In a message dated 3/2/98 6:40:10PM, M9523138@Queens-Belfast.AC.UK wrote: << A PREDICTION- if b+s ever really REALLY become popular the main question every hack journalist on the planet will be asking is not about the musical content but whether Stuart Murdoch is a "queer",Im old enough to remember this happening to MORRISSEY and it really gets quite tedious. >> You can't accuse the hacks of being tedious - it's a legitimate popster ploy that the likes of Bolan, Bowie, Lou Reed (with some justification at least) and, er, Boy George played well before La Mozzarella. As a gay adolescent I certainly hunted for any 'clues' that, yes, "my god, could it be? someone I admire is a bit like me!" - Teen queers need role models, but ambiguity works just as well. Stuart will be just that role model for a few 'kids', if only for Seeing Other People alone. I interviewed Dickon from Orlando a year or so ago and he was playing the same "am I/aren't I? Well, I really don't know...." game and, although it was frustrating at the time (as in one wanted to slap him and shout "Morrissey was SO last season!"), there's a legitimate benefit from doing so, on both sides of the fence. Without wishing to quote the hackney-ed old Manics thing of "All rock and roll is homosexual", or quoting Nirvana sleeve notes (both of which I've just done to a degree), "queer" is an ANGLE. Considering that most pop stars are as dull as Dion in an interview scenario, the "I once saw a bloke and thought yeah, maybe" line is headline news (witness recent headlines to that effect about Robbie Williams and Chris "yeah, right!" Evans"). If B&S want to dispel such aspertions, all they have to do is deny them. But they won't. And why should they. It's a LARF, innit? EH??! Stephen. PS I really admire and respect Madonna for the way she's got where she is today. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- . This message was brought to you by the Sinister mailing list. . To send to the list please mail "sinister@majordomo.net". . For subscribing, unsubscribing and other list information please see . http://www.majordomo.net/sinister . For questions about how the list works mail owner-sinister@majordomo.net . We're all happy bunnies humming happy bunny tunes. Aren't we? -----------------------------------------------------------------------