Better late than never...
This weeks Popbitch...
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Cool in your Code web TV brings you London's
neighbourhoods from the inside out. We've walked
the streets, toured the bars and poked our noses
into the homes of London's most vibrant districts
to find the places you shouldn't miss.
http://snipurl.com/coolinyourcode
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"I'm one of the greatest radio DJs ever" - Chris Moyles
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* Elton faces Caribbean gay-bashing
* Anthea reveals Brucie's bonus
* Charts: Sugababes & Girls Aloud are number one
-----------------------------------------------------
>> The fall of the monarchy <<
Coronation slip predicts calamity
A dull Channel 4 documentary this week has
re-ignited debate about whether Prince Charles
is fit to become king. Jean Cocteau, in his
diaries, noted that at the Queen's coronation
a very young Charles fell off his chair. And,
according to African tribal lore, this was a
sign that he would never become King.
----------------------------------------------------
Keith Harris' car registration is OR V1L.
----------------------------------------------------
>> Being Boring <<
Life in the Pet Shop Boys
Chris Lowe rang up Neil Tennant very excited
last week, and told him to rush out and get
Private Eye because the 8-page pull-out on
the NHS IT scandal was so fascinating.
----------------------------------------------------
Gruesome twosome: Paul Young and Lee Ryan's Mum.
----------------------------------------------------
>> Big Questions <<
What people are asking this week
Which football star is dealing with the
sadness of his lady working away from
home by enjoying frequent bouts of exercise
on a chesty blonde London gym instructor?
Which billionaire has been secretly shagging
a very famous London-based model?
----------------------------------------------------
Baltimore has a "punk-rock soccer team" called
CCCP FC, which stands for Charm City Cunt Punchers.
----------------------------------------------------
>> Queer nation <<
Tobago music fans warn Elton
Next month's Plymouth Jazz Festival in
Tobago features a headline appearance by Elton
John. Not all islanders approve. Breakfast TV
show Rise & Shine this week had a phone-in about
Elton. Presenters refused to condemn a caller
who thought Elton should be subjected to earthly
hellfire for his "poisonous" lifestyle, while
another asked, "Is it your understanding that he
is planning a hideous nude gay orgy on stage or
in private during his visit?". Callers
complaining about the homophobia were told on
air, "Opinions are like noses, everyone has one".
Now a Tobago lawyer has unearthed a section
of the Trinidad and Tobago immigration
code which bans self-professed homosexuals
from entering the country, and a Church crusade
is underway to try and make the government
enforce it. Music fans on the island are hoping
Elton manages to get through this gauntlet of
hate...they say they'd rather LL Cool J
was banned from the jazz festival instead.
Line-up:
http://www.yardflex.com/archives/001053.html
----------------------------------------------------
Abby Clancy spotted in LA "looking thin and frail."
She's making a TV show with Janice Dickinson, who
is constantly telling her to lose more weight.
----------------------------------------------------
>> Hair today... <<
Sky Sports gets ready for HD
HD television might be great news for
viewers but it's not all good for presenters.
Sky TV insiders tell us that sports
presenter Richard Keys has had to have his
hands lasered... because he's so hairy that
HD makes him "look like a gorilla".
----------------------------------------------------
Snoop Dogg spent the night in the same Stockholm
cell Axl Rose did last year. A police spokesman
said of the arrest: "He smelled of marijuana...
and we have indications he wasn't clean".
----------------------------------------------------
>> Didn't he do well! <<
Anthea Redfern's Brucie Bonus
maxbrooklynshaw writes:
"A friend met The Generation Game's Anthea
Redfern at a ghastly do in Puerto Banus
last week. She asked Anthea what she
really saw in Bruce Forsyth. Her reply?
"Simple. He was hung like a fucking
horse darling".
----------------------------------------------------
A Mark Bosnich-Sophie Anderton home sex tape
is expected on the net any day now.
----------------------------------------------------
>> Van Hagar <<
Hall of Fame induction disaster
Synth-metal heroes Van Halen's admittance into
the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame had its detractors
from the outset. So it was somewhat appropriate
that their induction this week in New York was a
disaster. Eddie Van Halen is in very bad health
and had to check into rehab before the show, so the
band couldn't play live. Velvet Revolver were
to be the substitute backing band but refused
to play with David Lee Roth. In the end bassist
Michael Anthony was the sole original band member
to turn up and he, along with Sammy Hagar, was
inducted into the Hall of Fame.
