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Boy George has claimed all of his human sex toys are free to come and go as they please and plead not guilty to that nasty business last year where a male "model" claimed the singer kept him imprisoned in a London basement with the aid of chains. The judge released George on his own recognizance with a stern warning about the use of martial aids in ways their manufacturers didn't intend and set a November date for his trial. [BBC]

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Boy George Arrested For Keeping A Dude On A Hook

George was nabbed by authorities yesterday in London for the Rick Jamesian crime of imprisoning a gentleman against his will for purposes that probably can't be discussed in polite society. Let's see what the BBC has to say: "Singer and DJ Boy George has been charged with the false imprisonment of a 28-year-old man, police have said. The offence is alleged to have taken place at the 47-year-old's home in Ravey Street, Hackney, east London on 28 April." Pretty dry. But U.K. tabloid The Sun come through in a purple prose pinch, as per usual. More »

8:55 AM on Tue Nov 13 2007
By jharv
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Latest by Dickdogfood: Wow, late. A few point-missing posts here. For the record: consensual S&M is more-or-less neither-here-nor-there to me; kidnapping and rape, not so much; soliciting a prostitute (if that's what happened), not so much not so much, but still, yick; kidnapping more »

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Buju Banton Says Bye-Bye To Bashing

Buju Banton is the latest Jamaican dancehall star to put his name on a petition that says he'll curb his notorious (public) homophobia. The petition is part of a push by a number of international gay rights groups, coming together as "Stop Murder Music," to target dancehall's gay-bashing lyrics through protests that have cost the artists big time bucks. As a dancehall fan who's always been uncomfortable/embarrassed/ashamed over the prevalence of the genre's requests to burn "batty boy" and stomp on "chi-chi man"—how many U.S. hip-hop stations played the hell out of TOK's infamously catchy piece of hate speech "Chi-Chi Man" in 2000 and how many non-Jamaican listeners had zero idea what was going on in the lyrics under the patois, at least at first?—this feels like an ostensible victory. More »

4:00 PM on Mon Jul 23 2007
By jharv
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Latest by DuncanG: Totally agree, I always find it really tough trying to deal with the dancehall paradox, whereby some of the prettiest, least-heard songs around just happen to concern murdering homosexuals... does it make the song bad? I never came to a more »

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Liner Notes: The Game's Drawn-Out Drama Continues

- The Game was in a Manhattan court yesterday, where he declined a deal to plead guilty for criminal impersonation, and, judging by this illustration, twisted his head halfway around his body. [TMZ]
- Prog-rock supergroup Asia is reuniting, and will release a new album—tentatively titled R U Still Downe?—next year. [Billboard]
- Boy George has canceled an entire U.K. tour, citing "scheduling conflicts" and "excessive tumbling." [NME]

1:10 PM on Thu Jun 14 2007
By Brian Raftery
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Boy George: He's Had Better Days

It's been a pretty terrible day for George Alan O'Dowd, so let's lighten things up with a video scrapbook of his overly made-up, tumbling-4-ya, occasionally smacked-out glory days. Keep an eye out for the horrific back-up dancing of his fellow Culture Clubbers.

2:54 PM on Mon Aug 14 2006
By Brian Raftery
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Idolator Returns for Court-Ordered Duty It's been a few months, but we're back in action, ready to sweep up the day's music-related detritus. We may have to get up early, but at least our bosses don't make us wear capri pants.

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