CRACKED ACTOR AT HAMMERSMITH 4K UPGRADE
“I’m stiff on my legend, The films that I made…”
In case you hadn’t noticed it on the official Bowie YouTube channel (or on our Linktree) yet, Cracked Actor from the upgraded Ziggy’s last stand at Hammersmith on 3rd July 1973 has now been uploaded: https://youtu.be/qOwzYACo5oA (Linktree in bio)
As you know, Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars: The Motion Picture will be available on 2CD & Blu-ray, 2CD, 2LP Limited Edition Gold Vinyl set & Standard and High-Resolution Digital.
Pre-order your copy now from https://lnk.to/DB-ZS (Linktree in bio)
#Ziggy50 #BowieHammersmithOdeon50th #ZiggyMoPi
MOONAGE DAYDREAM AT HAMMERSMITH 4K UPGRADE
“I’m an alligator…”
Ahead of next week’s release, the sublime Moonage Daydream is the latest upgraded video to be uploaded to YouTube: https://youtu.be/6pXoQ6iYO1w
Those already familiar will possibly agree that this performance is among Mick Ronson’s crowning moments. What a solo!
Pre-order Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars: The Motion Picture here: https://lnk.to/Ziggy50
(Linktree in bio)
#Ziggy50 #BowieHammersmithOdeon50th #ZiggyMoPi
FAVOURITE BOWIE VIDEO POLL ENDS MIDNIGHT MONDAY
“Now Leon, He couldn’t wait for 12 o’clock midnight…”
If you’ve been tearing your hair out trying to settle on your top five favourite Bowie videos, you may be pleased to learn that you can stop torturing yourself.
We gave you the near impossible task of asking you to vote for your top five, wherein #1 is awarded 5 points and #5 would score 1 point.
We had a great response, but we’re closing the poll midnight Monday, wherever you are.
If you still want to contribute, EMAIL YOUR CHOICES to [email protected] with a subject line of: MY FIVE FAVOURITE BOWIE VIDEOS.
ONLY ONE ENTRY PER PERSON, multiple entries will be disqualified.
Don’t forget, it’s just for fun, and we’ll post the results here with a countdown to the top spot in the coming days.
Please indicate if you’d rather your name wasn’t used when we post the results.
If you need a memory jog, you can watch the majority of David Bowie’s official music videos here: https://lnk.to/DavidBowieOfficialVideos (Linktree in bio)
📸 Masayoshi Sukita 2002
#MyFavouriteBowieVideos
Bowie by Clive Arrowsmith 1977
#BowieReflections
Ziggy at Haddon Hall by Mick Rock, 1972. Timeless.
#BowieReflections
Ziggy at Haddon Hall by Mick Rock, 1972. Timeless.
#BowieReflections
HAPPY BIRTHDAY IMAN
Many happy returns of the day to @the_real_iman from everybody here at DBHQ, hope you’re having a wonderful celebration.
We know you’re a fan of the work of @renalabo_art so we thought we’d share their beautiful birthday greeting to you.
Fans of David and Iman should also check out @renalabo_art here on Instagram, if you’re not already familiar with it, some incredible images of both scattered throughout the gallery.
#ImanBirthday #imanhbd #BowieRenaLaboArt
FAVOURITE BOWIE VIDEO POLL RESULTS – PART THREE
“While colour lights up your face…”
Today’s video grab is from the David Mallet and David Bowie directed Let’s Dance, released forty years ago in 1983.
Mallet was responsible for the direction of more Bowie videos than any other director. In fact, he had a hand in four of today’s five selections.
Here’s the third batch of five in our countdown to #1, as voted for by you.
#12 – Let’s Dance 1983
#13 – Look Back In Anger 1979
#14 – Strangers When We Meet 1995
#15 – China Girl 1983
#16 – Loving The Alien 1985
Tune in tomorrow for Part Four.
#MyFavouriteBowieVideos
FAVOURITE BOWIE VIDEO POLL – UPDATE
“Bow-wow, woof woof, bow-wow, wow…”
The poll has closed, the votes are in and are being counted. We have been overwhelmed by the response to this and the reminder we posted triggered even more entries than the original post.
