June 15, 1987: Pet Shop Boys released the single ''It's a Sin''.
'When we brought out “It’s a Sin,” it was quite interesting, because people took it really seriously; the song was intended as a camp joke and it wasn’t something I consciously took very seriously. The local parish priest in Newcastle delivered a sermon on it, and reflected on how the Church changed from the promise of a ghastly hell to the message of love.'' - Neil Tennant
''I’ve become less religious as I’ve got older. Even when I wrote ''It’s a Sin'' part of me was probably still a Catholic. The thing that I always liked about Catholicism they got rid of! I liked the Latin and the incense and the sort of music and plainsong. When I was eight years old I could sing the Latin mass in plainsong because I was an altar boy.'' Neil Tennant
''When I first walked into a big gay disco, my first thought was, “This is like a Cathedral, this is like a Church.” The combination of this transcendent music, a lot of...
Send help......and a storage unit. He kept the m'fer a secret. Maybe I should come home with a pair of $1000 shoes.
Congratulation to @SGKusmertz, @bek1, and @wilbner. Your questions were chosen for tonight’s Ask Joe and the Panelists.
@SGKusmertz If you could have one song play when you enter a room, what would it be?
@bek1 Do you usually feel excited or stressed out about going back to school after summer break?
@wilbner What was the best prank you’ve ever pulled?
𝑾𝒉𝒚 𝒅𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑩𝒓𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒔𝒉 𝒆𝒍𝒊𝒕𝒆𝒔 𝒉𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝑩𝒓𝒊𝒕𝒂𝒊𝒏 𝒔𝒐 𝒎𝒖𝒄𝒉?
Good moaning. I greet you well.
I'm happily on the mend but must take things at a very slow pace. I hope all of you are hale and hearty.
The piece below is paywalled at spiked!.
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𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐲 𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝐟𝐥𝐚𝐠𝐬, 𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝐜𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟-𝐟𝐥𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝐡𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐰𝐞 𝐝𝐨?
by Hugo Timms
Last summer, Britain’s political and cultural elites were confronted with an alarming situation. A dangerous social contagion was spreading across the country, seemingly out of nowhere.
This terrible pox was...
Lights Out
Happy birthday to David Lee Roth. Here’s ten of his Van Halen songs. Here’s a quote that proves Dave is a liberal. “The secret to success is sincerity. Once you can fake that, you have it made”. At least he admits it.
Running With The Devil
Hot For Teacher
Jump
Ice Cream Man
Panama
Ain’t Talkin’ About Love
Dance The Night Away
Intruder/Pretty Woman
You Really Got Me
Beautiful Girls
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