Coming very soon to BowieNet will be a new section called Blammo's World...This area will be an umbrella for all of my non-news contributions, such as Blam's Little Spot, Blam's Journal (the reports that were residing rather cheekily in David's own journal area), and any other feature based items that I feel you may be interested in. Exciting stuff, for me at least. };-)
Total Blam Blam (European Correspondent)
The Ahn Trio's new album due out next week features their classical rendition of This Is Not America - a version which Billboard calls "a game take on the haunting theme to the movie The Falcon And The Snowman by David Bowie and Pat Metheny". The three sisters based in New York play violin, piano and cello on the track which will appear on the EMI release titled Ahn-Plugged.
They are also playing 2 nights in NYC:
August 23 + 24
Joe's Pub
Public Theater
8:30
Telephone: 212 239-6200
Go to AhnTrio.com for more!
copy from teenagewildlife
The Wonderous Emm Gryner is performing tonight on the Upper West Side of Manhattan, NYC!!! Go check her out!!!
August 9th
The Dark Star Lounge
158 W 72nd St
(Between Broadway and Columbus)
New York, NY
9 pm show
$8
...and as always, EmmGryner.com
Good and bad news for the winners of our BowieStyle competition (Hallo A_Girl, Ysengrin, David Emerson, Pozie, Stephen Kelly)...But, don't fret as the good easily outweighs the bad!The bad news is that our prize provider seems to have reneged on their original promise...Oh well, sorry kids, but your loss is also your gain, because the good news is that, having heard about the poor treatment our winners have received, Mr David Bowie has decided to provide the winners with a far more valuable personalised prize than they were looking forward to in the first place. So all's well that ends well. :-)Total Blam Blam (European Correspondent)
As far as I can tell I have yet to recieve snail mail addies from the following, presuming that they would still enjoy a Seven 3 CD set of course:
Please mail your address to MrTotalBlamBlam@aol.com, and if you are sending from a different address to the one you originally entered from, please tell me.
Total Blam Blam (European Correspondent)
In addition to a photgraph and story in the print version of the magazine, US Weekly has on their site a 1 and 1/2 minute video clip of Iman. The clip shows a 9-months pregnant Iman during her photo-shoot with US Weekly, as well as interview footage where she talks about wanting to become pregnant, as well as David's documenting the pregnancy!
Go to US Weekly and click on the picture of Iman!
thanks
UPDATE: JUST ADDED THE HIGH RESOLUTION STREAM (300 KBS)
Go to the FanMix page by clicking HERE
There is a 34kbs low resolution stream available now, and as soon as they are available, there will be links to a medium resolution (80kbs) and a high resolution (300kbs) stream of the FanMix! Check it out by clicking HERE!
With your help, David is well in the lead in the VH1 Sexiest Artist Poll. Unfortunately, and contrary to popular belief, the poll did NOT end yesterday as was promised by the VH1 people, in fact, the poll is to continue until MIDDAY TOMORROW! So keep up the good work, and let's keep DB on top where he belongs!
Reeves Gabrels is back making music in the virtual Gaming World. This time, his songs are featured in a game called 'Deux Ex'. See this clip as reported in the Yahoo! Tech News:
The nightclubs found in each metropolitan area feature songs by guitar-hero and frequent David Bowie collaborator Reeves Gabrels, which handily offsets Deus Ex veering more towards Unreal Tournament's capacity for super-saccharine lighting effects in these locations than it does anywhere else.
Go read about Reeves in Yahoo! Tech News
thanks pozie
Cinema Classics - The cafe/theatre on the lower east side of manhattan -will be showing the David Bowie 'nhk special' from December 12, 1978. David performs the 'Stage' tour setlist for japanese television... sailor cap and all! The program will also include some never-before-seen bowie rarities.
Screening times will be August 18 and 19 at Midnite.
cinema classics
332 e 11th st
new york city
Check out the schedule at Cinema Classics
thanks antonio farruggio
The much-sought-after FanMix Archive is now UP!!
Go to the FanMix page by clicking HERE
There is a 34kbs low resolution stream available now, and as soon as they are available, there will be links to a medium resolution (80kbs) and a high resolution (300kbs) stream of the FanMix! Check it out by clicking HERE!
It's NECK AND NECK in the homestretch!!! DB and Steven Tyler are duking it out one vote at a time for first place, so go help the cause!!!! GO VOTE for DB!!!
Today is also the LAST DAY to VOTE!!!
