The Today Show: Bowienetters Report

Yesterday was such an easy game for us to play...

Many of you have either already seen yesterday's Today show broadcast, or perhaps you were even there. There's been ton's of stuff already posted about this, including a report from the msnbc website, with streaming files of David's performance. And of course, there are the usual bunch of fantastic shots over at wireimage.com too.

But, I thought I'd hand our news piece over to two lucky women who each won a place in the VIP pen via BowieNet. Firstly, the excellent pictures on this page were taken via the lens of BowieNetter wwlh, while the words were supplied by the crazy-haired Saxonny... Take it away girl:

Surprise surprise; I walk out of the subway at Rockefeller Center at 6 am on the dot and hear New Killer Star coming from the Plaza. I'm thinking: oh, this must be a tape. Then it stops and I run to get my VIP pass and the band has just started rehearsing! They looked like they were hurtin; it was SO EARLY. Bowie had on faded black jeans, Chucks (converse sneakers) a black sweatshirt, sunglasses & a black baseball cap. So he looked like this psuedo British hit man from a Quentin Tarantino movie.

They played New Killer Star, Modern Love & Never Get Old two or three times each. For the rehearsal there were only a handful of us; King Tommy, me, Mandn, Patsdragon, absnthegreen and a few others. THAT in and of itself was great, it was still dark out and everyone was waking up, etc etc.

Then the show started and while Katie and Matt are doing an interview about a new disorder called Celebrity Worship (how...IRONIC...is that?) someone is coming around to the gathering crowd, passing out posters to people who don't have any. The posters were made by NBC interns or something like that because they were very generic. Funny thing: one of them said I LOVE BOWIE with a picture of him...and at the bottom it said "PLAY BILLIE JEAN FOR US!!!"

Anyway, the bowienetters spotted this and started laughing. We called the techs over to us and explained that although Billie Jean is a great song...its a Michael Jackson song, not a Bowie song. So they took the poster inside and cut off the bottom with the Billie Jean part.

So finally it was time for him to play. He comes out wearing pretty much exactly the same thing as Poughkeepsie, and was smiling and winking and just having a GREAT time. Its so inspiring to see an artist having that much fun.

Katie Couric was standing near me and I did hear her whisper "Oh God, he is a cutie!" Good times...

He played New Killer star twice (once for a commercial break into I think) and then played New Killer Star, Modern Love & Never Get Old (which I just adore) If you are watching the TODAY show...and somehow we have to get you a copy...my head is so blatant in ALL the crowd shots its ridiculous...I had no idea my hair was that RED! You can pick me out from the cameras that are three blocks away *grin*

After the songs he signed autographs for us, was very nice but quick. But that's appropriate; it's the TODAY show.

Thank you thank you SO MUCH for the VIP tix! Made my birthday SOMETHING ELSE!!!

Thanx very much for that Ladies... great stuff. If anybody can set up one of those poll things on the MBs with the numbers of the corresponding wireimage pix, I'll post large versions of the most popular five on the boards tomorrow.

Bowiephiles

I discovered a star...

Don't forget to tune in to Virgin Radio in the UK and online, tomorrow (Sunday) at 6.00PM UK time.

David will once again be the guest of Ben Jones for Superstars, the show in which movie, music and TV superstars play their favourite tracks.

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I think about personal history...

An interview David gave last year on public radio is now streaming at Fresh Air Online.

You'll remember that although this interview was broadcast, it wasn't streamed at the time. It seems that the station have revamped the interview with some of the new tracks from Reality and used it again.

If you missed this last year, Terry Gross asks some interesting questions, and David talks at length about his teenage years among lots of other topics.

Click on the image above, and then choose 'Read More Or Listen' to listen.

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All the pages that have turned...

A new phone interview with David by The Dallas Morning News has been posted online at Fox11.com. Here are a couple of extracts:

Mr. Bowie sees strong continuity in his songs "over the last 30 or 40 years. ... I think the isolationism, for instance, reflected in 'Space Oddity' in 1969 is not that much different from 'The Loneliest Guy' on the new album," he says.

