Call me Mr. Healthy

Nuff said

Classic Pop Anniversary (No. 2 in an occassional series)

Tomorrow is 25 years since Neil Tennant met Chris Lowe, and the rest is history, albeit history with an amazing soundtrack. Has any other band released anywhere near as many great songs, consistently over the past 25 years?!

No.

Will I look any different?

As the wrinkles now have free licence to invade my mush, my beard keeps coming & going, I can't be arsed to get my hair cut and i'm definitely gonna have to get my eyes sorted, I'm wondering what i may look like when i get back. Hopefully not like this!

Did this slip under our gaydar?

We all love a good music list if you guys, but i dunno if anyone saw the Top 50 Gay Albums in Attitude? There was a brief mention in The Times that made it into a newspaper blurb over here. If not then that list in full;

50. Divine - Jungle Jezebel
49. Girls Aloud - What Will The Neighbours Say?
48. Belle And Sebastian - Tigermilk
47. Tom Stephan - Drag Addict
46. Tori Amos - From The Choirgirl Motel
45. Jobriath - Jobriath
44. Dionne Warwick - Sings The Bacharach & David Songbook
43. The Associates - Sulk
42. KD Lang - Ingenue
41. Deee-Lite - World Clique

40. Malcolm McLaren - Waltz Darling
39. A Chorus Line - OST
38. Dusty Springfield - Dusty In Memphis
37. Christina Aguilera - Stripped
36. Larry Levan - Live At Paradise Garage
35. Dead Or Alive - Nude
34. Diana Ross - Diana
33. Freddie Mercury & Monserrat Caballe - Barcelona
32. Lil' Kim - Hardcore
31. Cher - Believe

30. The Beatles - Please Please Me
29. Bananarama - Wow!
28. Barbra Streisand - Guilty
27. Suede - Suede
26. Steps - Step One
25. Prince - Controversy
24. Klaus Nomi - Klaus Nomi
23. Jesus Loves You - The Martyr Mantras
22. Bette Midler - The Divine Miss M
21. Lou Reed - Transformer

20. Bronski Beat - The Age Of Consent
19. Sylvester - Step II
18. Rufus Wainwright - Want One
17. Judy Garland - Judy At Carnegie Hall
16. Kate Bush - Lionheart
15. Soft Cell - Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret
14. Grace Jones - Nightclubbing
13. Take That - Take That And Party
12. Elton John - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
11. Pet Shop Boys - Introspective

10. David Bowie - The Man Who Sold The World
09. Donna Summer - Bad Girls
08. Antony & The Johnsons - I Am A Bird Now
07. Madonna - Erotica
06. Frankie Goes To Hollywood - Welcome To The Pleasuredome
05. George Michael - Older
04. Kylie Minogue - Light Years
03. Morrissey - Vauxhall & I
02. Abba - Arrival
01. Scissor Sisters - Scissor Sisters

I can't really comment on half this list. However i do own most of the rest and i'm not sure how Hard Core by L'il Kim can be considered gay when musically it's the un-campest rap ever and lyrically it involves Kim being eaten out by various gents in virtually every song. Plus i wish people would listen to Abba for the songcraft rather than just the album that happens to contain Dancing Queen. Guitly should have been a lot higher and where the hell is A1?!

Is Mr Newble now the manager of the Casino Rooms?

Back by popular demand...

It is time to get your Statto robe on and start singing like Jeff Astle.

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Bon anniversiare Amelie Poulain

The french bird (or should that be l'oiseaux francais) from Amelie and The Da Vinci Code file is also 30 today.

Audrey Tautou

So too is Rhona Mitra and Aled from the Chris Moyles show.

Bummer in the summer

Arthur Lee

R.I.P.

I'm grateful I got to see you play at Glastonbury.

:-(

It's not been a good summer for the 60s alternative crowd.

Keith Is Going to Suck In Goal For the Gills...

anyone, anyone?