The vote counter at DBHQ has assured us that the results will be posted over the weekend. Please stop sending now as the poll closed over a week ago.
Meanwhile, why not try to guess the winning video in the comments section. Not necessarily the video you voted as your favourite, but the one you THINK will win.
So as not to give the impression that we’re hinting at the winning video, the image we have used is from a Polaroid taken by Herb Ritts in 1989 and there is no official video for Diamond Dogs.
#MyFavouriteBowieVideos
EASY STAR ALL-STARS ZIGGY STARDUB UK TOUR
“Then we were Ziggy’s band…”
It’s no surprise that David Bowie was a fan of reggae (he singled out both Forces Of Victory by Linton Kwesi Johnson and Funky Kingston by Toots And The Maytals in a list of his favourite albums), and though we would never want to second guess him, we have a hunch he would have enjoyed Ziggy Stardub by @EasyStarAllStars.
Reading through comments on socials, it seems many of you have given the thumbs up to this tribute to Bowie’s Ziggy Stardust album since its release in April.
Issued via Easy Star Records the LP features guest appearances from Macy Gray, Maxi Priest, Steel Pulse, Fishbone, Alex Lifeson (Rush) among many others.
If you’re in the UK over the next couple of weeks, you can catch the band behind the record, the superb Easy Star All-Stars, live around England.
Check out the official Easy Star All-Stars page for tickets and their other tributes: https://easystar.com/artists/easy-star-all-stars/#ontour (Linktree in bio)
While you’re there check out the following videos:
“Five Years” by Easy Star All-Stars with Steel Pulse
“Moonage Daydream” by Easy Star All-Stars featuring Naomi Cowan and Alex Lifeson
“Rock ‘N’ Roll Suicide” by Easy Star All-Stars featuring Macy Gray
#ZiggyStardub #EasyStarAllStars
EASY STAR ALL-STARS ZIGGY STARDUB UK TOUR
“Then we were Ziggy’s band…”
It’s no surprise that David Bowie was a fan of reggae (he singled out both Forces Of Victory by Linton Kwesi Johnson and Funky Kingston by Toots And The Maytals in a list of his favourite albums), and though we would never want to second guess him, we have a hunch he would have enjoyed Ziggy Stardub by @EasyStarAllStars.
Reading through comments on socials, it seems many of you have given the thumbs up to this tribute to Bowie’s Ziggy Stardust album since its release in April.
Issued via Easy Star Records the LP features guest appearances from Macy Gray, Maxi Priest, Steel Pulse, Fishbone, Alex Lifeson (Rush) among many others.
If you’re in the UK over the next couple of weeks, you can catch the band behind the record, the superb Easy Star All-Stars, live around England.
Check out the official Easy Star All-Stars page for tickets and their other tributes: https://easystar.com/artists/easy-star-all-stars/#ontour (Linktree in bio)
While you’re there check out the following videos:
“Five Years” by Easy Star All-Stars with Steel Pulse
“Moonage Daydream” by Easy Star All-Stars featuring Naomi Cowan and Alex Lifeson
“Rock ‘N’ Roll Suicide” by Easy Star All-Stars featuring Macy Gray
#ZiggyStardub #EasyStarAllStars
FAVOURITE BOWIE VIDEO POLL RESULTS – PART ONE
“As long as there’s you…”
Phew! Your votes have been counted, and the results collated. We have the winners!
But you didn’t think we were going to post them all in one go, did you? Oh no, we’ll be posting in batches of five per day with the final winning video announced on Friday.
That’s right, that makes 26 in all. Top 26 is the new Top 20 with inflation, and 26 might very well have been Bowie’s favourite number. Unlikely, but possible.
Obviously, there are many that didn’t make the Top 26 of official Bowie videos, but here are the last five of that 26 as voted by you.
#22 – Where Are We Now? 2013
#23 – Absolute Beginners 1986
#24 – Space Oddity 1972
#25 – The Jean Genie 1972
#26 – Be My Wife 1977
Space Oddity may have fared better, but we only counted votes that didn’t stipulate versions other than the accepted official video. So, votes for the original 1969 Love You Till Tuesday and the 1979 Kenny Everett Show versions of Space Oddity weren’t counted.
