Not much evidence of a mirror in this first shot from 1975 of Bowie as Thomas Jerome Newton, until you look at those famous eyes.
All is revealed in the uncropped image as Geoff MacCormack is seen taking the shot in David’s changing room on the set of The Man Who Fell To Earth.
Have you read Geoff’s book DAVID BOWIE: ROCK ‘N’ ROLL WITH ME?
It’s a touching account of a lifelong friendship, peppered with Geoff’s extraordinary shots of David at work, rest and play: https://bit.ly/RockNRollWithMeBook (Linktree in bio)
#BowieReflections
Not much evidence of a mirror in this first shot from 1975 of Bowie as Thomas Jerome Newton, until you look at those famous eyes.
All is revealed in the uncropped image as Geoff MacCormack is seen taking the shot in David’s changing room on the set of The Man Who Fell To Earth.
Have you read Geoff’s book DAVID BOWIE: ROCK ‘N’ ROLL WITH ME?
It’s a touching account of a lifelong friendship, peppered with Geoff’s extraordinary shots of David at work, rest and play: https://bit.ly/RockNRollWithMeBook (Linktree in bio)
#BowieReflections
Not much evidence of a mirror in this first shot from 1975 of Bowie as Thomas Jerome Newton, until you look at those famous eyes.
All is revealed in the uncropped image as Geoff MacCormack is seen taking the shot in David’s changing room on the set of The Man Who Fell To Earth.
Have you read Geoff’s book DAVID BOWIE: ROCK ‘N’ ROLL WITH ME?
It’s a touching account of a lifelong friendship, peppered with Geoff’s extraordinary shots of David at work, rest and play: https://bit.ly/RockNRollWithMeBook (Linktree in bio)
#BowieReflections
TIME 4K UPGRADE ON YOUTUBE
“We should be on by now…”
This might be the last of our upgrades of performances from Hammersmith Odeon on 3rd July 1973, and we think you’ll agree, it’s a jolly good one.
View it here on YouTube from 17:00 hours GMT: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V1miHXIYz7I (Linktree in bio)
#Ziggy50 #BowieHammersmithOdeon50th #ZiggyMoPi
KEVIN CUMMINS’ BOWIE BOOK EDITIONS
“Blinded with desire…”
We told you about David Bowie Mixing Memory & Desire: Photographs by Kevin Cummins a year ago, almost to the day. (KEVIN CUMMINS’ BOOK OF BOWIE PHOTOS DUE NEXT YEAR)
The book is now available to pre-order in various formats here: https://linktr.ee/bowiekevincummins (Linktree in bio)
Kevin Cummins said: “Bowie’s music was vital to me as a teenager. It continues to play a large part in my life today. I can honestly say that photographing Bowie while still in my teens, played a huge part in my wanting to photograph musicians for a living.”
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“KEVIN CUMMINS HAS ALWAYS BEEN WHERE THE CULTURAL ACTION IS. MIXING MEMORY & DESIRE WILL MAKE YOU SEE DAVID BOWIE IN A SURPRISING AND STIMULATING NEW WAY.” – PAUL MORLEY
“WHAT A PRIVILEGE IT IS FOR US THAT KEVIN CUMMINS WAS THERE TO CAPTURE THIS JOURNEY. HIS WONDERFUL BOOK SHOWS US EXACTLY WHY BOWIE WAS SO UNIQUE.” – NOEL GALLAGHER
“KEVIN BRILLIANTLY CAPTURES THE ESSENCE OF THE GREAT MAN IN THESE REMARKABLE PHOTOGRAPHS.” – GOLDIE
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#BowieCummins
KEVIN CUMMINS’ BOWIE BOOK EDITIONS
“Blinded with desire…”
We told you about David Bowie Mixing Memory & Desire: Photographs by Kevin Cummins a year ago, almost to the day. (KEVIN CUMMINS’ BOOK OF BOWIE PHOTOS DUE NEXT YEAR)
The book is now available to pre-order in various formats here: https://linktr.ee/bowiekevincummins (Linktree in bio)
Kevin Cummins said: “Bowie’s music was vital to me as a teenager. It continues to play a large part in my life today. I can honestly say that photographing Bowie while still in my teens, played a huge part in my wanting to photograph musicians for a living.”