"As a writer, I seem to be left with the same big three or four questions in my basket of subject matter. I'll never answer them, of course, but I'll keep approaching them from a different point of view probably until the day that I die."

Click here for the whole thing.

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The tragic youth was looking young and sexy...

The Daily Telegraph has posted a story which tells you how to win tickets for the Fashion Rocks event taking place at The Royal Albert Hall on October 15th, that we told you about back in July (07.22.2003 NEWS: BOWIE BY SATELLITE FOR PRINCE'S TRUST IN OCTOBER). Here are the details:

For your chance to win two tickets to the Fashion Rocks event at the Royal Albert Hall in London on October 15, and a Xelibri 6 mobile phone, send your name, address and daytime telephone number on a postcard to Telegraph/Xelibri Draw, Fashion Desk, The Daily Telegraph, 1 Canada Square, Canary Wharf, London E14 5DT. The closing date for entries is September 26.For a copy of the terms and conditions, send an SAE to Xelibri Draw, Promotions Department, The Daily Telegraph, 1 Canada Square, Canary Wharf, London E14 5DT.

Click on the image for more.

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Killing time in the '70s...

This week's NME, is well worth the cover price for the free CD 'Hanging with the Strokes'. Among other great tracks are the original versions of The Modern Lovers' Pablo Picasso, and The Velvet Underground's I'm Waitin' For The Man.

Look inside the magazine and you will see a pull out spread of large glossy photographs, one of which is a famous Mick Rock shot of David (albeit reversed).

The photographs are published as part of NME's readers poll to 'Build Your Own Supergroup'. This week, you can vote online for your favourite singer. They say:

'Ziggy played guitar', went the legend, but sod that, what better frontman could you want than a crimson-haired starman with freaky eyes, a voice like a throttled angel and a complete disregard of the age-old stage adage 'never work with children or Martian spiders'?

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Bowie On Carson Daly Show Tonight

Oh we can't dance, we don't talk much, we just ball and play...

According to our on-the-spot reporter (Hallo iamadj) an exciting time was had by all at tonight's Carson Daly taping. Iamadj told me, via a Trans-Atlantic phone call, that David looked as cool as ever in a cream jacket, scarf and black jeans, with the tartan plaid spats footwear effect that he's been sporting recently. He was happy to sign autographs (DB, not iamadj) and he performed three numbers: New Killer Star, Never Get Old and Hang On To Yourself.

The topic of conversation between Bowie and Carson lurched from what David did during the NYC blackout, (A lock-in at home for Lexi's party with music supplied via a radio, and fear of a repeat of the looting and rioting that accompanied a similar blackout in the seventies, being replaced by a feeling of pride for the well-behaved post 9/11 New Yorkers) to his lack of any great appreciation for the late Johnny Cash (Apparently his knowledge of Cash's music stretched to an awareness of Ring Of Fire, and an appreciation of his black clothes and attitude.)

Obviously the excitement of such a performance can create different memories of the same event, and BowieNetter lruiz seems to remember that David was "dressed in all white, with a white Reality shirt and a white jacket with words on it, like from Poughkeepsie." (You can read lruiz's report on the MBs) Whatever the reality, I'm sure we'll have some proper photographic evidence soon.

In the meantime, the picture above is one I took at rehearsals in Paris on September 4th for the Trafic.Musique Bowie TV special that is to be broadcast tomorrow night on France 2. But, more about that tomorrow, along with a whole bunch of other pictures I took on the day and a brief report from the very lovely Jerome Soligny.