Tune in tomorrow for Part Two.
#MyFavouriteBowieVideos
PRODUCED BY TONY VISCONTI CD BOX DUE OCTOBER
“They can’t get enough of it all, Listen…”
A 77-track 4-CD box set called Produced By Tony Visconti is released on 20th October and is available to pre-order here now, including a strictly limited edition signed version: http://tonyvisconti.lnk.to/ProducedBy (Linktree in bio)
The set is a career-spanning look at the many artists Tony worked with across a period of more than fifty years.
It’s been said that Tony Visconti ‘probably produced one of your all-time favourite albums’. Now for the first time, Edsel is proud to present the first definitive retrospectives of the legendary Brooklyn-born record producer.
Naturally, one would expect David Bowie to be represented, and he is with the following 4 songs (one on each disc)…
Young Americans (2016 Remaster)
The Man Who Sold The World (2020 Mix)
I Would Be Your Slave
Memory of a Free Festival (2019 Mix)
Of the set, Tony says, “This boxset covers five and a half decades of my efforts in the art of making iconic recordings. Some of it is familiar and some will have a eureka moment, ‘I didn’t know Visconti produced that one!’”
Grammy-winning creatives @barnbrookstudio have designed the artwork, the first two images we have posted are not their work, the third is.
The second image of David in the studio was taken by Tony and is accompanied with a short excerpt of the text regarding I Would Be Your Slave.
The 4CD set is housed in a deluxe 80-page casebound book, with previously unseen photographs, an introduction by Tony, extensive track-by-track liner notes by author and journalist Mark Paytress (including track-by-track commentaries by Tony), and tributes from a selection of featured artists.
The audio for the sets has been mastered by Phil Kinrade at AIR Mastering and personally approved by Tony.
Produced By Tony Visconti is available in the following formats, though only the CD set contains Bowie tracks.
PRODUCED BY TONY VISCONTI (http://tonyvisconti.lnk.to/ProducedBy) (Linktree in bio)
DELUXE 4-CD 77-TRACK 7” BOXSET WITH 80 PAGE BOOK
STRICTLY LIMTED EDITION DELUXE 6-LP 60-TRACK BOXSET 60 PAGE BOOK
2-LP 14-TRACK WITH 12 PAGE BOOK
#BowieVisconti
PRODUCED BY TONY VISCONTI CD BOX DUE OCTOBER
“They can’t get enough of it all, Listen…”
A 77-track 4-CD box set called Produced By Tony Visconti is released on 20th October and is available to pre-order here now, including a strictly limited edition signed version: http://tonyvisconti.lnk.to/ProducedBy (Linktree in bio)
The set is a career-spanning look at the many artists Tony worked with across a period of more than fifty years.
It’s been said that Tony Visconti ‘probably produced one of your all-time favourite albums’. Now for the first time, Edsel is proud to present the first definitive retrospectives of the legendary Brooklyn-born record producer.
Naturally, one would expect David Bowie to be represented, and he is with the following 4 songs (one on each disc)…
Young Americans (2016 Remaster)
The Man Who Sold The World (2020 Mix)
I Would Be Your Slave
Memory of a Free Festival (2019 Mix)
Of the set, Tony says, “This boxset covers five and a half decades of my efforts in the art of making iconic recordings. Some of it is familiar and some will have a eureka moment, ‘I didn’t know Visconti produced that one!’”
Grammy-winning creatives @barnbrookstudio have designed the artwork, the first two images we have posted are not their work, the third is.
The second image of David in the studio was taken by Tony and is accompanied with a short excerpt of the text regarding I Would Be Your Slave.
The 4CD set is housed in a deluxe 80-page casebound book, with previously unseen photographs, an introduction by Tony, extensive track-by-track liner notes by author and journalist Mark Paytress (including track-by-track commentaries by Tony), and tributes from a selection of featured artists.
The audio for the sets has been mastered by Phil Kinrade at AIR Mastering and personally approved by Tony.
Produced By Tony Visconti is available in the following formats, though only the CD set contains Bowie tracks.
