Letter #5

MUSIC NEWS - Rolling Stone reports that Bowie is a shoe-in for a track on the long-delayed untitled tribute album for John Lennon. Over four years in the making, Bowie is listed as contributing "Mother" from Lennon's Plastic Ono Band to the album which is tentatively scheduled for Spring, 1999. A reliable source indicates that Bowie has already recorded his version of "Mother". - BMG UK are still giving September 21 as the most likely release date for the forthcoming "Earthling Live" release, while Virgin in the US are saying some time in October, probably the 17th (according to Teenage Wildlife). There are rumours however that the release may be delayed until the Christmas season. - Teenage Wildlife reports that August 25 is set as the release date for the "Best Of David Bowie 1974-1979" in the US, along with what looks like a rerelease of "Best Of David Bowie 1969-1974" (changing its name officially in the US from the previous EMI Limited Edition Best Of... of last year). The 1974-79 version will have the teaser advertisement for BowieNet as appeared in Canada last month. The upcoming release list sent to music stores also has another Bowie-related item pencilled in for an October date in the U.S., but no other details (presumably this is "Earthling Live"). - Boris Brosowski, one of the gentlemen behind the excellent Bowie "Gothic" tribute album, "The Dark Side Of David Bowie", confirmed to Dara that it was originally envisaged as a double CD and a further 20 tracks are on tape. If the first album sells well, a "follow-up" will be released. Check out Boris' website at http://www.conk.com/world/equinoxe - Bowie and Iman were recently spotted at the EIDos building in Wimbledon, London. EIDos make interactive video games, and there has been some speculation that this might tie in with BowieNet. Another possibility is that Bowie may want to further his involvement with writing music for video games ("Scary Monsters" was included on the recent Gran Turismo soundtrack). - Rykodisc's tenure as the label for much of Bowie's back catalogue has officially ended in the US. They are no longer available from Rykodisc's web page, nor are they available from any of the online music stores. This means that apart from Pin Ups, Diamond Dogs, David Live and Young Americans which were released by EMI in the US earlier this year, Bowie's 70's albums are no longer available in the US. Of course, you may find the odd one floating around in your local store, but otherwise you'll have to wait until EMI decides to rerelease the back catalogue. CONCERT NEWS - Two Australian newspapers, Melbourne's The Age (July 4) and also Beat Magazine (July 8) report that Bowie will be asked to perform at a tribute concert for Michael Hutchence of INXS who committed suicide earlier this year. The Beat reports: "INXS plan a massive tribute to Michael Hutchence, probably at Madison Square Gardens in NY, and will ask friends U2, Nick Cave, David Bowie, Elton John, Tom Jones and Aretha Franklin to sing their fave INXS ditty." The concert is expected to take place sometime late this year or early next. It remains to be seen whether Bowie will agree to take part. OTHER NEWS - In an interview with BBC Radio programme, The Net, Bowie revealed that he is working on a Ziggy Stardust film and soundtrack: "The Return Of Ziggy Stardust! 23/07/98 14:23 The Net has exclusively revealed that David Bowie is working on making one of the all time great albums of the 20th century into a full scale motion picture. Speaking to The Net from his studio in Bermuda, Bowie revealed his plans for ‘Ziggy Stardust’ - the movie! It would seem Bowie refused to get involved in the imminent ‘Velvet Goldmine’ film starring Ewan McGregor for a very distinct reason: "My feeling about it is that it was based fairly substantially on ‘Ziggy Stardust’ and as I intend doing my own version of it, I’d rather not work with a competitive film. It’s been a project that I’ve worked on for the last two years and hopefully it’ll see the light of day before too long." Bowie refused to say if the film would feature a cast of big names: "I’m not saying a thing - let’s have ‘Velvet Goldmine’ come out as a trailer!" New Ziggy Stardust Material Bowie had some very exciting news for his fans, when The Net asked him about the soundtrack for the ‘Ziggy Stardust’ film: "What I’ve done is complemented the original soundtrack. It’s quite exciting in a way, because what I’ve found is bits and pieces of songs that I obviously