J.a.p.w. Tour Cd Covers Two Bowie Compositions

Baby, Don't you cry, Baby, I'll sing you a lullaby...

Joan As Police Woman have an exclusive tour-only CD available on their current Interpretation Domination tour and it's called COVER.

COVER is a ten-track CD containing two Bowie compositions. The first you may already be familiar with, it's Sweet Thing which we first told you about in February 2006 (02.02.2006 NEWS: BOWIE GETS DONE BY POLICE WOMAN) and which Joan talked exclusively to BowieNet about in July 2006. (07.19.2006 NEWS: J.A.P.W. TALKS TO BNET ABOUT DB AND SWEET THING)

The second is the Bowie/Pop composition, Baby, from Iggy Pop's 1977 classic The Idiot.

Here's the full exclusive tracklisting:for COVER, which you won't find anywhere else on the internet...including on J.A.P.W.'s own site!

Fire (Jimi Hendrix)
Overprotected (Brittany Spears)
Ringleader Man (T Pain)
Baby (Iggy Pop)
Whatever you Like (T.I.)
Lady (Adam and the Ants)
She Watch Channel Zero (Public Enemy)
Sacred Trickster (Sonic Youth)
Sweet Thing (David Bowie)
Keeper of the Flame (Charles Derringer)

If you fancy hearing these songs live, visit the sites below for details of Interpretation Domination: Intimate duo performances with Joan Wasser & Timo Ellis featuring reinterpretations of other artists works from COVER alongside original material written by Joan As Police Woman.

www.myspace.com/joanaspolicewoman

www.reveal-records.com

And don't forget, COVER will only be available to purchase at J.A.P.W.'s live shows.

Speaking of Bowie covers...

Peter Murphy Releases Space Oddity Single

Down in space, its always 1982...

Peter Murphy of popular singing combo, Bauhaus, has released a 6:32 minute solo version of Space Oddity via iTunes as the second part of his Secret Cover campaign...John Lennon's Instant Karma being the first.

You may remember that Bauhaus are one of a select few that have taken a Bowie composition into the UK Top 20 singles chart, which they did with their cover of Ziggy Stardust in 1982.

It's unlikely that this release will equal the success of Bauhaus's Ziggy Stardust, but it's an affectionate and heartfelt version that I'm sure many of you will enjoy.

Peter has been closing shows on his current tour with Space Oddity apparently much to the appreciation of his audience.

Space Oddity App In Itunes Chart And Uk Press Stuff

You've really made the grade...

Earlier in the week (20th) The London Paper made the Space Oddity digital EP single of the week, while The Independent newspaper in the UK celebrated Space Oddity in its regular Story Of The Song feature on Friday (24th).

Also, David Bowie is the highest ranking artist App in the Paid Music Category on iTunes with the Space Oddity App making it to #24 on Friday.

Happy Birthday Iman

We wish you well...

I'm sure you'll all want to join me in wishing Iman a very happy 54th birthday.

She is pictured above at the launch party for Sam Fine's The Basics of Beauty DVD at The Warren Tricomi Salon At The Plaza Hotel in New York City last month.

Best wishes from everybody here at BowieNet, Iman, and please send all our love to Mr B too.

Clint Mansell's Moon Soundtrack And Dj's Sleevenotes

But I remember Sam, cos he was like me...

Clint Mansell?s tense and melodically beautiful score for psychological luna-drama MOON was released via iTunes on July 13th and physically through Black Records on July 20th.

Available on vinyl, CD and as a digital download, here's the tracklisting for the album...

MOON - Original score by Clint Mansell

01 - Welcome To Lunar Industries
02 - Two Weeks & Counting...
03 - I'm Sam Bell
04 - I'm Sam Bell, Too...
05 - Memories (Someone We'll Never Know)
06 - Are You Receiving?
07 - Can't Get There from Here
08 - "We're Not Programs Gerty, We're People"
09 - The Nursery
10 - Sacrifice
11 - We're Going Home
12 - Welcome To Lunar Industries (Three Year Stretch)

I'll leave you with the sleevenotes for the release, provided by a very grateful Duncan Jones...

