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  • A Spider Named David Bowie

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    Way back in 1972 when David Bowie developed the character of Ziggy Stardust and his band the Spiders From Mars, never in his most coked-out dreams did he think he would ever have an actual arachnid named after that endeavor. German scientist and spider expert Peter Jäger discovered the spider Heteropoda davidbowie on Mars in…

  • The Ideal David Bowie Song?

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    Okay, get this.  Nick Troop, the Principal Lecturer in Health Psychology at the University of Hertfordshire, wrote what he considers to be the ideal David Bowie song.  He used an program called Linguistic Inquiry and Word Count to analyze the words and emotional processes in the lyrics of the songs on Bowie’s most commercially successful…

  • Station to Station to be Re-Released Next year

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    As is the case with David Bowie’s back catalog up to this point, Station to Station will get the make-over treatment sometime early in 2010.  Completists like us will own the following set: Disc 1 – original album, Disc 2 – 5.1 surround sound and original stereo DVD of original album, Discs 3 and 4…

  • Review of ‘Bandslam’

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    I’ve seen a lot of reviews or Bandslam floating around on the intertubes.  Usually, I read anything that has David Bowie’s name in it, just to see what it is about.  With this, however, I held out.  I didn’t want to read anything until my favorite movie review site had spoken.  Without further ado, the…

  • Bowie Night in London

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    For those of you who are going to be in London on August 28, you might want to hop on the tube and attend a fun David Bowie themed party.  The press release follows! Kill your Idols presents… A Night with the Thin White Duke: DAVID BOWIE DATE: 28th August 2009 ADDRESS: Bloomsbury Bowling Lanes,…

  • Duncan Jones Talks About Moon on Science Friday

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    Yesterday afternoon as I was driving home from work, NPR merged two of my scientific loves – Science Friday (an old love) and Moon (a new love).  I’ve been avoiding most of the interviews with Duncan so I don’t read the spoilers, but I couldn’t resist this one.  It is available to listen to or…

  • Helensburgh Heroes Record Cover of “Heroes”

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    I know, I know, again with the covers. But I’m a sucker for the charity covers. The Helensburgh Heroes of Helensburgh, Scotland have recorded a Live Aid-style cover of “Heroes” to raise awareness of the importance of the arts in their community and raise money for a local arts center. The recording features a chorus…

  • Ziggy Stardust Application on iTunes

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    For all of the David Bowie fans that can’t leave the house without carrying around pictures of their musical hero (that would be me, I made my own Bowie wallpapers for my iPhone), there is now a Ziggy Stardust application for download on iTunes.

  • Moon Wins Top Award at Edinburgh Film Festival

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    Moon, the first film by David Bowie’s son Duncan Jones, won the top award at the Edinburgh International Film Festival.  The Michael Powell Award for Best New British Feature Film is the highest award a film can garner from the jury at the EIFF.  In the citation on the awards the Jury states, “We award…

  • Rock is to Hip Hop as David Bowie is to Kanye West…Wait, What?

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    The Crawdaddy! Magazine website featured an article in May (sorry, late on this one) comparing David Bowie and Kanye West. I don’t know a whole lot, or anything at all, about Kanye except for the fact that he loves the Caps Lock key but the article is an entertaining and thought-provoking read. In fact, I…