We had it all - thirteen inches!

Another dull, tedious week in work drags its sorry arse to a close... Thank gawd!

I think we deserve a paaaarty!

This is more often than not the traditional spot where I hanker after spangles, sequins and cheesy bells-and-whistles, and post something of that ilk - but how about on this occasion we ramp up the ante a little? I've been trawling through the archives, and stumbled across a choon that I loved twelve years ago - and, unsurprisingly, it got me "moving in a rhythmical fashion" [see Mr DeVice's recent post for the discussion on that] all over again!

Thank Disco House It's Friday!

Breach ft. Andreya Triana - Everything You Never Had (We Had It All)

Have a faboo weekend, dear reader!

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FOOTNOTE:

It's Krampusnacht again!!

Let's revisit that thirteen-inch tongue...

Actually - Krampus Redux

[Click the "Krampus" label at the foot of this post for more on him.]

Of eggs, couture, animal antics, golden hare, golden balls and whoring

A crystal Faberge egg studded with diamonds commissioned by a Russian tsar that sold for a record £22.9m ($30m) at auction in London. I think it looks like a soap dish with a "Wade Whimsy" inside!

It's another snippets post, dear reader:

• Fa-fa-fa-fa-fashion news: Prada has bought Versace (for a knock-down price), bringing two major Italian luxury fashion houses under one roof. Prada has leather handbags. Donatella has leather skin. A perfect match!
• Oops news: Contractors working for Ealing Council cut down a perfectly healthy and beautiful flowering cherry tree - on the correctly-named street, but in Richmond, the completely wrong borough altogether!
• Inevitable festive-related fluffy animal news: A reindeer that escaped from "Santa's Enchanted Forest" in Formby, Merseyside (on the grounds of good taste, no doubt) was found curled up asleep on a nearby beach.
• Fun before the internet news: The decorative Golden Hare that was the prize in the early 80s treasure hunt phenomenon Masquerade [the ornately-illustrated book that had millions across the globe gripped by solving its puzzles and riddles to find clues] has sold for £82,000 at auction.
• Party animal news: A drunk raccoon was found passed out on the floor of a liquor store in Virginia after breaking in and ransacking the shelves. My kind of vermin!
• 20-foot erection news: A giant golden statue of a naked Roman gladiator nicknamed "Golden Balls" by local people has been returned to its rightful place outside an antique shop in Wigan, after a dispute with the local council led to him being banned.

Wise words

• And, finally - literature: I recently stumbled across an interview from 2021 with the legendary US gay author John Rechy (who was 94 earlier this year), and was particularly taken with a couple of quotes...
  • "It [the phrase “sex worker”] drives me mad. A sex worker takes the prostitution out of the thing. I remember when a collection of my essays was being published and they referred to me as an “ex-sex worker” and I said, “No way, no way, please. Call me a whore, a prostitute, anything but sex worker.” It disrespects the proud tradition of whoring."

  • "I will never call myself a queer. That word is one of the things that I detest that has happened, and it’s almost being forced now. For me, you cannot separate that word from the hatred and violence that once accompanied it. When I read it being used in The New York Times, I think, “It’s their word and they can fucking have it all they want.” I will never use “queer.” It’s an ugly word."

Amen to that:

Modern Rocketry - Homosexuality

Yes, Sir!

And the weather? Pissing down again.

Beef

Fancy a nibble on some buns? Maybe a slab of bratwurst?

Good news - birthday girl Jaye P. Morgan (94 today) is Cooking with Beefcake!

I can't imagine the saintly Delia Smith doing that.

Reap the whirlwind

Retailers launch Fuck You, We're Jacking The Price Right Up Tuesday
After Black Friday and Cyber Monday, today sees the launch of a new retail event where prices are brought right back up to meet Q4 profit targets.

Physical and online shops have happily announced that shoppers have had their chance to enjoy large discounts, cannot say they were not warned and goods will now cost up to 50 per cent more because they have shareholders to keep happy.

Retail CEO Martin Bishop said: “Delayed picking up a bargain over the weekend because you thought the low, low prices would last another week? Well, fuck you.

“We weren’t bluffing. We’ve got bills to pay and bonuses to make. How do you expect us to do that when we’re shifting air fryers at a 40 per cent discount? Be reasonable.

“Those offers were genuine. You scorned them. And now you reap the whirlwind. Christmas is coming and we’re here to claim what’s rightfully ours, namely your hard-earned cash.

“What’s that? It seems to you prices have been inflated well beyond their original value? Yep. That’s just part of the Fuck You, We’re Jacking The Price Right Up Tuesday fun. See you next year.”

Shopper Nikki Hollis said: “I am excited to take part in this fiscal event. I hope the shops play Christmas music.”

The Daily Mash

Of course.

I wouldn't say I invented tacky, but I definitely brought it to its present high popularity

• "Don't I look fabulous? I'm a triumph of science and fiction."
• "Give a girl the right shoes, and she can conquer the world."
• "I have my standards. They're low, but I have them."
• "I wouldn't say I invented tacky, but I definitely brought it to its present high popularity."
• "Trust your talent. You don't have to make a whore of yourself to get ahead. You really don't."
• "Get the trash off the street and back on the stage where it belongs."
• "Underneath all this drag, I'm really a librarian, you know."
• "Thank God for the gays. I don't know what would have happened but I know what did happen. Good for them and good for me."
• "I'm working my way toward divinity."
• "Fuck 'em if they can't take a joke!"

Lordy! Our Patron Saint of Boobs, The Divine Miss M herself, Bette Midler is 80 years old today!

To mark the auspicious occasion, on this Tacky Music Monday, how about a triple-bill wake-up call?

That'll do nicely...

Bette Midler - Fiesta In Rio

Bette Midler - Pretty Legs And Great Big Knockers

And, finally - Ms Midler's alter-ego, the character who inspired my entire blog!

Delores DeLago and the DeLago Sisters - I (We) Will Survive (Bette Midler: Art or Bust)

Unbeatable.

Many happy returns, Bette Midler (born 1st December 1945)