CHECK OUT THE AMERICAN DREAM
30th August 2001
Here's the tracklisting for the soon-to-be released soundtrack from the 'Training Day' movie featuring DAVID BOWIE and P. Diddy performing a new song 'American Dream'.
01. Keep Your Eyes Open (film dialogue).
02. Krumbsnatcha featuring M.O.P.: 'W.O.L.V.E.S'.
03. Golden State featuring Xzibit: 'Bounce, Rock, Golden State'.
04. Dr. Dre and DJ Quik, co-starring Mimi: 'Put It On Me'.
05. Nelly: '#1'.
06. Pharoahe Monch: 'F*** You'.
07. C Murder and Trick Daddy: 'Watch The Police'.
08. The Lox: 'Dirty Ryders'.
09. Napalm: 'Crooked Cop'.
10. P. Diddy and the Bad Boy Family featuring David Bowie: 'American Dream'.
11. Cypress Hill featuring Kokane: 'Greed'.
12. The Clipse featuring The Neptunes: 'Guns N' Roses'.
13. Gang Starr: 'The Squeeze'.
14. King Jacob and Professor: 'Let Us Go'.
15. Roscoe: 'Training Day (In My Hood)'.
16. Soldier B: 'Protect Your Head'.
17. Mark Mancina: 'Wolf Or Sheep'.You can listen to a 30 second preview clip of 'American Dream' by P. Diddy and the Bad Boy Family featuring David Bowie with RealPlayer or Windows Media Player on 28k, 56k and 100k by visiting www.priorityrecords.com/trainingdaysoundtrack/.
Released by Priority Records on September 11th it seems there will be two versions of the soundtrack album avaliable... a clean version and an explicit lyrics soundtrack.
You can pre-order the album here and have it delivered to your door on the day of release.
Thanks to pointers from Bianca and Alecz.
HELLO CULTURE ON S4C
28th August 2001
If you unfortunately missed the episode of 'HELLO CULTURE' on Channel 4 television last week, you've still got the opportunity to catch it on the Welsh Channel 4 (S4C) on Tuesday 4th September at 01:10 to 02:05 (55 minutes long).
Matthew Collings writes and presents a series about modern culture and its links to the past - from the romantic poets to contemporary pop. He examines how the idea of the celebrity began with Lord Byron and traces the links between the Romantic poet and DAVID BOWIE, before becoming a celebrity himself in the pages of OK! magazine.
The programmes featured several clips of David, along with two previously unseen snippets from Victoria Railway Station in May 1976.
PAINTER THANKS FAME TO BOWIE
27th August 2001
Featured in the Daily Mail the other day was the news headline... 'Bowie digs my painting'.
A former gravedigger has hit the big time on the US art scene after one of his paintings was snapped up DAVID BOWIE. The pop star snapped up the work of Ian Scott, 43, from Wick, who now lives in New York. But Ian has refused to reveal how much he paid. After leaving Wick High School, Ian had several jobs, including gravedigging, before studying art at Duncan of Jordanstone College, Dundee. He is returning to his home town for an exhibition of his work in St Fergus Gallery, Wick, from September 4th to 29th.
From Zigster.
AND MY ESSAYS LYING SCATTERED ON THE FLOOR
25th August 2001
OK get your pens, pencils and notebooks together... DAVID BOWIE was nominated for the Lifetime Achievement Award. In 500 words or less explain 'Why David Bowie should recieve the Lifetime Achievement Award from N.A.R.A.S.'
The winning entry will be presented by Carlos Alomar Vice-Chairman of N.A.R.A.S.
Please send all entries to: carlosalomardream@hotmail.com or post your entry on the CarlosAlomarDream Messageboard at this URL: http://www.geocities.com/carlosalomardream.
From Bladz (DreamShaft).
IT DOESN'T MATTER WHO YOU ARE...
25th August 2001
Interesting question and answer article about MAXWELL'S upcoming album...
On his first two albums, 1996's 'Maxwell's Urban Hang Suite' and 1998's 'Embrya,' modern R&B pioneer Maxwell used his bedroom-seductive voice and fascination with such icons as Prince and Marvin Gaye to carefully craft sensual worlds.
