Cheers to TeenageWildlife.com for being nominated for an award in the 2000 Yahoo! Internet Life Online Music Awards!! Here's a clip straight from the horse's mouth!
In the fan site category, Foo Fighters (There's Nothing Left To Lose), Nine Inch Nails (Painful Convictions), Phish (Phish.net), Rage Against The Machine (RATM.net), and some ragtail David Bowie fan site called Teenage Wildlife make up the party of five.
Go to TeenageWildlife.com
Billboard.com was nominated in the "best news site" category of the 2000 Yahoo! Internet Life Music Awards. Of course, DB will be getting the Online Pioneer Award, and here is a snippet from the Billboard.com article:
David Bowie -- founder, producer, and web developer for Internet entertainment company UltraStar, and creator of BowieNet, the first ever artist produced and designed ISP -- will receive the online pioneer award.
Bowie will also perform live at the July 24 awards ceremony at New York's Studio 54 nightclub, which will be cybercast live on the Internet.
Go to the article
The Roseland Box Office will now be open from 4:00 pm until showtime. So go there early to pick up your tickets! At approximately 6:00pm, there will be a BowieNet Will Call Booth set up, where you can also pick up your tickets. Look for 'BowieNet Will Call' signs at the venue.
A second posting in two days! It can't be true...but it is. Read how I conquered New York by foot, stood slack-jawed as David Bowie and the band played to an audience of one, my verdict on Hershey bars and much more in today's journal.
go here for blammo's journal
Total Blam Blam (Our European Correspondent in New York)
This just in!!! The Roseland Box Office will now be open from 4:00 pm until showtime. So go there early to pick up your tickets! At approximately 6:00pm, there will be a BowieNet Will Call Booth set up, where you can also pick up your tickets. Look for 'BowieNet Will Call' signs at the venue.
Wow...New York! Big ain't it? Off the plane into big heat, big buildings, big noises, big storms...the background muzak of police cars, wailing like sirens from the rocks of a treacherous stormy sea...Oops sorry, Blammo here, got a bit carried away there.
As DB predicted: "Master Blam comes over to NY next week...so the quality and quantity of Crumbies and scribblings on daily happenings should plummet even further I should think."...and, not wanting to disappoint, here's the first sketchy report of about two, wherein I hope to cover my first time on US soil. If you're interested in reading it, go here. I intend to quiz you chaps about the content of this 'journal' at Roseland, and the fan with the most convincing recall gets to buy me a drink! Go on, humour me.
Total Blam Blam (An Englishman in New York)
cinema classics' will be hosting a post-concert reception for June 16, 17, and 19. the cafe will be open exclusively to concert-attendees with the screening-room playing rarely-seen bowie television appearances.
for directions e-mail: cinemaclassics@excite.com
Or, go to CinemaClassics.com
thanks to antonio farruggio and walter j magnuson iii
If you have ordered tickets for the Roseland concert on Monday the 19th, but DID NOT GET THEM yet, please do not panic!
Please email info@davidbowie.com and let us know. Please include your confirmation number in your message.
If you are scheduled to leave for the shows and want some insurance that you will get in, simply print out any and all email with your confirmation information and bring them with you. In addition, bring some proof of your mailing address to Will Call at Roseland the night of the show.
We can cross-reference your ticket information at the door. Your original tickets will be noted as unauthorized, and any unauthorized tickets will be stopped at the door. Again, don't worry, just bring the information mentioned above, and you will get in.
Beck, Bjork, Kiss, and the Red Hot Chili Peppers will vie for trophies and David Bowie will perform when this year's Yahoo! Internet Life Online Music Awards are handed out on July 24 in New York.
Beck, Bjork, Kiss, the Chili Peppers, and Bowie all grabbed nods for Best Artist Site, while Bowie has been named as the recipient of this year's Online Pioneer Award.
Go to MTV.com for more
info from MTV.com
Yahoo! Internet Life is not only naming DB their 'Online Pioneer' for the year 2000, but they have a feature story on DB on their web page. The story (which was first published a year ago) is not just any feature, but a 7 page one-on-one interview with DB on a variety of subjects, most especially, the internet. Here is a snippet:
It seems David Bowie wants to talk about his work. Not his music--although there's plenty of it, given that the chameleonic British rocker has spent the last 30 years creating such classic pop songs as "Fame," "Let's Dance," and "Ziggy Stardust." Not his movie roles--althoughthere are plenty, ranging from his chilly star turn in Nicolas Roeg's The Man Who Fell to Earth to smaller parts in The Last Temptation ofChrist and Basquiat. These days, when Bowie says "work," he means "network"--and specifically, he means BowieNet, his newborn boutique Internet service provider (ISP) and music community. Bowie-as-rock-star has evolved into Bowie-as-wired-entrepreneur, able to talk at length on such topics as chat rooms, wearable computers, and the digital-music controversy.
Go to Yahoo! Internet Life
This just in! The 10 Lucky Winners of the DB 'Meet & Greet' have been chosen!! DRUM ROLL PLEASE........... The winners are:
| Kagan Gursel | Turkey |
| Dana Gibson | Canada |
| Antonio Farruggio | NY |
| Susan Smith | UK |
| Lisa MacDougall | MA |
| Sheila McWhorter | FL |
| C. Jason Tempestini | CA |
| Mathew Whant | UK |
| Jason Miley | TX |
| Frank Maiorano | GA |
Each lucky winner must identify his/herself at the door, then the winner, plus 1 guest of his/her choice will go backstage prior to the concert. There will be more 'Surprise Winners' that will be selected at the door!!!
