Brel over Britain
Oct. 16th, 2009 12:35 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
imomusMy full-spectrum dominance of the UK press continues as I tell the New Statesman how the love affair between me and Jacques Brel began, and land a jabby scissor-kick on Blair's press secretary Alastair Campbell...
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By the way, if you were thinking of coming to see me, Marc Almond, Diamanda Galás and others singing Brel at The Barbican next Thursday, you're too late; I'm told it's sold out. There are seats left for the same show the following night at the Warwick Arts Centre, though.
Read on...
By the way, if you were thinking of coming to see me, Marc Almond, Diamanda Galás and others singing Brel at The Barbican next Thursday, you're too late; I'm told it's sold out. There are seats left for the same show the following night at the Warwick Arts Centre, though.
Re: jacky OTT
Date: 2009-10-16 12:15 pm (UTC)The macho elements of Brel are pretty convincing (the harbours and bars of Benelux can be rough as old boots). We’re always told that maleness is a kind of orthodoxy and camp is some sort of counterbalance or alternative, but I think that proper macho is rare in popular culture. Even in hip hop - what sort real man goes poncing around preening and crooning (and bragging)?
Re: jacky OTT
Date: 2009-10-16 12:38 pm (UTC)You miss the point - there clearly are lots of cultures where this kind of behaviour is exactly what the "real men" do. And ironically, in these kinds of cultures the men actually tend to be a lot more macho than in cultures where men are supposed to be less ostentatious and more "authentic".
i wish i was deep insteed o just macho
Date: 2009-10-16 04:12 pm (UTC)Re: jacky OTT
Date: 2009-10-16 07:38 pm (UTC)