Official 2010 Bowie/mick Rock Calendar Details

The days fell on their knees...

As is often the way with these things, details of this calendar have been given to Amazon by an understandably enthusiastic publisher, even before the content has been signed off.

The official 2010 calendar is published by Slow Dazzle once again (despite conflicting details on Amazon) and will be available towards the end of August/early September.

The calendar contains fourteen "Rare & Unseen" Mick Rock shots from '72/'73. This translates as five unpublished pictures with the remainder being previously published photographs, albeit in nowhere near the size and quality of these calendar versions.

The reason we were holding back on announcing was because we are still working on a BowieNet member discount, details of which to follow shortly.

Stay tuned for a sneak preview of some uncropped images from the calendar, along with a contest to win signed copies.

Db And Space Oddity To Do Diamond Dogs Tonight

Tod Browning's freak you was...

That DB mentioned in the above headline being David Brighton of course. Mr Brighton wants to notify Bowie fans in California of a couple of one nighters that he'll be doing with his band on nights off during his run in Las Vegas with Legends in Concert. (05.05.2009 NEWS: DAVID BRIGHTON VEGAS RESIDENCY)

Here's the stuff from DB himself...

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David Brighton and the Space Oddity Band will be performing a 100 minute show that will include a special celebration of the 35th anniversary of the classic David Bowie album Diamond Dogs. We will also be performing many of your favorite Bowie numbers from the late 1960s through the 1990s.

OC Fair - ACTION SPORTS ARENA.
Thursday, July 23, 2009
Showtime: 8:00pm
The OC Fair & Event Center is located at
88 Fair Drive, Costa Mesa, CA 92626.
Admission*: Reserved Seats $12.50-$17.50 (includes free Fair admission).
Parking: General $5, Preferred $8.
*Limited general admission seating is available on a first-come, first-seated basis with paid Fair admission. Paid admission to the Fair does not guarantee as seat in the Arena.

2009 OC SUPER FAIR: July 10-Aug. 9. Open Wed.-Fri, Noon-Midnight; Sat. & Sun., 10 a.m.-Midnight. Adult $10, Senior (60+) $7, Child (6-12) $5, children 5 and under are free.

Link to Ticketmaster purchase page: www.ticketmaster.com

OC Fair website: ns.ocfair.com

For Directions: ns.ocfair.com

The second show takes place on August 8th:

August 8th at Fantasy Springs Resort Casino
Show time: 8PM
84245 Indio Springs Dr Indio, CA 92203-3405
(800) 827-2946

For More Info: www.fantasyspringsresort.com

For Directions: www.fantasyspringsresort.com

www.davidbowietribute.com

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So there you have it. If you're in the area for either of these shows, you'd be barking mad not to attend.

Vh1 Storytellers Cd/dvd Winners Part Two

Singing old songs we love...

Those of you waiting for these results obviously know what they're all about. (07.13.2009 NEWS: VH1 STORYTELLERS CD/DVD WINNERS & 07.14.2009 NEWS: VH1 STORYTELLERS CD/DVD OUT IN USA TODAY)

And so on with the extra ten winners...

alpakman
Bennie
changes1
collector
Ladyofthelake
lunamagic
mephisto
michaelwbates
mimic147
wine

If you lucky buggers would like to send in your postal details, your prizes will be with you faster than you might imagine.

Thanx again to EMI on both sides of the pond for their continued generosity.

Get Rare Cat People Single At Hmv Tomorrow

Well you wouldn't believe what I've been through...

We told you about the inclusion of Cat People on the Inglourious Basterds soundtrack back in May (05.14.2009 NEWS: BOWIE TRACK ON NEW TARANTINO SOUNDTRACK) and we had been hoping to run a contest for the above very limited edition promotional vinyl 45 7" before now too.