STOP PRESS - I've just received an e-mail from Tess via BowieNetter cygnus7000's account, that will hopefully clear up the clobber confusion:

"...from the bottom ...black boots ...tartan spats ...3 black buttons on each side, elastic under the boots ...black jeans ...blackest black ...low slung ...lower than slung before ...R on the back right pocket ...for Reality? ...exposed zip (like we're getting used to) ...brown leather belt with flapping bit (like we're getting used to)...breathe, Tess, breathe (they were really slung low) ...white tee shirt with Reality on the front ...tucked in said low slung jeans (did I mention how low they were riding on his hips?) ...stone (as we say in England) or beige jacket ...looked like a vest but it was one piece ...knitted cotton ...tight sleeves ...holes ...like moth holes (I thought he was rich?!!) ...with the following on the back "Reality Tour 2003 ...the road to reality" ...rust/maroon (slightly patterned with white) scarf tied rather rakishly around his neck (would he wear it any other way?) and held in place with a mother of pearl stick pin (of course) ...ok ...the top bit ...gorgeous blond hair ...beautiful face ...the nose and ears were just as we've come to love them ...the eyes ...dazzling."

Thanx for clearing that up Tess. Enjoy the rest of your evening with Caroline, Paul and Brandi. Crazy kidz!

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Tomorrow's Today Show Winners Notified

Somewhere there's a morning sky...

The winners of the contest we set yesterday for a place at David Bowie's performance at NBC's Today 2003 Toyota Summer Concert series tomorrow, should have now received an e-mail and/or a phone call. Likewise for the winners of this evening's Carson Daly appearance.

As far as I can tell, even if you didn't win a place you can still get to see David's performance tomorrow, if you arrive early enough... ie, before 6:30am local time. I know some fans are turning up at 5:00am, and no doubt others will queue overnight, so please bear that in mind, as you don't need a ticket for the general admission area.

However, our winners have a place in the VIP pen with their names on a guest list, for which they'll need photo ID and their user name. If you aren't sure if you have won or not, PM me and I'll tell you.

Have fun, and let us know how it went. If you manage to get any good shots and are willing to share them via the news, then please do send them on to me.

Bowie Special On French Tv Tonight

Switch on the TV we may pick him up on France two...

As I mentioned in yesterday's Carson Daly piece, French TV station, France 2, are showing a two hour Bowie special produced by Trafic.Musique tonight at 23:05 local time. I would double-check that time though, just in case there has been a schedule change since I received that information.

David performed a great seven-song set, interspersed with some fascinating interviews and guest appearances, and I think by now it's common knowledge that David was joined by a very special guest onstage when he performed Fashion with Blur front man, Damon Albarn.

I was privileged to be at the taping in Paris back on September 4th, and I had the chance to have a quick chat with Damon, who told me it was great to finally be able to perform a song that he had spent so much of his youth practising in front of a mirror!

Rock & Folk staff writer, and all-round Bowie expert, the very French Jerome Soligny, understood a little more of what was going on than I did... especially seeing as how my typically ignorant Englishness means that my French stretches to "Ouvre le Chien", and, as you might imagine, I don't get to use that particular line too often. Over to you Jerome:

French host Guillaume Durand, a long-time fan, was really happy to welcome David Bowie on the set of his show. The performance of the seven songs was brilliant and most of the talking, despite a few translation problems, was very interesting. The idea was to have others artists on the set, maybe not all Bowie-connected, but all fully aware of DB's music. Among them were Damon Albarn, Air and FranÃƒÂ§oise Hardy.

The duet with Damon and DB is real slice of history. "Fashion", on that special night, sounded more modern than ever! The chat between David and Damon was also great and David insisted on the fact he considers "Think Tank" as one of the best albums of the year.

FranÃƒÂ§oise Hardy, very famous singer during the sixties/seventies and now living icon, was delighted to finally meet David. She'd been saying for the last fifteen years how much she loved him as songwriter, singer and performer and was now able to meet the man in the flesh! David also seemed very happy and even more when she said "Outside" was her favourite album. She had also worked with Damon and Blur in the past.