had written for the project but never finished off. It’s as if I’ll be complementing what’s already there with other pieces that were started but not actually finished at the time, so they have an authenticity of the period about them. For me, I think it’ll be an extraordinary thing to see what kind of animal it becomes eventually!" He added "it look as though it’s going to have to be" a double album. In terms of the original material he is working with: "It’s just a question of finishing off what might be a 90 second or a 2 minute piece, taking it obviously the way it wanted to go and finishing it off and keeping the sound of the material in the period." He wouldn’t be drawn on a release date!" - Bowie has been nominated for the 15th annual MTV Video Music Awards in the category of Best Male Video, for "I'm Afraid Of Americans". Other nominees in the same category are Busta Rhymes, Eric Clapton, Brian McKnight and Will Smith. You can see the full list at MTV's Web Site (http://www.mtv.com/news/headlines/980714/vmaframe.html). The early smart money suggests Busta Rhymes and Will Smith as the hot favourites, Bowie as a possible surprise winner, and Clapton and McKnight as the outsiders. - According to a Billboard report (at http://www.billboard.com/daily/0716_03.html): -- BowieNet will launch on September 1 in North America, and by the end of the year in the rest of the world -- It will provide uncensored access to the Web, traditional news, fully customizable home pages, davidbowie.com E-mail addresses, news groups, chat rooms, shareware, Web-page-building software, and multi-player gaming. -- BowieNet will be available for $19.95, with the first month's fee waived for a limited time. For those wishing to remain with their current provider, access to BowieNet will be obtainable for $5.95/month. Those opting for full service will receive a CD-ROM containing the customized browser with two never-before-released Bowie audio and video tracks, as well as the code to a new Bowie track encrypted on the Internet. - More on the BowieNet story. A press release issued by Worlds Inc. indicates that BowieNet will make use of Worlds three dimensional world software to let users navigate and chat to other users in a virtual three dimensional online world. Worlds will also get the right to operate a 3D merchandise store. - Ron Roy of UltraStar contacted me and asked me to include the following press release in full in this edition of the newsletter: " DAVID BOWIE TO OFFER INTERNET SERVICE TO THE PUBLIC VIA BOWIENET David Bowie confirmed rumors of the last several weeks that, beginning September 1, he will launch BowieNet. Located at www.davidbowie.com, BowieNet will be the first artist-created Internet Service Provider. The official announcement of the launch was to coincide with the release of EMI Records compilation "The Best Of David Bowie 1974/1979" on August 23. However, the CD, which contains details of the on-line service, was prematurely released by EMI-Canada two weeks ago. This led Canadian fans to search for the service. In response, a "pre-launch" site was posted on the www.davidbowie.com home page. BowieNet will offer high-speed Internet service across North America and, by year end, throughout the world. In addition to full uncensored access to the Internet as well as traditional content (news, sports, finance etc.), davidbowie.com will provide a community of music lovers the best access to music and entertainment content on the Web as well as exclusive content available only through this service. BowieNet will offer users a fully customizable home page, davidbowie.com e-mail address (your.name@davidbowie.com), news groups, chat rooms, online shareware, multi-player gaming, and much much more with local access from over 2,000 cities in north America. For Bowie and music fans in general, there will be previously unreleased audio tracks, videos and photos. Thousands of album reviews, concert reviews and music articles along with a wide assortment of content updated daily. BowieNet promises numerous cybercasts (both live and archived) from Bowie as well as other artists. Each user will be given 5 MB of space and encouraged to create their own web pages. BowieNet will host these pages at no additional charge and ensure their placement on the World Wide Web, giving access to all users of the Internet. The BowieNet will support both Microsoft and Netscape browsers. All users will be given the latest version of Internet Explorer, customized