Category: Contemporaries
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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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Anecdote From The Set of “The Hunger”
Musician David J, the sometime bassist and vocalist for Bauhaus and Love & Rockets, posted an interview from Popular 1 Magazine on his site today in which he recounts an amusing anecdote about the time he spent on the set of “The Hunger”. After spending a day and night filming the disco scene, he had…
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Bowie Gets In ‘Control’
According to NME, the soundtrack to the movie ‘Control’ about the life of former Joy Division frontman Ian Curtis will feature an all-star line up of glam rock’s finest. Bowie, Iggy Pop, Lou Reed and Roxy Music are all set to provide tracks, with New Order writing the film score. The album will also include…
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Rocketman Blasts Bands With No Fashion Sense
In a recent interview with Fashion Rocks Magazine, Elton John stated that he thinks the raggedy, tattooed style of young rockers is “ugly and unpleasant.” He feels that stage style, meant to entertain the audience, is being disregarded by young rockers in favor of “that tattoos and the T-shirts and the rings through the noses.”…
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Requiescat In Pace Syd Barrett
The legendary Syd Barrett passed away on Friday July 7 due to complications from diabetes. Since early in his career, Bowie has cited Syd and his work with Pink Floyd as one of his main influences. Bowie released a statement regarding Syd’s passing saying, “The few times I saw him perform in London at UFO…
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Dancing With The Pink Boys
Those London Pink Floyd fans are a bunch of lucky bastards. Bowie made a suprise appearance with Pink Floyd at Royal Albert Hall on Monday, May 29. Apparently the secret was so well kept that even his own webmaster did not know until Bowie personally called him and told him to hustle over. Pink Floyd…
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New York Doll on DVD, April 4th
Anyone whose town was too uncool to show the “New York Doll” movie in any of its philistine theater houses can grab it on DVD come April 4th. Directed by Greg Whiteley, the film chronicles the New York Dolls’ 2004 reunion as seen through the eyes of bassist and now-Mormon Arthur “Killer” Kane. Also featured…
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Iggy Pops a Few Eardrums
Iggy made the news today because his speakers apparently go to eleven. When he played the Blue Balls Festival in Lucerne, Switzerland, back in July the volume reached 102.5 decibels, a mere 2.5 over the festival limit. Check out the article on Launch UK. Andrea and I saw Iggy in South Florida some years ago,…