Sex, drugs and Rock n Roll

[KJ]

Off-topic, but speaking of sex, drugs and rock n roll (were we?) - something from this week's Popbitch


Taking it Izzy <<

Rock star lifestyles, part 94

Axl Roses wasn't the only f*cked-up lunatic
in Guns 'n Roses.

When Izzy Stradlin was in his worst heroin
phase he suffered from such paranoia and
panic onstage that the band had an exact
replica of his living room built just offstage.

Whenever Izzy started to freak out, he'd be
directed to the "living room" to calm down
before re-joining the others on stage.



:eek:



Top that Iano! ;)

[Iano]

John Lydon [ my hero ] always asked Malcome Mcclaren to tell him ghost stories before he went on stage so he could feel less frightened than the characters in the story

David Coverdale [ whitesnake ] demanded goldfish in his dressing room before a live gig [dont ask why kelly ]

David Bowie got most of his creative ideas for his Ziggy Stardust character when he was out of his head on LSD and admitted recently that since he gave up his old ways , he's never been as creative as he was 20 years ago ....
[CANT SAY I AGREE WITH HIM ]

Shaun Ryder [another fucked up waste of good talent ] was sooo strung out he used to bring a revolver on stage with him .

The Who .....Had a clause in their contract with EMI America which
stated they must destroy their equipment and stage settings at live concerts if they were to appeal to the American market ..[it fucking worked ]

Cant top the Izzy story Kelly , but it's good to know theres still interest here for a good old yap about real music
and the people who got us interested in the first place

Iano

[Cassie O'Meara]

Okay, I'm probably going to take some crap for this, but I'm going to say it anyway.

I've never been strung out on drugs, but I have suffered from panic attacks for almost as long as I can remember.
I can understand perfectly why he'd feel more comfortable having his "living room" just off stage.
There have been times in my life where I've been so bad that I haven't been able to leave my house, I've stayed in bed for days at a time because I was to scared to get up.
If you've never had a panic attack I'm sure you probably think I'm a f*ucked up lunatic too.
Sorry, I don't mean to sound rude, but the lunatic part really got to me.

[John Fleming]

I agree with Cassie. Ignorance allows people to write the most ridiculous things.

Kelly, do you know who the author of the piece you quoted is?, i'd like to give his/her address, or email, or phone nr to Cassie!

[KJ]

Hi John, its from a weekly mail out I got from Popbitch - you can get contact details (I think) at www.popbitch.com

Cassie - apoplogies that the story offended you, Ive a close mate who used to get panic attacks so I know the kind of problems they can cause. Anything I read on Popbitch.com is done so wearing my black humour hat (you can buy them in Dunnes)

Ian - excellent Who story ;)

KJ

[fox three]

I think its safe to say that most of us have at some time or another had encounters with drugs or known someone that has or worse died form so a terrible addiction. Drugs, Panic Attacks, Stress, Depression are all parts of our daily lives. The highs and lows that we feel are across the board and not designated to the 'lunitics' Ive been there myself many a time. I dont take drugs, i dont even smoke anymore but its still a part of mine and your daily life.

[Cassie O'Meara]

Kelly,

It's not your fault.
I knew you didn't write it and had only posted something you'd read.

Thanks for the website address, I'll have to go there and see if I can find an e-mail address for the real "lunatic".
If I find one, believe me, he/she will be sorry for their unthinking use of the word lunatic.

Cassie

[John Fleming]

I'm getting out of here. I genuinely feel sorry for this guy when Cassie catches up with him ;-()

[DeargDoom]

Hi Cassie ... sorry to hear about your panic attacks. Can't imagine that they're much fun. I know someone who used to suffer from them a lot - they didn't even seem to need a trigger like an emotional moment or a time of worry to start. Thankfully she hasn't had them in quite a while.


However, I think Izzy is being described as a "lunatic" not because of his panic attacks but because by all accounts his attacks were self - inflicted (triggered by his drug abuse). To me anyway that doesn't seem like a rational thing to do. Then again, I'm not permanently strung out on smack (its strictly a weekend thing and I can give up any time I want ... honest).

Hope this came out the right way and I haven't fanned the flames too much here.


DD

[Cassie O'Meara]

Dearg,

I understand where you're coming from, but to me it doesn't make a difference what brings the attacks on.
Yeah, maybe the drugs is what did it for him, but then again nobody knows that for sure.
How does this guy know he wasn't suffering from panic attacks and took the drugs to try and make himself feel better?
I know people who have panic attacks that use drinking to make the panic go away.
That of course only helps for a short while and the next day the panic is back worse than before.

