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  • Favorite Puppeteer from Bowie’s Childhood Passes Away

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    Ventriloquist Terry Hall, the creator and voice of a puppet named Lenny the Lion, died yesterday. Terry and Lenny made their television debut on the BBC in 1956, and subsequently starred in four programs including the Lenny the Lion Show, Lenny’s Den, Pops and Lenny and Reading With Lenny. It has been noted that David…

  • HighlineFestival.com Launches

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    The official High Line Festival website is now live at HighLineFestival.com. The site features photos of the performers, the schedule of events, and write ups about David Bowie, the festival organizers, the Friends of the High Line, and so on.

  • Don’t Wait Up for Omikron 2

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    IGN picked up a German blog site’s interview with Quantic Dream COO Guillaume de Fondaumière which revealed that Omikron 2 may be another 2 years in the making. Referring to O2, Guillaume said, “We have started to work on this very innovative and very challenging project. However, you shouldn’t expect this title anywhere before 2009.”…

  • High Line Festival Line Up Announced

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    At long last, the line up for David Bowie’s High Line Festival was posted on Bowienet today. Eight musical acts will perform over the eleven day festival spanning May 9 through 19 including: The Arcade Fire Air The Polyphonic Spree Deerhoof Daniel Johnston Bang on a Can All Stars The Legendary Stardust Cowboy The Secret…

  • Follow Up on the Ziggy Stardust Costume Auction

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    As a follow up to our previous post about the Ziggy Stardust costume which Christie’s will be auctioning on April 26th, a new article on Bloomberg.com has shed some light on which costume in particular will be on sale: Designed by Freddi Buretti, the blue Ziggy Stardust outfit exposes a leg and a shoulder and…

  • A Star for the Mayor of Sunset Strip

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    A number of news services including the Washington Post picked up an Associated Press article on Friday about L.A. rock D.J. Rodney Bingenheimer getting a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. David Bowie and a cavalcade of other performers are featured in the 2003 documentary about Bingenheimer, The Mayor of Sunset Strip. Bowie sent…

  • Remembering David and Floyd

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    Back in May of last year, David Bowie made a surprise appearance at a Pink Floyd concert at Royal Albert Hall to lend vocals to Arnold Layne and Comfortably Numb. According to guitarist David Gilmour’s website, footage from the performance will be released on a 2-disc DVD set titled Remember That Night. Disc 1 will…

  • Rumors of Bowie’s Next Album and Tour

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    Searches for more information about the High Line Festival, pointless as they are endless, have yielded two wee rumors about Bowie’s next projects following the festival. Ben Rayner of TheStar.com has hinted that “Bowie’s forthcoming album could be a bracing confrontation with mortality, à la Dylan’s Time Out of Mind.” And you thought he was…

  • What About Arcade Fire and TVOTR at the High Line Festival?

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    Some sites like MusicNews.com have suggested that Arcade Fire and TV on the Radio will be the headliners at the High Line Festival, but I think it still leans further toward a rumor than a fact. The two are clearly David Bowie favorites so it’s reasonable to assume that he’d include them at the top…

  • Will Omikron KARMA Be the Next Big Thing from Bowie?

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    Found an Italian gaming site that listed a bunch of XBox 360 games which are due for release later this year and Omikron KARMA was on it. For those wondering what that has to do with Bowie, Omikron: The Nomad Soul was a 3D role-playing game developed by Quantic Dream back in 1999 to which…