Q: Many of your new songs have that semi-innocent/semi-swaggering sexiness of Prince in his heyday.
A: Oh, yeah. He's the one. His shadow sort of reigns over everyone. He kicked the door wide open for so many. People like him, Sly Stone, Curtis [Mayfield], when you listen to them, it's like listening to DAVID BOWIE. You can [almost] hear him saying, "It doesn't matter who you are, what color you are, what neighborhood you came from. Your variables can add up to this if you want them to."
You can read the full article here. From The Lodger.
BECKENHAM PLAN TO SALUTE DAVID BOWIE
22nd August 2001
The Beckenham Town Centre Residents Association with over two thousand members in Beckenham, Kent are planning to celebrate and recognise DAVID BOWIE'S association with their town where he lived for almost five years between 1969 and 1973.
Their aim is to recognise the fact that during this period, he performed and developed his musical talents in the Arts Lab which was held in The Three Tuns pub in the High Street, and that in 1972, he achieved stardom with the birth of Ziggy Stardust, the character developed when he lived in Haddon Hall in Southend Road. Along with the hairstyle that launched Ziggy was cut by local hair stylist Suzi Fussey, who was working in a hair salon in Beckenham High Street.
Their proposals include the placement of a plaque on the wall of the Three Tuns pub and celebrating with a party featuring a tribute band, who will be playing some of his greatest hits in the same place in the pub where he performed some thirty years previously. Of course lavishly decorated with Bowie posters and photos on the walls inside.
Their proposals have gained much momentum and now involve, as well as the CCARA, the Beckenham Town Centre Manager representing Bromley Council and the managers and new owners of the pub. The owners, Noble House Pub Company, have expressed considerable interest and it is likely that the famous pub, presently known as the Rat & Parrot, will revert to the name The Three Tuns. Tammy, the pub owner, says that there is a lot interest in the project shown by customers and visitors.
With so many people involved, it will take time to finalise things and it may be that the celebrations will not take place until 2002 - the 30th anniversary of the birth of Ziggy Stardust. I will be very pleased to keep you further informed as our plans develop and attach a draft copy of proposed plaque which will be hand cast in raised aluminium and approximately 20" square.
Yours sincerely
Cliff Watkins CCARA (Copers Cope Area Residents Association)
Beckenham, Kent.
SCREAMING ALONG IN SOUTH LONDON
21st August 2001
BUDDHA OF SUBURBIA the brilliant drama series by Hanif Kureishi about a young Anglo-Indian man's sexual and political initiation during the mid-1970s is to be rebroadcast on BBC Knowledge Channel starting this coming Friday (24th August) at 21:00.
Karim Amir, born and bred in the South London suburbs, is looking for action of any kind... but when his father becomes a guru to the suburban middle classes, Karim's life is completely transformed, featuring music from DAVID BOWIE.
Starring: Roshan Seth, Naveen Andrews, Susan Fleetwood, Steven Mackintosh, Brenda Blethyn, John McEnery. The schedule runs as follows:
21:00 on Friday 24th August. Duration: 1 hour.
22:00 on Friday 24th August. Duration: 1 hour.
00:00 on Saturday 25th August. Duration: 1 hour.
01:00 on Saturday 25th August. Duration: 1 hour.
21:00 on Saturday 25th August. Duration: 1 hour and 5 mins.
22:05 on Saturday 25th August. Duration: 1 hour.
23:30 on Monday 27th August. Duration: 1 hour.
00:40 on Wednesday 29th August. Duration: 1 hour.
23:40 on Wednesday 29th August. Duration: 1 hour and 5 mins.
00:40 on Friday 31st August. Duration: 1 hour.See more UK Bowie TV listings on the monthly planner pages.
BBC AMERICA GO BOWIE CRAZY!
17th August 2001
Reminder: You Americans better buy as much video tape as you can carry this month as BBC AMERICA are broadcasting a bumper crop of DAVID BOWIE programmes TOMORROW Saturday 18th August through till 24th August. The nineteen programmes (including repeats) range from 'Bowie at the Beeb' and 'Cracked Actor', to Later With Jools Holland and The Man Who Fell To Earth movie, the full schedule is as follows:
Check out the BBCAmerica website for more details and competition prizes.18th August - Saturday
08:00 pm ET - BBC America, Bowie at the Beeb.
