Blog: Daddy or Chips?

Because he's too fabulous to turn up for court, and he's too fabulous to pick up litter. Read all about it with the trusty BBC! The judge said the Boy could hold a makeup workshop as part of his punishment for wasting police time. Snigger. Meanwhile, here's a Boy George lookalike called Brandon. Isn't he good? More from Brandon and chums over at Everything Boy George: The Devil in Sister George . Fun times.

Pope and the March , originally uploaded by Jim Torr . Hmmm, despite being listed earlier in the year as one of the world's top ten most homophobic places alongside Iran, Egypt and Uganda, things seem to be changing in Poland. This year there were more people (6-10,000) in the Warsaw demonstration and no major ugliness. In fact, despite the march being banned by the mayor of Warsaw, the marchers were joined by several politicians including the Deputy Prime Minister. Cool. So, Poland, shall we see you [...]

Image from kidcreole.com It's Father's Day (almost) and being a dutiful rather than 'present' son, I sent my Dad a rather stylish card I picked up in London a couple of weeks ago. It read something like "You did a good job - look at how well I turned out'. I just got a text from him saying "I did do a good job with you". Wow. I'm welling up! What a cool dude. As ironic contrast, here is Kid Creole being a total cunt to his [...]

Someone did a Google for this phrase 'become a male stripper in japan' and ended up at my site. Contemplating career change is a major issue and deserves support.

Oh lads, it's been sooooo long since I updated this. It's just been one thing after another: two trips to London (fun & alcohol-fuelled, despite the mangling my back incident - the official line is "a suitcase fell on me"), two conferences (I had to chair at one - cool!), a summer school to officiate at, a paper to write for another bloody conference and two major work things to get done (still doing 'em). So, in honour of work, I give you today, the divine Nellie McKay and her musical stylings. Here's what someone said about her: [...]

Squirrel in a Park in Cape Town , originally uploaded by asteri design . I'm off to London for the weekend! I shall do my best to get inspiration for further delicious posts next week. In the meantime, here's a nice picture of a squirrel that my pal David took. Toodles....

I do like a good cover version, me. I don't go much for photocopies, though, as they invariably end up a paler version of the original (Liberty X seem to be some of the worst offenders c.f. their limp version of Shalamar's 'A Night To Remember'). And frankly, I'm rather bored of artistes doing Leonard Cohen's 'Hallelujah' - OK, you can sing already, now shaaaadup! I want a cover that does new and exciting/scary things to the original. So, imagine my delight when I happened on the intermittently wonderful Saint Etienne and their rather fucked up [...]

His stance on immigration. There's plenty of room for everyone here. And I love Eastern European men, so I say, tear down the borders, they can camp out in my yard. More George wisdom in this article from the Guardian . Alas, his website isn't hectic. Pity, his would be an unmissable blog.

It looks like it's 'chips' [red]. Pity, I've always had a soft spot for Daddy [blue]. You can compare Google searches and news references for things over at Google Trends . Hours of fun guaranteed!

The ever-fabulous Minge (love your work, darling) compiled his list of PSB 'b-sides' as we used to call them back in the day. In the 'hood. Anyway, here's mine. (Note predominance of post-Alternative tracks, and disregard for PSB's preference for literary capitalisation.) Always Hit and Miss Nightlife A Little Black Dress Sexy Northerner The Calm Before the Storm Your Funny Uncle Delusions of Grandeur The View From Your Balcony The Boy Who [...]

.... The Number One Songs In Heaven . Hello London Lee! I've decided to start another occasional series. This time I shall pretend to be one of my favourite blogs, starting with The Number One Songs In Heaven which is maintained by Lee, who is, I presume, in London, and features lovingly-rescued soul and dance tracks. Lee unearths obscure Northern Soul, 70's funk and 80s synclavier goodness. And every one's a winner. Anyway, here's one he hasn't done (I think!). [...]

Ok, here's a link for you to download that absolutely shockingly vile song that didn't make me laugh out loud at all. Enjoy it, you butt hot greasy sluts.... Download (Let Me Be Your) Dirty Fucking Whore - Machine Gun Fellatio mp3 (1.5MB) Like this? Buy the album Paging Mr Strike .

Popbitch ask if this is 'the greatest, gayest video ever'. Let's find out.

There is a sense that they were asking for it, now that I actually see the cover. This reached the lofty position of no. 39 in the UK singles chart, which was a major flop seeing as only the Top 30 got attention back then. And this was ABC's first single to miss the Top 30. Ooops. Apparently, Martin Fry felt uncomfortable with their Lexicon Of Love success, flushed his gold lamé suit down a toilet in Japan and decided to go a bit 'rawk' on Beauty Stab . Which is why the [...]

The latest move from Apple to make our lives just that bit more convienient. Steve is amazing! You can read more at The Onion .