Sadly our supply didn't come through as of yet, though we have been promised we'll be getting ten copies for a contest...and that's an exclusive first look at the sleeve above.

Meanwhile, those of you kicking around the Oxford Street area tomorrow (Wednesday) are in with a chance of picking up a copy at HMV. Here's the lowdown...

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Quentin Tarantino meets fans at HMV Oxford Street

WHAT: Signing session

WHERE: HMV London, 150 Oxford Street W1

WHEN: Wednesday 22nd July at 12.30 pm ? 1.30 pm

Fans of the legendary film director Quentin Tarantino will have a chance to meet him in person when he visits HMV?s flagship store on Oxford Street in London?s West End on Wednesday 22nd July 2009 to promote his highly anticipated new film ?Inglourious Basterds?.

Quentin will be at the store from 12.30 pm to sign copies of a very special, HMV exclusive, limited edition 7" single of ?Cat People (Putting Out Fire)? by David Bowie, which appears in the film. This highly collectable limited edition 7" is available only as a bonus gift for customers who preorder the "Inglourious Basterds: Motion Picture Soundtrack" at the store on the day of the event.

?Inglourious Basterds? is an epic ensemble film written and directed by Quentin Tarantino. Set in Nazi-occupied France during World War II, it stars Brad Pitt and Diane Kruger telling the story of a woman?s revenge against the regime that killed her family and a band of American Jewish soldiers known as ?The Basterds?

The film will be in cinemas nationwide on 19th August 2009.

Access to the queue to meet Quentin Tarantino will be restricted to customers with wristbands only. 150 wristbands will be available free from 8.00 am on the morning of the event at the store. One wristband per person only, no reservations, at participating store only.

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So you'll need to get there very early if you want a copy signed by Quentin.

Fingers crossed that our contest copies will be with us shortly.

Space Oddity 40th Anniversary Digi Ep And App Out Now

Shake it, shake it baby...

Well I've been up all night, shakin' it up and enjoying the results.

I'm talking about the new iPhone/iKlax Space Oddity application of course which became available along with the 40th anniversary Space Oddity EP from midnight UK time.

The application allows you to create your own mixes and save them and if you can't be bothered with anything as complex as sliding faders and muting tracks you can just shake your iPhone for a brand new mix.

It's all good fun and it's great to be able to hear each of the eight original individual stems that make up Space Oddity...including David's "Little mouse fart" sound effect! I kid you not.

You also have the opportunity to create the longest mix of this Bowie classic as the total length of this version is actually longer than the original full album version by a few seconds.

If you don't have an iPhone, it's still possible to mix the tracks in your preferred programme as the stems are available with the EP from iTunes and can be imported in to various mix applications for the PC and Mac including the free iKlax Creator software.

Go to this specially created Space Oddity 40th Anniversary page for more details including a short video that makes things a little clearer and links to buy both the Space Oddity EP and the Space Oddity App.

Shake it up, Shake it up...

Duncan's Nasa Snaps And Tony Scott's Memory Loss

This is Ground Control...

You've no doubt heard Duncan Jones make mention of his visit to NASA's Johnson Space Center back in March, when collectSPACE arranged to interview him about how NASA and other international space programs served in part as inspiration for his vision of a Helium 3 mining operation on a near future Moon.

We've been hanging on to this story in the hope that the interview that accompanies the pictures taken during Duncan's tour would be published by now.

Four months later the interview remains unpublished. However, the pictures are still worth a look and it's great to see the look of wonderment on Duncan's face as he explores the Johnson Space Center like a kid in a toy shop. Go here to view the pictures.

Meanwhile, director Tony Scott was recently interviewed by The Huffington Post on his latest movie, a remake of The Taking of Pelham 123.

After talking about the problems associated with shooting on the subway, Tony recalled an abandoned scene he tried to shoot with David Bowie on the subway for The Hunger. This brought the interviewer neatly round to ask a question about Duncan Jones.