Listen to vintage Halen instead:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IbVcsr8RxZI
----------------------------------------------------
Julian Mannion from ITN almost got deported
from Iraq due to passport irregularities. Oops.
----------------------------------------------------
>> Make your mind up <<
Can we trust BBC phone vote?
As everyone now feels that no TV phone vote
is safe from fraud, it will be interesting
to see how BBC's Eurovision entry show copes
on Saturday. Industry experts are predicting
a shock win for unknown French singer Cyndi
(even though we hear Scooch has drafted in
Nicki French to do emergency backing vocals).
It's a shame that a win for BBC favourite
Justin Hawkins would raise distrust
about the vote's veracity.
We're also hoping for a Justin win, not least
because he'd be up against the band who supported
the Darkness on tour, Sweden's The Ark. Bisexual
singer Ola Salo is already a star in Sweden,
and a prominent gay rights activist. In their
adopted home city, Malmo, the band are nicknamed
"When clap came to town". Since they moved there
in 1996, the story goes that hundreds of girls
and boys have been left with a special
reminder of the band. Watch out Helsinki...
The Ark's signature hit -
It Takes A Fool To Remain Sane:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LyXDSsdf6V8&mode=related&search=
----------------------------------------------------
Duncan Bannatyne doesn't yet know that he's in line
to be replaced on the next series of Dragons' Den.
----------------------------------------------------
>> The shape of things to come <<
Film promotion gets a second life
The Iranian media has suddenly got narky about
the movie of Frank Miller's 300, based on the
graphic-novels detailing the Battle of
Thermopylae in 480 BC, where the city-states
of Greece banded together to back the Spartans
and see off the huge invading Persian Army.
300's producers have cleverly decided to launch
its major international promotion in Second Life,
rather than the real world. On 300 island, a
giant outdoor cinema showing clips from the
film to avatars has been built, along with an
exact recreation of one of the sets. Miller is
currently in US recovering from a broken hip but
will appear live in Second Life on Friday for a Q&A.
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Silverscreen/127/98/33/
----------------------------------------------------
Amy Winehouse went into the Cross Keys pub, Covent
Garden, last weekend. She used the toilet but
didn't even buy a drink. (Part-timer...)
----------------------------------------------------
>> Hold the front page <<
Celebrity TV circle-jerk
A forthcoming TV reality show has Janet Street
Porter and the Daily Star's Joe Mott heading
a team of celebrities (including one out of Blue)
who have to make a magazine, wait for it, about
celebrities. Mott thinks that this makes him
a celebrity. A colleague at the Star wandered
over to Joe to get a quote about the show for
a piece he was writing only to be told to
talk to his publicist instead.
FYI: Someone with too much time on their hands:
http://www.joemottwatch.blogspot.com/
----------------------------------------------------
David James, Sol Campbell and Ashley Cole have
been spending time at the Gulf Art Fair in Dubai.
James surprised the galleries and collectors by
knowing more about art than they did.
----------------------------------------------------
>> Things that make you go hmmm <<
Turtles, David Bowie, Snoop Dogg porn
"Zip up yer monkey". Ireland's "Panto Queen"
Twink lets rip to her ex-husband's voicemail:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DINu35v3eMU
Watch Yuri and Gregor spank the monkey:
http://go.popbit.ch/28
Snoop Dogg Porn-a-like:
http://hardcore.gayhost4free.com/homme2/Black/S07.jpg
Joss Stone isn't making many new friends:
http://www.jossstone.com/thankyou/
Bogs from around the world:
http://www.secretsites.de/joblog/?p=281
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles are back!
Kick the crap out of the baddies with
the TMNT game:
http://www.turtle-power.co.uk/
David Bowie teaches at Oxford!
http://www.business.brookes.ac.uk/bs/profile.asp?id=p0071622
Summer's here - get the cutest baby t-shirts!
Limited edition, last few remaining:
http://popbit.ch/tshirts/
What's the most outrageous sex tip you've ever
been given? The latest issue of Scarlet Magazine
has readers' tips would make a Tory M.P. blush.
