MARCH 1998 - DAVID BOWIE NEWS
BOWICON98 - Update
26th March 1998
The 1998 David Bowie Convention 'BOWICON98' takes place in Bedford, UK, on Saturday, 6th June. Starting at 2pm until midnight, the event will feature two special auctions, one with "an-out-of-the-ordinary" DAVID BOWIE donated item, the other auction will be Carlton Sandercock's Bowie collection (Trident Records).
There will also be competitions, a raffle with Bowie prizes, Bowie videos projected on to a 20' x 10' screen, a Bowie disco, karaoke, trading stalls and live music by tribute band THE VISITORS, and lots more. Included in the ticket price is a free cold buffet and a licensed bar.
Tickets are available now priced £12.50 and are selling fast.
IMPORTANT: Please book before 1st May. This is a ticket only event and none will be on sale at the venue.
MODERN PAINTERS MAGAZINE OUT NOW
26th March 1998
The New York Special Spring Issue of MODERN PAINTERS featuring DB on the cover and an interview with JEFF KOONS is on sale now.
TRACK LIST: THE BEST OF DB 1974-1979
25th March 1998
The UK April release of EMI's second compilation THE BEST OF DAVID BOWIE 1974-1979 features the following track listing:
..1. Sound And Vision
..2. Golden Years
..3. Fame
..4. Young Americans
..5. John I'm Only Dancing (Again)
..6. Can You Hear Me
..7. Wild Is The Wind
..8. Knock On Wood (Live)
..9. TVC 15
10. 1984
11. It's Hard To Be A Saint In The City
12. Look Back In Anger
13. The Secret Life Of Arabia
14. DJ
15. Beauty And The Beast
16. Breaking Glass
17. Boys Keep Swinging
18. "Heroes"
NEW LIVE ALBUM DUE
19th March 1998
The new live album from the EARTHLING Tour, mixed by REEVES GABRELS and MARK PLATI is set for release in May/June.
EXCLUSIVE DAVID BOWIE COMPETITION!
4th March 1998
LITTLE WONDERWORLD is to launch a FREE to enter DAVID BOWIE competition later this month.
The winner will receive a unique prize. If you are a David Bowie fan do not under any circumstances miss this opportunity! Full details shortly.
WAR CHILD PHONE CARDS
9th March 1998
WAR CHILD and WORLDCALL have produced superb five limited edition collectors phone cards in conjunction with the artists DAVID BOWIE, Kate Bush, Underworld, Graham Coxon (Blur), Peter Gabriel.
These PHONE CARDS are available by telephoning the Worldcall Phone Credit Card Hotline on 0800 496 5656.
Worldcall Plc, Global Operations, Wembley Point, Wembley HA9 6DE, England. Tel: 0181 900 9990.
At only £10 per card, with War Child receiving £1 for each one sold, these PHONE CARDS are great value for money and will increase in value in collectors market in the very near future. BUT the most important point of all is that you are helping a worldwide childrens' charity, of which David Bowie is one of the patrons.
Visit the War Child web site now.
GOLDIE INTERVIEW
9th March 1998
Excerpt from a GOLDIE interview:
DAVID BOWIE was perhaps a lot easier to convince to go into the studio with Goldie. In fact, if the Thin White Duke's recent insatiable thirst for all things junglist are anything to go by, it's fair to say that he probably jumped at the chance to collaborate. It's also fair to say that he would have been a lot happier had the track been a breakbeat arrangement. In fact, Truth is a ballad without beats. However, the Bowie track is a lot more significant than simply being a collision between two of the most striking icons of their respective generations. Truth was recorded at Trident Studios in Soho, the studio where Ziggy Stardust was recorded and more recently home of Rob Playford and his Moving Shadow imprint.
Working with Bowie was just insane, man, laughs Goldie. I was in the control room and he was in the room just standing there in front of the mic, chain-smoking cigarettes. So I was basically directing him, telling him what I could see in my head. He was great, totally tuned in. He's the other side of the glass and I'm telling him what to do. I tell you what, I was laughing my bollocks off, man. I mean, David Bowie being told what to do by me!
THE REAL SEVENTIES
4th March 1998
The April edition of Q magazine features a Seventies special feature. It includes a two page article on DAVID and IGGY POP in Berlin and a one page photo special entitled "There's Only 10 David Bowie's".
BEST 50 ALBUMS OF THE 70's
4th March 1998
Q magazine selects its Top 50 albums of the 70s. The results concerning DB were:
11. The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust.
19. Hunky Dory.
22. Transformer.
28. Lust For Life.
30. Low.
NEW BOWIE FANZINE
4th March 1998
Issue No. 1 of a new fanzine entitled WOWIE IT'S BOWIE is available now.
Send £2 plus SAE to: Robert Budd, 27 Berkerly Avenue, Clayhill, Essex, IG5 0UO, England, United Kingdom.
ARTAID '98 EXHIBITION
1st March 1998
DB HEAD 97 is the piece contributed by DAVID to the ArtAid '98 exhibition at City Art Centre, 2 Market Street, Edinburgh, Scotland.
To mark their tenth anniversary, Crusaid Scotland present this outstanding fundraising exhibition to help raise monies for AIDS.
Artists in the exhibition include: John Bellany, David Bowie, Steven Campbell, Maggie Hambling, Howard Hodgkin, Peter Howson, Eduardo Paolozzi, Alison Wilding plus many other acclaimed artists.
David's artwork is available at £2,200. Catalogues are priced at £10 from the gallery, featuring a reproduction of DB Head 97 piece.
Visit the excellent City Art Centre web site.