apartment for a troop of 20-somethings according to this Berlin Kurier news article. The six strong group spend their days in the luxury seven room 200 square meter apartment where Bowie lived while writing and recording during his Berlin/Eno era in 1978-79. One group member says "Bowie's spirit inspires us; only his music is missing". More information about the project including how to contact the participants can be found at the Connexion 2000 web site."

from teenagewildlife

Really Randoms

RollingStone.com covered the Bowie/Hanson story in the Really Randoms portion of their News section. And here is what they said:

David Bowie may not be touring this year, but that doesn't mean he's sitting around knitting booties as he and Iman wait for the stork. The Thin White Web Entrepreneur has just added teen sensations Hanson to his list of web clients, which includes the New York Yankees (YankeesXtreme.com) and Baltimore Orioles (OriolesWorld.com). Bowie's UltraStar Internet Services has been working on a site to bring a new and improved Hanson to the unsuspecting world in anticipation of their new album, This Time Around, due May 9. At midnight on March 29, Hanson.net will go live, giving fans a peak at the new album which features guest appearances from Beck, John Popper and Jonny Lang.

Station To Station

Eric Pfeiffer runs a DB dedicated radio show called, appropriately enough, 'Station to Station', which airs each Tuesday evening from 7pm to 8pm Pacific Standard Time. Click on the image above for the real audio connection to the radio program (remember to tune in during showtime, 7-8pm PST). 'Station to Station' has been on-air on KWVA 88.1FM since July 1999. The program is aired from the University of Oregon, in Eugene, Oregon, and it features rare, live, and unreleased material by Bowie, as well as some popular favorites. Eric takes reqeusts, answers questions, and has trivia for the weekly listeners. Over the past eight months the show has become quite popular in the Eugene area, and the new season premiers this Tuesday! It should be a good one! Again, the radio show is now also available to those outside the Eugene area via a real audio link at:

http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~kwva

For on-air requests, the telephone number is (541) 346-0645.

thanks to Eric Pfeiffer (Host, "Station to Station")

The Return Of Duke 'n' Earl

Earl Slick yesterday

Well this news is best broken by our man in New York, who, for matters of security, shall remain happily pseudonymed; 'The Spy-In-The- Flight-Case'! Take it away Spy:

"Earl Slick flew into NY on Thursday night to take part on Friday in an initial rehearsal for the Glastonbury/NY Festival shows. Wearing his key-note black on black and shades, the 'Hard-Man of Rock' ensemble, he tore through 'Stay' 'Station To Station' 'Cracked Actor' and a whole bunch of 'Goldens' as though he had never stopped playing these songs. Then to top it off , he smoothly radicalized into 'I'm Afraid Of Americans'.

The rest of the band were wreathed in smiles, Gail commenting, "This is like being inside Living History." Bowie himself commented, "Wow, is this band hot or what? If people weren't around in 1974, this will give them a damn good idea of what we were about. You've heard the bootlegs, now get the real deal" he grinned.

Bowie and the band, with Earl Slick on guitar, will debut on the 16th of June somewhere in New York City."

I know the great majority of you will understand the importance of this report, but for the benefit of some of you youngsters out there, (Hi A_Girl and Steve K) go here for a little bit of history.

Total Blam Blam - (European Correspondent)

See You There...

Nine Inch Nails have announced both their U.S., and European tours, set for this Spring and this Summer, respectively. Forces will collide this Summer at the much-talked-about Glastonbury Festival, which DB is to play for the first time in 30 years. And, although there has been no mention of a collaboration from either side, the mere fact of DB and NIN playing at the same festival is enough to make for a great weekend!

Here are the dates for NIN:

April 12 Cleveland, OH CSU Convocation Center
April 14 Detroit, MI The Palace of Auburn Hills
April 15 Columbus, OH Schottenstein Center
April 17 Minneapolis, MN Target Center
April 18 Milwaukee, WI U.S. Cellular Arena
April 20 Indianapolis, IN Conseco Fieldhouse
April 21 Chicago, IL UIC Pavillion
April 22 Madison, WI Dane County Coliseum
April 25 Grand Rapids, MI Van Andel Arena

June 23 Somerset UK Glastonbury Festival
June 24 Scheesel GER Hurricane Festival
June 25 Tuttingen GER Southside Festival
June 29 Roskilde DEN Roskilde Festival
June 30 Werchter BEL Werchter Festival
July 01 London UK London Arena
July 04 Kristiansand NOR Quart Festival
July 07 Belfort FRA Eurockennes Festival
July 08 Wiesen AUT Forestglade Festival
July 09 Monza ITA Monza Festival