Comments on: George Michael Hangs Up His Microphone

By: papercoversrock

papercoversrock — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 06:12:22 +0000

Thank you for all the awesome George Michael YouTubery, Maura.

By: Chris Molanphy

Chris Molanphy — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 04:55:27 +0000

Did you actually buy the British edition of The Final? I paid, like, $25 for that baby on import CD in 1986, with hard-earned 15-year-old's money.

You still wanna go to the Garden and sit in the nosebleeds, I'm there...

By: NeverEnough

NeverEnough — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 04:15:21 +0000

@bcapirigi: From the blog:

""GET HIM ON HIS KNEES," a voice said. It wasn't Malyuchenko but the other, rougher voice that told Kenny to get the body oil. Kenny obeyed and was on his hands and knees, waiting. George parted his cheeks and lightly rubbed his completely stoked shaft just outside his asshole, teasing him..."

Fantastic.

By: NeverEnough

NeverEnough — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 04:12:37 +0000

@bcapirigi: !!!

I'm going to be reading that blog the rest of the day. Off to vote on her "who should be the subject of my next erotic George Michael story?" poll *crosses fingers that there's a "the corpse of Cliff Burton" option*

By: bcapirigi

bcapirigi — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 03:28:13 +0000

@NeverEnough: That is a good one.

Also, has anyone seen this this lady's George Michael fan blog before? I didn't even know there were fan blogs, really, but she's written probably 150,000 words about him over the past two years, ranging from psychological studies to (very long) porny slash fiction.

By: brasstax

brasstax — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 03:20:49 +0000

@Chris Molanphy: Wow, I didn't know the Discman was available so early on. I only have fuzzy memory of cd technology in 86, and was totally a late adopter (didn't get a player until 1992), but I was thinking those earliest players were like $700-$900.

By: Chris Molanphy

Chris Molanphy — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 03:07:04 +0000

@brasstax: I did - bought my first Sony Discman (the first one!) in summer '86 with money from my first job. I wasn't an early adopter, exactly (CDs came out in '83, I think?), but among anyone my age or almost anyone I knew save one or two adults, I was definitely first on the block.

This probably explains why I tend to defend the CD from vinyl haters instinctively. Everyone forgets how shitty most pop/rock vinyl sounded in the '80s and how much better the CD was in almost every way.

By: Lucas Jensen

Lucas Jensen — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 03:00:43 +0000

I’m gonna jam the Monogamy Mix 12″ of “I Want Your Sex” in tribute.

By: Chris N.

Chris N. — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 02:35:15 +0000

Best video ever:

By: NeverEnough

NeverEnough — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 02:31:13 +0000

Words cannot describe my love for Wham’s “Club Tropicana” video.