Air played "Another Day" from their next album, out early next year and also had an interesting chat with David. He's been aware of their work since the magnificent "Moon Safari" and confirmed he couldn't wait to hear the new album.

Other artists "on" the show were Moby (live from New York, telling nice things about last year's US tour), Dandy Warhols (rehearsing for the tour, they sent a video message from LA), Too, Many DJs and Mick Rock, live from London, who talked about his "Moonage Daydream" book with our man.

The chat did include some fantastic moments, (even though David couldn't always hear the questions properly) among them the bits about Salvador Dali and Elvis Presley.

Thanx for that Jerome. As Jerome says, apart from the interviews and guest appearances, David performed seven songs that included: New Killer Star, Never Get Old, She'll Drive The Big Car, Modern Love, Fashion (with Damon Albarn), Days and Fall Dog Bombs The Moon... all of which should be broadcast tonight.

I don't think I need to caption these pics, just remember that David wore white jeans for rehearsals... and the tasty bird with the blonde hair is the delicious FranÃƒÂ§oise Hardy.

BowieNetters can see more of my pictures on the MBs by going here, including another shot from rehearsals with David and Damon.

If you weren't at the taping back on the 4th, you're in for a special treat tonight, in fact you're still in for a treat even if you were there. Oh, wot jolly good fun!

Tickets For Tomorrow's Carson Daly Show

Tomorrow night, Will you hold hands with me under the mirror ball light...

We told you about Last Call with Carson Daly a little while back, (09.05.2003 NEWS: FORTHCOMING 'REALITY' TV) and it seems most of you who intend to be there have already secured a ticket for the show at the NBC studios in NY. We've certainly been told that there has been an overwhelming response from the Bowie community, and that means you lot.

Anyway, if you didn't get a ticket yet, and you really, really can make it along to the taping in NYC tomorrow, then we may be able to help a few of you. We have a handful of tickets available on a first-come, first-served basis now.

Here's what you need to do:

Be absolutely certain you can definitely attend before entering. You will need to be at the venue, which is at NBC Studios, 30 Rockefeller Plaza, 50th St. & Sixth Ave., by around 4:30pm EST. Then mail me with your user name, real name, and contact telephone numbers at TotalBlamBlam@davidbowie.com with a subject line of: Gimme a Carson Daly ticket please Blammo.

One ticket per winner, and we'll notify you if you are one. If you don't supply the info we've asked for you will be disqualified. Good luck.

Win Tickets For Thursday's Today Show Taping

Early, before the sun, they struggle off to the gates...

We told you about David's appearance on NBC's Today 2003 Toyota Summer Concert series a little while back, (09.05.2003 NEWS: FORTHCOMING 'REALITY' TV) and, as with the story below, if you can make it along to the taping in NYC very early on Thursday morning, then we may be able to help a few of you. We have a handful of tickets available on a first-come, first-served basis that the fastest of you can claim now.

Here's what you need to do:

Be absolutely certain you can definitely attend before entering. You will need to be at the venue, which is at NBC Studios, 30 Rockefeller Plaza, Fifth to Sixth Aves., by around 6:30am EST. Then mail me with your user name, real name, and contact telephone numbers at TotalBlamBlam@davidbowie.com with a subject line of: Gimme a Today Show ticket please Blammo.

For those of you not familiar with the taping of this show, here's a bit of useful info I found online:

The Today Show (30 Rockefeller Plaza, Fifth to Sixth Aves.) - The Today Show's studio is on the ground floor at the corner of 49th St. and Rockefeller Center. Inside, Katie Couric and Matt Lauer tell the country what's going on; outside a crowd of people waves signs and hopes to get on television. The show airs Monday--Friday 7am--9am. If you want a good spot, get there pre-dawn, try to stand toward the south-east corner (directly behind the anchor desk) and carry a sign that says something goofy enough to be noticed.

We'll be giving one ticket to each winner, and we'll notify you if you win one. But, If you don't supply the info we've asked for you will be disqualified. Good luck.