Like I said, I don't care what caused him to have the attacks.
It was just the fact that the word "lunatic" and panic were used in the same paragraph.

Okay, I'll get off my soapbox now!!!

You can't tell that I'm really passionate about this subject, can you??

Cassie

[Cassie O'Meara]

John,

How much do you want to bet that I can make the guy that wrote that article cry????:D

[John Fleming]

All my wages for the rest of my life.

Not that i'm convinced or anything.

[Cassie O'Meara]

Gee, I know I'm a B*tch.
But I didn't expect you to have that much faith in me:eek:

[DeargDoom]

Interesting one Cassie. Its believed that Kurt Cobain first got seriously into heroin when he took it as a pain killer for his stomach pains.

As for the "Lunatic" remark ... could be argued that anyone that would willingly tour with Guns'n'Roses must be a few sandwiches short of a picnic!

DD

[KJ]

This caught my eye from this week's mail out ...........

" Alien Ant Farm's singer Dryden Mitchell claims
he could only get his vocals right for their
new album with cayenne pepper sprinkled on
his testicles.

"It really feels like someone put your
genitals in a vice," said Dryden"



Em, lovely





Then there was this ............

">> Is Pop Idol rigged? <<
And will anyone still care?

Pop Idol is back for a second series, going
head-to-head with Fame Academy on Saturday
Nights.

Kids are still queuing up to audition for
these shows - despite the lack of success of
recent contestants (talented Fame Academy
runner-up Sinead's album was a new entry at
no 48 last week).

But the odds are stacked against most of
them even more than they realise. Earlier this
week we met a girl who had been confirmed by
Pop Idol bosses as a final 10 contestant -
she's already had to agree to terms.

But the ten finalists are supposedly decided
on a public phone vote, so how can this be?"


and ........

">> Big Questions <<
What we're asking this week

Which famous rumour linking a married Irish
superstar with a beautiful Irish singer is back?
The star's wife was overheard talking about
the affair into her mobile phone by shop
assistants in a Dublin furniture store"


www.popbitch.com for more

That's presuming its still there after Cassie sent that email ;)

KJ

[KJ]

>> Shame Academy <<
Ever feel you've been cheated?

Fame Academy is based on the idea that the
voting public can make an ordinary person's
dreams come true. But it's a lie. Most of the
contestants this year are seasoned professionals
who have been placed on the show by record
labels who've already signed them.

Of the first entries to Fame Academy, Louise
Griffiths sang backing vocals for Girls Aloud,
Al Griffen is signed to Trevor Horn's Perfect
Songs, and Carolynne Good is signed to BMG.

Other ringers include Nathan Thomas (a Univeral
signing, who wrote Another Lover for Dane Bowers),
Nicole Davis (signed with BMG publishing),
Janee Bennett (signed to Windswept Pacific Music)
and Mark Vallance (who is writing songs for 19 Music)

Britain's cynical music industry is using the
show as a focus group for their new acts, with the
whole thing paid for by gullible voters (and of
course everyone who pays a BBC license fee).


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Louise Nurding is back with a ludicrous re-invention
as a rock chick. She's had to fund it herself, as
no-one has been dim enough to give her a deal.
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KJ Note: I'll fund it for you hun!

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>> Doing it for the kids <<
The dreary truth about Robbie-Kylie sex

This is what Robbie Williams is telling
his friends about having sex with Kylie:

"It's like having a brand new Ferrari; there
are perfect seats, the steering wheel is in
the perfect place. And then you put your key
in the ignition... and nothing happens"

(FYI: To the media, Robbie has always denied having
sex with the Aussie Botox queen)

[fox three]

Originally posted by Kelly Jones

">> Big Questions <<
What we're asking this week

Which famous rumour linking a married Irish
superstar with a beautiful Irish singer is back?
The star's wife was overheard talking about
the affair into her mobile phone by shop
assistants in a Dublin furniture store"



KJ

Is this XXXX and XXXXX XXXX?

[DeargDoom]

Don't be silly Fox Three, of corrs its not!!! lol

[Voyeur]

Bo'no dearg, i think your mistaken!! :p

[fox three]

u 2 are so funny you know that!!:)

[KJ]

Latest from the Bitch - as always: not for the easily offended ;)



>> Funny Bunny <<

Tara PT talks to Drug Rabbit Tara Palmer Tompkinson was taught to use an innovative anti-drug aid during her stint in rehab. She has a toy rabbit puppet called Lapin, and any time she is tempted to take drugs she was told to take out Lapin and discuss the drug taking with him. At a recent party in Monaco with Blue,
Tara took out Lapin and told him he was a naughty rabbit and that no, she wasn't going to have any drugs. (FYI: Shame for Tara. Lee Blue's acid chocolates were apparently excellent)


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Richard Whitely has the theme to Countdown as his mobile phone ringtone. --------------------------------------------------

>> Lusty Lisa <<
Mrs Snowdon must be very proud
Welling writes:
"I spotted Lisa Snowdon in the BBC car park, stretching in a white one-piece prior to filming new BBC series Fight Box. I overheard her saying to a gawping co-presenter Trevor Nelson, "Think that's good? You should see me f*ck.'"