PRODUCED BY TONY VISCONTI (http://tonyvisconti.lnk.to/ProducedBy) (Linktree in bio)
DELUXE 4-CD 77-TRACK 7” BOXSET WITH 80 PAGE BOOK
STRICTLY LIMTED EDITION DELUXE 6-LP 60-TRACK BOXSET 60 PAGE BOOK
2-LP 14-TRACK WITH 12 PAGE BOOK
#BowieVisconti
PRODUCED BY TONY VISCONTI CD BOX DUE OCTOBER
“They can’t get enough of it all, Listen…”
A 77-track 4-CD box set called Produced By Tony Visconti is released on 20th October and is available to pre-order here now, including a strictly limited edition signed version: http://tonyvisconti.lnk.to/ProducedBy (Linktree in bio)
The set is a career-spanning look at the many artists Tony worked with across a period of more than fifty years.
It’s been said that Tony Visconti ‘probably produced one of your all-time favourite albums’. Now for the first time, Edsel is proud to present the first definitive retrospectives of the legendary Brooklyn-born record producer.
Naturally, one would expect David Bowie to be represented, and he is with the following 4 songs (one on each disc)…
Young Americans (2016 Remaster)
The Man Who Sold The World (2020 Mix)
I Would Be Your Slave
Memory of a Free Festival (2019 Mix)
Of the set, Tony says, “This boxset covers five and a half decades of my efforts in the art of making iconic recordings. Some of it is familiar and some will have a eureka moment, ‘I didn’t know Visconti produced that one!’”
Grammy-winning creatives @barnbrookstudio have designed the artwork, the first two images we have posted are not their work, the third is.
The second image of David in the studio was taken by Tony and is accompanied with a short excerpt of the text regarding I Would Be Your Slave.
The 4CD set is housed in a deluxe 80-page casebound book, with previously unseen photographs, an introduction by Tony, extensive track-by-track liner notes by author and journalist Mark Paytress (including track-by-track commentaries by Tony), and tributes from a selection of featured artists.
The audio for the sets has been mastered by Phil Kinrade at AIR Mastering and personally approved by Tony.
Produced By Tony Visconti is available in the following formats, though only the CD set contains Bowie tracks.
PRODUCED BY TONY VISCONTI (http://tonyvisconti.lnk.to/ProducedBy) (Linktree in bio)
DELUXE 4-CD 77-TRACK 7” BOXSET WITH 80 PAGE BOOK
STRICTLY LIMTED EDITION DELUXE 6-LP 60-TRACK BOXSET 60 PAGE BOOK
2-LP 14-TRACK WITH 12 PAGE BOOK
#BowieVisconti
FAVOURITE BOWIE VIDEO POLL RESULTS – PART TWO
“Sending me so far away, so far away…”
Today’s grab is from @floriasigismondi’s wonderful Little Wonder video at #17 in our poll, which some of us had in our Top Five here at DBHQ.
Forgot to mention that yesterday’s grab was from @tonyoursler’s Where Are We Now?, a man who also made incredible contributions to Little Wonder with his surreal projections.
Anyway, here’s the second batch of five in our countdown to #1.
#17 – Little Wonder 1997
#18 – Blue Jean / Jazzin’ For Blue Jean 1984
#19 – Fashion 1980
#20 – Wild Is the Wind 1981
#21 – Thursday’s Child 1999
Tune in tomorrow for Part Three.
#MyFavouriteBowieVideos
BBC FOUR BOWIE NIGHT REMINDER
“Always in search of that land where life seems best…” *
The headline says it all, and here’s a link to the finer details: https://www.bbc.co.uk/schedules/p00fzl6b/2023/07/26 (Scroll down to 22:00) (Linktree in bio)
For those not keen on clicking links, in short, here’s what’s being shown on BBC FOUR from ten of the clock tonight…
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22:00
imagine…
David Bowie: Cracked Actor
Alan Yentob Documentary from 1975 examining the many, often spectacular, personas of David Bowie. (R)
22:55
Zoë Wanamaker Remembers… Bowie and Baal
Zoë Wanamaker on the adaptation of Brecht’s Baal, in which she appeared with David Bowie.