Reality Out Now... Plus Sony Reissues

You can buy God, It's Monday...

As if you didn't already know, David Bowie's brilliant 26th studio album, Reality, is available from today. As we mentioned in one of our news pieces about the album, (09/02/03 NEWS: CD FORMATS, KINKS COVER, HMV DOWNLOAD AND NKS COMP) it comes in two main formats, a straight CD and a limited edition 2CD digi-pack. See aforementioned story for bonus CD tracks.

The album is released tomorrow in the US, but at least they have a special screening of the Riverside Reality show tonight, to take their minds off the delay. We did post the tracklisting a couple of months ago, (07/08/03 NEWS: BOWIE'S NEW ALBUM IS NOW A REALITY) but here it is again for those of you that don't already know the running order by heart:

01 New Killer Star
02 Pablo Picasso
03 Never Get Old
04 The Loneliest Guy
05 Looking for Water
06 She'll Drive the Big Car
07 Days
08 Fall Dog Bombs The Moon
09 Try Some, Buy Some
10 Reality
11 Bring Me The Disco King

With all of the excitement surrounding today's news (New album, new-look BowieNet, tour dates and pre-sale) you could be forgiven for forgetting that today also sees the reissue of three of the more recent Bowie albums on Sony. (04/25/03 NEWS: SONY REISSUES: THE FACTS)

1.Outside, Earthling and 'hours...' are all back on the shelves at a special price, and 'hours...' has the fully-restored, and to my mind, far better Rex Ray original sleeve that never made it to the commercial release of 'hours...'.

We will be running a competition for some Reality related goodies shortly, not to mention a contest to win five sets of these reissues later in the week.

David Bowie: ?a Reality Tour? 2003/2004;

DAVID BOWIE?s worldwide ?A REALITY TOUR? will touch down in North America December 6 after he completes his already sold-out U.K. and European leg, which runs October 7 through November 28. The U.S. and Canadian dates will encompass 20-plus cities, it was announced by Clear Channel Entertainment. The tour is in connection with BOWIE?s new album REALITY, due September 16 (ISO/Columbia Records), which follows last year?s critically acclaimed, million-selling Heathen album. Macy Gray is the special guest on the North American leg.

Tickets for ?A REALITY TOUR? will go on sale this weekend in Boston, Philadelphia, Chicago and New York, with the other on-sale dates varying from market to market. Members of BowieNet, BOWIE?s pioneering online community, can buy tickets before the general public at www.davidbowie.com.

?A REALITY TOUR? marks BOWIE?s first full-fledged world tour since 1995?s highly successful ?Outside World? tour and will also visit Australia and the Far East. BOWIE and his band, who have rehearsed over 50 songs from every era of his career, will change set lists from night to night on the tour.

BOWIE will be backed by the same stellar musicians he worked with on the REALITY album and performed with him on the acclaimed Heathen mini-tour: Sterling Campbell (drums), Gail Ann Dorsey (bass/backing vocals), Mike Garson (keyboards), Gerry Leonard (guitar), Earl Slick (guitar) and Catherine Russell (backing keyboards/backing vocals).

In recent years, BOWIE has concentrated on more intimate, one-off special live events, which have led to some legendary shows such as 2000?s two sold-out shows at New York?s Roseland Ballroom, last year?s Carling Hammersmith Apollo show in London and his return to Berlin at the Max Schmelling Hall. Intermixed with these intimate events have been handpicked, sold-out festival dates including appearances at last year?s Area2 shows in the U.S. as well as the spectacular 1999 closing night performance at Glastonbury. This year?s tour promises a mixture of BOWIE?s extensive back catalogue of hits as well as songs from the REALITY album.

?A REALITY TOUR? is scheduled to play to over one million people in 17 countries over a seven-month period. ?Last year?s shows were such a tremendous high and the audiences so responsive,? says BOWIE. ?My band is playing at the top of its form right now and it would be foolish not to play a tour this year while we're in such good spirits about the live show aspects of our work.?

