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Released on March 1, 2010

Unique, unpredictable and impressive, Joanna Newson’s Have One On Me is a vituoso peformance.

Have One On Me is issued as a triple album. Dividing it into three CDs was an astute move, even when it would have fit comfortably onto two. Newsom has said that it is divided “in terms of morning, noon and night, although that wasn’t the concept when the album was written but the way that the narrative progresses”.

Clementine provides “light relief” …

Clementine the Living Fashion Doll extends an invitation to Lingering Whispers, an exhibition at the St Pancras Gallery in central London from the 6th May to the 6th June, 2010.

I am releasing a Clementine Fashion Doll at the event. Yes! It will be your chance to possess me without any danger of legal repercussions. (You know who you are.)

Christian B&B owners want to have their cake and eat it.

Gay Couple Turned Away by B&B Owners on Religious Grounds.

Once again a Soldier of Christ thinks they are above the law.

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Another American General sounds off like an idiot, I see.

Former General John Sheehan Blames 1995 Massacre on the Presence of Gay Soldiers.

Sheehan does not have an easy time of it with the English language.

A critique of the Tony Blair Faith Foundation.

Why, asks Rebel Scum, is Tony Blair Faith Foundation forging links with the Christian Right in the United States? Is the soldier of Christ once again at war with the idea of democracy, and displacing it in favour of “faith factors”?

The militaristic Blair, a soldier of Christ, calls this latest mission a “faith offensive”. There is something rather apt about that phrase.

Clayton Littlewood’s Soho Stories: David Shenton.

Clayton writes about an exhibition at the Drill Hall by the cartoonist, David Shenton.

I first saw Shenton’s cartoons in the weekly gay newspaper Capital Gay back in the early 80’s. They were funny, thought-provoking, depicting a world of check shirt and leather-clad clones.

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275 pages • Anthony Blond • 1961 [PB]

A gay love story about young working-class men, for a change (or at least it was back in the ’60s.)

The Leather Boys is a 1961 London pulp novel by Gillian Freeman, and later made into a New Wave Brit flick in 1963 by the aptly named Sidney Furie. It is about two late-teen, working-class, south London ton-up biker boys who find themselves surprised, unnerved & ultimately confused to discover they’re in love with each other.

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Released on March 1, 2010

Surprising and impressive, Sharleen Spiteri’s The Movie Songbook is a hit.

She has proven with this album that she can more than handle formerly unexplored territory. The incredible, aching vocal on ‘Windmills Of Your Mind’ is the perfect foreground for the bossa-nova beat underpinning the track.

Clementine on Danny La Rue

A Glamor News Flash from Clementine about the exceptional auction of 86 originals worn by performer Danny La Rue throughout his career.

His lavish costumes were couture quality.

Clayton Littlewood’s Soho Stories: Soft Cell and Lady Gaga

Clayton writes about the joys of Soft Cell and the inspiration of Lady Gaga.

He tells me where the early Soft Cell videos were filmed (around Walkers Court), about recording in Trident (which is just up the road on St Anne’s Court), a studio where Bowie and Bolan once recorded.