23:05
Baal with David Bowie directed by Alan Clarke
David Bowie stars in Brecht’s first play, which depicts the life of an amoral poet-singer. First screening by the BBC since 1982. (R)
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Why not start early and commence your evening with a spin of the Cracked Actor live album recorded at the Los Angeles Amphitheatre on 5th September 1974. The very show that can be seen in tonight’s Cracked Actor documentary.
Then after the Baal screening, have a listen to the Baal EP and notice the difference in performance between the BBC versions and the released EP.
If you’ve seen this too late, don’t worry, it will all be available on catch up.
FOOTNOTE: Most of the images here are from the Radio Times edition dated 22-28 July. They feature previously unpublished shots discovered in the Radio Times archive taken by Allan Ballard.
* 10 points to the first person to identify today’s lyric quotation.
#BowieCrackedActor #BowieInBaal #BowieBBC #BBCBowieNight
BBC FOUR BOWIE NIGHT REMINDER
“Always in search of that land where life seems best…” *
The headline says it all, and here’s a link to the finer details: https://www.bbc.co.uk/schedules/p00fzl6b/2023/07/26 (Scroll down to 22:00) (Linktree in bio)
For those not keen on clicking links, in short, here’s what’s being shown on BBC FOUR from ten of the clock tonight…
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22:00
imagine…
David Bowie: Cracked Actor
Alan Yentob Documentary from 1975 examining the many, often spectacular, personas of David Bowie. (R)
22:55
Zoë Wanamaker Remembers… Bowie and Baal
Zoë Wanamaker on the adaptation of Brecht’s Baal, in which she appeared with David Bowie.
23:05
Baal with David Bowie directed by Alan Clarke
David Bowie stars in Brecht’s first play, which depicts the life of an amoral poet-singer. First screening by the BBC since 1982. (R)
+ – + – + – + – + – + – + – + – + – + – + – + – + – +
Why not start early and commence your evening with a spin of the Cracked Actor live album recorded at the Los Angeles Amphitheatre on 5th September 1974. The very show that can be seen in tonight’s Cracked Actor documentary.
Then after the Baal screening, have a listen to the Baal EP and notice the difference in performance between the BBC versions and the released EP.
If you’ve seen this too late, don’t worry, it will all be available on catch up.
FOOTNOTE: Most of the images here are from the Radio Times edition dated 22-28 July. They feature previously unpublished shots discovered in the Radio Times archive taken by Allan Ballard.
* 10 points to the first person to identify today’s lyric quotation.
#BowieCrackedActor #BowieInBaal #BowieBBC #BBCBowieNight
BBC FOUR BOWIE NIGHT REMINDER
“Always in search of that land where life seems best…” *
The headline says it all, and here’s a link to the finer details: https://www.bbc.co.uk/schedules/p00fzl6b/2023/07/26 (Scroll down to 22:00) (Linktree in bio)
For those not keen on clicking links, in short, here’s what’s being shown on BBC FOUR from ten of the clock tonight…
+ – + – + – + – + – + – + – + – + – + – + – + – + – +
22:00
imagine…
David Bowie: Cracked Actor
Alan Yentob Documentary from 1975 examining the many, often spectacular, personas of David Bowie. (R)
22:55
Zoë Wanamaker Remembers… Bowie and Baal
Zoë Wanamaker on the adaptation of Brecht’s Baal, in which she appeared with David Bowie.
23:05
Baal with David Bowie directed by Alan Clarke
David Bowie stars in Brecht’s first play, which depicts the life of an amoral poet-singer. First screening by the BBC since 1982. (R)
+ – + – + – + – + – + – + – + – + – + – + – + – + – +
Why not start early and commence your evening with a spin of the Cracked Actor live album recorded at the Los Angeles Amphitheatre on 5th September 1974. The very show that can be seen in tonight’s Cracked Actor documentary.
Then after the Baal screening, have a listen to the Baal EP and notice the difference in performance between the BBC versions and the released EP.
If you’ve seen this too late, don’t worry, it will all be available on catch up.
FOOTNOTE: Most of the images here are from the Radio Times edition dated 22-28 July. They feature previously unpublished shots discovered in the Radio Times archive taken by Allan Ballard.
* 10 points to the first person to identify today’s lyric quotation.