Membership to BowieNet is included with every ticket sold for this tour. Ticket holders will be able to type in a special code that will appear on each ticket and receive a free 3-month membership. BowieNet has been expanding the limits of artist/fan interaction and collaboration since 1998. Members have co-written a song with BOWIE, helped choose album art and packaging, participated in a variety of chats, webcasts and online events and even attended members-only concerts.

?A Reality Tour? is presented by Clear Channel Entertainment and produced by RZO Theatricals, Inc.

?A REALITY TOUR?

DAVID BOWIE will perform in the following North American cities:

DATE	CITY	VENUE	ON-SALE
2003	Ã‚Â	Ã‚Â	Ã‚Â
Sat 12/6	Atlantic City, NJ	The Borgata	TBA
Sun 12/7	Washington, DC	Patriot Center	Sat 9/27
Tue 12/9	Boston, MA	FleetCenter	Fri 9/19
Wed 12/10	Philadelphia, PA	Wachovia Center	Sat 9/20
Fri 12/12	Toronto, ON	Air Canada Centre	Mon 9/29
Sat 12/13	Montreal, PQ	Bell Centre	Mon 9/29
Mon 12/15	New York, NY	Madison Square Garden	Mon 9/22
Tue 12/16	Uncasville, CT	Mohegan Sun	TBA
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2004	Ã‚Â	Ã‚Â	Ã‚Â
Wed 1/7	Cleveland, OH	CSU ?Convocation Center	Sat 9/27
Fri 1/9	Detroit, MI	The Palace of Auburn Hills	Sat 9/27
Sun 1/11	Minneapolis, MN	The Target Center	Sat 9/27
Tue 1/13	Chicago, IL	Rosemont Theatre	Sat 9/20
Mon 1/19	Denver, CO	The Fillmore	Sat 9/27
Wed 1/21	Calgary, AB	Pengrowth Saddledome	Mon 9/29
Sat 1/24	Vancouver, BC	General Motors Place	Mon 9/29
Sun 1/25	Seattle, WA	The Paramount Theatre	Sat 9/27
Tue 1/27	San Jose, CA	HP Pavilion at San Jose	Sun 9/28
Fri 1/30	Las Vegas, NV	The Joint	TBA
Sat 1/31	Los Angeles, CA	Shrine Auditorium	Sun 9/28
Thu 2/5	Phoenix, AZ	The Dodge Theatre	Sat 10/04

Additional cities and show dates to be announced. Itinerary is subject to change. Following the North American Tour, DAVID BOWIE will continue on to perform dates in Australia and SE Asia.

About Clear Channel Entertainment
Clear Channel Entertainment, a leading producer and marketer of live entertainment events is a subsidiary of Clear Channel Worldwide (NYSE: CCU), a global leader in the away-from-home advertising industry. Clear Channel Entertainment currently owns, operates and/or exclusively books approximately 130 live entertainment venues, including more than 100 in North America and 30 in Europe. In 2002, more than 65 million people attended approximately 29,000 events promoted and/or produced by the company, including: Live music events; Broadway, West End and touring theatrical shows; family entertainment shows; and specialized sports and motor sports events. The company, which operates throughout North America, Europe, South America and Australia, also owns independently operated athlete representation businesses, which provide management, marketing and financial consulting services to many of the world?s top professional athletes. More information may be found by visiting www.cc.com and www.clearchannel.com.

Reality Is Here Now For The Usa And Canada

All gone to look for America...

