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  • Tribeca Film Festival

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    David and Iman attended the Tribeca Film Festival Vanity Fair party on April 26th. See today’s Bowienet news for a cracking photograph of them in all their glamour. Normally I wouldn’t link to a Bowienet blurb since there’s not much information in them, but it was the only article I could find with a decent…

  • A Massive Collaboration

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    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…

  • Say Good-bye to Fried Foods

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    Man, you gotta love the tabloids. The title to the article Iman forces David Bowie to change diet after heart attack tries to whip up scandal where there is none. At first the reader might think, “Oh, that horrible Iman!” But if you actually read the article, she’s just making sure that one of rock’s…

  • Dreams of an Outside Trilogy Thoroughly Contaminated

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    Back in the 80’s when audio cassettes were totally rad, comedian Rich Hall said if he ever had a band he would name it Tape Head Cleaner because even if they sucked, they’d be sure to sell a lot of tapes. And so was the thought behind the title of Failure To Communicate Records’ new…

  • “The Prestige” To Hit Theaters October 20th

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    On Tuesday Touchstone Pictures set the release date of “The Prestige”, starring Bowie among others, as October 20 of this year. Should be a good flick to see ’round Halloween.

  • Mime’s Old Apartment To Fetch $1 Million

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    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.

  • Weller, Meet Morrissey

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    Paul Weller, winner of the Brits Lifetime Achievement Award, recently bashed Bowie in an interview with Uncut Magazine. He stated, “Wrong! I like about three records of his. The rest of it’s pish” when Bowie’s recent Recording Academy Lifetime Acheivement Award was mentioned. Maybe he’s been taking Bowie-bashing lessons from Morrissey. A review of the…

  • Monkey Business

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    At one of their recent shows in the Bowery Ballroom, the Arctic Monkeys asked an anonymous middle-aged man to move out of a seat that was reserved for family members of the band. The man graciously got up and went to the back of the ballroom to watch the show. None of the band members…

  • Possible New Album Later This Year

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    According to Musicmen.co.uk Bowie is scheduled to release an album in mid-2006. Whether this is simply another compilation, reissue, a DVD, or a brand-new album the site does not say. Take this for what it is – simply a glimmer of hope at a totally new album. Here’s hoping for 2. Contamination.

  • Bowie Recognized by Recording Academy

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    Bowie will formally receive the Lifetime Acheivement Award from the Recording Academy. Other artists who will receive the award alongside Bowie are Cream, Merle Haggard, Robert Johnson, Jessye Norman, the Weavers, and the late Richard Pryor. The 2006 Grammy Awards will be aired live on CBS from 8:00 to 11:30 pm EST. A .pdf of…