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> In a new interview with the Advocate, Moby reveals that as a boy he was frequently mistaken for a girl; he considers the gay bashing he underwent several years ago in Boston to be a "badge of honor"; he's never been in love (with a man or a woman); and as a extra special bonus he divulges his secret recipe for growing a gay child: feed the pregnant mother extra soy-milk and play Dead or Alive and Donna Summer while the child’s still in the womb. Or as we like to say -- indoctrinate early, indoctrinate often.
> Aretha Franklin is in T-R-O-U-B-L-E. The Queen of Soul needs $19,000 -- and quick -- or her home is going into foreclosure. Luckily, PETA has offered to pay the past due taxes in full if Franklin promises to 1) never again drape another dead animal carcass across her ample bosom and 2) donates the furs she currently owns to PETA. And while PETA certainly wins our vote for the animal rights organization with the most creative problem solving strategies, we're guessing Aretha would probably rather auction a few of her mink coats on Ebay to pay back the bank than live the rest of her life in a cold, clammy, unshakable fear knowing that one day soon she'll be forced to return the favor and pose nude on a billboard.
> NME.com is reporting that emo kids are under seige in Mexico. Nearly 800 angry metal, punk, and rockabilly fans "amassed against emos in the city [of Querataro] resulting in many violent attacks, and a week later a similar incident occurred in Mexico City. Emos in both cities responded to the attacks by marching peacefully through the center of the cities." And it gets worse -- a group of Chilean emos known as PokEMOns (yes -- you read that correctly) were recently assaulted by skinheads. Before we get all American and proclaim that people should be able to listen to whatever they want no matter how maudlin or mopey without a rabid rockabilly fan attacking them with a rusty banjo, we want to wait a few days to make sure this story wasn't actually penned by the folks at The Onion.
> Finally, in an ongoing attempt to keep you as thoroughly updated in all things Yaz as possible, we wanted to mention that a third LA date -- July 8th at the Orpheum theater -- has been added to their summer tour. Head over to Ticketmaster to score yourself tickets before the rest of West Hollywood beats you to it.
-- NOAH MICHELSON
shana -- first of all, nice picture of me. second, did you know that aretha used to be married to mayor royce? for real. maybe we can get clay d. to help her out...
just a thought.
Posted by: cp | March 28, 2008 at 05:02 AM
OMG! Will you see Yaz with me??? Let's discuss this. Didn't I Bring Love Down?
Posted by: Chris | March 28, 2008 at 02:27 PM