Alias Katja

So, Belle de Jour's outed herself.  I'm actually quite surprised that she's still a news story, but maybe I'm just out of touch.  The cynic in me can't help but think it's a bit of a marketing ploy, especially given that there are apparently two Belle de Jour books due to come out, as well as one written as herself.

While we're on the subject of self-promotion, I've blogged over at my Italy blog, Driving Like a Maniac.  There's far less sex than in BdJ, but there is a stalker.  Ooh.

I have blogged here about Italy and stuff, and will be doing so regularly from now on.  There's quite a lot to say.  Do drop in and comment - 'twould be lovely to see some friendly faces.

So, the music quiz answers, in the style of e.e. cummings, are as follows:

1. marry the man today, guys and dolls
2. distance, editors
3. the last resort, eagles
4. the accidental, gene
5. local god, everclear
6. how do you feel, 5ive
7. am i the only one (who's ever felt this way)?, dixie chicks
8. sweden, divine comedy
9. spinning the wheel, george michael
10. mile end, pulp
11. disco inferno, the trammps
12. lady marmalade, labelle
13. i just wanna make love to you, etta james
14. manhattan, kings of leon
15. you better you bet, the who
16. jimmy olsen's blues, spin doctors
17. mirrorball, elbow
18. changes, david bowie
19. goodnight moon, shivaree
20. goodnight goodnight, maroon 5

It's Sunday, and I haven't done this for a while.  You all know the deal ...

1. At Wanamaker's, and Saks, and Klein's, a lesson I've been taught
2. Distance, I'll keep my distance.
3. She came from Providence, the one in Rhode Island

The Last Resort, by The Eagles  - guessed by Sneaky and Plubby

4. My honour's in doubt - it was accidental
5. You do that Romeo, be what you wanna be
6. You see we're positive minds, we create positive vibes, and with those positive vibes we create positive lives
7. There is no good reason I should have to be so alone. I'm smothered by this emptiness, lord, I wish I was made of stone
8. I would like to live in Sweden, when my life is done

Sweden, by Divine Comedy - guessed by NewMalden

9. Five o'clock in the morning, you ain't home, can't help thinking that's strange
10. We didn't have nowhere to live, we didn't have nowhere to go
11. Burn, baby, burn!

Disco Inferno [by ...?] - guessed by Pete

12. Hey sister, go sister, soul sister, go sister

Lady Marmalade, by Labelle - guessed by Pete and Sneaky

13. I don't want you to be no slave

I Just Want to Make Love to You (by ...?) - guessed by Pete

14. I like to dance all night - it summons the day - but that's how I play, yeah, that's how I play
15. I call you on the telephone, my voice too rough from cigarettes
16. I don't think I can handle this, a cloudy day in metropolis

Jimmy Olsen's Blues by Spin Doctors - guessed by Pete

17. I plant the kind of kiss that wouldn't wake a baby on the selfsame face that wouldn't let me sleep.
18. Still don't know what I was waiting for, and my time was running wild in the dead end streets

Changes by David Bowie - guessed by Plubby

19. There's a nail in the door, and there's glass on the lawn.  Tacks on the floor and the TV is on.
20. You left me hanging from the thread we once swung from together

Scores on the doors 2/11/09 - Pete: 2.5, Plubby: 1.5, Sneaky: 1
Updated scores 3/11/09 - Pete: 2.5, Plubby: 1.5, Sneaky: 1, NewMalden: 1

... I'm moving to Italy?  In less than a month?  For at least a year?

Yep.  Squeeeee!

Oh.  Emm.  Gee.  HILARIOUS.

(Safe for work, but you'll need sound)

One of my photos has been selected to illustrate Tate Modern in Schmap, an online guide to London.

Crikey.

... for the music quiz now up.  Sneaky is currently in the lead with 3, closely followed by Fanny and Snags with 2 each, and Yags with 1.

xx

Because I'm addicted ...

