Hi all Not sure if this has been spotted or reported before... but just in case... while shopping at our local supermarket we noticed and purchased a copy of the NME (New Musical Express for us oldies...)
The issue dated 12/10/13 has David Bowie on the front cover. It is a brand new, exclusive photo of David Bowie, art-directed by the man himself, and features David standing among a mobile of traditional cranes, holding one of them. It's a great shot, and the interviews inside the magazine - 12 pages in all - feature more cranes, crane crease patterns, and mini cranes leading the reader through the interviews with song lyrics... all in all there's quite a lot of origami there.. but curiously no mention of why the cranes, why origami? Probably from the content of the interviews you're led to draw your own conculsions. The articles celebrate the impending release of 'The Next Day Extra', the expanded edition of Bowie's surprise, 2013 comeback album. The NME has also recently undergone a bit of a makeover and is also now available in digital format. See http://www.nme.com/news/david-bowie/73072 The articles include some classic quotes such as "You could call the changes to NME a redesign, but we prefer to think of it as a reinvention," says editor Mike Williams, pictured. "And in the spirit of reinvention, only one artist could grace this week’s cover: David Bowie. David Bowie is the cosmic umbilical cord that connects the past, present and future of music. The new NME aims to be the definitive guide to all the above." Splendid stuff, but what about the cranes? Answers on a postcard please... Regards Tony