At around 5:00pm EST this evening, the rest of the North American/Canadian dates will be announced through the press release section here on the new look BowieNet. But in the meantime, here are the shows that will be on pre-sale soon via Ticketmaster, Ticketmaster Canada, and Admission.com:

USA : Ticketmaster
09 Dec - Boston - FleetCenter
10 Dec - Philadelphia - Wachovia Center
13 Jan - Chicago - Rosemont Theatre
15 Dec - New York City - Madison Square Garden

CANADA : Ticketmaster Canada
12 Dec - Toronto - Air Canada Centre
21 Jan - Calgary - Pengrowth Saddledome
24 Jan - Vancouver - GM Place Bowl **

CANADA : Admission.com
13 Dec - Montreal - Bell Centre

Our pre-sale for these shows ends at noon on Thursday September 18th, ahead of the general onsale, and you can purchase tickets for the above eight Bowie shows by going here.

(** = presale pending as of this posting)

READ THE PRESS RELEASE

Welcome To The New Bowienet!

To celebrate the arrival of REALITY ? the tour and CD ? we have launched a new look BNET.Most all of the features you know and love are still here ? many in a cleaned up form. Lots of little behind the scenes tweaks also mean that the site should run much quicker and be easier to use on the majority of common computer platforms. With the new site also comes the new BowieNet store. Our new store is no longer operated by our former store partner. The store now works with your BowieNet account: Your BowieNet email address and password also work for your store account and all of your purchases in the new store will be reflected in your BowieNet MY ACCOUNT area.So welcome to your new site ? take it for a spin and let us know what you think. For a quick overview, check out the new site map (http://www.davidbowie.com/help/sitemap/)BIG NEWS SCHEDULED FOR NOON EASTERN!This is just the beginning of a big day on BowieNet. By now you should have received an email warning you to keep your eyes peeled for exciting news. The new site was not that news ? there is more to come! Stop by again around noon Eastern today for much more.

Bowiephiles

Locator for the virgin king...

Don't forget to tune in to Virgin Radio in the UK this morning, to hear Dominic Mohan's brand new interview with db. The show airs at 12.00PM UK time (lunchtime), and you can listen online by clicking here and choosing the top 'Listen Now' icon on the list.

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mountain magic heavy hung...

Check out the online edition of The New York Post for a great new interview with David. They say:

Over the last three years, he's written some of the best songs since he was a young man, re-establishing himself critically while touring relentlessly.

Here are one or two 'db' quotes.

I love mountains, he said. I'm a Capricorn. I was born to be gallivanting on a peak somewhere. I can't get high enough, he laughed, then asked, Does that sound too much like a '70s expression?

and

Post: Where do your strengths lie as a writer?

Bowie: When I get really selfish and write for my own pleasure, not for the audience, is when I arrive at something with muscle. I also get good when I get back to the themes that have gnawed at me since I was a teenager.

Post: Such as?

Bowie: Trying to find a spiritual connection, a sense of isolation and a vague kind of futurism.

Click here to read it all.

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Not the loneliest guy in the world / Not me...

The Miami Herald has a fascinating article based around a recent phone interview with David. Among other topics, he talks about the connections between his home in New York City, and Reality

If Low, ``Heroes'' and Lodger represented Berlin, Reality is Bowie's New York record. Lyrics touch on Battery Park, Ludlow, Grand and Riverside streets and the Hudson and the album resonates with a big-city drive. New York is home for this British rocker, it's where he says he now has spent more time living than in any other city.

''Downtown was always mythological,'' Bowie says. ``This is where the beatniks were and the Beat poets and the early songwriters and the Dylans and jazz started here as well. It's a musician writer's dream to go and live in the Village.''

Reality is ultimately the realization of that early fascination.

''It's a New York record in as much as it was the location geographically. It was written here. I'd be the last person to say it's an album about New York, it's an album written under the influence of New York. It stretches from that narrative to personal songs,'' Bowie says.

Click here for the whole thing.

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Reality Screening In Ny On Monday: The List!

Spent his time in the picture house...

Well, it may be unlucky for some, but the 13th is pretty lucky for practically everyone who requested a seat for the Reality screening in New York on Monday. But before I post them, here are the venue details and times you've been waiting for.

