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Month: December 2006

  • So Long, Soulman

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    James Brown passed away this morning at 1:45 am. It is a truly sad day for the music world. Rest in peace, Godfather. Your influence will be felt for generations.

  • Oi! To The World

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    The Webmaster and I wish everyone in the Bowie fan-family a very merry Christmas. May the New Year bring everyone prosperity and live Bowie shows.

  • Handling The Life-Sized Bowie Doll

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    My love of celebrity gossip blogs continues to be justified. Gawker.com recently featured a bit by Alan Baird reminiscing about his days working as a page with with Saturday Night Live back when it was actually funny and the sound system didn’t suck. He recounts a hilarious story of him and Bowie dragging the life-sized…

  • The Duet That Almost Didn’t Happen

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    I’m sure it will come as no surprise when I tell you all that one of my favorite Christmas songs is “Peace On Earth/Little Drummer Boy.”  However, this morning I found out for the first time that it almost didn’t happen due to musical differences.  And I thought I knew the Bowie biography like the…

  • Happy Birthday To Us!

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    The Webmaster and I totally neglected to celebrate our first birthday!  CrackedActor.com turned 1 year old on December 12.  Calm yourselves please, no wild parties on our behalf.

  • A Different David Is Britain’s Greatest Living Icon

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    The votes are in for the BBC Two’s Living Icons list. And. Bowie. Did. Not. Win! In fact, he was beat out in the top three by Sir David Attenborough, Paul McCartney, and Morrissey. Before this list came out, I only thought the world was mad. But then I saw that Morrissey beat Bowie out…

  • Burlesque Bowie

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    If the New York Post is to be taken at it’s word, Las Vegas club owner Ivan Kane was planning to open a burlesque club in partnership with Bowie and Sting until the tentative landlord pulled out of the deal. I would insert a witty comment here but my brain has short-circuited at the thought…

  • More Shenanigans On The Venture Brothers

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    My friends on the Torched board are too good to me. More fun with the Venture Brothers and the Thin White Duke. An animated, shape-shifting Bowie clocking an animated Iggy before stealing his shape…I may have to get a TiVo season pass for this show. (Thanks Jose!)

  • Another Charity Auction

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    With all the hubbub about the Give Landmines The Boot auction, a tidbit about another auction got lost.  Peter Gabriel recently auctioned off an autographed keyboard to benefit his charity Witness.  The winning bid was $100,000.  Bowie, along with 43 other artists, signed a white key on the keyboard.  Witness is the charity that Gabriel…

  • Odds And Ends

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    While your Webmistress has been on vacation and indisposed due to a head cold, respectively, her friends have kept their sharp eyes peeled for obscure Bowie references on the web. The first one was brought to my attention by Saudade. Composer and actor Ryuichi Sakamoto, known to some of you as Captain Yonoi from Merry…