The first-ever Online Music Awards aired on German MTV on the 27th of April in Cologne, Germany. Viewers could vote in 7 of 8 catagories the voting per e-Mail voting.
BowieNet was under the nominations for Best Artist/Best Band!
Go to German MTV for more info
thanks bianca
BowieNet V.2 is on the way! The lucky 20 Bowie Beta-Test Team are hard at work, checking out all that V.2 has to offer, and soon, all members will be allowed to see the new BowieNet experience! Thanks for your patience, and we look forward to hearing your thoughts and comments on the new site!
It could be you...
OK it's 6:00pm (EST) hopefully, and it's competition time again...this is your chance to win one of three signed copies of Mick Rock's excellent pictorial record of Iggy and the Stooges, Raw Power. In fact this is almost the equivalent of four books, as A_Girl is away. So, all you have to do is mail me NOW @ MrTotalBlamBlam@AOL.com with the answer to the following question:
What is the first track on the Iggy and The Stooges album, Raw Power?
First three correct answers I receive secure a copy, so hurry, hurry, hurry and good luck to you!
Total Blam Blam - (European Correspondent)
It could be you...
OK it's 6:00pm (EST) hopefully, and it's competition time again...this is your chance to win one of three signed copies of Mick Rock's excellent pictorial record of Iggy and the Stooges, Raw Power. In fact this is almost the equivalent of four books, as A_Girl is away. So, all you have to do is mail me NOW @ MrTotalBlamBlam@AOL.com with the answer to the following question:
What is the first track on the Iggy and The Stooges album, Raw Power?
First three correct answers I receive secure a copy, so hurry, hurry, hurry and good luck to you!
Total Blam Blam - (European Correspondent)
Don't forget to be here at 6:00pm EST (11:00pm GMT) this coming Monday May 8th, when we will be giving away three signed copies of Mick Rock's Raw Power book. For obvious reasons the question will have an Iggy slant to it, so get swotting now!
Total Blam Blam - (European Correspondent)
Had a lovely little chat with gorgeous Boy George outside the toilets at the 'Raw Power' Launch party last Tuesday. The Culture Club singer, who recently enjoyed some chart action with his cover of 'Starman', informed me that his next album is to be a collection of obscure cover versions, including a little-known song called 'Letter To Hermione'. As we were at a function celebrating the work of a rather fine rock photographer, the self-confessed 'Number One Fan of David Bowie' thought I might benefit from a little technical help for the picture that I took of him which I have posted here...The advice he gave me?..."Shoot from above dear!"...Indeed.Total Blam Blam - (European Correspondent)
"David Bowie will headline the final night of the famed Glastonbury Music Festival, set for June 23-25 in Glastonbury, U.K, and also set to feature performances by Chemical Brothers, Travis, and Foo Fighters, among dozens of others. This year's installment marks the 30th anniversary of the event, the first edition of which Bowie headlined in 1970."
Go to Billboard Daily Music News
from Billboard.com
As mentioned here last week, Q magazine have published The 100 Greatest British Albums Of All Time...Initially described to me as a reader survey, it transpires that the list was actually compiled behind closed doors by writers at the magazine, which makes the final listing a little more understandable. Although this top 100 is not yet published online, I'm sure it will be some time in the near future, and for those that missed it last week, here are those Bowie placings again: #30. Scary Monsters - #25. Ziggy Stardust - #16. Hunky Dory - #14. Low
In the meantime I'm afraid you will have to content yourself with the printed edition, which apart from some groovy pictures of DB illustrating the placing of the four Bowie albums above, also reprints one of the unpublished Iggy 'n' Ziggy pix from Mick Rock's Raw Power book...Speaking of which...we will be giving away three copies signed by Mr Rock in another BowieNet competition this coming Monday at 6:00pm EST (11:00pm GMT). As with the American Psycho competition, all you need to do is be here at that time, and the three fastest Iggy fans among you should walk away victorious! As long as A_Girl is away that is. };-)
Total Blam Blam - (European Correspondent)
A recent chart entry in the UK was the latest in the Top of the Pops series of compilations from the BBC, imaginatively titled Top of the Pops 2. The second CD of this double set commences with David Bowie's 'Starman'...Nothing new to any self-respecting db fan you might say, but I had it on good authority (hallo Martyn) that this version was THE actual performance complete with live vocal from that BBC broadcast 28 years ago, the very broadcast in fact, that sent pubescent schoolgirls into spasms of sexual desire, and worse, pubescent schoolboys into shock the length and breadth of Britain as they began to doubt their own sexuality...apparently.
So the very next day I trotted of to my local CD emporium, with only the tiniest bit of doubt in my mind, seeing as my 'source' was normally so reliable. But alas on my return home I discovered the normal studio version that we all know and love, but already own at least 26 times. Still, all wasn't lost as the CD also contains my theme tune: Shania Twain's 'Man! I Feel Like A Woman'...If you're still not sure if that is reason enough to purchase the CD, go here for a full track listing.
Total Blam Blam - (European Correspondent)
The Rock Style exhibit which opened at the Mettropolitan Museuam of Art in New York City, is now moving to Cleveland's Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. The exhibit opens there on May 13th.
"The exhibit includes more than 100 original costumes from such rock legends as Elvis Presley, the Beatles, Mick Jagger, Tina Turner, David Bowie, Elton John, Madonna, Stevie Nicks, Michael Jackson, George Clinton, Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix, Bruce Springsteen, Lou Reed and Bono. Such contemporary artists as Bjork, Courtney Love, Tori Amos and Beck are also represented in the exhibit."
