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| From | Jaimie Vernon <bullseyecanada@hotmail.com> |
| Subject | Re: David Bowie @ Target gah! |
| Date | Sun, 25 Nov 2007 16:57:06 -0500 |
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Applause to whoever wrote this guy's biography/press release. I've never seen so much spin for someone who hasn't ACTUALLY done anything (save Paris Hilton and Jessica Simpson...and at least they have Au du Toilets named after them).
Lots of name dropping and hitting keywords that resonate in the rock heirarchy (Sex Pistols, David Bowie, Steve Strange, EMI, ZTT and MCA) but if you look at the whole picture Duffty's only done three things: made clothing for the Pistols on their comeback tour, released a 12" dance single that got plaudits but was only an underground hit and graduated with a bachelor of arts in 1986.
I want these people writing for me....I have lots of things I've ALMOST done that need to be exploited as well.
Jaimie Vernon,
President, Bullseye Records
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Author, Canadian Pop Music Encyclopedia
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http://www.myspace.com/jaimievernonsmovingtargetz
> Date: Sun, 25 Nov 2007 13:10:25 -0500
> From: beeman@istar.ca
> To: audities@smoe.org
> Subject: David Bowie @ Target gah!
>
>
> So there I was this morning reading the third hefty Rolling Stone mag
> lauding their 40th anniversary (thank you library system) tsk-tsking
> throughout at, well, many things, when bam I saw an ad for Target's
> new BOWIE collection by KEENAN DUFFTY (who he? thought I.)
>
> Holy moly! The lightning bolt tshirt caught my eye. So I proceed to
> look up Keenan (who was in bands Sordid Details & Wonder Stories and
> his latest appears to be Slinky Vagabond) details from his myspace
> page below. That "glitterbug" song rawks.
>
> On the page you can also see the collection, alas for men, all great
> but imho that puffy black vest is noxious.
>
> Not quite pop I know, but fun stuff.
>
> regards, Judith
>
>
>
> Keanan Duffty is a musician and award-winning British fashion designer
> based in New York. Duffty believes that music and fashion go hand in
> hand. He was a founding member of the British Punk band Sordid
> Details, formed in 1978 (when Keanan was 14 years old). Sordid Details
> were heavily influenced by the Sex Pistols, for whom Duffty designed
> stage clothes in 2003.
>
> In 1980 Keanan formed Wonder Stories, a New Romantic group influenced
> by David Bowie and Roxy Music. Their live shows gained good reviews in
> the Sounds music paper and support from Radio 1 DJ Peter Powell.
> Wonder Stories played gigs during 1980 and 1981. By 1982 Duffty had
> chosen to study fashion design at St. Martin's School Of Art. In
> London, Keanan worked at PX, the New Romantic boutique and former
> stomping ground of the fabulous DJ Princess Julia and Visage front man
> Steve Strange.
>
> In 1983 Duffty found an experienced music business manager, Falcon
> Stuart (former manager of Adam & The Ants and X Ray Spex). Stuart
> encouraged Duffty to record demos for EMI, ZTT and MCA records,
> eventually releasing a 12" dance mix of 'Water Sport' on Falcon
> Stuart's Awesome Records label (AOR4). Duffty recorded a 4 song
> session at BBC's Maida Vale Studios for Radio 1 DJ Janice Long. 'Water
> Sport' was record of the week in Smash Hits, received good reviews in
> the British music press, and became an underground club hit in the UK.
> Duffty played shows in London including the ID Magazine Fifth
> anniversary party at the ICA. Duffty graduated from St. Martins in
> 1986. His graduation collection earned him a Bachelor Of Arts First
> Class Honors degree in fashion.
>
>
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