David Bowie’s Ziggy Stardust Turns 35, Beck Hits the Studio, Ray Davies Loses His Day in Court
Everyone’s going milestone crazy. Rolling Stone is honoring Appetite for Destruction’s 20th birthday, the Sex Pistols are getting ready for Never Mind the Bollocks to hit the three-decade mark, and everyone can celebrate the 35th anniversary of David Bowie’s Ziggy Stardust by voting in the new album cover contest on his Web site. Our favorite: number thirty-nine’s post-modern take on the iconic Bowie image. Comedian Zack Galifianakis reminisces about that time he and Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy went down to the farm and lip-synched to Kanye West. The man who shot the Kinks’ Ray Davies in New Orleans in 2004 has had the charges against him dropped due to Davies’ failure to make it to court (Davies says the district attorney didn’t notify him in time). Beck and Jamie Lidell are sharing studio time while recording on a direct-to-disc device. To honor Gene Simmons’ birthday, the minor league baseball team Brockton Rox will pay homage to his band Kiss on August 25. The team will don Kiss-inspired uniforms and, if we’re lucky, the starting pitcher will paint his face like Ace Frehley.
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Published: 2007-07-28
Provider: Rolling Stone
Keywords: Rock News, Afternoon News Roundup
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