09:30 pm ET - BBC America, Bowie at the Beeb.
11:00 pm ET - BBC America, Later With Jools Holland featuring David Bowie.19th August - Sunday
12:00 am ET - BBC America, The Man Who Fell To Earth.
03:00 am ET - BBC America, Bowie at the Beeb.
04:30 am ET - BBC America, David Bowie: A Little Later With Jools Holland.
02:00 pm ET - BBC America, Bowie at the Beeb.
03:30 pm ET - BBC America, Bowie at the Beeb.
05:00 pm ET - BBC America, Later With Jools Holland featuring David Bowie.
08:00 pm ET - BBC America, Cracked Actor: David Bowie.
09:00 pm ET - BBC America, Bowie at the Beeb.
10:30 pm ET - BBC America, Cracked Actor: David Bowie.
11:30 pm ET - BBC America, The Man Who Fell to Earth.20th August - Monday
02:30 am ET - BBC America, The Man Who Fell To Earth.
05:30 am ET - BBC America, David Bowie: A Little Later.23rd August - Thursday
08:00 pm ET - BBC America, Bowie at the Beeb.
09:30 pm ET - BBC America, Bowie at the Beeb.24th August - Friday
12:00 am ET - BBC America, Bowie at the Beeb.
01:30 am ET - BBC America, Bowie at the Beeb.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY ALEXANDRIA!!!
15th August 2001
Happy 1st Birthday Alexandria!
Have a wonderfully happy day!
Best wishes and lots of love
Paul, Dawn, Michael and Jade xxxx
HAPPY BIRTHDAY DAWN!!!
15th August 2001
Happy Birthday Mrs. Rednik!
Put your feet up! I'll make breakfast!
Many happy returns of the day and lots of love as always
Paul, Michael and Jade xxx
AND ZIGGY PLAYED GUITAR: THE SOUND & VISION DAVID BOWIE
15th August 2001
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THE BITS FLEW FAR AND WIDE
15th August 2001
DAVID BOWIE is featured on Glastonbury 2000 - Part 2 on French television on the MCM channel tomorrow (August 16th) at 8:30pm (from Luna)...
On August 21st RUSTIC OVERTONES will be performing live on The Daily Beat TV show on Metro Channel in New York City. They are offering FREE audience tickets. Audience members need to arrive at the studio, located across from Madison Square Garden, at 4:15 pm sharp. Show is over at 6:00pm. Please call 212-324-8718 or e-mail lmastand@msgmetro.com as soon as possible to reserve your FREE tickets to see Rustic Overtones...
DIDDY BOWIE AND THE AMERICAN DREAM
13th August 2001
Update on the "reworking" of 'This Is Not America' by DAVID BOWIE and P. DIDDY & THE BAD BOY FAMILY... the new song is tentatively entitled 'American Dream' and will be released by 'P. Diddy and The Bad Boy Family featuring David Bowie'. The track which contains elements of This Is Not America will be featured on the 'Training Day' soundtrack through Priority Records, scheduled for release on 11th September.
Info via TBB @ BowieNet.
BOWIE ARTWORK FOR SALE
13th August 2001
The Italian graphic artist, Monica Franceschi, who has done illustrations, logos, pictures created with digital programs, decorations for scenography and cd covers for music artists, has put some of her artwork on sale at ArtistHotel. Take a look at her DAVID BOWIE and Jimi Hendrix artwork: http://www.artisthotel.com/art4sale/.Each work of art is unique. There exists NO reprodution of these paintings.
From Jens Christensen @ www.artisthotel.com.
LITTLE WONDER TRIBUTE TONIGHT
9th August 2001
The DAVID BOWIE tribute band LITTLE WONDER play TONIGHT (Thursday) 9th August @ Jongleurs, Bow Wharf, 221 Grove Road, Bow, London. Doors open at 8.30.
More information at their website @ www.changesbowie.co.uk
FROM IBIZA... GOING DOWN A STORM
8th August 2001
'From Ibiza To The Norfolk Broads' is the Critic's Choice in the Sunday Times, and they have just received 5 stars in THREE WEEKS, the Official Fringe Magazine. This is the highest star rating possible, and only one other show has received this accolade so far.
