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George Michael Busted!
Ten stories in two minutes. Bono, Ted Nugent, Courtney Love, Led Zeppelin, George Michael, Travis Barker and Eddie Veder to name a few. On this edition of the Weekly Fix, we bring you the music news overload. Ten stories in two minutes. Bono, Ted Nugent, Courtney Love, Led Zeppelin, George Michael, Travis Barker and Eddie Veder to name a few... more
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George Michael Arrested in Public Toilets AGAIN
LONDON, England (CNN) -- Pop star George Michael was cautioned by police in London after being arrested in public toilets on suspicion of possessing drugs, the UK's Press Association reported.
In a statement, the Metropolitan Police said a 45-year-old man had been arrested in the Hampstead Heath area of London on Friday. He was later released with a caution for possession of class A and class C drugs.
The statement did not name Michael, but other sources confirmed his identity.
Reports Sunday said Michael had been arrested following a tip-off to police from a suspicious toilet attendant, PA said.
The 45-year-old, who has sold more than 100 million records worldwide, has talked openly about his use of drugs in the past.
In an inteview with the BBC last year he admitted: "I'm a happy man and I can afford my marijuana so that's not a problem."
Last May he pleaded guilty to driving while unfit through drugs and was banned from driving for two years after being found slumped behind the wheel of his car. LONDON, England (CNN) -- Pop star George Michael was cautioned by police in London after being arrested in public toilets on suspicion... more -
George Michael arrest over drugs
Pop singer George Michael has been cautioned by police after being arrested in a public toilet in London for possession of drugs.
"A 45-year-old man was arrested on 19 September on suspicion of possession of drugs in the Hampstead Heath area," a Metropolitan Police spokesman said. The singer was taken to a police station and given the caution for possessing class A and class C drugs. Last month, he completed his 25 Live world tour, his first for 15 years. After performing "final" dates at London's Earls Court and in Copenhagen, Michael said he would be retiring from arena and stadium shows.
He said he would leave the "bells and whistles" of large-scale tours behind after the tour because he wanted a "quieter life". During the concerts, he performed his number one hit Outside in a police uniform in a jokey reference to previous arrests. The song itself referred to his arrest in 1998 when he was detained by an undercover police officer for lewd conduct in a public toilet in Beverly Hills, California.
Until that time he had not "come out" in public, but the arrest and subsequent conviction forced him to reveal his homosexuality and his relationship with American Kenny Goss. Michael also came into conflict with the law in October 2006 when he was found slumped over the wheel of his car. And last May he was given a two-year driving ban after pleading guilty to driving while unfit through drugs.
Earlier this year, the 45-year-old singer signed a multi-million pound deal with publisher HarperCollins to write his autobiography, which he said would be a "no-holds barred" account of his life. And during his final shows on stage, he revealed that he had written a Christmas song which would be released this December - his first festive song since Wham!'s Last Christmas, initially released in 1984. Pop singer George Michael has been cautioned by police after being arrested in a public toilet in London for possession of drugs. ... more -
George Michael cross-examined about sex, promiscuity and abstinence
The Daily Mantra would like to applaud pop star George Michael for his appearance on Eli Stone, (which stars Johnny Lee Miller as a lawyer with a higher calling in the title role). In the past, the publicity shy singer/songwriter has even refused to promote his own records, so when he stepped into the limelight for a cameo appearance on last week's installment of the hit ABC spiritually-charged legal drama, we knew it was for reasons beyond mere music and ticket sales, for Michael is a man who knows how to use his fame wisely.
In the episode in question, Stone represents a girl who was expelled from school for protesting about its abstinence-only sex education program by playing Michael's 1987 hit "I Want Your Sex" over the speaker system during assembly. In the show, Michael comes to her rescue, and funds her legal challenge to the expulsion; In reality, the singer used the high-profile TV appearance to challenge America's hypocritical, and highly misleading, policy of abstinence only 'sex education.'
"An abstinence only 'sex education' program is an oxymoron," said Michael from the witness box. "Abstinence can only be a choice if you have all the facts." One fact that's glaringly absent from such programs is that condom use is an effective option to protect against both pregnancy and disease. The silence is deafening, not just in our schools, but in the third world, where the poorest people on our planet have paid dearly, many with their lives, thanks to the deadly combination of AIDs and our no-sex dogma, which comes hands-in-hand with all U.S. government-funded sexual health programs.
The AIDS issue is very close to Michael's heart. Michael's lover, Anselmo Feleppa, died of an AIDS-related cerebral hemorrhage in March 1993. "I Want Your Sex" was released in 1987, when Michael was still firmly in the closet (the singer came out to his parents shortly after Feleppa's death, and to the public in 1998). To dispel misconceptions about the anti-promiscuity but pro-sex song, which was banned by many radio stations due to its explicit lyrics, Michael recorded a prologue for the video in which he stated "this song is not about casual sex." During one of the scenes in the steamy video, which featured celebrity make-up artist Kathy Jeung, Michael is seen writing "explore monogamy" on her body in lipstick.
"It was inspired by a relationship. Like most of my work it was autobiographical," said Michael in response to a question posed by Stone's boss and trial colleague Jordan Wethersby (played by Victor Gaber) during cross-examination about the origins of the song. When asked if the song encouraged promiscuity, Michael responded by saying, "It's just the opposite. Ironically I wrote the song about abstinence and I was very much in love with someone at the time."
"When I wrote it we were in year six of the AIDS crises, a crisis that Ronald Reagan did not even address publicly until there were over 21,000 people dead, and what the government is doing right now, funding federal programs that tell children that condoms don't work, is killing people all over again."
To quote Mr. Wethersby, "Thank you, Mr. Michael." We rest our case. How many more of us will be caught 'praying for time' with HIV-infected loved ones before the state gets the church-infected dogma out our publicly-funded education programs and lets pragmatism take its course.
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George Michael: Reconsidered
Where IS this cat these days, man...?
I couldn't give a damn about dude's sexual orientation---this cat can sing his @$$ off. This re-make of the phenomenal Stevie Wonder original - with an invaluable assist from Mary J. Blige - is MUSIC, man.
Seriously, there's no accounting for the 'tastes' of the masses. This joint should've been blasting from every car stereo and iPod around. Ironically cue Kelly Clarkson's "Since You've Been Gone".
*sigh* Where IS this cat these days, man...? ... more -
George Michael: Cruising
UK weekly tabloid, "News of the World" reported on Sunday June 23, that George Michael had a sexual encounter with a 58-year-old unemployed van driver on Hampstead Heath in North London.
The media alledged that he had postponed a civil union ceremony formalizing his relationship with long-term partner Kenny Goss due to his admitted "crusiing."
In the following Raw Intel, Mr. Michael speaks out and defends himself. UK weekly tabloid, "News of the World" reported on Sunday June 23, that George Michael had a sexual encounter with a 58-year... more
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