I'll leave you with that question and Tony's hilarious response...

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Q: Speaking of The Hunger, did you know that David Bowie's son, Duncan Jones, had his film, Moon, released the same time as yours?

TS: Shit! I saw Duncan the other day in L.A. I forgot he was David's son!

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You can read the full thing here.

Benassi Vs Bowie Out Today - Win 8-track Promo Cd

I've got believers...

The Benassi vs Bowie DJ remix that we've been telling you about since March (03.09.2009 NEWS: BENASSI vs BOWIE DJ REMIX DUE PLUS EXCLUSIVE FIRST LOOK) is finally released today, albeit as a digital download only.

I'm not sure why, but it seems Benny Benassi is now known as Marco Benassi in the iTunes store...either way, these are the seven tracks available for download.

01 - D.J. (Radio Edit) 2:45
02 - DJ (Vocal Mix) 6:15
03 - DJ (Planet Funk Remix) 6:49
04 - DJ (Mobbing Remix) 5:45
05 - DJ (Alex Gopher Remix) 6:06
06 - DJ (Alex Gaudino & Jason Rooney Remix) 6:00
07 - DJ (eSQUIRE Remix) 5:44

Of course, all seven of these mixes have been available in some territories since April 14th via Juno Records...along with three other mixes...

01 - DJ (radio edit) 02:45
02 - DJ (extended version) 06:15
03 - DJ (Planet Funk remix) 07:39
04 - DJ (Alex Gopher remix) 06:06
05 - DJ (Alex Gaudino & Jason Rooney remix) 06:00
06 - DJ (ESQUIRE remix) 05:44
07 - DJ (Dan McKie & Andy Morris remix) 06:05
08 - DJ (Dan McKie & Andy Morris Substramental) 06:01
09 - DJ (Mobbing remix) 05:45
10 - DJ (Riva Funk remix) 06:59

For those of you that prefer the good old-fashioned CD format, the generous folk at Positiva have given us ten of the above 48 minute 8-track promos to distribute to ten lucky BowieNetters.

Now all you have to do to be in with a chance of winning a copy is email me here and ask nicely.

The contest runs until midnight New York time next Sunday (26th) with winners being announced shortly thereafter.

Usual BowieNet rules apply: Only one entry per BowieNet account and please remember you must enter using your BowieNet e-mail or at least supply your BowieNet user name. If you do neither of these things you won't be eligible to enter.

Don't forget that you can watch the accompanying video for this remix here.

Media Blitz As Moon Opens Nationwide In The Uk Today

Hooked to the silver screen...

If you've been awake over the last few days you can't have failed to notice Duncan Jones in the UK media....Including TV, Radio and the press.

It seems that the UK media is a little more obsessed with Duncan's family line than most, but he seems to have come to terms with the inevitability of that and is handling this line of questioning with intelligence and his usual good humour.

Sadly there's not enough time to keep track of it all on these pages, but here are links to some of the recent more interesting pieces...

The Guardian - July 16th - Film Weekly - Audio interview with Jason Solomons

LBC 97.3FM - July 16th - By The Light Of The Moon - Audio interview with Jeni Barnett

Time Out - July 15th - Duncan Jones talks ?Moon?

Telegraph - July 14th - Duncan Jones on filming 'Moon' By Vicki Reid

Sky News - July 13th - Video interview - Bowie Son Over The Moon With Film

There has been tons more stuff which you can find via a Google search.

MOON opens today in the UK. Go here to search current listings in your area.

Untitled Tribute To David Bowie Due Next Year

Singing old songs we loved...

I'm afraid there's not much we can tell you about this album due in February 2010 on the Los Angeles Manimal Vinyl Records label, aside from the fact that you shouldn't believe everything you read about the line-up until it's been officially announced on the Manimal Vinyl website.

Stay tuned here or there for updates.

Emi Releases Digi-singles For 60th Anniversary Of The 45

Blue Jean, look out world, you know I've got mine...