Here's the Review... (on-line at www.threeweeks.co.uk)
Three Weeks Review (The Official Edinburgh Festival Magazine).
From Ibiza To The Norfolk Broads.
Tiny Dynamite and The Bull TheatreAs any 'Sane' person knows David Bowie is God. Martin (the superb Alex Clark), temporarily holed up in a mental ward with an eating disorder knows it and surrounds himself with Ziggy Stardust and all the trimmings. Offering up oblates of paintings and letters to the androgynous superstar, he conveniently forgets (as surely we all do) that duff late 80s period. With enough parochial in-jokes to keep the obsessives happy, 'From Ibiza To The Norfolk Broads' never recedes into over-punning and the plainly fanatic director shirks no responsibility in this bleak tale of suicide, self-mutilation and family crises - all devastatingly punctuated with prime cuts of Bowie. Aside from the odd clunky discussion of 'ethics', this is a memorable show, a worthy depiction of anyone who has ever turned to their record collection in despair.
***** 5 stars
Details: C Venue, 1 - 26 Aug, 23:00, (00.35); £7.50 (£5.50), fpp 125.
Reviewer: Phil Maynard.
DAVID... YOUR DAILY STAR
7th August 2001
Today's issue of UK newspaper the DAILY STAR (Tuesday) contains a half page colour photograph of DAVID BOWIE and SEAN 'P. DIDDY' COMBS (aka Puff Daddy) working in his studio on a new version of 'This Is Not America' for the soundtrack of the upcoming movie 'Training Day'.
A dashing David, looking tanned and blonde, got an invite around to 'Daddy's House' to play in Puffy's studio, purpose built at his New York home.
(Photograph copyright: Mission Pictures).
TOP DOG SIGN UP BOWIE
7th August 2001
DAVID BOWIE has signed to production company Top Dog Films. The singer will shoot adverts and promotional videos for the American company. He joins a number of other well-known names at the company.
Top Dog already boasts Tim Roth, Angelica Huston, Dennis Hopper, Oliver Stone and Gary Oldman on its roster, reports the Creative Review.
See this story on the web here.
FACE TO FACE THIS TIME
6th August 2001
"What's changed but the name?" P. DIDDY asks in his new single, "Bad Boy For Life." Well, apparently he's also devised a new creative formula for making hits.
"No, we're not doing a remake," Diddy told MTV News earlier this month. Diddy was in his Daddy's House studio working with DAVID BOWIE on a new version of Bowie's 1985 cut "This Is Not America" for the "Training Day" soundtrack.
"I am moving forward as a producer and as an artist," PD explained. "I just don't want to sample a record and call up David and we just do the same thing and somebody raps on it. It's a totally different track."
"I'm in the studio recording with Sean," Bowie said, backing up his collaborator. "We're doing live vocals. It's not really so much like a sampling kind of affair. The first time we did it we had a lot fun, it was kind of cool, but we might as well have phoned in our performances, because it was done 2,000, 3,000 miles apart. This time, really, it's like a nice thing."
Bowie was referring to "Been Around the World," off of Puff Daddy (news - web sites)'s No Way Out LP, where Puff jacked the track from Bowie's "Let's Dance."
"This version's definitely got a menace," Bowie said of "This Is Not America." "The beats will be very interesting because it's definitely moved on from what you'd expect. There's a fast techno flavor to it. It's got an aggression to it that really reflects the movie, which I think is a good thing."
"This Is Not America" originally appeared on the soundtrack to the Sean Penn/Timothy Hutton film "The Falcon and the Snowman."
"Training Day" stars Denzel Washington as a veteran police officer trying to school his rookie partner, Ethan Hawke, about the gritty streets they watch over. The movie's director, Antoine Fuqua, suggested the Bowie/Diddy collaboration.
"He had this idea to do something that kind of followed the theme of the famous David Bowie track," PD said. "So when I listened to it, I was like, 'you know I am interested in doing it,' but I just want to do something that's now.
"And also," he added, "I wanted to make sure it helped out with the movie. 'Cause right now when people do soundtracks I just think at times it's just a bunch of records, nobody is making a record in mind for the soundtrack like it used to be."
