A Pageant indeed

The Queen's 1000-boat Diamond Jubilee pageant on the Thames...

Diamond Jubilee River Pageant - the best bits (ITN/On Demand News)

The Queen's Jubilee Pageant in all its glory (The Telegraph)

...a magnificent occasion.

Enter the Queen(s)

On this day of pageant, as Her Majesty heads a flotilla of hundreds of boats down the Thames in honour of the Diamond Jubilee (which I shall be watching from the dry comfort of Dolores Delargo Towers rather than brave the torrential rain and millions of wet onlookers), here are a couple of appropriate pieces, methinks...

Enter the Queens: Madonna, Elizabeth Taylor, Grace Jones, Freddie Mercury and more

And on a more subtle note (although it probably wasn't at the time!):

Handel - Music for the Royal Fireworks

Gawd Bless Ya, Ma'am(s)!

Diamond Jubilee on the BBC

I won't give up the fight for you

Many happy returns (yesterday) to the eternal teen heartthrob Mr Jason Donovan!





As we celebrate the great news that Princess Kylie has confirmed she will indeed duet with Jase on Especially for You on stage at the Hit Factory Live mega-concert in Hyde Park next month, so let us remember the golden boy's most uplifting moment...

Jason Donovan - Too Many Broken Hearts

Happy Birthday, sweetie!

Jason Donovan official website

Gayest superhero?

As far as I can see, they've outed the wrong one...

DC announces which of its superheroes is gay

Your Majesty

It's a special weekend for us Brits, and for the whole Commonwealth (over much of which she remains Head of State) - it's HM Queen Elizabeth II's Diamond Jubilee! With a massive flotilla down the Thames on Sunday (which we will not be going to see, for fear of being squished in the crowd), the mega-concert featuring Sir Tom, Dame Shirley, Dame Elton (if her cough has gone), Dame Cliff, Princess Kylie, Sir Paul, Annie Lennox, Stevie Wonder, Robbie Williams and some lesser mortals on Monday (for which we failed to get free tickets in the draw), and the glittering carriage procession to St Pauls on Tuesday.

In other words, a nice long weekend off in which to party!

To get us in the mood, here's another genuine Queen - who celebrated her 70th birthday on Wednesday - it's Monti Rock III, aka Disco Tex and the Sexolettes, with his all-time classic Get Dancin'. Thank Disco It's Friday!

Disco Tex and the Sexolettes - Get Dancin'

From Good Times blog:

It was 1974 and Sir Monti Rock III burst upon the dance scene with his group Disco Tex and His Sex-O-Lettes. Their first single, Get Dancin', never failed to fill the dance floor in New York clubs, like the legendary Le Jardin, and their appearances at Trudy Heller's nightclub were always sure to sell out. The song was written by Kenny Nolan and Bob Crewe, with Crewe also acting as producer. Backing vocals, for a time, were by Jocelyn Brown. Get Dancin' is surely Hi-Camp - and Sir Monti wouldn't have it any other way. His legend and art still remains an inspiration, with a cameo appearance in the film Saturday Night Fever, Get Dancin' being featured in The Simpsons and Disco Tex and his Sex-O-Lettes being name checked in an Elvis Costello song, Invasion Hit Parade and prominently in the Pet Shop Boys' 1996 hit Electricity.

And as a very special bonus, here is the grande dame's very own Coronation - as King and Queen of Las Vegas - in 2010:

Monti Rock's Coronation

Sir Monti Rock III offical website

Don't masquerade with the guy in shades

It's a dull day for birthdays, I thought, when the most famous 50-year-old today is a Mr Corey Hart (who?).

Until, that is, I realised that his greatest (only?) hit was Sunglasses at Night - and that gives me a perfect excuse to play this brilliant version by (house fave here at Dolores Delargo Towers) Tiga (and Zyntherius), featuring the magnificent Amanda Lepore!

Tiga - Sunglasses At Night

I wear my sunglasses at night
So I can so I can
Watch you weave then breathe your story lines
And I wear my sunglasses at night
So I can so I can
Keep track of the visions in my eyes

While she's deceiving me
It cuts my security has
She got control of me
I turn to her and say

Don't switch the blade on the guy in shades oh no
Don't masquerade with the guy in shades oh no
I can't believe it!
Cuz you got it made with the guy in shades oh no

And I wear my sunglasses at night
So I can so I can
Forget my name while you collect your claim
And I wear my sunglasses at night
So I can so I can
See the light that's right before my eyes

While she's deceiving me
She cuts my security
Has she got control of me
I turn to her and say

Don't switch the blade on the guy in shades oh no
Don't masquerade with the guy in shades oh no
I can't believe it!
'Cuz you got it made with the guy in shades oh no
'Cuz you got it made with the guy in shades oh no

Oh I say I wear my sunglasses at night
I wear my sunglasses at night
I wear my sunglasses at night
I say it to you now
I wear my sunglasses at night
I wear my sunglasses at night
I wear my sunglasses at night
I cry to you
I wear my sunglasses at night
I wear my sunglasses at night

Cooler than a penguin's testicles!

Or anyone like you

The sun is still dazzling, at least for another day, so a gratuitous hunk shot and another summer song seem to be in order...

Koop - Koop Islands

One of the best sunshine songs, ever!