http://www.crackedactor.com/2007/02/15/catch-a-falling-star/ By the Bowie fans, for the Bowie fans. Fri, 21 Nov 2008 03:24:17 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 http://www.crackedactor.com/2007/02/15/catch-a-falling-star/#comment-70 tigers on vaseline Sun, 04 Mar 2007 21:50:11 +0000 http://www.crackedactor.com/2007/02/15/catch-a-falling-star/#comment-70 Autumn 1983. A dilapidated share house in Melbourne,with five inches of thick, black dust on its' springy,bare floorboards.Under the kitchen stairs, in a makeshift t.v.room, the homes tenants, an odd assortment of inner-city wasters, and muso's have gathered for the weekly Countdown ritual.Huddled amongst the bean bags, they've just seen David Bowie's brand new video "Let's Dance", and heard him tell Molly Meldrum about his upcoming "Serious Moonlight" tour.Nicky Nova's thoughts are spinning, and it's not necessarily from the cones he's just pulled. On the one hand, he's excited about Bowie's forthcoming album, and his first tour down under in five years.But he can't shake the nagging feeling that his hero is abandoning his older fans for a new, mainstream audience. Or that his own band "The Warm Jets",on which he's pinned so much,is just not happening.... Autumn 1983. A dilapidated share house in Melbourne,with five inches of thick, black dust on its’ springy,bare floorboards.Under the kitchen stairs, in a makeshift t.v.room, the homes tenants, an odd assortment of inner-city wasters, and muso’s have gathered for the weekly Countdown ritual.Huddled amongst the bean bags, they’ve just seen David Bowie’s brand new video “Let’s Dance”, and heard him tell Molly Meldrum about his upcoming “Serious Moonlight” tour.Nicky Nova’s thoughts are spinning, and it’s not necessarily from the cones he’s just pulled. On the one hand, he’s excited about Bowie’s forthcoming album, and his first tour down under in five years.But he can’t shake the nagging feeling that his hero is abandoning his older fans for a new, mainstream audience. Or that his own band “The Warm Jets”,on which he’s pinned so much,is just not happening….

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