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“KEVIN CUMMINS HAS ALWAYS BEEN WHERE THE CULTURAL ACTION IS. MIXING MEMORY & DESIRE WILL MAKE YOU SEE DAVID BOWIE IN A SURPRISING AND STIMULATING NEW WAY.” – PAUL MORLEY
“WHAT A PRIVILEGE IT IS FOR US THAT KEVIN CUMMINS WAS THERE TO CAPTURE THIS JOURNEY. HIS WONDERFUL BOOK SHOWS US EXACTLY WHY BOWIE WAS SO UNIQUE.” – NOEL GALLAGHER
“KEVIN BRILLIANTLY CAPTURES THE ESSENCE OF THE GREAT MAN IN THESE REMARKABLE PHOTOGRAPHS.” – GOLDIE
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#BowieCummins
KEVIN CUMMINS’ BOWIE BOOK EDITIONS
“Blinded with desire…”
We told you about David Bowie Mixing Memory & Desire: Photographs by Kevin Cummins a year ago, almost to the day. (KEVIN CUMMINS’ BOOK OF BOWIE PHOTOS DUE NEXT YEAR)
The book is now available to pre-order in various formats here: https://linktr.ee/bowiekevincummins (Linktree in bio)
Kevin Cummins said: “Bowie’s music was vital to me as a teenager. It continues to play a large part in my life today. I can honestly say that photographing Bowie while still in my teens, played a huge part in my wanting to photograph musicians for a living.”
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“KEVIN CUMMINS HAS ALWAYS BEEN WHERE THE CULTURAL ACTION IS. MIXING MEMORY & DESIRE WILL MAKE YOU SEE DAVID BOWIE IN A SURPRISING AND STIMULATING NEW WAY.” – PAUL MORLEY
“WHAT A PRIVILEGE IT IS FOR US THAT KEVIN CUMMINS WAS THERE TO CAPTURE THIS JOURNEY. HIS WONDERFUL BOOK SHOWS US EXACTLY WHY BOWIE WAS SO UNIQUE.” – NOEL GALLAGHER
“KEVIN BRILLIANTLY CAPTURES THE ESSENCE OF THE GREAT MAN IN THESE REMARKABLE PHOTOGRAPHS.” – GOLDIE
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#BowieCummins
KEVIN CUMMINS’ BOWIE BOOK EDITIONS
“Blinded with desire…”
We told you about David Bowie Mixing Memory & Desire: Photographs by Kevin Cummins a year ago, almost to the day. (KEVIN CUMMINS’ BOOK OF BOWIE PHOTOS DUE NEXT YEAR)
The book is now available to pre-order in various formats here: https://linktr.ee/bowiekevincummins (Linktree in bio)
Kevin Cummins said: “Bowie’s music was vital to me as a teenager. It continues to play a large part in my life today. I can honestly say that photographing Bowie while still in my teens, played a huge part in my wanting to photograph musicians for a living.”
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“KEVIN CUMMINS HAS ALWAYS BEEN WHERE THE CULTURAL ACTION IS. MIXING MEMORY & DESIRE WILL MAKE YOU SEE DAVID BOWIE IN A SURPRISING AND STIMULATING NEW WAY.” – PAUL MORLEY
“WHAT A PRIVILEGE IT IS FOR US THAT KEVIN CUMMINS WAS THERE TO CAPTURE THIS JOURNEY. HIS WONDERFUL BOOK SHOWS US EXACTLY WHY BOWIE WAS SO UNIQUE.” – NOEL GALLAGHER
“KEVIN BRILLIANTLY CAPTURES THE ESSENCE OF THE GREAT MAN IN THESE REMARKABLE PHOTOGRAPHS.” – GOLDIE
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#BowieCummins
KEVIN CUMMINS’ BOWIE BOOK EDITIONS
“Blinded with desire…”
We told you about David Bowie Mixing Memory & Desire: Photographs by Kevin Cummins a year ago, almost to the day. (KEVIN CUMMINS’ BOOK OF BOWIE PHOTOS DUE NEXT YEAR)
The book is now available to pre-order in various formats here: https://linktr.ee/bowiekevincummins (Linktree in bio)
Kevin Cummins said: “Bowie’s music was vital to me as a teenager. It continues to play a large part in my life today. I can honestly say that photographing Bowie while still in my teens, played a huge part in my wanting to photograph musicians for a living.”