Ahem!


>> Busey is the new Ozzy<<

The devil made him do it Gary Busey is the star of a new Osbournes-like reality show in the states, I'm With Busey. Like Ozzy, Gary has enjoyed a monster cocaine habit over the years. It started in 1979 when a man, who introduced himself as The Devil, handed him a box containing a huge rock of cocaine with the letters GB carved in it. The gak soon lead to anger issues, and even his wife was calling him Gary Abusey.
Things got so bad Gary once resorted to snorting coke off his dog, Chilli, when it rolled in his coke stash. He spent 25 minutes snorting it - fleas, hair and all "It's not a good flavour coming off the dog," reported Busey. (FYI: While recovering in hospital after a near-fatal motorcycle crash, Gary said he was visited by the Grim Reaper, who was 7ft tall and wore a brown robe.)
More info: <http://www.buseyworld.com/garynews.htm> ---------------------------------------------------

Old Jokes Home:
Q: Who are the nicest men in hospital?
A: The ultra-sound blokes.


Still bored? Get your dreams about Celine Dion interpreted here:
<http://www.celinedreams.com/>

[KJ]

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Lil Kim is recycling herself: she's just had
liposuction, with the fat re-inserted into her t*ts.


>> Things to make you go hmmm <<
Spanking, strippers and Sinitta

At Nicky Westlife's weddding this week, Ronan
Keating sang a song. Ronan's estranged manager
Louis Walsh commented "I always said he'd end
up as a wedding singer..."


Simon Cowell is threatening to quit Pop Idol
after this series, saying "I don't want a record
that will go to number one by selling 40 or
50,000 copies. I want records that will be
number one across the globe". Er, like his
previous hits Westlife, Robson and Jerome
and Sinitta, then?


>> Kill Bill good. Well, violent anyway <<
Tarantino in reverse shark-jump shock

Mr X writes:
"I saw a test screening of Kill Bill a few days
ago. The thirty-minute fight scene will give the
MPAA a stroke. Arguably the most violent fight
scene in any film, animated or live-action. Blood
sprays, people scream in pain... Truly incredible.
It has a level of violence not seen in cinemas
in ages. A little light in the story department,
but that's OK. This is a movie you watch for the
action and the Tarantino-cool, not for the story
craftsmanship.

"And when Uma Thurman sets her eyes on one of the
villains, this amazing, 70s wakka-cha-wakka
synthesizer cranks up. RZA did the music for this,
and goddammit if his soundtrack didn't rattle
my balls."

[KJ]

Not for the easily offended ;) ..............






Why we should all respect Duran <<
Is there something we should know?

Avril Lavigne presented Duran Duran with a
lifetime achievement award at the VMAs last
week. When told she would be doing this, Avril
replied "Who are Duran Duran? Are they a
new band?"

No, Avril, Duran Duran were 80s megastars.
As well as selling 60 million records
and having 11 US top ten singles, they got to
shag thousands of willing groupies and models.




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Sharon Osbourne hosted blow-job classes for girls
backstage at Ozzfest this summer.
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>> Stella vs Mollusc <<
The root of the McCartney feud

New bride Stella McCartney enjoys a very frosty
relationship with step-mother Heather Mills.

Heather's falling out with Stella dates back to
a big family party a couple of years ago, when
Stella had her hideous rhyming slang collection
in the shops. She presented Heather with a dress
with "Raspberry Ripple" written on it

Heather wasn't too pleased when she worked out
that this is rhyming slang for cripple.





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The Spice Girls 2004 Reunion gets closer -
Mel B is currently having talks with Simon
Fuller in LA about signing up.
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>> The camera always lies <<
Tara and the tabloids spread the bullshit

Tara Palmer-Tompkinson was recently splashed
across the tabloids in paparazzi shots with her
"sexy toy-boy Alistair" in the Caribbean.

But these "snatched" photos of a holidaying
couple were actually a sham. Alistair is a male
model, flown over to make-out with Tara for
this photo shoot. He claimed to friends he'd
never even met her before.




