Owner: worrapolava URL:http://worrapolava.blogspot.com/ Join Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2007 10:06:01 -0500 Rating:0 Site Description: A music (and anything else that takes my fancy) blog, as seen the gay-tinted specs of a Brit. Hopefully entertaining, knowingly never dull. Pop in. Site statistics:Click here
...ah! There he is! 2007-03-19 15:41:00 Firstly, that 'growling' door at the beginning sounds creepy... As I posted a missing in action blog about Boy George, there he was posting this on YouTube. Here's a diary of his time 'down under' at Mardi Gras. With all these clubbing vids, I feel a bit detached from what is probably a very nice crowd experience. You had to be there I suppose. "Is it that I'm being too gay?" as he's taking off a very fetching pair of red slingbacks. Bless.
The milk of human kindness... 2007-03-15 23:38:00 Flicking through tonight's copy of thelondonpaper I came across this lovely letter from Gail in Surrey talking about the fabulous Beth Ditto's proposition to TopShop to design clothes for a bigger size than 16: "While it might be normal in the USA to be as wide as you are tall, in the UK the average size is a 16. If average is normal, then Topshop already caters for normal women... perhaps someone might like to persuade her to waddle over to Evans, a shop for women with "bigger bodies"." Gail from Surrey. What. A. Cunt. A sad woman with serious issues about weight, size and probably herself. Go get the latest copy of heat, love. There's some pictures of Vanessa Feltz and some crappy cover line about "fat celebs" to make you feel better about yourself.Strewth!"Gail! I think you dropped these 2 fingers?" Read more:human
The Boys in the Band 2007-03-10 15:51:00 I'm terrible for watching bands and only having eyes for the one I fancy. I've gone through entire gigs staring at them not even noticing what they're playing. The usual criteria is: he's not the singer, he's usually dark-haired and looks blokey. Simple enough. Here's a gallery of the ones I've always hankered after and rather than have to decide on who comes top and who comes bottom (oo-er), I've put them in alphabetical order. The criteria for this post is that they have to be in a band I actually like, so Coldplay's drummer will have to sit this one out. Funnily enough, the first 'boy in the band' who got me puzzling over why I fancied men comes out first in the list...ABBA - Benny Andersson A-HA - Magne FuruholmenABC - Mark WhiteBLUE - Anthony CostaCULTURE CLUB - Jon MossECHO & THE BUNNYMEN - Pete De FreitasFRANKIE GOES TO HOLLYWOOD - Paul RutherfordKEANE - Tim Rice-OxleyTHE KILLERS - Ronnie VanucciKLAXONS - Simon TaylorKUBB - Adj Buffoni MADNESS -
How many Pet Shop Boys does it take to change a lightbulb? 2007-03-08 00:14:00 Ooh, how exciting. I've just seen on the Pet Shop Boys website that they're currently rehearsing the next leg of the tour with a "different stage design". Having seen stills and clips during the whole of the last tour and being as jel as hell at not being able to go (I eschewed the festivals to wait for a 'proper' concert), it's great to see it'll be a changed show for part deux... and I've got tix for 27th May at Hammersmith Apollo. Hoorah!
Synth-u-go 2007-03-07 00:23:00 After a hard coupla days in a new job and some nerve grinding commutes from Hackney to Wapping... 10 minutes as the crow flies but nearly an hour by foot and sodding bus through the grimy streets o' London. Something tells me I've slipped up somewhere and I'm getting my just deserts for what? I know not. I've got to do something nice now to deposit a huge wad good things into my bank of Karma so here are some tunes FOR YOU! There's a kind of connection between them all. They're all a bit overlooked and are all covered in synths: posh ones, squidgy ones and some as big as yer 'ead. Just click on the title etc.The Human League - You Remind Me of Gold (Instrumental Mix)I love how The League, when Martin Rushent was producing, would always knock off another, totally different mix of A and B sides. This one is on the flip of Mirror Man and is like a dub as it starts minimally, sweeping synths come in and then it kicks of with looped vocals whipping up a right frenzy. I always used to
Every day is like sunday... 2007-02-26 00:15:00 Reminded of great pop moments by: Chelsea Kelsey, one half of Duckie's Reader's Wifes, on his fabulosa Bengobaz blog talks about a screening of the Boy George "Generations of Love" vid at last week's House Of Homosexual Culture’s Hall Of Fame inauguration event. Veteran uphill gardener Tallulah, a stalwart of the scene; a DJ before all other DJ's was welcomed via the rear entrance (no doubt). He talks of the video showing George and Leigh Bowery rolling around Soho. There's a shot from said clip and yes, that IS Boy George in ACTUAL drag...And XO London trips down Bananarama's memory lane with a fab YouTube vid of ALL 36 'Nana vids. Aw. It reminds me, though, of the French and Saunders YouTube sketch, Lanananeeneenoonoo presented by the tragically gorgeous Paula Yates... And the resulting collaboration with the real 'Nanas for Comic Relief...
Summer's here... 2007-02-25 23:37:00 On the way back from a luvverly posh country hotel break (a birthday treat) I had five minutes to play a track which took me right back to last summer. Cut to the pebbly Nice beach, red hot sun and NRJ radio. Very Med. Very French. Every 3rd or 4th record was by the sensation de moment, Nâdiya. It's pomp pop rock. Maybe it was the heat, this I LOVED. Welcome to Le Roc. Read more:Summer
Mika: didn't he do well! 2007-02-23 00:23:00 Not a pic from tonight... but close enough!Picture the scene: meeting up in the Black Cap wondering what time Mika will actually be on stage. A count of how many songs on the album and we surmise it'll be a 9.00pm start and he'll be finished by 10.00pm. Bless him. He came on at 9.30pm and did his album justice until at least 10.30pm.Mika is a performer with longevity. You could see it within the first 30 seconds of his biggest gig so far. He is now officially part of the UK pop aristocracy. So much so, that if you'd said he'd been building up to this gig for only half a year (in public anyway), I wouldn't have believed you. Mika looks and sounds so comfortable on stage, so EARLY in his career it's fantastic to witness.There was no stylistic concert-improving performances of the songs on the album. They were performed verbatim - by an unbelievably energetic band, loved the bouncy drummer girl. Since each song has their own unique character, that didn't matter. Performing them liv
Mika: "I should Koko!" 2007-02-22 16:20:00 I couldn't bear having Fonda at the top of the page (sozz, girl!)... So here's a luvverly pic of Mika as I tell you I'm going to see him perform live! At Koko! Tonight! In glamorous Camden! I will report back. xx
Mika's new video 2007-03-20 17:16:00 Mika - Love TodayNot that he needs any more blog promos but this is one of my favourites from the album. I thought Lollipop would be a bit more of an obvious choice. Whatever, it'll sell by the truckload. And I love the retro Paula Abdul influence. Straight up! Read more:video
C4 again! 2007-03-22 01:37:00 Patrick Wolf - The Magic PositionChannel 4's T4 is a strange old thing. So-called 'hangover TV' on a Sunday morning when, really, I'd rather see great stuff like this - Patrick Wolf in stack heels and pixie pants - on a weekday night after work. Y'know, something genuinely entertaining instead of some mental woman on Corrie up in court for murdering her fella or Louise Redknapp crying crocodile tears over her size zero tits. Sunday morning TV means America's Next Top Model, Golden Girls and, back in the day, mad soaps like Brother, Sister. "My love is poison, like ARSENIC!!!"
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