1. Come join the party, come on get up off your seat
Doesn't matter who you are, we all dance to the same beat
Come put your hands together, shake your little feet
Way-yay-ee-oh
2. You've got a lot of things to say about the big world and the high skies
Twist and Shout - Deacon Blue (Sneaky)
3. Look in my eyes, sharp with terror
Paralyse and pull me over
I'm so dumb and you're so clever
Scrutinise my best endeavour
Come the day when I will leave
I might cry, you will bleed
4. I may never give you flowers; I may be working all these hours to build a life for me and you
I may never seem to show affection
Please don't take this as rejection
Cos everything I do, I do for you
And even if I don't show you how I feel ...
5. Feeling so strange and seeing it clearly now - your beauty's deadlier every day.
All these people, am I the only one who found you out?
Is no one willing to say, willing to say, willing to say?
6. Now she's walking through the clouds
With a circus mind that's running wild.
Butterflies and zebras, and moonbeams, and fairytales
All she ever thinks about is riding with the wind
Little Wing - The Corrs (Pete)
7. I feel so unsure
Careless Whisper - George Michael (Sneaky)
8. When I was young I'd listen to the radio
Yesterday Once More - The Carpenters (Fanny)
9. Captured effortlessly, that's the way it works
It happened so naturally
I did not know it was love
The next thing I felt was you
Holding me close
What was I gonna do
I let myself go
And now we fly through the stars
I hope this night will last forever
Ain't Nobody - Rufus feat. Chaka Khan (Jando)
10. I feel like I'm pounding on a big door;
No-one can hear me knocking
I feel like I'm falling down to the floor
No-one can catch me from falling
The hourglass has no more grains of sand
My watch has stopped, no more turning hands
The crew have abandoned ship
The lights are on but no-one is in
11. If you're wondering why all the love that you long for eludes you
And people are rude and cruel to you
I'll tell you why
I'll tell you why
I'll tell you why
I'll tell you why
But you wouldn't believe me
12. Charging slowly over wet sand
Every Day is Like Sunday - Morrissey (Yags)
13. See those trees bend in the wind, I feel like they've got a lot more sense than me
See I try to resist
A rubberband bouncing back to life
A rubberband bend the beat
If I could learn to give like a rubberband I'd be back on my feet
14. Ladies and Gentlemen of the class of '99
Everybody's Free (to Wear Sunscreen) - Baz Luhrmann (Sneaky)
15. I admit it; what's to say?
I'll relive it, without pain
Backstreet lover on the side of the road
I got a bomb in my temple that is gonna explode
I got a 16 gauge buried under my clothes, yeah
16. I'd like to help you doctor, yes I really really would, but the din in my head it's too much and it's no good
I'm standing in a windy tunnel shouting through the roar
And I'd like to give the information you're asking for
17. My heart is empty, your eyes are dull
If Love is a Red Dress - Maria McKee (Fanny)
18. If there was no sunshine I could learn to live with the rain
Darling, if I had to, I could trade pleasure for pain
I could live without food or money
Wouldn't be so hard to do
And if the stars fell down from the sky
Baby, I could make it through
19. Fish gotta swim, birds gotta fly
Can't Help Loving Dat Man - Gershwin (Snags)
20. I was feeling done in - couldn't win.  I'd only ever kissed before.
Touch-a Touch-a Touch me - Susan Sarandon in Rocky Horror Picture Show (Snags)

Sharon Osbourne to 23 year old, leather clad, Elvis impersonator Joseph Hall: "I have SHOES older than you - but I'd like to try you on ..."

I know where she's coming from.

Yes, it's that time again.  I reckon there's a fair few in here that should be pretty easy - but then I've got the answers in front of me ...

1. Oh, I bet you're wondering how I knew about your plans to make me blue.
Heard it Through the Grapevine - Marvin Gaye (Sneaky)

2. Found myself in a strange town, though I've only been here for 3 weeks now
Strange Town - The Jam

3. Guess mine is not the first heart broken.  My eyes are not the first to cry.
Hopelessly Devoted to You - Olivia Newton John (FITS)

4. When your body's had enough of me, and I'm laying flat out on the floor
A Little Bit More - Dr Hook (Sneaky)

5. Thought that I was going crazy, just having one of those days yeah.
Love at First Sight - Kylie

6. Oh yeah.  In France a skinny man died of a big disease with a little name.
Sign o' the Times - Prince

7. Spinderella cut it up one time.
Let's Talk About Sex - Salt 'n' Pepa (Jef)

8. I can feel the earth begin to move
I hear my needle hit the groove
She Bangs the Drums - Stone Roses (Sneaky)

9. Back to nature.  It's just human nature.  Let's go back to ...
Outside - George Michael

10. Good looking, bad tasting, full-bodied but wasted.
Look At Me - Geri Halliwell (FITS)

11. Frankie was a mook from the block we used to live on
King of New York - Fun Lovin' Criminals (Kwips)

12. No, I don't lack ambition; can't you see what I hate?
Black Eyed Boy - Texas

13. Oh we've come so far, and we've reached so high
Never Forget - Take That (FITS)

14. Don't stop, never give up, hold your head high and reach the top
Bring it All Back - S Club 7 (FITS)

15. Well you win: it's your show now, so what's it gonna be?
Good People - Jack Johnson (Pete)

16. I cried through many endless nights, just holding my pillow tight.
Heaven Must Have Sent You - The Elgins

17. It was the theme she had on a scheme he had, told in a foreign land.
China in Your Hand - T'Pau

18. Young man, there's no need to feel down
Y.M.C.A. - The Village People (Sneaky)

19. The Mississippi Delta is shining like a national guitar. 
I am following the river down the highway through the cradle of the civil war.
Graceland - Paul Simon (Sneaky)

20. It's not the way you lead me by the hand into the bedroom.
Sometimes - Erasure

Update 1: Sneaky takes an instant lead with 5 correct answers.
Update 2: Fox in the Snow shows an embarrassing knowledge of cheesy pop, gaining 4 points, and Jef picks out a favourite from school discos everywhere, giving himself 1 point.
Update 3: Pete gets himself a point, and onto the board.
Update 4: Kwips nabs the Fun Lovin' Criminals.