http://blogcritics.org/ A sinister cabal of superior bloggers on music, books, film, popular culture, politics, and technology - updated continuously. en Copyright 2005 by the authors Sat, 15 May 2004 17:52:35 EDT http://backend.userland.com/rss Blogcritics.org custom software http://blogcritics.org/archives/2004/05/15/020328.php#comment-64210 god, thats just about the best Divine quote i've ever heard! "only thinner!" Ha! Great stuff HW. thanks for sharing! 64210@blogcritics.org Sat, 15 May 2004 17:52:35 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2004/05/15/020328.php#comment-64202 Yeah,It's funny how these posts get off onto unrelated tangents. Good luck with the interviews.A quick Divine story and then I've got to scoot along. Divine LOVED being a celebrity.He was more than happy to sign autographs,talk to his fans,take photos and the like. Well,when I met Divine,after the show, all of the boys and girls were crowding about asking him a million questions, taking photos and all that and Divine quipped:"God,I feel just like Elizabeth Taylor... only thinner" LOL!!! I laughed my arse off man. Ciao. 64202@blogcritics.org Sat, 15 May 2004 15:13:43 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2004/05/15/020328.php#comment-64190 HW, brilliant Divine story. Don't worry, man, I'm sure Divine says the same thing wherever he ended up. "I should've made that HW fella hang around a bit" he's thinking. Thank you for the b-day wishes. Means a whole lot. :) As to the contacts, they're riding atop my "to-do" list. i just wanna have something worthwhile to say. I been racking my brain. How do you adress these lords of smutty genius??? I will be sending the emails shortly, this weekend no doubt. I will keep you posted. And yead, family and friends have an AMAZING capacity for forgiveness. Gotta forgive yourself, too, though, which is often a lot more difficult. Man, that Morrissey, eh? lol 64190@blogcritics.org Sat, 15 May 2004 10:11:16 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2004/05/15/020328.php#comment-64176 Duke,by the way It would've been around 1986 that I met Divine if memory serves me right. 64176@blogcritics.org Sat, 15 May 2004 02:11:56 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2004/05/15/020328.php#comment-64174 Duke that is a great story,especially what with Shane telling you that you may want to reconsider your relationship w/ the drink and all.LOL. I got to meet Divine while he was on the "Jungle Jezebel" tour. You remember the record I trust. He was sooooo funny and really nice.Very similar to the onscreen persona.A natural comic. We were invited to go party with him and his entourage but I had to work early the next day and couldn't go.I have regretted this ever since. I should've went as Jobs can be found and this was a once in a lifetime oppurtunity missed.But I thought wrongly that I might have another chance someday which of course I never did and Divine died soon after. Congrats on your 1st Year man.Seriously. Happy B day and all that. I understand 100%.I've wrestled demons of my own and it wasn't much fun.The fact that any of my friends or family still claim to know me is testimony to their capacity for forgiveness. By the by did you ever make contact with Steckler or TV Mikels ??? Just curious. 64174@blogcritics.org Sat, 15 May 2004 01:50:14 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2004/05/15/020328.php#comment-64160 HW, you met Divine? Wow! Pink Flamingos has the biggest number of film folks what The Duke would want to meet of any cinematic work. Unfortunately, the chances of meeting Divine are now scarpered, but John Waters and the bloke with the singing arsehole, they would be wonderful. As to my meeting with Shane... In early 2003, i think, just as i was winding down towards the whole "having to get sober" thing, Shane appeared as a guest DJ at the Belfast Death Disco, organised by BP Fallon and Alan McGee. My fiancee and i went up, and lo and behold, there he was, sitting at the the bar. I was indeed tongue-tied and what not, and he seemed highly annoyed by my bursts of "uh...how...uh...you alright shane?" He was indeed incredibly down to earth, and we chatted for much of two hours (after i got my tongue unravelled) about Sergio Leone and stuff, while my fiancee took pictures and watched as her partner's lifetime ambition reached a glorious conclusion. He even played my demo during his set, which i cheekily brought along with me, just in case. Brilliant stuff. He even gave me his phone number, which led to the hitherto unthinkable occurance of phoning his hotel and being told sternly to phone back later on account of he was writing a song. lol. "I'm writing a song!!!!" Amazingly, i also have the prestigious honour of having been told by shane macgowan that "maybe i should quit drinking". Imagine!! Ah, memories. 64160@blogcritics.org Fri, 14 May 2004 22:53:30 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2004/05/15/020328.php#comment-64156 Thanks for the kind words DDM.You are an inspiration to many around this neck of the woods.My own self included. You got to meet Shane? Color me jealous. I cannot think of many "famous" people I'd actually like to meet but MacGowan is one of 'em (I got to meet Divine once though).He seems like he'd be very down to earth though I'm afraid I'd probably become a tongue tied bumbling idiot(even more so than usual)if I ever did. ar 64156@blogcritics.org Fri, 14 May 2004 22:43:05 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2004/05/15/020328.php#comment-64154 Aw, HW, thanks man. That was real nice is what. Excellent, excellent duke-ification of that 2nd pogues album, there. Stunning. I have a tattoo of Shane on my left arm. You might say i approached the fanatical. Shane, incidentally, on the occasion when i finally got to meet him, was incredibly embaressed about it. Again, thank you ever so lots for the kindness of vocabulary. 64154@blogcritics.org Fri, 14 May 2004 22:24:57 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2004/05/15/020328.php#comment-64152 Duke,In all honesty I must say that I've never cared for The Smiths or anything Morissey has done solo.You certainly do make reading about it interesting though I'll admit.I do agree with you 101% on "The Pogues". The disc what is called: "Sugar Cane Juice,Sex That Don't Lead To Baby Making and The Leather Strip What Stings Like A Mother Fucker When Applied To Ones Backside" is a GRRRRRRRRRRRREAT record to throw back a few pints to. 64152@blogcritics.org Fri, 14 May 2004 21:55:25 EDT