David Bowie Webdream

In 2003 Bowie did his “Live by Satellite” tour. It was a novel concept in that he performed live at one location, and simulcast it to several others. To pull this off, state of the art technology was utilized that Arthur C. Clarke hardly dreamt of. The set list featured many songs from his newly [...]

David Bowie has landed a new movie role, playing the inventor and electrical genius Nikola Tesla. Bowie, 58, will star alongside Hugh Jackman, Christian Bale and Michael Caine in forthcoming film The Prestige, according to movie industry magazine Variety. I can so see Bowie in this role. Bowie always has a way of gravitating towards [...]

When I was a kid, I used to watch Don Kirshner’s Rock Concert a lot. I also was glued to The Midnight Special. One particular evening this oddball guy with bright red hair and wearing bizarre clothes came on and sang a couple of songs on Don Kirshner’s show. I loved both songs and decided [...]

Over the weekend, a friend of mine asked me if I had watched Rock Star: INXS. Although a one-time fan of INXS, I hadn’t watched it. He informed me that some girl did a beautiful Bowie song, but he didn’t know what song it was. A little later that evening, someone else asked me the [...]

Well, maybe not exactly 30 years, but it’s close. Uncut Magazine ( click on the image to visit their site. ) sent me an email pointing at that at this tine in 1975, Space Oddity peaked at #1 In Britain following it’s re-release on the heels of the success of Fame from Young Americans. Oddly [...]

Alberto posted a comment to another post that merits it’s own post entirely. His blurb was brief in the comment, but his post on the topic is excellent. To wit, Bowie appeared in a short film in 1967 with Michael Byrne called “The Image”. This short is described as “a study of the illusionary reality [...]