If I become the voice of reason we are all doomed. I would love to get to know all of you personally, but as this is the interwebs that's not likely.
In the good old days we spoke in person, so nuances were obvious and debates were civil. With this type of chatter it's easy to misconstrue meaning. I think we need to be kinder to one another and realize that we don't all have the same ability to convey things precisely.
The exception is runner , who can go f*ck himself.
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The Black Queen’s Kid if this was the Avengers (I haven’t seen the new one yet so no spoilers please) than you would be Iron Man lol with they way you came through as the kind of voice of reason. And Thor...is of course Thor. I wonder would Freddie be into the Avengers, these movies are like a real event to me.
Emdee, Hi sweet heart You are right there isn't another like Freddie However, I think Adam Lambert Is a talented guy I have to say.
Here’s my 1st attempt to upload a photo on QZ. I hope it works. I ran into a couple of friends @ Pink’s “Beautiful Trauma World Tour” last Fri. night. One them thought the concert was so phenomenal (It was indeed!), she and her spouse got seats for the next day, Sat. night’s performance, too, but on the main floor, 8th row from the stage (I was afraid to ask if it cost an arm and a leg! LOL). Per my request, she took up-close photos of Pink and when Freddie Mercury’s name popped up on the LED screen. She later forwarded them to me. She actually videotaped the segment for me. I paused it and took a screenshot. It was during Pink’s homage to various artists that she greatly admired, who happened to be gender-nonconforming – like her - including Freddie, of course.
CHEVYMAN, you shouldn't feed the trolls, but I had to laugh. Was that crazy line from "The Silence of the Lambs?"
@doughnut, I believe Pink's tour is headed later to the UK. I highly recommend it. However, if you want aerial acrobatics and to see her flying across a stadium, you may have to see her @ an indoor venue, where the harnesses can fasten.
@Rainbow61, thanks for alerting us about Queen and Adam Lambert on "American Idol." I'm simultaneously on QZ, watching "American Idol" AND working from home. The last time I watched “AI” was Adam Lambert’s season. I had rooted for him.
CHEVYMAN, you shouldn't feed the trolls, but I had to laugh. Was that crazy line from "The Silence of the Lambs?"
@doughnut, I believe Pink's tour is headed later to the UK. I highly recommend it. However, if you want aerial acrobatics and to see her flying across a stadium, you may have to see her @ an indoor venue, where the harnesses can fasten.
@Rainbow61, thanks for alerting us about Queen and Adam Lambert on "American Idol." I'm simultaneously on QZ, watching "American Idol" AND working from home. The last time I watched “AI” was Adam Lambert’s season. I had rooted for him.
JT, yes It put the lotion on its skin or it gets the hose again .silence of the Lambs 1991.That dude is a little fuck face.He is gone it must have worked clarice.
Jo.T....same with me. The last time I watched American Idol was the year Adam Lambert was on. He was my favorite throughout the entire season...he left them all in the dust as far as I was concerned.
Thanks for the photo from the Pink concert...I love it when other performers pay tribute to Freddie.
In terms of paying homage to Freddie, one of the most amazing acknowledgments was when Norwegian Airlines put his picture on the tail fin of a couple of their planes. I flew to Ireland last year on Norwegian Airlines and was really hoping to be on the Freddie plane (although I knew the chance of that happening was rather slim) Alas, it was not to be...but a girl can dream!
Did not catch American Idol tonight, but will watch it "On Demand" in a couple of days.
Thanks for the photo from the Pink concert...I love it when other performers pay tribute to Freddie.
In terms of paying homage to Freddie, one of the most amazing acknowledgments was when Norwegian Airlines put his picture on the tail fin of a couple of their planes. I flew to Ireland last year on Norwegian Airlines and was really hoping to be on the Freddie plane (although I knew the chance of that happening was rather slim) Alas, it was not to be...but a girl can dream!
Did not catch American Idol tonight, but will watch it "On Demand" in a couple of days.
SM, ThunderGod and Lee Nolan et al..
I've been watching this thread for quite a while. I have bantered with myself about posting what I'm about to, and have finally decided to go through with it.
Shaun, I'm wondering if you remember my friend Larry Kelly, because he remembered you.
Larry was working for a refurbishing company that specialized in water and fire damage and that company was hired by Jim Beach around the same time SM's security company was.
He told me these details back in 1993, things that went on at Garden Lodge soon after Freddie had died. (and yes, he too had signed a NDA. Which is COMMON PRACTICE. Whining about that is ridiculous as any celebrity does this for their own protection.) This was before Huttons book was published. So, this was not in response to Hutton at the time.
Larry, was also friendly with Joe Fanelli (both gay men from Massachsetts living in London).
Larry's account is a little diffrent and not particularly flattering for some.
He had told me back in 1993 (before Hutton's book came out), that his company had been hired because, "household members" had a combination birthday/goodbye-Freddie/fuck-you Mary party. They had been disappointed with the "boring Christmas" celebration in the wake of Freddie's death.
