DAVID BOWIE: I went to buy some shoes - and I came back with Life On Mars

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David Bowie Explains How He Wrote His Classic Songs
Published 6/30/2008 at OH NO!!
... and pride stand 10ft tall. One astounding thing about Mainman, my management at the time, is that for the 18 months of the Spiders' life-cycle (and after, actually) they never arranged for us to play anywhere in Europe where Ziggy was a proverbial monster. No tours, no shows, not even Paris. I never understood that and was pretty miserable about it at the time, but now realise how naive and unprepared my management was for the serious job of actually managing. source

Early buzz: 'Prisoner,' Bowie, Ringwald and more
Published 7/1/2008 by Whitney Matheson at USATODAY.com - Pop Candy
... - Get ready, Office fans: The first-ever " Office Games " will be held in Scranton, Pa., July 19. Mindy Kaling will officiate. - Did you know NPR's Car Talk was coming to television ... as an animated series ? - Here's what you can expect from Rock Band 2 . - AMC is remaking The Prisoner with Jim Caviezel and Ian McKellen . - David Bowie writes about his favorite David Bowie songs in a compilation that came in Sunday's Daily Mail . - Here's a Q&A with Molly Ringwald , who stars in a new ABC ...

David Bowie Writes About His Favorite Bowie Songs
Published 7/1/2008 at HYPEFUL
David Bowie Those lucky Brits! Prince gave away his new CD for free in U.K. newspapers last summer and this past Sunday’s Daily Mail came with a free 12-track Bowie compilation handpicked by The Man Who Fell to Earth himself. (Americans have to settle with finding only coupons and Parade magazine in their newspapers…) Even better, Bowie wrote the accompanying liner notes about each song, which you can now read online . The 12 songs he discusses are:“Life On Mars” “Sweet Thing/ Candidate/ Sweet Thing” “The Bewlay Brothers” “Lady Grinning Soul” ...

Bowie covered by indie artists in latest compilation
Published 7/1/2008 by Tibi Puiu at ZME Music
... Life Beyond Mars is available on iTunes now, and will hit shops in CD format July. Today it was mailed for free with the latest issue of the Sunday Daily Mail, where Bowie also is featured in an article, in which he talks about the new cover album, detailing how the 12 track selection went and confessing which songs came closer to his heart. You can read the whole article here. Tracklist right after the jump. ...