specifically for davidbowie.com. (more) --2 Users wishing to utilize davidbowie.com as their Internet service provider will pay a fee of $19.95/month. For a limited time the first month's fee will be waived. For those users wishing to remain with their current provider, access to davidbowie.com can be obtained for a monthly fee of $5.95. Music fans choosing full internet service will receive a CD-Rom containing the customized browser along with two classic live Bowie audio and video tracks never before released to the public. As a special bonus, there will be an exclusive encrypted newly recorded audio track which will unlock via the Internet. "I wanted to create an environment where not just my fans but all music lovers could be a part of the same community," Bowie stated, "a single place where the vast archives of music information could be accessed, views stated and ideas exchanged." Bowie continued, "Our biggest challenge was to assemble unique proprietary content along with first-rate content suppliers and unparalleled Internet service from tech support to billing. After nine months of work, I believe we have achieved just that." To that end, UltraStar Internet Services was created. (UltraStar details below.) Due to the early announcement of BowieNet, UltraStar has set up a hotline number 800-587-STAR (7827) for fans to sign up for Internet service and reserve e-mail addresses. No accounts will be charged until members have received their CD-Roms and the network is officially launched 12:01 A.M. Tuesday September 1. David Bowie is no newcomer to the Internet. As early as 1983, Bowie tours carried portable computers and handled all communications by e-mail. Bowie was one of the first artists to cybercast a live show over the Web. He has hosted a number of online chats and was the first major artist to post a new song freely downloadable to the public. That song "Telling Lies" had 375,000 downloads in the first two months. Bowie also created and designed bowieart.com, an Internet commerce site featuring prints of artwork by Bowie and others for direct sale the public. BowieNet will be powered by Concentric Network Corporation. As the leader in high performance secure virtual private network services, Concentric will handle all billing and offers 24 hour-7 days a week customer support. Concentric will supply all dial-up locations in North America and provide availability in 47 countries by the end of 1998. They will also provide web hosting and connections up to T1 speeds. Concentric services some of the world's largest networks including WebTV and Intuit's Quicken Financial Network. General content will be the most extensive on the Internet. Content will range from the most often requested--news, financial, sports and weather to the most personal including horoscopes, lottery numbers and local TV and movie listings. BowieNet will also provide users with the ability to customize their own home page so each user can quickly get just the information they want. (more) --3 Design will be overseen by Bowie personally in conjunction with Nettmedia. Nettmedia is a new-media development company that specializes in web and enhanced CD design and production for the entertainment industry. Founded in 1995, Nettmedia has grown steadily and has an impressive list of clients including Sarah McLachlan, BMG Entertainment, Lilith Fair, the Wu Tang Clan, EMI Music Canada, The Backstreet Boys, Nettwerk Records, the Barenaked Ladies, and many more. Exclusive and non-exclusive music content will be supplied from a number of the best sources available. Among these is the Rolling Stone Network. Their vast database along with recently acquired tunes.com as well video-on-demand and their extensive Internet radio network will bring BowieNet users the latest music technology on the Internet. Long-time Bowie web host N2K's Music Boulevard Network will supply large amounts of music and entertainment content as well as transactional capabilities. N2K Inc. is a leading online music entertainment company and one of the Internet's complete resources for music content, community and commerce. The Music Boulevard Network, the company's online division combines Music Boulevard, the online music superstore and the award-winning music channels: Rocktropolis.com, JazzCentralStation.com and ClassicalInsites.com. UltraStar is a management technology partnership that specializes in the arena of Internet services, bringing major entertainment, sports and fashion clients to