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“KEVIN CUMMINS HAS ALWAYS BEEN WHERE THE CULTURAL ACTION IS. MIXING MEMORY & DESIRE WILL MAKE YOU SEE DAVID BOWIE IN A SURPRISING AND STIMULATING NEW WAY.” – PAUL MORLEY
“WHAT A PRIVILEGE IT IS FOR US THAT KEVIN CUMMINS WAS THERE TO CAPTURE THIS JOURNEY. HIS WONDERFUL BOOK SHOWS US EXACTLY WHY BOWIE WAS SO UNIQUE.” – NOEL GALLAGHER
“KEVIN BRILLIANTLY CAPTURES THE ESSENCE OF THE GREAT MAN IN THESE REMARKABLE PHOTOGRAPHS.” – GOLDIE
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#BowieCummins
BOWIE’S GOTHIC INFLECTED PERFECT FOR HALLOWEEN VIDEO
“But your fear is as old as the world…”
Following its premiere at the Barclaycard Mercury Prize the night before, David Bowie’s Love Is Lost video was posted on YouTube ten years ago today.
Described in the official press release back then as “a strangely moving gothic inflected storyline perfect for Halloween”, here it is to help set the mood for today’s celebration of all things spooky: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dOy7vPwEtCw (Linktree in bio)
We’ll leave you with an excerpt from that press release.
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BOWIE’S $12.99 HOMEMADE VIDEO
‘LOVE IS LOST’ (HELLO STEVE REICH MIX EDIT BY JAMES MURPHY FOR THE DFA)
Last week David Bowie had an idea. His new single, ‘LOVE IS LOST’, was to be released this week and a video clip was needed.
Eschewing both celebrity guests and splashy production, Bowie picked up his domestic camera from home, rescued a couple of puppets from his legendary archive and wrote, shot and edited the entire video over this last weekend in the darkened corridor of his office in Manhattan, New York.
With his assistant Jimmy King on camera and best friend Coco Schwab handling everything from continuity to sandwiches they worked through the evenings finishing on Monday morning, sending it out to the rest of the world.
The result of this speedy production is a strangely moving gothic inflected storyline perfect for Halloween. And the cost? Just $12.99 for the thumb drive to download the finished video on.
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#BowieLoveIsLost #BowieHalloween #BowieScaryMonsters
THE NEXT DAY EXTRA IS TEN TODAY
“Oh, what have you done?”
What did you think of the extra music this release brought you ten years ago?
And what we really want to know is, what did you fill your YOU booklet with?
#TheNextDayExtraIs10
THE NEXT DAY EXTRA IS TEN TODAY
“Oh, what have you done?”
What did you think of the extra music this release brought you ten years ago?
And what we really want to know is, what did you fill your YOU booklet with?
#TheNextDayExtraIs10
THE NEXT DAY EXTRA IS TEN TODAY
“Oh, what have you done?”
What did you think of the extra music this release brought you ten years ago?
And what we really want to know is, what did you fill your YOU booklet with?
#TheNextDayExtraIs10
DAVID BOWIE VIDEO EP IS FORTY
“You could look into my eyes…”
Around about now, forty years ago, the David Bowie Video EP was released on VHS along with a laser disc in the US and Japan.
Containing the promo videos from the Let’s Dance album; Let’s Dance, China Girl and Modern Love, this release was the only source of the uncensored China Girl video.
To the YouTube generation this probably doesn’t seem a particularly big deal, but forty years ago it was.
And if it took your fancy, you could even dwell on a naked David Bowie’s posterior: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iK6gAbZdhDc (Linktree in bio)
If you’re wondering about the seemingly gratuitous use of a Tony McGee Bowie portrait, a mono image from this session was colourised for the US advert.
📸 Tony McGee
#BowieLetsDanceVideoEP #BowieTonyMcGee #BowieLetsDance #Bowie1983
DAVID BOWIE VIDEO EP IS FORTY
“You could look into my eyes…”
Around about now, forty years ago, the David Bowie Video EP was released on VHS along with a laser disc in the US and Japan.
Containing the promo videos from the Let’s Dance album; Let’s Dance, China Girl and Modern Love, this release was the only source of the uncensored China Girl video.
To the YouTube generation this probably doesn’t seem a particularly big deal, but forty years ago it was.