#BowieCrackedActor #BowieInBaal #BowieBBC #BBCBowieNight
BBC FOUR BOWIE NIGHT REMINDER
“Always in search of that land where life seems best…” *
The headline says it all, and here’s a link to the finer details: https://www.bbc.co.uk/schedules/p00fzl6b/2023/07/26 (Scroll down to 22:00) (Linktree in bio)
For those not keen on clicking links, in short, here’s what’s being shown on BBC FOUR from ten of the clock tonight…
+ – + – + – + – + – + – + – + – + – + – + – + – + – +
22:00
imagine…
David Bowie: Cracked Actor
Alan Yentob Documentary from 1975 examining the many, often spectacular, personas of David Bowie. (R)
22:55
Zoë Wanamaker Remembers… Bowie and Baal
Zoë Wanamaker on the adaptation of Brecht’s Baal, in which she appeared with David Bowie.
23:05
Baal with David Bowie directed by Alan Clarke
David Bowie stars in Brecht’s first play, which depicts the life of an amoral poet-singer. First screening by the BBC since 1982. (R)
+ – + – + – + – + – + – + – + – + – + – + – + – + – +
Why not start early and commence your evening with a spin of the Cracked Actor live album recorded at the Los Angeles Amphitheatre on 5th September 1974. The very show that can be seen in tonight’s Cracked Actor documentary.
Then after the Baal screening, have a listen to the Baal EP and notice the difference in performance between the BBC versions and the released EP.
If you’ve seen this too late, don’t worry, it will all be available on catch up.
FOOTNOTE: Most of the images here are from the Radio Times edition dated 22-28 July. They feature previously unpublished shots discovered in the Radio Times archive taken by Allan Ballard.
* 10 points to the first person to identify today’s lyric quotation.
#BowieCrackedActor #BowieInBaal #BowieBBC #BBCBowieNight
BBC FOUR BOWIE NIGHT REMINDER
“Always in search of that land where life seems best…” *
The headline says it all, and here’s a link to the finer details: https://www.bbc.co.uk/schedules/p00fzl6b/2023/07/26 (Scroll down to 22:00) (Linktree in bio)
For those not keen on clicking links, in short, here’s what’s being shown on BBC FOUR from ten of the clock tonight…
+ – + – + – + – + – + – + – + – + – + – + – + – + – +
22:00
imagine…
David Bowie: Cracked Actor
Alan Yentob Documentary from 1975 examining the many, often spectacular, personas of David Bowie. (R)
22:55
Zoë Wanamaker Remembers… Bowie and Baal
Zoë Wanamaker on the adaptation of Brecht’s Baal, in which she appeared with David Bowie.
23:05
Baal with David Bowie directed by Alan Clarke
David Bowie stars in Brecht’s first play, which depicts the life of an amoral poet-singer. First screening by the BBC since 1982. (R)
+ – + – + – + – + – + – + – + – + – + – + – + – + – +
Why not start early and commence your evening with a spin of the Cracked Actor live album recorded at the Los Angeles Amphitheatre on 5th September 1974. The very show that can be seen in tonight’s Cracked Actor documentary.
Then after the Baal screening, have a listen to the Baal EP and notice the difference in performance between the BBC versions and the released EP.
If you’ve seen this too late, don’t worry, it will all be available on catch up.
FOOTNOTE: Most of the images here are from the Radio Times edition dated 22-28 July. They feature previously unpublished shots discovered in the Radio Times archive taken by Allan Ballard.
* 10 points to the first person to identify today’s lyric quotation.
#BowieCrackedActor #BowieInBaal #BowieBBC #BBCBowieNight
BBC FOUR BOWIE NIGHT REMINDER
“Always in search of that land where life seems best…” *
The headline says it all, and here’s a link to the finer details: https://www.bbc.co.uk/schedules/p00fzl6b/2023/07/26 (Scroll down to 22:00) (Linktree in bio)
For those not keen on clicking links, in short, here’s what’s being shown on BBC FOUR from ten of the clock tonight…
+ – + – + – + – + – + – + – + – + – + – + – + – + – +
22:00
imagine…
David Bowie: Cracked Actor
Alan Yentob Documentary from 1975 examining the many, often spectacular, personas of David Bowie. (R)
22:55
Zoë Wanamaker Remembers… Bowie and Baal
Zoë Wanamaker on the adaptation of Brecht’s Baal, in which she appeared with David Bowie.