Get a copy here for only £1.
http://www.scarletmagazine.co.uk/popbitch
*****************************************************
Kelly Brook and the Lynx Mynxes invite you to a pool
party in Miami. Well, what are you waiting for?
http://www.popbitch.com/videos
*****************************************************
>> Chart Predictions <<
New entries/High climbers Sun 18th March
++ Number One
SUGABABES V GIRLS ALOUD Walk This Way
++ Top Ten
GWEN SEFANI/AKON The Sweet Escape
CALVIN HARRIS Acceptable In The 80s
++ Top Twenty
P DIDDY Last Night
FRATELLIS Baby Fratelli
GOOD CHARLOTTE Keep Your Hands Off My Girl
PAULO NUTINI New Shoes
++ Top Forty
THE RAKES We Danced Together
MAXIMO PARK Our Velocity
OOD SHOES Never Meant To Hurt You
>> End Bit <<
Help Popbitch!
* Email stories, gossip:
hello@popbitch.com
* Popbitch is published by Popdog Ltd.
* Web hosting by: http://del.co.uk
* Mail by aysabtu
* We got the hyperlink wrong last week - but there's
still time to send your Mum a teddy for Mother's Day!
From £9.99 inc personalised card and UK postage,
plus it fits through the letter box:
http://www.teddydelivery.co.uk/campaign/popbitch/1
*****************************************************
Thanks to: AM, SW, dollymixture, JB, DL, LT, catfight,
SS, GA, simon_cowell, NP, sw, CN, pawpads, mandaliet
alex, /Ol' Sparky, lb, maxbrooklynshaw, Kerching,
*****************************************************
Old Jokes Home:
One day, a man came home from work and was greeted
by his wife dressed in a very sexy nightdress.
"Tie me up," she purred, "and you can do
anything you want."
So he tied her up and went golfing.
Still Bored?
Midget lovers' heaven:
http://go.popbit.ch/29
****************************************************
Cool in your Code web TV brings you London's
neighbourhoods from the inside out. We've walked
the streets, toured the bars and poked our noses
into the homes of London's most vibrant districts
to find the places you shouldn't miss.
http://snipurl.com/coolinyourcode
****************************************************
"I'm one of the greatest radio DJs ever" - Chris Moyles
-----------------------------------------------------
POPBITCH _ _ _
_ __ ___ _ __ | |__ (_) |_ ___| |__
| '_ \ / _ \| '_ \| '_ \| | __/ __| '_ \
| |_) | (_) | |_) | |_) | | || (__| | | |
| .__/ \___/| .__/|_.__/|_|\__\___|_| |_|
|_| |_| 15.03.07 ISSUE 341
Free every week: to subscribe/unsubscribe
go to http://www.popbitch.com
* Elton faces Caribbean gay-bashing
* Anthea reveals Brucie's bonus
* Charts: Sugababes & Girls Aloud are number one
-----------------------------------------------------
>> The fall of the monarchy <<
Coronation slip predicts calamity
A dull Channel 4 documentary this week has
re-ignited debate about whether Prince Charles
is fit to become king. Jean Cocteau, in his
diaries, noted that at the Queen's coronation
a very young Charles fell off his chair. And,
according to African tribal lore, this was a
sign that he would never become King.
----------------------------------------------------
Keith Harris' car registration is OR V1L.
----------------------------------------------------
>> Being Boring <<
Life in the Pet Shop Boys
Chris Lowe rang up Neil Tennant very excited
last week, and told him to rush out and get
Private Eye because the 8-page pull-out on
the NHS IT scandal was so fascinating.
----------------------------------------------------
Gruesome twosome: Paul Young and Lee Ryan's Mum.
----------------------------------------------------
>> Big Questions <<
What people are asking this week
Which football star is dealing with the
sadness of his lady working away from
home by enjoying frequent bouts of exercise
on a chesty blonde London gym instructor?
Which billionaire has been secretly shagging
a very famous London-based model?
----------------------------------------------------
Baltimore has a "punk-rock soccer team" called
CCCP FC, which stands for Charm City Cunt Punchers.