And if it took your fancy, you could even dwell on a naked David Bowie’s posterior: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iK6gAbZdhDc (Linktree in bio)
If you’re wondering about the seemingly gratuitous use of a Tony McGee Bowie portrait, a mono image from this session was colourised for the US advert.
📸 Tony McGee
#BowieLetsDanceVideoEP #BowieTonyMcGee #BowieLetsDance #Bowie1983
DAVID BOWIE VIDEO EP IS FORTY
“You could look into my eyes…”
Around about now, forty years ago, the David Bowie Video EP was released on VHS along with a laser disc in the US and Japan.
Containing the promo videos from the Let’s Dance album; Let’s Dance, China Girl and Modern Love, this release was the only source of the uncensored China Girl video.
To the YouTube generation this probably doesn’t seem a particularly big deal, but forty years ago it was.
And if it took your fancy, you could even dwell on a naked David Bowie’s posterior: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iK6gAbZdhDc (Linktree in bio)
If you’re wondering about the seemingly gratuitous use of a Tony McGee Bowie portrait, a mono image from this session was colourised for the US advert.
📸 Tony McGee
#BowieLetsDanceVideoEP #BowieTonyMcGee #BowieLetsDance #Bowie1983
WHEN NME RELAUNCHED WITH AN EXCLUSIVE BOWIE COVER
“Me, I’m fresh on your pages…”
Ten years ago this month (12th October, 2013), NME magazine launched a new look with a special Bowie 12-page cover feature.
Under the headline: “David Bowie He’s back…again! ” the feature included the following…
Personal portraits of The Man Who Owned The Year, by: James Murphy, Faris Badwan, Trent Reznor, St Vincent, Black Francis and Irvine Welsh.
The stunning Bowie cover was another NME exclusive taken by Jimmy King. Hat’s off to him for so many great portraits of DB that year.
Here’s a bit from NME editor Mike Williams on the new look popular music weekly…
“You could call the changes to NME a redesign, but we prefer to think of it as a reinvention. And in the spirit of reinvention, only one artist could grace this week’s cover: David Bowie. David Bowie is the cosmic umbilical cord that connects the past, present and future of music. The new NME aims to be the definitive guide to all the above.”
Impressive 60″ x 40″ billboard posters featuring the Bowie cover barely survived the onslaught from ambitious fans hoping to remove them in one piece.
#BowieNME
WHEN NME RELAUNCHED WITH AN EXCLUSIVE BOWIE COVER
“Me, I’m fresh on your pages…”
Ten years ago this month (12th October, 2013), NME magazine launched a new look with a special Bowie 12-page cover feature.
Under the headline: “David Bowie He’s back…again! ” the feature included the following…
Personal portraits of The Man Who Owned The Year, by: James Murphy, Faris Badwan, Trent Reznor, St Vincent, Black Francis and Irvine Welsh.
The stunning Bowie cover was another NME exclusive taken by Jimmy King. Hat’s off to him for so many great portraits of DB that year.
Here’s a bit from NME editor Mike Williams on the new look popular music weekly…
“You could call the changes to NME a redesign, but we prefer to think of it as a reinvention. And in the spirit of reinvention, only one artist could grace this week’s cover: David Bowie. David Bowie is the cosmic umbilical cord that connects the past, present and future of music. The new NME aims to be the definitive guide to all the above.”
Impressive 60″ x 40″ billboard posters featuring the Bowie cover barely survived the onslaught from ambitious fans hoping to remove them in one piece.
#BowieNME
WHEN NME RELAUNCHED WITH AN EXCLUSIVE BOWIE COVER
“Me, I’m fresh on your pages…”
Ten years ago this month (12th October, 2013), NME magazine launched a new look with a special Bowie 12-page cover feature.
Under the headline: “David Bowie He’s back…again! ” the feature included the following…
Personal portraits of The Man Who Owned The Year, by: James Murphy, Faris Badwan, Trent Reznor, St Vincent, Black Francis and Irvine Welsh.
The stunning Bowie cover was another NME exclusive taken by Jimmy King. Hat’s off to him for so many great portraits of DB that year.
Here’s a bit from NME editor Mike Williams on the new look popular music weekly…
“You could call the changes to NME a redesign, but we prefer to think of it as a reinvention. And in the spirit of reinvention, only one artist could grace this week’s cover: David Bowie. David Bowie is the cosmic umbilical cord that connects the past, present and future of music. The new NME aims to be the definitive guide to all the above.”