To celebrate the 60th anniversary of the vinyl 45 single, EMI has released thirty five hits bundled with their B-sides via iTunes. Here's the official blurb...

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60TH ANNIVERSARY OF 45 SINGLE CELEBRATED BY EMI MUSIC WITH 'DIGITAL 45' CAMPAIGN LAUNCHING JULY 14 - EMI's Single Celebration Begins Exclusively at iTunes with More Than 35 Hits Bundled with B-sides & Replicated Label Art for Download Purchase

Hollywood, California - July 14, 2009 - To celebrate the 60th anniversary of the vinyl 45 single, EMI Music is launching a 'digital 45' campaign on July 14, bundling hit singles with B-sides and replicated label art for download purchase. EMI's digital 45s will be included in iTunes D45, a showcase for these new digital bundles on iTunes.

They will be exclusively sold by iTunes between July 14 and July 27, after which they will be available for download purchase from all major digital service providers.

More than 35 digital singles will launch the campaign, including original 45 single A-sides and B-sides and top hits by Coldplay, David Bowie, R.E.M., Poison, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Dean Martin, Duran Duran, Nat King Cole, Blondie, and Billy Idol, among others.

The 45 single, pressed on 7" vinyl, debuted in 1949 and is named for the number of revolutions per minute it takes to play the content on each of its sides.

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Three of those 35 digital singles are the above Bowie 45s which you can purchase via the links below. A word of warning though, (hinted at in today's lyric quotation) the Blue Jean file is defective and it skips at around 2:50 in to the track. We'll let you know when the file has been replaced with a good one.

Let's Dance
Let's Dance (Single Version) 4:07
Cat People (Putting Out Fire) 5:09

China Girl
China Girl (Single Version) 4:16
Shake It 3:50

Blue Jean
Blue Jean 3:11
Dancing With the Big Boys 3:34

Vh1 Storytellers Cd/dvd Out In Usa Today

But the little green stickers are following me...

Well, the headline says it all really...apart from the fact that we're giving away more copies in celebration of this release, courtesy of EMI in America and in the UK.

All you have top do to be in with a chance of winning this time is choose which pressing you would prefer from the links below.

You may only choose one or the other but not both, and just to make things more interesting I'm not going to tell you how many of each we have until we announce the winners.

There are no fundamental differences between the editions but those there are are outlined in yesterday's news piece. (07.13.2009 NEWS: VH1 STORYTELLERS CD/DVD WINNERS)

Here's da linx...

European edition

North American edition

The contest runs until midnight New York time next Tuesday (21st) with winners being announced shortly thereafter.

Usual BowieNet rules apply: Only one entry per BowieNet account and please remember you must enter using your BowieNet e-mail or at least supply your BowieNet user name. If you do neither of these things you won't be eligible to enter.

Good Luck, kidz...

Vh1 Storytellers Cd/dvd Winners

Well, I guess we must be looking for a different kind...

We set this competition for five copies of EMI's VH1 Storytellers CD/DVD package last week. (07.06.2009 NEWS: VH1 STORYTELLERS CD/DVD OUT NOW - FIVE TO BE WON)

It was a simple spot-the-difference contest in which you had to identify five changes in a screen grab from DB's Storytellers performance. The easiest way to highlight those changes is via the animation below.

I suppose you could argue that there were actually six changes, though I did count the head-swapping of the two chaps on the far right as one change.

However, many of you didn't notice that Bowie's top was changing in length and you counted the head-swap as two separate changes...Don't worry, you were also chucked in to the hat.

So, the five of you that fortune has smiled upon today are...

dukebox
fshion
okazaki
sashamoniker
scotty

Please note that we have European and North American pressings of the VH1 Sorytellers CD/DVD. There are no content differences...both DVDs are NTSC, 5.1 surround, region 0 and all that malarkey.