The NYC David Bowie Reality screening, that David Bowie will be answering live questions for, (obviously not at the cinema though) will be held in Cinema #4 at Regal Cinemas, Union Square, 850 Broadway in New York City. Sony Music representatives will be handling the BowieNet guest lists at the door. Doors open at 8:30pm. Start time is 9:00pm sharp.

Personally, after the experience of Riverside, I think it may be an idea to get there a bit before 8:30pm, processing a rabble like you lot takes a little longer than a normal audience! };-)

You have to be among the names below to get in, and you need to have ID with you, as proof of your identity may well be requested on the night.

In alphabetical order, here are the BowieNetters who successfully requested one place:

0A8L9
absnthegreen
alpakman
badtzmaru
beckie
billthez
blackcherry
boblynn
bostonbrat
bowie19joe
cartal
Cavebat
Converse
cygnus7000
daimon
danjack
darknymph
daynajones
ebelling
ehillel
Ellexa
enemyofsilence
ernestrella
Gandy
gdschreiber
gfmcavoy
gwinevere
irmavep
jdjuice6
jgottlieb
joej0082
kailing
kenkola
kferguso
kimc
leeza
mdias
merman
MJLDBFAN
monochrome12
morningbreath
mowie76
mpower
mrmike
nancyh
nertiacrep
nightlight
passenger
pattibowie
Payphone
pussycat
redmutanteyes
riabear
rmichaelhoch
sabino
shammy
Shelley1119
spaceinvador
speedoflife
stacey_rich
star4u
sted
stevevolk
tattoo
theatrevision
tlstay
tourist
tpannell
tw06614
wwlh
zstardst

In alphabetical order, here are the BowieNetters who successfully requested two places:

Ahardrain
aimee
andiel71
anishimae
artlies
aucourant
bowieno
bowiefan
breakingglass
britannia
caadams12
caroline
cbacek
chas
christian75
cingstars
cuppy
cwa
davidusa1
dbourque
debkrier
dickmac
dramaactress
dream1weaver
finvarra89
flat5
gallod
gdonovannyc
gmoney
halified
happyland
iainb
iamadj
jam240
jcarr
jeanne
jking30
Katmass
kingtommy
kovalk
ladychater
ladyrainbow
Ladystrdst
latoucha
lisap
lruiz
mandn
MandyFuturepast
mariareinig
Marius
meanclown
mikey
mindwise
moneill
mydeardrew
NAZZZ66
neuro
nnmaddox
nycwhofan
ny-pigeon
peanut
Piggy925
pjgoldberg
podrid
ptpammy
randi
Saxonny
searcher
Shakeh
slinkyvegabond
sourstardust04
spacegirl
strangebuddha
steverowse
strat1974
svp
taoboi
tess
Tsardaniel
vagrant
xtrang3r

Phew! Thank goodness that's done!

Despite posting the very specific rules in my original post (09/06/03 NEWS: WIN TICKETS FOR NY SCREENING OF REALITY PRESENTATION) and reminding users of the rules in the follow-up post, I still received a number of entries (17) from people who neither supplied their BowieNet username, or entered from their BowieNet account!

There is a slim chance that you may get in if you are in the list below, but you need to go back to the original rules and re-enter TONIGHT with your BowieNet user name etc.

Alison Clarke
Arnaldo D'urso
brandon miller
Camilla Kristiansen
Colette Rankine
Dan Gallo
Ed Bienkowski
joerusso
Karen Ferguson
Kelly Womack
Losthighway13
Mark Donahue
Michael Paquette
MilkafanBLK
Sabine Di Benedetto
Tom Pannell
virgo8

Well done to all of you that will be there on the night and you can take it from those of us who were there at Riverside, you're in for a pretty special treat.

Please do remember, that if you don't notify us in advance, "You may jeopardise your chances in future contests if you just don't turn up on the day" and that includes your extra place if you requested two. Please let us know if for some reason you can't make it on the day, as your place could still go to somebody else.