RollingStone.com feature our hero in another of their online polls this week. This time surfers are asked to 'Name the Nickname You Love'. The 'Thin White Duke' is in the lead with 32% of the vote!!! Late last week, DB was runner-up to Slim Shady's sizable lead, but DB voters over the weekend put DB back on top!! Let's keep him in the Top Spot!
Go VOTE @ RollingStone.com
thanks spaceface
The winners of the 'Meet & Greet' contest for this weekend's Roseland shows have been chosen! Watch this space tomorrow for the official announcement!!
DB was featured in a column about Britain's internet heroes, in the Sunday Times:
As a musician, performer and songwriter, David Bowie continually reinvents himself and his art. He was one of the first leading artists to release a single online, 1997's Telling Lies.
He has experimented with CD-Rom versions of songs that enable the user to create videos to accompany the music. As if this were not enough, he has also pioneered the use of webcasts and chats, offering live video feeds from the studio, live chat with featured guests and an online journal. He has even launched his own internet service provider, which gives fans access to exclusive remixes and even the opportunity to buy artwork.
Bowie is also a co-founder of UltraStar, a web development company that puts entertainment, sports and fashion brands online, with everything from personalised e-mail addresses to discounted merchandise offerings. The key to the service, which is based on the successful BowieNet model, is to get access to behind-the-scenes footage and exclusive content from partners.
The future: "Creating a sense of community is what it's all about; getting a lot of like-minded people together," Bowie explains.
Go to http://www.sunday-times.co.uk
thanks spaceface
DB was featured in a column about Britain's internet heroes, in the Sunday Times:
As a musician, performer and songwriter, David Bowie continually reinvents himself and his art. He was one of the first leading artists to release a single online, 1997's Telling Lies.
He has experimented with CD-Rom versions of songs that enable the user to create videos to accompany the music. As if this were not enough, he has also pioneered the use of webcasts and chats, offering live video feeds from the studio, live chat with featured guests and an online journal. He has even launched his own internet service provider, which gives fans access to exclusive remixes and even the opportunity to buy artwork.
Bowie is also a co-founder of UltraStar, a web development company that puts entertainment, sports and fashion brands online, with everything from personalised e-mail addresses to discounted merchandise offerings. The key to the service, which is based on the successful BowieNet model, is to get access to behind-the-scenes footage and exclusive content from partners.
The future: "Creating a sense of community is what it's all about; getting a lot of like-minded people together," Bowie explains.
Go to http://www.sunday-times.co.uk
thanks spaceface
Ruud's DB Discography has been updated recently. Here is the listing of new additions:
Added an unknown 9'20" remix of 'Cat People' from 1982, which you can alsolisten to in Real Audio! In this version of the discography only a "lowbandwidth" version is available, but in the next update people with fastconnections will be able to listen to a better quality version as well.Furthermore, the new Pirates sections has been updated (Greatest Hits FirstPresentation, Christiane F., hours... and two MP3 collections), plus AvaCherry And The Astronettes' People From Bad Homes, a fourth promo CD-singleof 'Jump They Say', and entries for VH1 Storytellers and The Filth And TheFury have been added.
Forthcoming in the next couple of updates: outtakes that used to live onthe shadowman site. I will master them from the original sources and put them up as Real Audio files.
Go to the Illustrated db Discography
thanks ruud and blammo
The band was altogether...
First day in NYC, hot from rehearsals...unwashed and somewhat slightly phazed! We will be posting reports from tomorrow, but in the meantime, go here to see that band band line-up in full, pictures courtesy of DB via a little PhotoShop magic. You kidz are in for some great surprises at Roseland.
Total Blam Blam (An Englishman in New York)
Tomorrow night, June 10th, the DB tribute band LITTLE WONDER have their next gig lined up at The Grand Hotel in Essex. You can find The Grand Hotel at Leigh Broadway, Leigh on Sea, Essex, England.
Doors open 8.30 p.m. - For details see their web site at:
About the band: Formed in the Summer of '98 'Little Wonder' play Bowie covers from the early days of 'Ziggy Stardust' up to 'Survive' from the latest album. A studied rework of some of David Bowie's best material: 'Let's Dance', 'China Girl', "Heroes" and 'Space Oddity' are all included in a ninety minute set performed by a group of musicians who share a deep appreciation of Bowie's music. No dodgy wigs, platform shoes or makeup, just lashings of fine music with just a hint of PVC, leather and gold brocade which all add up to give you a real flavour of Mr. Bowie's music.
Recent gigs include Waterside '98, supporting Hot Chocolate and 5ive, a Live Music benefit in aid of Firemans Relief and a number of self promotion gigs all of which sold out. If you appreciate Bowie's music listen to the band, if you don't, you will.
Little Wonder are: Tony Perry (Vocals), Si Kinsler (Guitars, Vocals, Percussion), Lorna Stephens (Keyboards), Jim Harris (Guitars), Nigel Turner (Bass, Vocals), Dave Allen (Drums), Michael Cain (Tenor Sax) and Pete Marriott (Tenor Sax).
Upcoming gigs include:
Sat 10th June: The Grand Hotel - Leigh , Essex.
Sat 22nd July: Stone Sailing Club, Bradwell, Essex (Private Function).
Fri 22nd Sept: Runymede Hall, Benfleet, Essex (TBC).
Go to www.little-wonder.com for more info
A lot of you band/musician types want to know what gear the band are using so here you are:
hey gang...
holly and robin are playing early sets friday and saturday nights this weekend...
Tonight is at the Dark Star at 7:30
(158 W.72nd, btwn. broadway and columbus...)
Saturday, they'll be at The Cutting Room at 7:30 (19 W.24.....), and even though cuong vu won't be with them, .....your mama will still enjoy it if you bring her along...
get on up love
Go to hollypalmersinger.com
thanks steve