Author: Webmistress
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Bowie Tutorials on Now Play It
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…
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Wanna Buy Some Bowie at Target?
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…
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David Bowie Donates to Legal Fund for Jena Six
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…
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Update on Soundtrack to Ian Curtis Biopic ‘Control’
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…
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New Jareth Action Figure
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…
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Neal Preston Photo Essay
Spinner.com is running a brilliant photo essay by rock photographer Neal Preston, who has photographed David Bowie on several occasions. The photo that Preston chose to share a memory about is from the 1976 Station to Station Tour at the Los Angeles show. Among the 19 other photos are John Lee Hooker, Freddie Mercury, the…
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New Blog Category
Since I have a love of gossip and I feel like any Bowie gossip or rumors should be addressed as such, I created a category to catch all of the gossip and rumors that fly around the intertubes about David Bowie. The new category is Rumors, Lies, Stories They Made Up. Now you won’t have…
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Buddha of Suburbia To Be Remastered
On October 2, Capital/EMI will reissue one of the Webmaster’s and my favorite David Bowie records – Buddha of Suburbia. David Bowie says about the album and recording it, “This album may well have been one of the most enjoyable projects that I have been involved with. My personal memory stock for this album was…