July 23, 2008


British Tabloids: Amy Winehouse Better Than Britney

Ms. Winehouse’s acclaim could not have come at a better time for the sultry, beehived songstress, whose husband Blake Fielder-Civil received on the same day a twenty-seven month prison sentence for his June, 2006 conviction on dual charges of beating a Hoxton pub landlord and attempting to smoke a wicker chair.

While worldwide support for Ms. Winehouse has ebbed and flowed — depending upon her daily batshit-crazy antics — the devotion of her UK media fan base reflects traditional British values of loyalty, perseverance, and clinging tenaciously to lost causes.

(link to article)

posted by Michael Grant Smith in beauty, crime, drugs, journalism, music, news, pop culture, relationships, satire 

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10 Responses to “British Tabloids: Amy Winehouse Better Than Britney”

  1. Michael Dougan on July 23rd, 2008 at 7:05 pm

    Don’t forget the traditional British value’s of taking High Tea with scones, abusing your servant’s and buggery in Public School’s (Private school’s in the rest of the world, why they are called Public school’s in the UK beats me.)

  2. Sheila Ryan on July 23rd, 2008 at 7:19 pm

    Dougan, I take it you’re not a great fan of the Acts of Union. Eh? Just a guess.

  3. Michael Dougan on July 23rd, 2008 at 7:33 pm

    I live the colonial expat life style, take tea in the afternoon and have a sundowner every night on the terrace………….. I just need a Punkah Wallah.

  4. Sheila Ryan on July 23rd, 2008 at 7:36 pm

    I’m spewing! Somewhere in a comment on Phil Bebbington’s site, I made up some nonsense about retreating to the hills in the hot months and being fanned by the punkah wallahs.

  5. Michael Dougan on July 23rd, 2008 at 7:41 pm

    Well Sheila its very hard living in these tropical climes, one has to ensure proper hydration and enough Tonic for the Gin! I’ll be thinking of you this evening as the sun slips below the horizon and I’m sitting in the cool evening breeze sipping on an ice cold G&T.

  6. Sheila Ryan on July 23rd, 2008 at 7:44 pm

    At least you won’t come down with the Yellow Fever, as we call it here in the States.

  7. Michael Grant Smith on July 23rd, 2008 at 7:55 pm

    Somebody, I think it was Cindy, once said apostrophe abuse defined an empire’s decline.

    Prevention of fever is paramount, of course. Carry on.

  8. Sheila Ryan on July 23rd, 2008 at 7:56 pm

    Decline and fall. I do what I can to shore up the Empire.

    Prevention of fever — now that’s up to each and every one of us.

  9. Michael Dougan on July 23rd, 2008 at 8:10 pm

    MGS, you may like this site…

    http://u2019.blogspot.com/2007_05_01_archive.html

  10. movie buff on August 21st, 2008 at 4:19 pm

    they say music is therapeutic… so she has at least that much going for her

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