----------------------------------------------------
>> Queer nation <<
Tobago music fans warn Elton
Next month's Plymouth Jazz Festival in
Tobago features a headline appearance by Elton
John. Not all islanders approve. Breakfast TV
show Rise & Shine this week had a phone-in about
Elton. Presenters refused to condemn a caller
who thought Elton should be subjected to earthly
hellfire for his "poisonous" lifestyle, while
another asked, "Is it your understanding that he
is planning a hideous nude gay orgy on stage or
in private during his visit?". Callers
complaining about the homophobia were told on
air, "Opinions are like noses, everyone has one".
Now a Tobago lawyer has unearthed a section
of the Trinidad and Tobago immigration
code which bans self-professed homosexuals
from entering the country, and a Church crusade
is underway to try and make the government
enforce it. Music fans on the island are hoping
Elton manages to get through this gauntlet of
hate...they say they'd rather LL Cool J
was banned from the jazz festival instead.
Line-up:
http://www.yardflex.com/archives/001053.html
----------------------------------------------------
Abby Clancy spotted in LA "looking thin and frail."
She's making a TV show with Janice Dickinson, who
is constantly telling her to lose more weight.
----------------------------------------------------
>> Hair today... <<
Sky Sports gets ready for HD
HD television might be great news for
viewers but it's not all good for presenters.
Sky TV insiders tell us that sports
presenter Richard Keys has had to have his
hands lasered... because he's so hairy that
HD makes him "look like a gorilla".
----------------------------------------------------
Snoop Dogg spent the night in the same Stockholm
cell Axl Rose did last year. A police spokesman
said of the arrest: "He smelled of marijuana...
and we have indications he wasn't clean".
----------------------------------------------------
>> Didn't he do well! <<
Anthea Redfern's Brucie Bonus
maxbrooklynshaw writes:
"A friend met The Generation Game's Anthea
Redfern at a ghastly do in Puerto Banus
last week. She asked Anthea what she
really saw in Bruce Forsyth. Her reply?
"Simple. He was hung like a fucking
horse darling".
----------------------------------------------------
A Mark Bosnich-Sophie Anderton home sex tape
is expected on the net any day now.
----------------------------------------------------
>> Van Hagar <<
Hall of Fame induction disaster
Synth-metal heroes Van Halen's admittance into
the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame had its detractors
from the outset. So it was somewhat appropriate
that their induction this week in New York was a
disaster. Eddie Van Halen is in very bad health
and had to check into rehab before the show, so the
band couldn't play live. Velvet Revolver were
to be the substitute backing band but refused
to play with David Lee Roth. In the end bassist
Michael Anthony was the sole original band member
to turn up and he, along with Sammy Hagar, was
inducted into the Hall of Fame.
Listen to vintage Halen instead:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IbVcsr8RxZI
----------------------------------------------------
Julian Mannion from ITN almost got deported
from Iraq due to passport irregularities. Oops.
----------------------------------------------------
>> Make your mind up <<
Can we trust BBC phone vote?
As everyone now feels that no TV phone vote
is safe from fraud, it will be interesting
to see how BBC's Eurovision entry show copes
on Saturday. Industry experts are predicting
a shock win for unknown French singer Cyndi
(even though we hear Scooch has drafted in
Nicki French to do emergency backing vocals).
It's a shame that a win for BBC favourite
Justin Hawkins would raise distrust
about the vote's veracity.
We're also hoping for a Justin win, not least
because he'd be up against the band who supported
the Darkness on tour, Sweden's The Ark. Bisexual
singer Ola Salo is already a star in Sweden,
and a prominent gay rights activist. In their
adopted home city, Malmo, the band are nicknamed
"When clap came to town". Since they moved there
in 1996, the story goes that hundreds of girls
and boys have been left with a special
reminder of the band. Watch out Helsinki...
The Ark's signature hit -
It Takes A Fool To Remain Sane:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LyXDSsdf6V8&mode=related&search=
----------------------------------------------------
Duncan Bannatyne doesn't yet know that he's in line
to be replaced on the next series of Dragons' Den.
----------------------------------------------------
>> The shape of things to come <<
Film promotion gets a second life
The Iranian media has suddenly got narky about
the movie of Frank Miller's 300, based on the
graphic-novels detailing the Battle of
Thermopylae in 480 BC, where the city-states
of Greece banded together to back the Spartans
and see off the huge invading Persian Army.