the world in a community-based forum delivered over the Web. UltraStar's philosophy is to allow users a personal experience with their favorite personalities via the Internet. Never before has there been a gateway where the private and public worlds of famous figures has been opened with the continued support, input and materials of each star. UltraStar Principals: William Zysblat is co-founder of RZO, a company involved in business management and tour production in music and the performing arts. RZO is one of the preeminent firms in its field, representing artists such as the Rolling Stones, David Bowie, David Byrne, Soul Asylum, the Gershwin estates, etc. RZO also promotes tours for groups such as U2. RZO is also a leader in the area of entertainment financing, having been responsible for the recent so-called "Bowie Bonds" involving $55 million in debt financing securitized by the future flow of royalty income from Bowie songs and masters, a first in the entertainment field. Robert Goodale is an executive producer in music and interactivity, including interactive events and Internet sites for the Rolling Stones, David Bowie, and The Cure. Firsts associated with these artists and their Web sites have included the debut sale by a major artist of audio material only over the Internet (5,000 numbered CDs with The Cure); the first artist to make available a single solely over the Internet (David Bowie with over 375,000 downloads in Dec. 96/Jan. 97); the world's first live rock n roll concert on the (more) --4 Internet (the Rolling Stones November 1994); executive produced four of rock's top five most trafficked Webcasts in Internet history. Executive produced David Bowie's CD-ROM ("JUMP"). Executive vice president of Bowie's management company for six years. Executive producer of various films. Ron Roy has 15 years of computer/multimedia/Internet experience. Ron has worked with a variety of computer technologies throughout his career including help produce and market some of the industry's first truly interactive CD-ROM's-- using full-motion video and stereo quality audio--in areas that included sports (Big East Basketball, Reebok International) and training (one of the first interactive CD-ROM's for Windows 95, which eventually was redesigned to work over the Internet). In the area of Internet/music, Roy is currently the Project Manager for The Cure's official Web site(www.thecure.com), which holds the distinction of both being a rock Web site where all site design features are produced by the band itself and holds three of the top five all-time listened to Webcasts. Roy was also instrumental in bringing the first Internet-only CD release, Five Swing Live by The Cure, to market. ###" - The UK Telegraph reported in its Sunday July 19 edition that: " A bizarre Austrian artist sponsored by David Bowie and Yoko Ono is planning the culmination of his life's work next month with the slaughter of animals in front of a 2,000-strong audience. In the name of art, three bulls and six pigs will be killed, crucified and disembowelled during Hermann Nitsch's six-day Orgy Mystery Theatre at his castle near Mistelbach, Lower Austria, in early August. Up to 100 art students under Nitsch's direction will paint with animal blood and press grapes mixed with entrails with their bare feet. Bowie, who finds inspiration in Nitsch's work, is expected to be among spectators paying £350 a head. " The official Nitsch site is at http://www.nitsch.org/ien/ This has already stirred up considerable feeling among online Bowie fans so it's worth pointing out a few things: -- No animals will be slaughtered simply for the sake of the Six-Day-Play. The slaughtering that is to be incorporated into the action will simply be shifted from the slaughterhouse to the castle grounds. -- Pigs and sheep will be provided, ready-slaughtered, from an abattoir. In addition, three bulls, whose meat will be prepared for consumption, will be slaughtered during three on-site actions. This will be performed by professional butchers under veterinary control. - Rumour has it that MTV (USA) is planning a "BIOrhythms" production showcasing Bowie. The tentative plans are for the show to be filmed in September or October. - Bowie answers 20 quesions in the August edition of Vanity Fair in his own inimitable fashion. The following transcript is courtesy of Helen: "From the glammed-out androgyny of Ziggy Stardust to his big 80's anthem, "Let's Dance", to his current "jungle-influenced" sound, David