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  • Thoroughly Covered

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    A few notable Bowie covers have popped up in the news recently and are worth a mention here. The first is by new band The Last Of The Shadow Puppets, a union of Artic Monkeys singer Alex Turner and Miles Kane’s of The Rascals. Their first album, The Age Of Understatement, will feature their take…

  • Yes He “Will”

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    Back in February we reported a rumor that Bowie may be cast in the upcoming movie “Will” starring Lisa Kudrow and Liam Aiken. According to Bowienet today, he will indeed have a part in “Will” playing himself. While the movie will be a musical dramedy, Bowie has described his screentime as being “a ten second…

  • Happy Birthday, David!

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    The Webmistress and I want to wish Mr. David Bowie a very happy 61st birthday today! Tomorrow, we, of course, will go back to wishing he will release a new album this year, but today we selflessly wish him a killer day full of fun, family and friends. All the best!

  • Bowie to Appear on Lower Back

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    SmokingGun.com which posted Rochester PD’s 1976 booking photo of David Bowie back in November has produced their own celebrity mugshot temporary tattoos. It doesn’t look like they are available to the general public just yet, but they have distributed them in Christmas cards to a number of media outlets which read: Like us, you’ve probably…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • Bowie’s Old Manager Writes Autobiography

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    David Bowie’s notorious old manager, Tony Defries, will be releasing a “tell-all” autobiography next year to be titled Gods and Gangsters. This comes after some 40 years of media silence in which Defries has never been interviewed. Defries is best known for launching the careers of Iggy Pop, Lou Reed, Mott the Hoople, Luther Vandross…

  • Who Doesn’t Want a Burlesque Club in Their Neighborhood?

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    Last month we reported that Bowie, Sting and Ivan Kane had picked a location to open their New York City burlesque club, Forty Deuce. The selected building at 19 Kenmare Street was formerly the home of a mobster hangout called Little Charlie’s Clam Bar. Now, according to Downtown Express, a group of neighboorhood residents are…

  • David Bowie Saw the Future

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    Back in June of 2002, David Bowie was interviewed by the New York Times about his forthcoming album Heathen. During the interview, he predicted that the advent of digital music downloads would undoubtedly drive up the cost of concert ticket prices. On the future of the music industry, he stated: Music itself is going to…