Category Archives: Events
Cyrinda Foxe
Ten years ago today The Jean Genie died. A huge part of Bowie’s life, and the inspiration for The Jean Genie, Cyrinda would go on to marry both David Johansen and Steven Tyler.
Dunstable
While I’m working with video, here’s another fun one from way back when. June 21, 1972 to be precise. Just ignore the sound. This was shot with an 8-mm video camera that had no sound. It does however, relay the … Continue reading
Ziggy Stardust 8-Track
Boy, this is a blast from the past: As best I can recall, my first purchase of anything Bowie was an 8-track of Ziggy Stardust. I had been looking for a particular song, notably Time. However, living in a small … Continue reading
Comfortably Numb
I know this is very late getting on here. It should have been here a year ago. Well, it sort of was. The quality of the boot I had was so bad it just really wasn’t worth fooling with. Now, … Continue reading
Bowie’s webby acceptance speech
Bowie won a webby, that part I’ve already posted on here. However, for some bizarre reason, winners are only allowed to say five words. Here was Bowie’s: “I only get five words?”,”S***, that was five. Four more there. That’s three,” … Continue reading
American Fantasy Idol?
Marc Hirsh of MSNBC had a fantasy idol competition. The contestants were: 12th place: Sting 11th place: Marvin Gaye 10th place: Stevie Nicks Ninth place: Johnny Cash Eighth place: Chrissie Hynde Seventh place: Courtney Love Sixth place: John Lennon Fifth … Continue reading
David, Lou, and Bono hang out at Syracuse University
Oh man, this is an unreal meeting. Lou Reed was honored with the George Arents Pioneer Medal For Excellence In The Arts by his alma mater, Syracuse University. Besides Bowie, Bono was there as well to honor Lou. Now, I … Continue reading
Bowie gets a webby
Bowie was honored by the Webby Awards by receiving the Lifetime Achievement Award. In my opinion, this is LONG overdue. Very early on Bowie was using the internet in developing very unique interactive applications such as mashing song, adding lyrics, … Continue reading
Peace On Earth
Growing up in rural Kentucky in the late 70′s and early 80′s, listening to David Bowie wasn’t considered cool by almost anyone’s standards. Those friends that did think I was cool for challenging the social norms by listening to an … Continue reading