300's producers have cleverly decided to launch
its major international promotion in Second Life,
rather than the real world. On 300 island, a
giant outdoor cinema showing clips from the
film to avatars has been built, along with an
exact recreation of one of the sets. Miller is
currently in US recovering from a broken hip but
will appear live in Second Life on Friday for a Q&A.
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Silverscreen/127/98/33/
----------------------------------------------------
Amy Winehouse went into the Cross Keys pub, Covent
Garden, last weekend. She used the toilet but
didn't even buy a drink. (Part-timer...)
----------------------------------------------------
>> Hold the front page <<
Celebrity TV circle-jerk
A forthcoming TV reality show has Janet Street
Porter and the Daily Star's Joe Mott heading
a team of celebrities (including one out of Blue)
who have to make a magazine, wait for it, about
celebrities. Mott thinks that this makes him
a celebrity. A colleague at the Star wandered
over to Joe to get a quote about the show for
a piece he was writing only to be told to
talk to his publicist instead.
FYI: Someone with too much time on their hands:
http://www.joemottwatch.blogspot.com/
----------------------------------------------------
David James, Sol Campbell and Ashley Cole have
been spending time at the Gulf Art Fair in Dubai.
James surprised the galleries and collectors by
knowing more about art than they did.
----------------------------------------------------
>> Things that make you go hmmm <<
Turtles, David Bowie, Snoop Dogg porn
"Zip up yer monkey". Ireland's "Panto Queen"
Twink lets rip to her ex-husband's voicemail:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DINu35v3eMU
Watch Yuri and Gregor spank the monkey:
http://go.popbit.ch/28
Snoop Dogg Porn-a-like:
http://hardcore.gayhost4free.com/homme2/Black/S07.jpg
Joss Stone isn't making many new friends:
http://www.jossstone.com/thankyou/
Bogs from around the world:
http://www.secretsites.de/joblog/?p=281
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles are back!
Kick the crap out of the baddies with
the TMNT game:
http://www.turtle-power.co.uk/
David Bowie teaches at Oxford!
http://www.business.brookes.ac.uk/bs/profile.asp?id=p0071622
Summer's here - get the cutest baby t-shirts!
Limited edition, last few remaining:
http://popbit.ch/tshirts/
What's the most outrageous sex tip you've ever
been given? The latest issue of Scarlet Magazine
has readers' tips would make a Tory M.P. blush.
Get a copy here for only £1.
http://www.scarletmagazine.co.uk/popbitch
*****************************************************
Kelly Brook and the Lynx Mynxes invite you to a pool
party in Miami. Well, what are you waiting for?
http://www.popbitch.com/videos
*****************************************************
>> Chart Predictions <<
New entries/High climbers Sun 18th March
++ Number One
SUGABABES V GIRLS ALOUD Walk This Way
++ Top Ten
GWEN SEFANI/AKON The Sweet Escape
CALVIN HARRIS Acceptable In The 80s
++ Top Twenty
P DIDDY Last Night
FRATELLIS Baby Fratelli
GOOD CHARLOTTE Keep Your Hands Off My Girl
PAULO NUTINI New Shoes
++ Top Forty
THE RAKES We Danced Together
MAXIMO PARK Our Velocity
OOD SHOES Never Meant To Hurt You
>> End Bit <<
Help Popbitch!
* Email stories, gossip:
hello@popbitch.com
* Popbitch is published by Popdog Ltd.
* Web hosting by: http://del.co.uk
* Mail by aysabtu
* We got the hyperlink wrong last week - but there's
still time to send your Mum a teddy for Mother's Day!
From £9.99 inc personalised card and UK postage,
plus it fits through the letter box:
http://www.teddydelivery.co.uk/campaign/popbitch/1
*****************************************************
Thanks to: AM, SW, dollymixture, JB, DL, LT, catfight,
SS, GA, simon_cowell, NP, sw, CN, pawpads, mandaliet
alex, /Ol' Sparky, lb, maxbrooklynshaw, Kerching,
*****************************************************
Old Jokes Home:
One day, a man came home from work and was greeted
by his wife dressed in a very sexy nightdress.
"Tie me up," she purred, "and you can do
anything you want."
So he tied her up and went golfing.
Still Bored?
Midget lovers' heaven:
http://go.popbit.ch/29