23:05
Baal with David Bowie directed by Alan Clarke
David Bowie stars in Brecht’s first play, which depicts the life of an amoral poet-singer. First screening by the BBC since 1982. (R)
+ – + – + – + – + – + – + – + – + – + – + – + – + – +
Why not start early and commence your evening with a spin of the Cracked Actor live album recorded at the Los Angeles Amphitheatre on 5th September 1974. The very show that can be seen in tonight’s Cracked Actor documentary.
Then after the Baal screening, have a listen to the Baal EP and notice the difference in performance between the BBC versions and the released EP.
If you’ve seen this too late, don’t worry, it will all be available on catch up.
FOOTNOTE: Most of the images here are from the Radio Times edition dated 22-28 July. They feature previously unpublished shots discovered in the Radio Times archive taken by Allan Ballard.
* 10 points to the first person to identify today’s lyric quotation.
#BowieCrackedActor #BowieInBaal #BowieBBC #BBCBowieNight
BBC FOUR BOWIE NIGHT REMINDER
“Always in search of that land where life seems best…” *
The headline says it all, and here’s a link to the finer details: https://www.bbc.co.uk/schedules/p00fzl6b/2023/07/26 (Scroll down to 22:00) (Linktree in bio)
For those not keen on clicking links, in short, here’s what’s being shown on BBC FOUR from ten of the clock tonight…
+ – + – + – + – + – + – + – + – + – + – + – + – + – +
22:00
imagine…
David Bowie: Cracked Actor
Alan Yentob Documentary from 1975 examining the many, often spectacular, personas of David Bowie. (R)
22:55
Zoë Wanamaker Remembers… Bowie and Baal
Zoë Wanamaker on the adaptation of Brecht’s Baal, in which she appeared with David Bowie.
23:05
Baal with David Bowie directed by Alan Clarke
David Bowie stars in Brecht’s first play, which depicts the life of an amoral poet-singer. First screening by the BBC since 1982. (R)
+ – + – + – + – + – + – + – + – + – + – + – + – + – +
Why not start early and commence your evening with a spin of the Cracked Actor live album recorded at the Los Angeles Amphitheatre on 5th September 1974. The very show that can be seen in tonight’s Cracked Actor documentary.
Then after the Baal screening, have a listen to the Baal EP and notice the difference in performance between the BBC versions and the released EP.
If you’ve seen this too late, don’t worry, it will all be available on catch up.
FOOTNOTE: Most of the images here are from the Radio Times edition dated 22-28 July. They feature previously unpublished shots discovered in the Radio Times archive taken by Allan Ballard.
* 10 points to the first person to identify today’s lyric quotation.
#BowieCrackedActor #BowieInBaal #BowieBBC #BBCBowieNight
THE DAVID BOWIE WORLD FAN CONVENTION 2024
“You asked for the latest party…”
While not an official event, we are always happy to publicise fan conventions. You’re no doubt already aware of this one, but here’s the info you need just in case…
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THE DAVID BOWIE WORLD FAN CONVENTION RETURNS TO LIVERPOOL FOR 2024
From Fri 26th – Sun 28th July 2024, Bowie fans, friends and collaborators will flood Liverpool as the third David Bowie World Fan Convention returns to the UK.
The theme, The Year Of The Diamond Dogs, will guide an expansive range of fan-thrilling events including talks, VIP meet-and-greets, film screenings, exhibitions, and performances.
Spiders From Mars member, Woody Woodmansey. Two members of Bowie’s DAM Trio backing band, elusive bassist George Murray and guitarist, long-standing friend and artistic collaborator, Carlos Alomar. Backing singer and close friend, Ava Cherry. Suzi Ronson, wife of Mick Ronson, the late and legendary Spiders guitarist are amongst the first to confirm appearances.
Tickets are already selling fast, with VIP tickets now 70% sold out and General Admissions tickets 50% sold out.
More information and tickets can be found here: https://bit.ly/BowieCon24Tickets (Linktree in bio)
Bowie artwork by Mark Wardel.
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@liverpoolsoundcity – organiser
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