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! Alien Rock Update !
* New Press Release From Michael Luckman *
Madonna's Flying Saucer Tour;
Bono's Mission to Find 'Space Chicks';
Spielberg Goes for the Alien Gold
FAR OUT 'ALIEN ROCK' BOOK ALL THE RAGE AMONG STARS
Michael C. Luckman's controversial book, "Alien Rock: The Rock 'n' Roll Extraterrestrial
Connection" (VH1 and Pocket Books), which claims that many pop icons such
as Mick Jagger and David Bowie had close encounters with alien spaceships,
is currently all the rage among celebrities, including Bono, Matthew McConaughey,
Penelope Cruz, Angela Bowie, Steven Spielberg, and Pete Bennett, legendary
promotion manager for the Beatles.
The book in fact is having such a huge impact in celebrity circles in Hollywood, New York and London that Madonna reportedly is ready to transform herself into a space goddess for her forthcoming concert tour and make a surprise landing in a spectacular flying saucer. The saucer will be based on the "Alien Rock"-style spaceship that celebrity fashion guru Andre Van Pier designed for his out-of-this-world New Year's Eve Disco Ball in South Beach. Van Pier, who is also a creative consultant for film, television and print media, is featured prominently in two chapters in Luckman's book. He designed Madonna's gold tap pants and fishnet see-thru body suit for her scandalous coffee table book, "Sex;" the "Like a Virgin" bustier and white lace lingerie for Madonna's "Like a Virgin" tour; and the Material Mom's sleek cosmic blue futuristic couture dress photographed by Patrick DeMarchellier for a Cosmo Girl layout in Cosmopolitan magazine.
Bono's latest mission, meanwhile, is to contact extraterrestrial "space chicks" and has asked Van Pier to design a futuristic makeover for U2 in keeping with the theme of "Alien Rock," saying that Mick Jagger and the Rolling Stones waited much too long to reinvent themselves and consequently "looked antiquated." Bono was shocked to see Van Pier put precious $1,000 an ounce gold drops into his eyes at La Botega restaurant in New York's Chelsea district. Van Pier explained that--as reported in Luckman's book--aliens commonly injested white gold powder to conquer disease and to dramatically extend their lives, possibly for hundreds of years.
While dining on $48 cheeseburgers and champagne at adjacent tables at Ferdis, the celebrity haunt in Paris, Penelope Cruz told Van Pier that she was intrigued with the "Alien Rock" chapter on Michael Jackson that discusses whether or not the former King of Pop--now living in self-imposed exile in Bahrain--could himself be a space alien. (Ironically, Cruz's former boyfriend, Tom Cruise, an outspoken Scientologist, believes that aliens landed on Earth millions of years ago and people must free themselves from their mental grip). Later, at Berlotti, the exclusive Paris bistro, Cruz said that she read part of "Alien Rock" aloud to McConaughey, who co-starred opposite Jodie Foster in the alien film, "Contact." The couple told Van Pier that they loved his recent line of alien streetwear. McConaughey, voted "The World's Sexiest Man" by People magazine, was especially interested in Van Pier's far out futuristic fashions for men inspired by Luckman's book.
Angela Bowie, the ex-wife of David Bowie, is among the celebrities who have read "Alien Rock" from cover to cover. "I love this book," Angela e-mailed Luckman. She splashed the book's cover artwork across her website showing David and fellow rock stars being zapped by a guitar-like flying saucer. According to the book, the Thin White Duke saw alien spaceships when he was playing an extraterrestrial during the filming of Nicholas Roeg's "The Man Who Fell to Earth" in 1976. Bowie once owned 1,000 UFO books and had a telescope mounted on the roof of his limousine to search for aliens between concert appearances in the United States.
Steven Spielberg got caught up in "Alien Rock" fever twice. Once, at New York's Four Seasons, the director of "Close Encounters of the Third Kind" and "E.T." asked about Van Pier's anti-aging secrets for Michael Jackson. "I could use some of that," Spielberg quipped. Van Pier demonstrated gold eyedrops for Spielberg similiar to the white gold powder purportedly produced by aliens to prolong their lives. Spielberg was stunned. Van Pier ran into Spielberg again at the super posh private Club Paper on London's Regent Street. This time Spielberg greeted him by pretending to put eyedrops in his own eyes, prompting laughter from both men. It was their little alien gold secret--their answer to Star Trek's famous "Live Long and Prosper" hand gesture.
Pete Bennett told Luckman at B.B. King's Blues Club in Times Square that he has no doubt that extraterrestrials are visiting the Earth right now and was surprised to learn that John Lennon might have encountered aliens at the Dakota shortly before his assassination. Lennon regularly read UFO magazines and felt that he might be a UFO abductee. "Alien Rock" reveals the names of 10 well known pop stars who were abducted by aliens, including the Grateful Dead's Jerry Garcia; Van Halen's Sammy Hagar; the Kinks' Dave Davies; Ace Frehley, a former member of Kiss; Rick Wakeman of Yes; Phoebe Snow; Nina Hagen; and Cat Stevens.
Luckman, who is director of the New York Center for Extraterrestrial Research, is planning a series of Signal to Space concerts that will beam a musical message of peace to outer space. Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, the Rolling Stones, U2, Elton John, David Bowie, Moby, Alicia Keyes, Tina Turner, Aerosmith, and Van Halen have all been mentioned as possible headliners for the history making events that will be held in Berlin, Tokyo and New York in the summer of 2007. Luckman is also planning a made-for-TV movie based on "Alien Rock" as well as an extraterrestrial radio show.
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