Author: Webmistress
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The Rise And Fall of Spongebob Squarepants and the Pineapple Under The Sea
If anyone has ever doubted Bowie’s genius, then doubt no more. Never in a million years did I dream that Bowie would participate in something as downright silly as Spongebob Squarepants. That’s right, the same man who wrote the line “Research has pierced all extremes of my sex” is voicing the character Lord Royal Highness…
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Brand New Talk…But It’s Not Very Clear
One of my guilty pleasures is reading trashy celebrity gossip; it makes me feel so normal and un-screwed-up in comparison. Since Defamer and Page Six only cover the West and East Coasts of the United States, I subscribe to the weekly dish from Popbitch.com. I like to be well-rounded in useless gossip. Anyway, imagine my…
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Get Your Pencils Ready…(Part Deux)
What is up with this Bowie-Paris Hilton connection that the press seems so keen to make? Here is yet another one from TMZ.com. For the love of all that is good and holy, can the popular media please stop putting Bowie’s name in the same articles as She-Who-Shall-Not-Be-Named?
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Pour Me Out Another Phone
Got a bit of catching up to do on Bowie news, so here goes. Bowie has signed up with Nokia to to launch their Music Recommender Service. Once a month, Bowie will make a contribution to the service through podcasts and features of his favorite new bands in an effort to bolster the portable music…
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In Their Satin And Tat
David and Iman recently attended a showing of Madama Butterfly for the opening night of the New York Metropolitan Opera. Apparently the crowd was star-studded one with the likes of Sean Connery, Naomi Watts, and tabloid darling Jude Law. David enjoyed the show so much that he wrote his first journal entry on Bowienet in…
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A Little Extra Bowie
Your Yank Webmistress and Webmaster are in envy of the British Bowie fans who were able to see Bowie on Extras. Bowienet and other sources have provided the link for online viewing of the episode through BBC2, but fans outside of the UK are unable to see it. So if anyone with sharper eyes than…
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Be The Inspiration
On September 5, HMV launched their “Be Inspired” featuring none other than Bowie and the Aladdin Sane cover as the face of the campaign. For the campaign, HMV reworked the cover of Aladdin Sane to replace the signature red-and-blue of the lightning bolt with the HMV Pink (they say it’s magenta, but I’m a girl…
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Maybe That’s Where Marilyn Manson Got The Idea
In just about the strangest article mentioning Bowie that I have ever read, Jerry Heller of Ruthless Records recounts how his friend “Miami” Mike Gruber tried to convince Bowie to have breast implants put in his chest and tour with them while dressed in a blue cocktail dress. Bowie’s reply to the request? “What if…
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I’ll Take You To New York
The dates for the High Line Festival have been announced!! The festival is scheduled for May 9 to May 19, 2007(*). So far there is no news on what artists will be performing at the festival, but watch this space and the official High Line site for news.