Bowie has proved to be rock's indestructible chameleon. This month, the Thin White Duke prepares to release a new album and demonstrates here that, even though he is 51, his taste for oddities remains the same. What is your idea of perfect happiness? Reading What is your most marked characteristic? Getting a word in edgewise What do you consider your greatest achievement? Discovering morning What is your greatest fear? Converting kilometres to miles Which historical figure do you most identify with? Santa Claus Which living person do you most admire? Elvis Who are you heroes in real life? The consumer What is the trait you most deplore in yourself? While in New York, tolerance. Outside of New York, intolerance What it the trait you most deplore in others? Talent What is your favourite journey? The road of artistic excess What do you consider the most overrated virtue? Sympathy and originality Which words or phrases do you most overuse? Chthonic, miasma What is your greatest regret? That I never wore bell-bottoms What is your current state of mind? Pregnant If you could change one thing about your family, what would it be? My fear of them (wife and son excluded) What is your most treasured possession? A photograph held together by cellophane tape of Little Richard that I bought in 1958, and a pressed and dried chrysanthemum picked on my honeymoon in Kyoto. What do you regard as the lowest depth of misery? Living in fear Where would you like to live? Northeast Bali or south Java What is your favourite occupation? Squishing paint about a senseless canvas What is the quality you most like in a man? The ability to return books What is the quality you most like in a woman? The ability to burp on command What are your favourite names? Sears and Roebuck What is your motto? "What" is my motto" - Some forthcoming Bowie movies on US TV: July 26, 08:35 EST, The Linguini Incident, Sundance, USA July 27, 05:00 EST, The Linguini Incident, Sundance, USA July 27, 13:00 EST, Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars, Sundance, USA July 27, 11:30 EST, Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars, Sundance, USA July 29, 00:00 EDT, The Last Temptation Of Christ, TMC, USA July 29, 08:00 EDT, Basquiat, TMC, USA July 30, 10:00 EST, The Linguini Incident, Sundance, USA July 30, 19:00 EST, The Linguini Incident, Sundance, USA CHART NEWS (Courtesy of Dara O'Kearney) BEST OF BOWIE 69/74 UK: 13, 20, 25, 34, 37, 45, 51, 52, 52, 69, 82, 80, 136, 193, out of top 200, 137, 116, 96, 108, 112, 122, 131, 114, 116, 115, 91, 95, 120, 134, 173, 170, 191, out for 3 weeks, 147, 187 Ireland: 27, 27, out of top 30 New Zealand: 26, 17, 26, 24, 24, 34, out of top 50. After re-appearing in the UK chart last week, "Best Of Bowie 69/74" drops forty places this week to #187. This is its 33rd week in total on the UK chart. Ireland and New Zealand remain the only other countries where this compilation charted. WEDDING SINGER SOUNDTRACK (featuring China Girl) US (Billboard): 90, 26, 9, 5, 9, 7, 11, 11, 19, 20, 25, 35, 52, 60, 70, 78, 65, 83, 86, 98, 103, 130, 127 Canada (Soundscan): 100, 47, 15, 15, 13, 12, 18, 23, 38, 45, 50, out (alternative Top 50): 28, 12, 2, 2, 1, 1, 3, 4, 9, 11, 12, 14, 17, 21, 22, 21, 23, 24, 26, 25, 33, 35 Australia: X, X, X, X, 13, 2, 1, 2, 2, 3, 5, 5, 6, 10, 7, 8, 10, 15 New Zealand: 25, 29, 16, 8, 3, 5, 2, 2, 5, 5, 6, 10, 10 UK (Compilations chart): X, 15, 18, 18, 23 CDWorld: 17, 27, 2, 5, 5, 14, 27, out (Soundtrack chart): 7, 9, out Internet voting chart: 94, 91, 61, 65, 89, 71, 73, out This soundtrack continues to drop slowly on the US, Australian and New Zealand charts. Multi-artist compilation albums are ineligible for the normal UK Albums chart. On the special chart for such albums in the UK, "The Wedding Singer" drops five to #23 in its fifth week. SUNMACHINE (Dario G album with two Bowie-sung and cowritten tracks) UK: (93), (150), (130), 27, 26, 35 Hungary (Mahasz Top 40): 23, 25, 13, 23, 28 The second UK dance album this year to feature Bowie's vocals (the first was Goldie's "Saturnz Rising" for those with short memories) drops nine to #35 this week in the UK from last week's peak. So far, its chart performance has been disappointing because with two smash singles on the album already and heavy promotion (including TV ads), it must have been expected to go much higher. Bowie's contribution to the album is a sampled vocal from "Memory Of A Free Festival" which is used as the basis of one track (the title track, "SunMachine", confirmed