Category: Circle Of Friends
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Bowie at the Keep A Child Alive Ball 2008
Last week David Bowie and Iman attended the annual Keep A Child Alive Black Ball. Nothing really earth-shattering happened for me to report on, but I do want to direct you to the blurb written in The Sun. The picture accompanying the article is really great. Too bad The Sun is territorial about their photos,…
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Looking At Music Exhibit Will Feature Videos by David Bowie
The Looking At Music exhibition at MoMA will examine the influence of technology on experimentation in music. Music videos from the early days of The Beatles, David Bowie, Captain Beefheart, The Residents, and Devo will be featured to demonstrate changes in tehcnology and music since 1965. Starting on December 1. 2008 Thurston Moore of Sonic…
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Iggy Drops A Big Ol’ Hint for David Bowie
In a recent interview with Larry Ryan at the Independent, Iggy expressed interest in working with David Bowie sometime in the future. When asked by Ryan “You reunited with the founding members of the Stooges when recording Skull Ring, do you think you will ever reunite with David Bowie to make any new music?” Iggy…
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New Jewelry Line by Iman
Hear that? That’s the sound of me rejoicing over Iman’s new jewelry line. In designing pieces for Global Chic, Iman drew inspiration from various bits of jewelry collected from China, Africa, India, Bali, and her own vintage engagement ring. Iman said in an interview with Vogue that a woman is never fully dressed if she…
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Funk to Funky
For those of you getting a jump on your holiday shopping, hop over to Chuck Hammer’s iTunes store and consider getting your loved ones some gorgeous guitar music. Or for that matter, getting a little present for yourself. The man behind the guitar riffs on Ashes to Ashes, Teenage Wildlife, and a few Lou Reed…
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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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Band Mates Update
I don’t know about everyone else, but I love to know what Bowie’s former and current band mates are up to from time to time. So I have two updates for you today. Catherine Russell, sometime member of David Bowie’s band, will be performing at the Rochester Jazz Festival on June 14. Russell has been…
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Iman will host “Project Runway Canada”
The designers on the new show “Project Runway Canada” will be in for a treat – Iman will be hosting the show! After appearing on the American version of Project Runway and making it one of the highest-rated episodes of the series, the producers of the Canadian version asked her to host their show. In…
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The Devo – David Bowie Connection
Yesterday’s edition of the Telegraph featured a great reminiscence by Jerry Casale from Devo on the Cleveland show on David Bowie’s 1974 Diamond Dogs tour. Casales said that the show “solidified right then and there what I wanted to do with Devo.” He decided to quit sitting around and toking up and just bouncing around…
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Review of the Arcade Fire show at the High Line Festival
The following review was kindly written for CrackedActor.com by Samuel Mohar. I must admit, I’ve never been much of a fan of Arcade Fire but this review makes me want to give them another chance. If anyone else wishes to contribute a review to be posted on this site, contact me or the Webmaster at…