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...
After four decades of hard work, Mark finally gets the promotion he deserves… to head of homemade pizza tasting.
So tell me, what was your milestone work anniversary gift?
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I'm not feeling good at all due to on-going problems with my lungs. Infection after infection and still no solution; but - hey-ho - I've met people far worse off over the past few months.
I've had Her Indoors sit me up in front of the computer because I was incensed listening to His Majesty's speech before Congress last night.
My loyalty is to the Crown. The person wearing it is a different matter.
In fairness to the King, that "speech to the Democrats" has the Starmer government's paw-prints all over it - and the King delivered it at exactly the same time the execrable Starmer was fighting off an attempt to put the prime minister before a parliamentary scrutiny committee where the truth of what went on during the sordid Peter Mandelson affair would have been extorted. Starmer imposed a three-line whip on his own MPs to head off any rebellion. He, predictably, took the coward's way out.
If you're British then you could spot immediately the several...
Okay, let's start Wednesday off with some fun. Waiting to go to town for jury duty. I am going to do my civic duty. If they ask, I will admit to being a devout Conservative and been on The Gutter since 2020 and let the chips fall where they may.
So here are some memes and thoughts on the WHCD in the
"So Mrs Lincoln, other than that... how was the play?" vein
First 3 are the assassin on floor after capture, The last 2 are from the moment the gunshots were heard.
