CrackedActor.com – a David Bowie fan site

Year: 2007

  • Using Bowie Songs for Family Bonding

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    I always love to read other people’s stories on how Bowie has influenced or changed their lives. What I love even more is to read how Bowie fans have spread their love of Bowie and made an impression on someone else’s life. Carrie Stetler of The Star-Ledger recently wrote a great opinion piece about playing…

  • Bowie Tutorials on Now Play It

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    NowPlayIt.com is a new site that features tutorials for learning to play songs by popular artists. And, of course, it has a Bowie page! The site features three types of tutorials – a lite tutorial with a video and chords, a house tutorial with a musician from NowPlayIt, and a full tutorial with the artist…

  • Wanna Buy Some Bowie at Target?

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    On October 15, Target released their new fall collection for men – Bowie by Keanan Duffty.  The line has some great looks that take their inspiration from the Thin White Duke era all the way to Bowie’s style of the late 90’s (which sadly has no catchy name).  Like a good little Bowie fan, after…

  • Record in the Shadow of Scary Monsters

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    Hey, dude, wanna lay down some tracks? Where better than the London studio where Tony Visconti recorded songs with Bowie for the Scary Monsters album? Starting today, Dean Street Studios (formerly known as Tony Visconti’s Good Earth Studios) is auctioning off some of their down time. When the auction ends on October 27th, the high…

  • Can You Ever Have Too Much Sax?

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    Here’s one for the top 100 dumbest lists about music: it’s A. V. Club’s 10 Great Songs Nearly Ruined By Saxophone. Topping the list somehow is Bowie’s Young Americans. Really? Young Americans? Because I have a hard time imagining what Young Americans would sound like without the saxophone. Maybe I’m biased, but to me David…

  • David Bowie Donates to Legal Fund for Jena Six

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    David Bowie recently donated $10,000 to a legal fund for a group of teenagers known as the Jena 6.  Bowie stated via email to the AP, “There is clearly a separate and unequal judicial process going on in the town of Jena.  A donation to the Jena Six Legal Defense Fund is my small gesture…

  • Alas, David Bowie Will Not Be Appearing in ‘Doctor Who’

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    Every Friday night I turn into a squeeing eight-year-old girl when ‘Doctor Who‘ comes on the SciFi channel. Nothing is allowed to distract me lest I turn into a very unhappy eight-year-old girl. So imagine my excitement when I saw a news item in ‘The Sun’ claiming that Bowie would be appearing in an episode…

  • Update on Soundtrack to Ian Curtis Biopic ‘Control’

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    As we reported this time last year, David Bowie and several other glam rockers will be featured on the soundtrack of ‘Control’, the upcoming biopic of the life and death of Joy Division singer Ian Curtis.  Both of Bowie’s songs will be featured in the movie itself.  Among the artists featured on the soundtrack are…

  • Let’s Dance the World Over

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    Indian singer Sona Mohapatra recently worked with Nile Rodgers on cutting a new version of Let’s Dance. The first reports are unclear if she worked directly with David Bowie in the studio or if she’s singing along to his existing vocal tracks. On the sound of the reworked song, Sona says “they obviously wanted us…

  • New Jareth Action Figure

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    The new Jareth action figure looks to be made for the segment of David Bowie’s fan base that is attracted to men. I present to you Exhibit A: Really. Check out the package. This toy must be made to attract the male-loving David Bowie fans. Can there be any other reason why a toy maker…