>> Mind The Gap <<
Britney and Madonna sink to new lows

Britney's will-shag-for-cash VMA appearance
has stirred up a bit of interest in her November
album - likely to be called More Than You Know.
Yet there's no sign of any singles, and the video
shoot for the first single was postponed
last month. Doesn't look too promising...

The awful Madonna kissing stunt took two weeks of
rehearsals, with J-Lo pulling out at the last
minute to leave an uncomfortable-looking
Christina to fill in. Presumably even disaster-
prone Jen realised that taking part in Madonna
and Missy's self-congratulatory Gap advert
wouldn't be good for her career.

And she was right: Beyonce's awesome performance
later that night made Madonna, Missy, Britney and
Christina look like tragic has-beens.

"I cannot believe this just like freakin' happened!"
said Britney afterwards.

Like, ditto.





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Chris Rock's best line at VMA's - "50 Cent's taken
more shots to the face than Jenna Jameson." 50 has
now taken up yoga with NYC celeb teacher Reign.



>> Guns and Roses Watch <<
Axl Rose still stuck on Stephanie

The new Guns and Roses album is almost ready.
Axl just needs to get over a problem with
the lyrics and vocals on one track - a very
personal song about the love of his life,
Stephanie Seymour.


(FYI: Interscope have so far spent 11.3 million
dollars on the album. But that's not too bad -
Michael Jackson's Invincible cost Sony 50 million.)

[Bren Long]

Originally posted by Kelly Jones
>> Stella vs Mollusc <<
The root of the McCartney feud

New bride Stella McCartney enjoys a very frosty
relationship with step-mother Heather Mills.

Heather's falling out with Stella dates back to
a big family party a couple of years ago, when
Stella had her hideous rhyming slang collection
in the shops. She presented Heather with a dress
with "Raspberry Ripple" written on it

Heather wasn't too pleased when she worked out
that this is rhyming slang for cripple.


Latest reports suggest that Stella has made things up with her new step mother by buying her a plane.
Heather uses Immac on the other leg.

[Voyeur]

:eek: oooooh, bad taste! :ranting: .... I have a bit of a chip when it comes to things like this... :p

...chip?.. ba dum dum tch! :o

[KJ]

You should see some of the stuff we *cant* paste up here(!)





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Iraqi Freedom fighters have captured Saddam Hussein
near Tikrit. They offered him to the USA for the $25m
reward. But Chelsea are reported to have bid $27m.




>> Cage and the cobras <<
Lonely actor lives with snakes

Nicholas Cage likes to sit in a specially-
constructed cell in his home, drinking
wine and watching his two albino king cobras,
Moby and Sheba.

"Sometimes Moby will do this little charming snake
dance", explains Cage. "Every now and then he'll
turn around and go, 'Fuck you, motherfucker. I
want to fucking kill you.'"

"So after that, I say good night kids, and then
I have to go upstairs and lie down and think
about what just happened."

Nicholas Cage is 39.




>> Hooker of the week <<
Who is Agent Provocateuse?

The world's most elite escort agency may be
Boutique Escorts. An ultra-exclusive
international organisation with only 12 girls,
Boutique charges $6,000 just to get on the
subscription list, and only takes on a client
after thorough background and financial checks.
Only the richest businessmen and celebrities
are accepted.

Among the 12 super-hookers is a top Hollywood
actress, who charges over a million pounds for
her services; a supermodel (who goes for a
bargain 50k) and Britain's most expensive female
escort, known only as Agent Provocateuse, who
is rumoured to make $1.5m per day. A European
actress, now married to a famous film star,
used to be on their books too.



>> Everything starts with E <<
Drunkenmunky are the new Scooter

Drunkenmunky's Eminem-sampling club smash is out
next week. It's got the best name of any dance
track in years - 'E'.

The video features four milk white,
vitamin-deficient council-estate scrubs in
shell-suits driving around London in a red
Vauxhall Nova, eating KFC and failing to
chat up some rough-looking girls.

Strangely, however, Drunkenmunky are German.

(FYI: Their next single is the Depeche Mode-sampling
'The Grabbing Hands'.)






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Shane Ritchie (Eastenders' Alfie Moon) is lined
up to be the new Robson and Jerome, and make shit
records for grannies.
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Why do girls hate girls? Recent reality shows,
like BB4 and Fame Academy have seen girl
contestants score disproportately badly in
public votes (which mostly come from girls).
Pop Idol's organisers have ensured their last 50
contains 30 girls to 20 boys, in an effort to
ensure at least a couple of girls win through
on the phone vote.