A reminder, everyone, that Gail Ann Dorsey is going on tour near YOU! Gail, and accompanist Dar Williams to accompany her! Check out the dates below, and go see her!! Also, Gail added a special New York City SOLO GIG on August 30th! Check it out:
| August 6 | Newport Folk Festival, Newport RI |
| August 12 | Edmonton Folk Festival, Edmonton, Canada |
| August 22-24 | The Bottom Line, New York City |
| August 30 | GAIL SOLO GIG!!! "Songbird Night" at The Bottom Line, New York City |
| Sept. 14 | Ira Allen Chapel, Burlington, VT |
| Sept. 15 | Lupo's, Providence, RI |
| Sept. 16 | Penn State, Alumni Hall, University Park, PA |
| Sept. 17 | Newton Colony Music & Arts Festival, Newton, NJ |
| Sept. 19 | Toad's Place, New Haven, CT |
| Sept. 21 | Kraushaar Auditorium, Baltimore, MD |
| Sept. 22 | The Keswick, Glenside, PA |
| Sept. 23 | 9:30 Club, Washington, DC |
| Sept. 24 | Ohio Theater, Cleveland, OH |
| Sept. 26 | Lee's Place, Toronto, CAN |
| Sept. 27 | Michigan Theater, Ann Arbor, MI |
| Sept. 29 | Vic Theater, Chicago, IL |
| Sept. 30 | Orpheum Theater, Madison, WI |
What song would you rank as the best ever?
Canoe.ca surveyed the opinions of 20 proven songwriters to come up with a list of the Top 10 songs of all time, and the end result was TWO lists, one for the songwriters' opinions of the Top 10 songs, and the other is a list of the Top 10 Selling songs. Since the concept of the ''best song' is so subjective, they've decided to turn the question over to the public! Now, you can submit your 3 favorite songs of all time, and explain to them why! See this bit from the website, which includes the information where you can send YOUR choice for the 3 Top Tunes!
"The two charts on this page both purport to list the Top 10 songs of all time. However, since different criteria were used for each chart, they are completely different. So here's your shot. Tell us your top three songs ever and why. Call us at 667-4578 or e-mail us at topsong@lfpress.com"
Go to the full article at Canoe.ca
thanks spacey!
Tomorrow night in Toronto, Canada, the Fabulous Emm Gryner!! Go check it out, at the C'est What!!!
August 5th
C'est What
Benefit for Women In Transition
67 Front St E
Toronto, Canada
$10
August 9th
The Dark Star Lounge
158 W 72nd S (Between Broadway and Columbus)
New York, NY
9 pm show
$8
...and as always, EmmGryner.com
Go vote for the best of the 80's video!!! DB has two entries which could appear on 'The List'! :
Blue Jean and Ashes to Ashes!
There's nothing like a good controversy! That's why VH1 brings you The List ? the nightly show everyone can disagree on. Here's how it works: four celebrities arrive with opinions about a rock 'n roll topic like "Best Song of All Time". They offer their top three choices, and defend them with personal anecdotes and wiseacre quips.
Go vote for DB at VH1's The List
thanks pozie
Barely half-way through the memorable year 2000, plans are already being made for what will most certainly be another memorable year for David, BowieNet, and the rest of the world, in the year 2001!! The Webbies are back, and so is David, set to judge another year's crop of music websites!
Here is a snippet from the Webby's Press Release:
How would you like to have your Web site singled out as the world's best by the likes of David Bowie, Francis Ford Coppola, Larry Ellison, and Sandra Bernhard?
Scanning the Internet's 40-million-plus sites for the best of the best, The International Academy of Digital Arts & Sciences has kicked off the call for entries for the fifth annual Webby Awards, to be held in the summer of 2001, organizers announced today.
Go to the Webby Awards site to submit your entry (although, be warned, it costs $75 to submit a URL, $45 for a personal site)!
thanks pozie
New on I-Iman.com, a few new summer-style postcards!
Also, be sure to check out the great Press section, where you can read about and see pictures of Iman's appearance in USWeekly (Aug 7-14 issue), Black Elegance (Sept 2000 issue), Nylon, Jane, Mademoiselle, Sephora.com (all August 2000 issues), and much more!!
Take a look at I-Iman Makeup Press
thanks pozie!
DB is still in the lead folks, by 11%!! This Monday is the last day of the poll, so lets make a final push to keep DB in the lead 'till the end! Remeber, the results of the 'Over 50' poll will...'determine who makes the cut for our one hour special profiling today's "25 sexiest musicians" set to premiere in September.' So get over there and VOTE!!!
Two very exciting new additions worthy of a mention this month:
1) A picture of the original K.WEST sign which is currently held by a Londonfan - you can see the sign and read the story about how it got to him.
2) The Special Feature is a wonderful David Bowie Tarot Card set withdesign, text and interpretations created by Orandon Marie.
Regards to you all and Ziggy-on
Go see WHAT'S NEW at the Ziggy Stardust Companion