Category: News
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Review of ‘Bandslam’
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…
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Duncan Jones Talks About Moon on Science Friday
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…
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Helensburgh Heroes Record Cover of “Heroes”
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…
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Ziggy Stardust Application on iTunes
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.
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Space Oddity Single Re-Release and Remix
On July 20th, 1969, Neil Armstrong stepped through the door of his tin can and set foot on the moon. BBC coverage of the lunar landing was backed by a song called Space Oddity by an upcoming artist, David Bowie. Inspired partially by the Stanley Kubrick movie 2001: A Space Odyssey, the song helped launch…
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Moon Wins Top Award at Edinburgh Film Festival
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…
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Rock is to Hip Hop as David Bowie is to Kanye West…Wait, What?
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…
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Moon is Now Playing
The first film written and directed by David Bowie’s son Duncan Jones, Moon, is now playing in New York and Los Angeles. It has garnered a lot of favorable critical reviews, no naturally the Webmaster and I (and all other Bowie and potential Duncan Jones fans) are eager for it to be released nationwide. I…
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Moon at the Edinburgh Film Festival
Duncan Jones’ debut flick Moon has been garnering a lot of favorable critical reviews lately. The latest in the line up of festivals to showcase Moon is the Edinburgh Film Festival. The dates are as follows: Saturday, June 20, 2009 – 9:00 pm at the Cameo 1 Tuesday, June 23, 2009 – 9:15 pm at…
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VH1 Storytellers DVD to be Released
On July 14, Virgin/EMI will release the David Bowie: VH1 Storytellers episode on CD/DVD. As with any interview with Bowie, he gives a lively recounting of important points of his life and a super performance of new and classic favorites. This is one that the Webmaster and I will definitely add to our collection. In…