Impressive 60″ x 40″ billboard posters featuring the Bowie cover barely survived the onslaught from ambitious fans hoping to remove them in one piece.
#BowieNME
THE DAVID BOWIE PIN UPS RADIO SHOW
“And me I’m on a radio show…”
To mark the 40th anniversary of David Bowie’s Pin Ups, the Pin Ups Radio Show was launched on Spotify ten years ago today.
Originally recorded as a promotional tool for the release of the record in 1973, but never used, the recording features snippets from Pin Ups interspersed with brief but nevertheless wonderful observations from Bowie regarding some of the bands he covers on the album.
Adopting his very best mockney to recall his days as a mod during the period, it’s great fun and if you’ve not heard it, it’s still available here: https://spoti.fi/3tYSBsj (Linktree in bio)
Vinyl and CD versions of the release were made available in very limited quantities and command fairly stiff prices these days.
The closest idea to this promotion back in 1973 was a 7″ record sent to RCA Record Club members in New Zealand.
Featuring Rosalyn and Where Have All The Good Times Gone the disc introduced listeners to the very enthusiastic Tim, The RCA Stereo Club Disc Jockey. His interjections over each track ensured lucky recipients had to buy the album if they wished to hear the tracks uninterrupted.
📸 Mick Rock
#BowiePinUps50 #BowiePinUpsRadioShow
THE DAVID BOWIE PIN UPS RADIO SHOW
“And me I’m on a radio show…”
To mark the 40th anniversary of David Bowie’s Pin Ups, the Pin Ups Radio Show was launched on Spotify ten years ago today.
Originally recorded as a promotional tool for the release of the record in 1973, but never used, the recording features snippets from Pin Ups interspersed with brief but nevertheless wonderful observations from Bowie regarding some of the bands he covers on the album.
Adopting his very best mockney to recall his days as a mod during the period, it’s great fun and if you’ve not heard it, it’s still available here: https://spoti.fi/3tYSBsj (Linktree in bio)
Vinyl and CD versions of the release were made available in very limited quantities and command fairly stiff prices these days.
The closest idea to this promotion back in 1973 was a 7″ record sent to RCA Record Club members in New Zealand.
Featuring Rosalyn and Where Have All The Good Times Gone the disc introduced listeners to the very enthusiastic Tim, The RCA Stereo Club Disc Jockey. His interjections over each track ensured lucky recipients had to buy the album if they wished to hear the tracks uninterrupted.
📸 Mick Rock
#BowiePinUps50 #BowiePinUpsRadioShow
THE DAVID BOWIE PIN UPS RADIO SHOW
“And me I’m on a radio show…”
To mark the 40th anniversary of David Bowie’s Pin Ups, the Pin Ups Radio Show was launched on Spotify ten years ago today.
Originally recorded as a promotional tool for the release of the record in 1973, but never used, the recording features snippets from Pin Ups interspersed with brief but nevertheless wonderful observations from Bowie regarding some of the bands he covers on the album.
Adopting his very best mockney to recall his days as a mod during the period, it’s great fun and if you’ve not heard it, it’s still available here: https://spoti.fi/3tYSBsj (Linktree in bio)
Vinyl and CD versions of the release were made available in very limited quantities and command fairly stiff prices these days.
The closest idea to this promotion back in 1973 was a 7″ record sent to RCA Record Club members in New Zealand.
Featuring Rosalyn and Where Have All The Good Times Gone the disc introduced listeners to the very enthusiastic Tim, The RCA Stereo Club Disc Jockey. His interjections over each track ensured lucky recipients had to buy the album if they wished to hear the tracks uninterrupted.
📸 Mick Rock
#BowiePinUps50 #BowiePinUpsRadioShow
GOODBYE MR UDO
If you were ever lucky enough to catch David Bowie live in Japan, you have Japanese concert promoter Seijiro Udo, aka ‘Mr Udo’, to thank for that.
Sad to report that Mr Udo has died at the age of 92 following a long illness.
Launching Udo Artists, Inc. in 1967, Udo staged more than 10,000 concerts in Japan in a career spanning over fifty years.
Udo promoted Bowie’s Japanese shows right up to and including A Reality Tour in 2004.
It’s clear to see from reading other tributes that he was extremely well respected and that this honest, honourable gentleman will be sorely missed.
#BowieInJapan
