<story><title>The Rise and Fall of BowieNet</title><url>http://www.openculture.com/2020/04/when-david-bowie-launched-his-own-internet-service-provider.html</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>adventured</author><text>I&amp;#x27;m sure a lot of people here have already seen it, however this 1999 interview with the BBC shows off Bowie&amp;#x27;s early understanding of the value &amp;amp; potential of the Internet (after the six minute mark):&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.youtube.com&amp;#x2F;watch?v=FiK7s_0tGsg&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.youtube.com&amp;#x2F;watch?v=FiK7s_0tGsg&lt;/a&gt;</text></comment>
<story><title>The Rise and Fall of BowieNet</title><url>http://www.openculture.com/2020/04/when-david-bowie-launched-his-own-internet-service-provider.html</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>parenthesis</author><text>The `Bowie Bond&amp;#x27; from around the same time, was a much more interesting innovation:&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;ftalphaville.ft.com&amp;#x2F;2016&amp;#x2F;01&amp;#x2F;11&amp;#x2F;2149761&amp;#x2F;a-short-history-of-the-bowie-bond&amp;#x2F;&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;ftalphaville.ft.com&amp;#x2F;2016&amp;#x2F;01&amp;#x2F;11&amp;#x2F;2149761&amp;#x2F;a-short-histo...&lt;/a&gt;</text></comment>