ROCK 'N' ROLL NEWS
Plans to, er, erect a 13-foottall, bikini-clad statue of Madonna in her grandparents’ hometown of Pacentro, Italy, were scrapped when local politicians called Our Lady’s “image” into question. The artlovers of Naples’ Friends Of Show Business plan to have the statue carved anyway and—Shades of Elvis’s Coat!—to then take it on a world tour.
ROCK 'N' ROLL NEWS
Plans to, er, erect a 13-foottall, bikini-clad statue of Madonna in her grandparents’ hometown of Pacentro, Italy, were scrapped when local politicians called Our Lady’s “image” into question. The artlovers of Naples’ Friends Of Show Business plan to have the statue carved anyway and—Shades of Elvis’s Coat!—to then take it on a world tour. Pacentro officials, in an effort to placate steamed peasants, agreed to place a likeness of Buttermilk, bastion of brotherhood—and quite a Friend Of Show Business in her own right—in the town piazza.
Our Honesty In Rock Desk, sadly under-utilized since Detroit’s lamented Mutants last proclaimed “We’re Not Homos,” was mighty happy to receive a missive from Richard Page, guiding light of death metal stalwarts Mr. Mister. Speaking, we believe, of his decision to abandon music for a career in professional lacrosse, Rick confessed “We felt we had run out of inspiration.”