Category: More To Own
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Catch A Falling Star
Peter Haywood recently self-published his debut novel, Catch A Falling Star. The novel tells of the life of Nicholas Walpole, a Bowie-obsessed young man growing up in Melbourne in the early 1980’s moves into a big, ramshackle share house in Lygon Street, Carlton with a bunch of musician friends, forms a band, and dreams of…
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Better Late Than Never
The Special Edition of Young Americans will finally be released, according to Bowienet. The re-issue was originally scheduled to be released in March of 2005, putting it one year too late to be titled the 30th Anniversary Edition as the Diamond Dogs and Ziggy re-issues were. The album is allegedly due for release on March…
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Put Yourself In His Shoes And Give Landmines The Boot
Bowie has joined with artists such as Ringo Starr, Johnny Mar, Pamela Anderson, Dame Judi Dench, and Lily Allen to auction off an autographed pair of his shoes to benefit the Mines Advisory Group‘s Give Landmines The Boot event. The money made from the auction will go to benefit the charity’s effort to clear unexploded…
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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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Our Mailbox Was Contaminated Today
2. Contaminated *ahem*, I mean Contamination arrived in the mail today – only about four months late. Despite the misappropriated title, the CD is actually worth the money. And not just because David J is covering Time and the Dresden Dolls are covering Life On Mars – some of the covers are quite original. If…
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A New Target Audience
On my way home from work today, I stopped in to Target to see if I could find a decent pair of denim capri pants since it’s getting hotter and shorts have no stylistic value. I found a pair, checked out the price tag, thought “Wow, that’s cheap, I can get more clothes,” and strolled…
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A Massive Collaboration
Massive Attack is in the studio working on an album slated for release in 2007. According to Scripps Howard News Service, the band is hoping to colloborate with Bowie for this upcoming release. The last colloboration between Bowie and Massive Attack was for the remix of Nature Boy on the Moulin Rouge soundtrack. Hopefully, Bowie…
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Excellent review…and not one mention of the c-word
R. Paul Matthews at Aversion.com wrote an excellent review of the Serious Moonlight DVD. And he managed to do it without using the word “chameleon.” He pretty much says it all, so I’ll shut up and just give you the link: R. Paul Matthews’ review of Serious Moonlight.
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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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Mime’s Old Apartment To Fetch $1 Million
That’s right, the flat David Bowie rented in Edinburgh while he was studying mime under Lindsay Kemp back in the 60’s is for sale and is expected to go for over $950,000. You can read more about it in the article on Scotsman.com. Invisible glass box Bowie spent hours trapped inside sold separately.