Diddy, like the rest of us, will get to see if his peers follow his thematic cohesiveness when the soundtrack hits stores on September 11 and the movie arrives in theaters 10 days later. Although the soundtrack is still being put together, most of the songs have been submitted. Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg, who also appear in the film, will be heard with "Cops DR2" and "I Can't Take It," respectively. Meanwhile, C-Murder and Trick Daddy combine for a remake of N.W.A's groundbreaking "F--- Tha Police" with "Watch the Police." The soundtrack's producers have also dug in the vault for Tupac and the Outlaw's "Letter to the Pres." Gang Starr, Pharoahe Monch, the LOX, Nelly and Cypress Hill will also be featured.
From SonicNet.com.
TOTAL GUITAR BOWIE GUITARISTS
4th August 2001
The current issue of TOTAL GUITAR magazine (#87 Summer) features this amazing DAVID BOWIE front cover, along with a tremendous eleven page feature on guitarists that have worked with the man.
David has worked with more than his fair share of amazing guitarists, the feature looks at some of the most exciting and what they brought to his music. Guitarists included are Stevie Ray Vaughan, Nile Rodgers, Robert Fripp, Mick Ronson, Reeves Gabrels, Adrian Belew, Earl Slick, Jimmy Page, Marc Bolan, Carlos Alomar, John Lennon, Pete Townshend and Peter Frampton. Besides written overviews on each guitarist, there are also some gorgeous photographs.
And at last, finally! One of the best opening paragraph statements I have read in ages...
The idea of David Bowie as a 'musical chameleon' is one of the most over-used clichés of rock. And, unlike many clichés, it's not even true: chameleons blend into their surroundings, while Bowie has often been ahead of the pack, forging a new kind of music, challenging the established notions of a genre, not trying to exploit then. David Bowie is no straightforward bandwagon jumper.
The songs transcribed, tabbed and covered in detail are: China Girl, The Jean Genie, Sound and Vision, Scary Monsters and Survive. Also featured on the cover mounted tutorial CD are:
The Jean Genie - intro/verse, intro/verse backing, solo, solo backing.
Scary Monsters - intro, intro backing, solo, solo backing.
Sound and Vision - intro, intro backing.
Survive - solo/bridge, solo/bridge backing.
China Girl - intro/verse (Bowie), intro/verse backing, bridge 2 and bridge 1, bridge 2 and bridge 1 backing, SRV solo, SRV solo backing.
NOW FRAN RAPPED ALL NIGHT
4th August 2001
TRAVIS are to release a cover of the DAVID BOWIE classic, 'All The Young Dudes'. The cover, recorded live at Glasgow Barrowlands, is to be the b-side of the new single 'Side', the second from 'The Invisible Band', to be released on September 17th.
The single release will also feature a cover of the Bob Dylan song 'You're A Big Girl Now', and a song penned by guitarist Andy Dunlop, entitled 'Ancient Train'. The full tracklisting of Side, released through Independiente on September 17th, is as follows:
CD1
1. Side.
2. Driftwood (Live at Glasgow Barrowlands).
3. All The Young Dudes (Live at Glasgow Barrowlands).CD2
1. Side.
2. You're A Big Girl Now.
3. Ancient Train.Another Scottish band doing the David Bowie cover rounds are SIMPLE MINDS... their next album 'Neon Lights' scheduled for release in October features their cover version of 'The Man Who Sold The World'.
The full tracklisting is:
From EB.
01. Gloria - Van Morrison (3:44).
02. The Man Who Sold The World - David Bowie (4:06).
03. Homosapien - Pete Shelly (4:19).
04. Dancing Barefoot - Patti Smith (3:48).
05. Neon Lights - Kraftwerk (4:16).
06. Hello, I Love You - The Doors (3:31).
07. Bring On The Dancing Horses - Echo And The Bunnymen (5:51).
08. The Needle And The Damage Done - Neil Young (4:13).
09. For Your Pleasure - Roxy Music (4:19).
10. All Tomorrow's Parties - The Velvet Underground (3:32).
2002 BOWIE CALENDARS NOW AVAILABLE
3rd August 2001
The new 2002 DAVID BOWIE calendar is now ready to order. All calendars are 15"x12" and have one picture per month. As you can see by clicking here, there are some fabulous photographs for next year.