However, there are tiny differences in the packaging and the North American version has a green sticker on the front that claims "CD/DVD of original broadcast + 5 bonus tracks!" ...ooops. In actual fact there are only 4 bonus tracks.

When sending me your address, could you winners please state which pressing you would prefer.

Moon And Storytellers Reviews In The Word Mag

Whisper The Word...

I know a fair few BowieNetters attended the BFI preview of MOON and the Q&A following it on Wednesday and speaking to some of you afterwards, it seems the film is every bit as good as we had hoped.

The August issue of The Word is very much in agreement with this opinion, as evidenced by the following intro paragraph to their MOON spread and interview with Duncan Jones...

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Let's be clear about one thing: this magazine has very little time for celebrity offspring, what with their perfume lines, their photography collections, their acting careers and their "modelling" that tests the limits of our credulity and resilience to human hideousness.

But here's a massive and incontrovertible exception. Duncan Jones, known in childhood as Zowie Bowie, son of Angie and The Dame himself, has directed his first movie - and it's really good. Really, really good.

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MOON gets a similar thumbs up in the review section as does Storytellers via a review by Jim Irvin...from which, this edited excerpt...

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Bowie dusts off this old flop [Can't Help Thinking About Me] and it sounds fantastic, a highlight of the curious, too-brief set featured on the show. He's rather disparaging about part of the lyric, calling it the worst two lines of his career.

Granted, it's clumsy to sing, but it's the seed of a brilliant anything-goes lyricist, who's fully flowered on Drive-In Saturday.

This edition could easily have been a couple of hours longer.

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Speaking of Storytellers, stay tuned for the results of our contest and details of another Storytellers contest we'll be running directly afterwards.

Space Oddity Launched Forty Years Ago Today

Lift Off...

You can't have failed to notice this celebration already, what with the upcoming 40th anniversary Space Oddity digital EP 'n all. (07.07.2009 NEWS: 40TH ANNIVERSARY SPACE ODDITY EP AND REMIX FACILITY)

Space Oddity was released forty years ago on this day in 1969 and it gave David Bowie his first taste of proper UK singles chart action...even if it took a few weeks to eventually peak at #5.

Stay tuned to BowieNet as we follow the single's progress over the coming weeks via 40-year-old music press articles and chart placings.

Heroes By The Helensburgh Heroes Due August 1st

Just for one day...

You may have noticed the press release for "Heroes" by the Scottish Helensburgh Heroes Experience in the PR section of BowieNet above.

The Helensburgh community is set to release a version of the classic David Bowie track on August 1st 2009. "Heroes" is the end product of six months hard work by over 100 local singers and musicians.

In an attempt to raise awareness of both the talented and inspirational people that have hailed from the area, and the desperate need for a permanent arts and leisure centre, a group of local people hit upon the idea of creating a ?Live Aid? style community recording of the song.

Well now Executive Producer of the project, Phil Worms, has been in touch with an exclusive first look at the CD artwork, above.

The artwork was created by three Helensburgh primary school pupils who won a local competition to design a cover for the project which attracted over 200 entries.

Phil also gave us the following quotation as to why "Heroes" was the song chosen for the campaign...

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"We chose the song for two main reasons. Firstly the natural link between Helensburgh's Heroes, the achievements of the many local men and women that have given us so much and whose achievements we wanted to celebrate, and the song title. We have always felt that our Heroes connect individuals to the area as a whole through their physical, cultural, emotional, intellectual and spiritual aspects. Their stories, events and aspirations give meaning to our past, present and future.

And secondly, and more importantly, we wanted everyone who took part in the recording, whatever age and background, to feel like a Hero, to feel inspired, to feel that they were all equally contributing to the project... even if it was only for the one day. The song is so iconic, and its lyrics resonate with people for so many different reasons, that it was frankly a privilege to have been able record it."

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Go here for details of the launch event on August 1st and for more information regarding the project generally.

A sample of the single and accompanying video can be found on the Helensburgh Heroes YouTube channel.