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  • Space Oddity Single Re-Release and Remix

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    On July 20th, 1969, Neil Armstrong stepped through the door of his tin can and set foot on the moon. BBC coverage of the lunar landing was backed by a song called Space Oddity by an upcoming artist, David Bowie. Inspired partially by the Stanley Kubrick movie 2001: A Space Odyssey, the song helped launch…

  • Drawing Inspiration From Bowie

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    For those interested, members of a drawing and illustration message board named DrawingBoard.org began a David Bowie caricature thread in February. Some of the submissions are priceless. Check it out at: http://www.drawingboard.org/viewtopic.php?t=67117

  • David Bowie Ruined the Economy and Kicks Babies

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    In a UK Mirror story yesterday, BBC Economics Editor Evan Davies posed the question, “could David Bowie have caused the … credit crunch?” Let me answer that question with another question: Could Evan Davies have had his lunch money stolen from him in grade school by a bully wearing a David Bowie t-shirt? Davies proposes…

  • Rare Early David Bowie Song Discovered

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    A rare early recording of David Bowie singing and playing saxophone with his first band, the Konrads, has surfaced. The track called “Mockingbird” is one of 5,000 recordings made by British music producer Joe Meek. All 1,850 master tapes from Meek’s personal collection are on sale as part of the Fame Bureau’s “It’s More Than…

  • Is David Bowie Joining the Political Fray?

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    Take this for what it’s worth, but two rumors have popped up on the net over the past few days that David Bowie is bound for Colorado. The first was in last Saturday’s Denver Post, suggesting that he might join the lineup of the Tent State Music Festival. Planned to coincide with the Democratic National…

  • UK Magazine Mail On Sunday Features Bowie

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    Lucky water fowl living on the other side of the pond may enjoy a special David Bowie compilation CD today, free with purchase of this week’s Mail on Sunday magazine. The iSelect Bowie CD features 12 Bowie tracks, hand-picked by Sailor himself and complimented by an interesting backstory on each of the songs. We unlucky…

  • What’s Really Happening

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    Apparently some reporter overheard Iman gabbing recently. I wonder if it wasn’t at the Vanity Fair’s Tribeca Film Festival Party. Since then the same three anecdotes have been popping up on gossip sites all over the net. Each farticle* makes a weak attempt to turn a quote from Iman into a news item. Below are…

  • Johansson “Falling Down” with Bowie

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    Check out Scarlett Johansson’s new music video for “Falling Down” with David Bowie singing backup vocals.

  • Bowie Named a Judge for the Tribeca Film Festival

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    During a press conference for the kick-off of the 7th Annual Tribeca Film Festival today, Director Doug Liman revealed that he, David Bowie, Whoopi Goldberg and Fred Durst will all be acting as jury members in this year’s festival. David’s panel, which includes Actor Matthew Modine, will be judging works in the the Documentary and…

  • Revisiting Santa Monica

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    Here’s one for the “More To Own” section. Back in March EMI announced plans to try and squeeze a new revenue stream out of David Bowie’s back catalogue. Repackaged compilations of the Beatles and Queen have accounted for a major chunk of their recent recorded music sales, so the idea is to give the same…