Go to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
A report published by the Office for National Statistics yesterday, and reprinted in much of today's UK press, suggests that if it hadn't been the lead singer of The Monkees that had forced our David to change his name, then it probably wouldn't have been long before another David Jones came along and forced the change anyway. A silly theory that bares no scrutiny I know, but I had to start this thing somehow.
You see, David Jones happens to be the most popular name for a male in Britain at the moment, with an incredible 15,763 sharing the combination of the Christian and surname that Margaret and Haywood chose for their son 53 years ago. Click on the image above for a league table of the 20 most popular male and female names in Britain today, but remember there's only one David Bowie...probably...OK, I concede five or six before the smart alecs flood my in box!
Total Blam Blam - (European Correspondent)
Who knew that the Hanson brothers would be such Web frontiersman? First the wholesome threesome hooked up with Internet impresario David Bowie and Ultrastar to create a state-of-the-art web presence. Now they're taking another step into the unknown with a 3-D chat and concert on May 6. What do we mean by that? When fans go to www.worlds.com, they will be asked to create an "avatar," essentially a paper-doll rendering of themselves, from a virtual ID kit. Fans can either approximate what they actually look like, or go wild and become a six-foot-tall amazon with blonde dreads. Then the super-fan creations will be able to chat with Zac, Taylor or Ike -- or other fans who log in for the cyber event -- or "experience the concert as if it were live," or so the wigs at Worlds.com tell us. . .
"This months edition (No. 249) of RECORD COLLECTOR features an eye opening ten page special covering THE MANISH BOYS. Written by Mark Paytress, Record Collector were granted exclusive access to the personal archive of BOB SOLLY ex original band member of R 'n' B group The Manish Boys, which DAVID BOWIE joined up with in 1964."
info from bowiewonderworld.com
This month's feature article on The Ziggy Stardust Companion is all aboutDavid Bowie's famous Carnegie Hall concert on 28 September 1972. Thus wasthe one which broke him into the American market for the first time. Youcan read about it and also period reviews of the same here.
Go to The Ziggy Stardust Companion
thanks Mike
Posted in The Globe and Mail, an interview with Trent Reznor, in which Trent mentions DB and his influence while they were touring. Here is a short clip from the interview:
"When I was around Bowie, I was nearing the bottom. When we were touring together, I looked at him as a kind of big-brother figure and I also looked at him as somebody I had a lot of respect for. The age and the period he's at in his life, I'd like to be there some day. He has a kind of content peace about him that's something to shoot for."
Go to the complete article
thanks to nineinchnailsnews.com
With all the buzz created by the mere mention of the name Kina, BowieNet has gotten a hold of a video about the talented woman in question! Enjoy!
Holly Palmer's much awaited album is still in the works, but moving along! Check out the finished artwork for the CD! Click the image above for a larger version.
Go to hollypalmersinger.com for more...
Don't forget Holly's gig tonight at Arlene's Grocery in the Lower East Side of NYC, and the following two Tuesdays (May 9th and May 16th)
Mick Rock's photographic record of Iggy and The Stooges in 1972, RAW POWER, is available in the UK from today. Apart from being a superb document of Iggy Pop at his animalistic best, the book also contains three pictures of Ziggy with Iggy, two of which are previously unreleased, the other being the famous 'Ziggy, Iggy and Lou' shot.
If you are in London tomorrow, why not pop along to the exhibition of pictures from the book at The Scala (275 Pentonville Rd Kings Cross London N1 9NL Tel: 0207 833 2022). Running from 3 May to 1 July 2000, the exhibition will open daily from 1pm - 6pm (except Sundays, Mondays)...Also don't forget that the charismatic Mr Rock will be signing copies of her book at 6:00pm inside Helter Skelter (4 Denmark Street London WC2H 8LL Tel: 0207 836 1151). Admission is free to both events.
Raw Power: Iggy & the Stooges 1972 - Photographs by Mick Rock (Publication date: 2 May 2000 (UK); 1 June 2000 (US) Price: £17.95/ $24.95 Available from all good bookstores or direct from: www.creationbooks.com Tel: 0207 430 9878 Trade orders from: Turnaround Distribution orders@turnaround-uk.com Tel: 0208 829 3000)
Watch this space for an interview about Mick's time with Iggy very soon.
Go to www.creationbooks.com
Total Blam Blam - (European Correspondent)
Here is a letter from Steve, the webmaster for hollypalmersinger.com:
A quickie reminder about Holly's NYC show on Tuesday at Arlene's Grocery (95 Stanton St). All you great people who showed up at the Fez shows really helped make them magical. Help recreate the magic at Arlene's Grocery!
And then write and tell me about them, because this poor Canuck is stuck up here in Toronto and will miss all these wonderful shows...
Here's the current list of Holly's gigs:
May 2
10:00pm
New York, NY
Arlene's Grocery (95 stanton st. btwn. ludlow and orchard, NYC)
May 9
9:00pm
New York, NY
Arlene's Grocery
May 16
9:00pm
New York, NY
Arlene's Grocery
Go to hollypalmersinger.com
thanks steve
David has found himself on yet another magazine cover! This cover is for the Union-based magazine called 'Fusion'. The magazine is for the union called UNIFI, the financial instutions union in England. Click on the image above for a larger version.
Also, here is a snippet from the article.
thanks Spidey & Don!