Not rain, nor ice, nor sickness will prevent the Mouth from dishing you the dirt this month!

David Bowie kicked out a tight, impeccably-orchestrated show at the Olympia late in February, pleasing practically all of his fans with a hitpacked show. Bowie hirnself cut a slender figure, clad in black stovepipe pants and vest and white shirt. The crowd became very agitated when Bowie burst into "Panic In Detroit", thrusting fists in the air, to which David responded in kind. Towards the end of the set he removed his vest and the orange pompadour came tumbling down into his face from exertion. His moves were very elegant — cigarette in hand, he pranced like a styishy Sinatra. The band was excellent, providing an intensely loud wall of,sound. It was crowd was wildly divergent, and it was pleasant to see such a racially mixed crowd get off. Later Bowie and company retired to their Pontchartrain suites for some relaxation. "Company" included our own Iggy Pop, who we were delighted to see under any circumstances. The Ig revealed that he felt "very strange" flying into Metro, that he was living in La Jolla, California, that it felt good to be in Detroit and did we see that guy catch the bullet in his teeth on Wide World Of Sports? He waved off too much interest in his possible LP, and was much more subdued than Detroiters probably remember him, speaking softly but fixing those enormous eyes on whoever he was talking to. Speaking of Bowie (we were), Detroit's own Carl Thom of ^Harmony House was strolling along the beach in Ocho Rios, Jamaica with his lovely wife when who should he see but the Diamond Dog himself. Seems Bowie was crashing at Keith Rich* ards' pad in the mountains while rehearsing the Station to Station tour. Well, Cat Stevens was in town, but don't expect to see any pictures here... El Gatto did not permit any photographers to have photo passes and thusly capture his image for posterity . Somehow a few of the girls from the Virginia Slims tour were able to slip past security guards at the back door on their own recognizance. Including Chrissie Evert. When Cat caught a plane for Cleveland at Metro, it seems that several young ladies were lying in wait for him near the boarding gate. After turning down requests for a kiss ^saying that it would be going too far) Cat instead offered the girls some of his Dentyne chewing gum. The girls accepted and helped him with the wrapper. Cat said he enjoyed playing Detroit and hoped to come back soon (Is three years soon?).