as the next single) and reprised in another ("The End Of The Beginning"). The album will be released in the US on July 28. HEROES (Wallflowers): US: (Billboard Hot 100 airplay): 43, 33, 27, out of top 40 (Billboard Modern Rock airplay): 17, 10, 10, 10, 10, 9, 10, out of top 10 (BillBoard Rock Album tracks): 14, 12, 8, 5, 5, 4, 5, out (Billboard Adult Top 40): 34, 32, 25, out of top 40 (FMQB Top 40): 21, 21, 22, 27, 37, out (MTV Top 20 Video countdown): 20, 17, 15, 14, 9, out (Alternative airplay): 13, 9, 8, 9 (Tunes rock airplay): 6, 4, 4, 3, 2, 2, 2, 3, 6, 6, 11 (Tunes Active Rock airplay): 22, 21, 17, 18, 18, 19, 22, 26, out (Tunes alternative airplay): 16, 9, 10, 10, 9, 10, 9, 9, 11, 14, 25, out (Tunes Adult alternative airplay): 16, 13, 10, 8, 7, 4, 3, 3, 5, 12, 15, 18 (Tunes Adult Contemporary airplay): 29, 28, 23, 21, 20, 19, 17, 18, 22, out (Tunes Pop airplay): 26, 23, 21, 22, 23, 27, out (Alternative Rock World Modern Rock airplay): 12, 9, 8, out of top 20 (ARC Top 40): 39, 35, 31, 26, 22, 18, 28 (Rick Dees Top 40): 40, 33, 25, 23, 22, 24, 27, 38, out (Casey Kasem Top 40): 23, 21, 22, 23, 27, 38, out (Gavin Top 40): 18, 20, 20, 20, out (Gavin alternative): 10, 8, 7, 10, 15, out Canada: (MuchMusic Countdown): 24, 21, 19, 16, 12, 11, 8, 6, 5, 6, 10, 16 (Ottawa Bear Top 20): 15, 11, 8, 2, 2, 1, 1, 1, 1, 3, 4, 4 (Edge Top 30): 29, 26, 22, 17, 14, 8, 10, 19, out Japan: (Osakan Top 100): 88, 65, 41, 31, 33, 45, 40, 48, 49, 44, 58, 51 UK (London FM96 Top 30): 30, 16, 14, 9, 5, 6, 7, 7, 7 Turkey (Capital Radio Top 40): 33, 25, 21, 17, 16, 18, 20, 27, 35, 39, out Macedonia (Radio airplay chart): 16, 15, 15, out Isle of Man: 23, 24, 6, 3, 3, 6, 13, 15, 18, 30, out Austria( 88.6 airplay): 25, 24, 24, 19, 16, 15, 13, out, 17, 17, 16, 30 Portugal (Commercial Radio airplay): 8 Spain (Cadena Top 100): 38, 31, 28, 25, 24, out Latvia (Radio Top 20): 18, out Singapore (Power 98FM Top 20): 20, 7, 9, 15 Hong Kong (Hit Radio Foreign Top 10): 5, 3, 2 Colombia (Rock 20 Airplay): 20, 16, 3, 1 Argentina (FM88 Top 20): 10, 7 Australia: 61, 50, 41, 38, 38, 41, 43, out, 49 Internet Voting chart: 82, 66, 47 This high profile cover version of a Bowie song for the Godzilla soundtrack seems to have peaked and is now dropping on US airplay charts. OTHER SNIPPETS - In Germany in the Hessischer Rundfunk HR-3 International Hit Parade: "Under Pressure": 7, 2, 1, 1 Bengt reports that it is not unusual for HR-3 to play old songs, and for their listener's to drive them up the charts. - Continuing the recent trend of soundtracks with Bowie songs on them faring well, the "Godzilla" soundtrack is selling very well on the back of the success of "Heroes". Some key charts: US: 4, 2, 4, 4, 5, 6, 12, 14, 22 Canada: 2, 3, 5, 5, 4, 2, 2, 5 (Alternative Top 50): 1, 1, 2, 2, 1, 1, 1 Australia: X, X, 20, 9, 8, 10, 8, 14 New Zealand: 9, 9, 7, 10, 9, 6, 4, 9, 7 UK (multi-artist compilations chart): 48, 48, 36, 19 Austria: X, 35, 28 Hungary (Ambro Top 20): 4 CD World (soundtrack chart): 1, 2, 2, 3, 7, 8 Internet Voting chart: 80, 75, 62, 89, 91, 84, 91 In Australia, it has gone gold, and in the US it has gone platinum. - Bowie has no albums this week on the Tower Records Top 1000 weekly chart. Bowie entries in recent months: The Best Of Bowie 1969/1974: 960, out, 757, out, 986, 999, 1000, out ChangesBowie: 402, 487, 549, 587, 585, 742, 943, 858, out Earthling: 553, 580, 735, 780, 776, 875, 806, out The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars: 967, out The Singles Collection: 972, out Diamond Dogs: 915, 922, out There are also four soundtracks featuring Bowie contributions on the chart: Wedding Singer: 2, 3, 3, 3, 8, 17, 19, 29, 58, 73, 72, 69, 73, 81, 159, 134, 137, 222 Great Expectations: 15, 21, 21, 21, 53, 96, 108, 120, 222, 245, 254, 246, 252, 276, 640, 563, 577, 799 Grosse Pointe Blanke: 281, 316, 339, 335, 325, 340, 418, 405, 490, 411, 423, 415, 424, 393, 506, 600, 615, 631 Trainspotting: 699, 758, 808, 804, 528, 706, 899, 874, 872, 797, 810, 799, 805, 914, out Trainspotting #2: 889, 851, 902, 896, out, 837, out Godzilla: 3, 12, 16, 16, 27 - You can vote for Bowie on the Internet charts by going to http://www.worldcharts.com and filling out the voting form. Reinhold has also simplified the process at his Web page at http://www.oocities.org/SunsetStrip/Stage/9696/dbvotes.html. Alternatively, cut and paste the following: 5 David Bowie - Earthling [1471] 5 David Bowie - The Best Of 1969/1974 [] 5 Goldie - Saturnz Return [2005] 5 Various Artists - The Wed