Flyposters.co.uk are retailing them now priced at only $9.99 including postage to anywhere in the world.
Thanks to Bianca for the pointer.
MORE ON DAVID AND DIDDY
1st August 2001
DAVID BOWIE and Sean Combes have collaborated on a version of the rock icon's classic track 'This Is Not America'. The track will be featured on the hip-hop soundtrack to forthcoming film Training Day. Other soundtrack artists will include Nelly, The Lox, Snoop Dogg, Gang Starr, The Clipse featuring The Neptunes, Napalm, Roscoe, Pharoahe Monch and Dr Dre.
Training Day tells the story of a veteran Los Angeles narcotics police officer who guides an idealistic rookie through his first day with the LAPD's tough inner-city narcotics unit. It stars Oscar-winning actor Denzel Washington and Ethan Hawke. It is directed by Antoine Fuqua and produced by Jeffrey Silver and Bobby Newmyer. The movie from Warner Brothers opens 21st September 2001.
Speaking to MTV News earlier this month Diddy said: "No, we're not doing a remake." Diddy was in his Daddy's House studio working with David Bowie on a new version of Bowie's 1985 cut "This Is Not America" for the "Training Day" soundtrack. "I am moving forward as a producer and as an artist," PD explained. "I just don't want to sample a record and call up David and we just do the same thing and somebody raps on it. It's a totally different track." "I just don't want to sample a record and call up David and we just do the same thing and somebody raps on it. It's a totally different track." - P. Diddy.
"I'm in the studio recording with Sean," Bowie said, backing up his collaborator. "We're doing live vocals. It's not really so much like a sampling kind of affair. The first time we did it we had a lot fun, it was kind of cool, but we might as well have phoned in our performances, because it was done 2,000, 3,000 miles apart. This time, really, it's like a nice thing." Bowie was referring to "Been Around the World," off of Puff Daddy's No Way Out LP, where Puff jacked the track from Bowie's "Let's Dance."
"This version's definitely got a menace," Bowie said of 'This Is Not America'... "The beats will be very interesting because it's definitely moved on from what you'd expect. There's a fast techno flavor to it. It's got an aggression to it that really reflects the movie, which I think is a good thing."
"This Is Not America" originally appeared on the soundtrack to the Sean Penn/Timothy Hutton film "The Falcon and the Snowman."
The movie's director, Antoine Fuqua, suggested the Bowie/Diddy collaboration. "He had this idea to do something that kind of followed the theme of the famous David Bowie track," PD said. "So when I listened to it, I was like, 'you know I am interested in doing it,' but I just want to do something that's now. "And also," he added, "I wanted to make sure it helped out with the movie. 'Cause right now when people do soundtracks I just think at times it's just a bunch of records, nobody is making a record in mind for the soundtrack like it used to be."
Diddy, like the rest of us, will get to see if his peers follow his thematic cohesiveness when the soundtrack hits stores on September 11 and the movie arrives in theatres 10 days later.
Training Day will be released in the UK later in the year.
EDINBURGH FRINGE FESTIVAL 2001
1st August 2001
Featuring in the programme of events for this year's EDINBURGH FRINGE FESTIVAL, which runs from 5th August to 27th August, is a double whammy which will feature the DAVID BOWIE cabaret show DARKNESS AND DISGRACE on 13th-27th August at the Fringe's premier venue The Pleasance venue at 12.15pm every night. Tickets will be £7.50. Read the excellent show reviews here from the London performances at Rosemary Branch Theatre.
Copies of the Fringe programme, which will cost around £2, can be ordered by calling the hotline number 0907 159 2001, and the full listings will be available at www.edfringe.com from 5th June.
Also appearing at the festival is the excellent play FROM IBIZA TO THE NORFOLK BROADS written and directed by Adrian Berry, which runs every night from 1st-26th August at 11.00pm for 26 performances at: C (Venue 34), Adam House, Chambers Street, Edinburgh. Tickets priced £7.50 / £5.50 conc - Box Office: 0131 225 5105.
