Comments | kalypso_v: Losing faith, and finding politics

kalypso_v

Losing faith, and finding politics

Jun 28, 2007 00:45

Fascinating interview in yesterday's Times with Jonathan Edwards (you may have to swat one of those irritating ads that blocks out text). He was the born-again Christian Olympic gold-winning athlete who proclaimed his reliance on God at every opportunity and refused to compete on the Sabbath. On retiring, he got a job presenting Songs of Praise ( Read more... )

religion, politics, newspapers, television

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iainjcoleman June 28 2007, 00:33:49 UTC

Six in a see-through red dress

When I first read this I thought you meant Colin Baker. Imagine my confusion.

kalypso_v June 28 2007, 00:52:44 UTC

I was about to refer you to a stunning video of Colin Baker in drag being a bizarrely not-camp nightclub chanteuse. Sadly, Youtube says it "has been removed due to terms of use violation". Happily, I found that trixieleitz took some screencaps first. Yes, I know he's not in a see-through red dress, but you can't have everything.

iainjcoleman June 28 2007, 01:25:27 UTC

Oh my.

kalypso_v June 28 2007, 01:30:22 UTC

You really needed to see/hear the whole thing, though. He performed the song - Danke Schon, apparently - with such a strange combination of gravity and controlled sexuality.

Wonder if McGoohan ever wears a frock?

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hafren June 28 2007, 07:02:48 UTC

That G2 article was so irritatingly out of date!

archbishopm June 28 2007, 15:02:04 UTC

Too bad the rest of the season kinda sucked.

kalypso_v June 28 2007, 15:24:08 UTC

But I don't know about that yet.

archbishopm June 28 2007, 17:54:19 UTC

Oh, I thought you were pretty much up to speed now. "Kinda sucked" is hardly a spoiler, though, maybe I just mean "was sadly lacking in nekkid Baltar".

kalypso_v June 28 2007, 17:59:41 UTC

Halfway through the season Rupert Murdoch pulled the plug on those of us who were getting Sky One via NTL/Virgin cable instead of his Sky dishes. I was supposed to work out how to download episodes, but the one I tried gave me soundtrack and no picture. Then I decided it was too complicated so I'd wait a bit. After all, I'm used to being a season behind.

matildabj June 28 2007, 18:02:02 UTC

Thanks for the Jonathan Edwards link. Fascinating read. And I'm glad you've posted the G2 article on SF, too, I was going to but now I don't have to!

kalypso_v June 29 2007, 03:25:18 UTC

Thanks! I thought the Edwards piece was the more interesting of the two!