You can read some past reviews and interviews here:
No Control - an interview with Adrian Berry. When I Live My Dream - an interview with Alex Clarke.
RADIO TO THE POWER OF X
1st August July 2001
DAVID BOWIE, Snoop Dogg and B.B. King fall from the sky and land in the oddest places in TBWA/Chiat/Day's first work for XM Satellite Radio. The $45 million campaign breaks on August 10th with a 60-second theatre spot that features the musical icons. Bowie crashes through the roof of a motel, Snoop through the roof of a skyscraper (landing in an office of cubicles), and King through a barn.
In each case, the star's arrival is foreshadowed by a shower of objects that represents a type of radio programming. For example, basketballs, baseballs and footballs connote "sports," while trombones, French horns and a piano symbolise "classical." The tagline is: "Radio to the power of X."
In addition to the theater ad, the Playa del Rey, Calif. shop produced seven 30-second TV spots, some of which expand upon the theatre effort. That campaign also includes print spreads, billboards, radio spots and direct mail. The TV spots will break September 12th in two markets - San Diego and Dallas - Fort Worth - before expanding to the South west in October and rolling out nationally in November.
According to XM President and CEO Hugh Panero, "We intend to change radio the way cable and DBS changed television, by providing compelling entertainment choices to consumers. Twenty years ago next week, MTV launched with the song 'Video Killed the Radio Star.' We are here today to tell you that XM will bring radio back to life."
XM's 100-channel lineup will feature 71 music channels and 29 news, talk, sports and entertainment channels - all for a monthly service fee of $9.99. XM's carefully constructed channel lineup is designed to satisfy every imaginable musical taste as well as introduce a stellar lineup of news, talk, sports and entertainment programming from the most popular and well-known media brand names.
BBC AMERICA GO BOWIE CRAZY!
1st August 2001
You Americans better buy as much video tape as you can carry this month as BBC AMERICA are broadcasting a bumper crop of DAVID BOWIE programmes this month from 18th August through till 24th August.
The nineteen programmes (including repeats) range from 'Bowie at the Beeb' and 'Cracked Actor', to Later With Jools Holland and The Man Who Fell To Earth movie, the full schedule is as follows:
Check the August Monthly Planner for more events and full details.18th August - Saturday
08:00 pm ET - BBC America, Bowie at the Beeb.
09:30 pm ET - BBC America, Bowie at the Beeb.
11:00 pm ET - BBC America, Later With Jools Holland featuring David Bowie.19th August - Sunday
12:00 am ET - BBC America, The Man Who Fell To Earth.
03:00 am ET - BBC America, Bowie at the Beeb.
04:30 am ET - BBC America, David Bowie: A Little Later With Jools Holland.
02:00 pm ET - BBC America, Bowie at the Beeb.
03:30 pm ET - BBC America, Bowie at the Beeb.
05:00 pm ET - BBC America, Later With Jools Holland featuring David Bowie.
08:00 pm ET - BBC America, Cracked Actor: David Bowie.
09:00 pm ET - BBC America, Bowie at the Beeb.
10:30 pm ET - BBC America, Cracked Actor: David Bowie.
11:30 pm ET - BBC America, The Man Who Fell to Earth.20th August - Monday
02:30 am ET - BBC America, The Man Who Fell To Earth.
05:30 am ET - BBC America, David Bowie: A Little Later.23rd August - Thursday
08:00 pm ET - BBC America, Bowie at the Beeb.
09:30 pm ET - BBC America, Bowie at the Beeb.24th August - Friday
12:00 am ET - BBC America, Bowie at the Beeb.
01:30 am ET - BBC America, Bowie at the Beeb.
BY GEORGE IT'S BOY BOWIE!
1st August 2001
BOY GEORGE is to imitate DAVID BOWIE for the next celebrity 'Stars In Their Eyes' programme. Apparently he wanted to get everything right and did his own costume and got some top wig guy over from the States to get the Aladdin Sane mullet pukka.
Others celebrities included the programme are Steps star Claire Richards as Karen Carpenter, A1 as The Beatles, Sonique as Donna Summer, and Belinda Carlisle as Connie Francis. The show has been recorded and will be screened later this year.
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