He said that the house was trashed and damaged, major water damage and items had been stolen. To top it off, the security system had not been simply left off, the securty system had physically disabled and broken.
Larry also said that the Shaun, (the security-house sitter who was hired to protect Mary's interests and HER property), the "chauffeur" (who I presume was Terry, but could be someone else) and Hutton had conspired to "remove" things from Garden Lodge and that Joe Fanelli knew of it and had told Larry. Fanelli had also told Larry that neither he nor Phoebe believed Hutton was ever really Freddie's boyfriend. (as we now know, despite Hutton's claims that Mary Austin would let him remove so much as a framed picture, he and Shaun have managed to "find" items to be sold at auction, including highly personal notes that no spouse would EVER put up for auction under ANY circumstances)
He said, from his point of view, these men had been fighting *between themselves* to be Freddie's Favorite, and they were seethingly angry that Mary got the bulk of the estate and felt they deserved more. Especially Joe and Hutton because they felt that Freddie had infected them and they thought they would get more than Phoebe. Larry said that Joe and Hutton used to make fun of Phoebe and thought he was a dolt and a kiss-ass.
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THAT is why Mary had everyone move to the Mews. She, rightfully, no longer trusted them to take care of Freddie's property. He said that Beach said that if they could've kicked the three of them off the premises all together, they would have, but that because there were laws that required tenants be given 90 day notice to leave the premises, they didn't. They also didn't want any further scandal going on.
Now, that's all I'm gonna say about this. I'm well aware than none of you have cause to believe me, a virtual stranger on the internet.
You will take it or leave it as you wish. I suspect most of you will leave it as you're so far up Hutton's arse, that no facts or details can penetrate your logic.
But I what I was told, by someone who had absolute ZERO conflict of interest. And at least the guilty know that someone else knows the real story.
I've been watching this thread for quite a while. I have bantered with myself about posting what I'm about to, and have finally decided to go through with it.
Shaun, I'm wondering if you remember my friend Larry Kelly, because he remembered you.
Larry was working for a refurbishing company that specialized in water and fire damage and that company was hired by Jim Beach around the same time SM's security company was.
He told me these details back in 1993, things that went on at Garden Lodge soon after Freddie had died. (and yes, he too had signed a NDA. Which is COMMON PRACTICE. Whining about that is ridiculous as any celebrity does this for their own protection.) This was before Huttons book was published. So, this was not in response to Hutton at the time.
Larry, was also friendly with Joe Fanelli (both gay men from Massachsetts living in London).
Larry's account is a little diffrent and not particularly flattering for some.
He had told me back in 1993 (before Hutton's book came out), that his company had been hired because, "household members" had a combination birthday/goodbye-Freddie/fuck-you Mary party. They had been disappointed with the "boring Christmas" celebration in the wake of Freddie's death.
He said that the house was trashed and damaged, major water damage and items had been stolen. To top it off, the security system had not been simply left off, the securty system had physically disabled and broken.
Larry also said that the Shaun, (the security-house sitter who was hired to protect Mary's interests and HER property), the "chauffeur" (who I presume was Terry, but could be someone else) and Hutton had conspired to "remove" things from Garden Lodge and that Joe Fanelli knew of it and had told Larry. Fanelli had also told Larry that neither he nor Phoebe believed Hutton was ever really Freddie's boyfriend. (as we now know, despite Hutton's claims that Mary Austin would let him remove so much as a framed picture, he and Shaun have managed to "find" items to be sold at auction, including highly personal notes that no spouse would EVER put up for auction under ANY circumstances)
He said, from his point of view, these men had been fighting *between themselves* to be Freddie's Favorite, and they were seethingly angry that Mary got the bulk of the estate and felt they deserved more. Especially Joe and Hutton because they felt that Freddie had infected them and they thought they would get more than Phoebe. Larry said that Joe and Hutton used to make fun of Phoebe and thought he was a dolt and a kiss-ass.
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THAT is why Mary had everyone move to the Mews. She, rightfully, no longer trusted them to take care of Freddie's property. He said that Beach said that if they could've kicked the three of them off the premises all together, they would have, but that because there were laws that required tenants be given 90 day notice to leave the premises, they didn't. They also didn't want any further scandal going on.
Now, that's all I'm gonna say about this. I'm well aware than none of you have cause to believe me, a virtual stranger on the internet.
You will take it or leave it as you wish. I suspect most of you will leave it as you're so far up Hutton's arse, that no facts or details can penetrate your logic.
But I what I was told, by someone who had absolute ZERO conflict of interest. And at least the guilty know that someone else knows the real story.
Wow! It appeared to have worked. P!nk (I forget to spell her stylized name.) can't be seen in the 1st photo of the LED screen of Freddie's name, so I included a recent photo of her. I took a screenshot of a video my friend filmed from the main floor of the "Beautiful Trauma World Tour" on 4-27-19. It's too bad you can't upload videos easily to QZ like FB.
BTW, here's a YouTube video of P!nk in concert in Sydney performing "Bo Rhap" 10 years ago (It's NOT my personal video.):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eLfW_XMwBGk&list=RDMMeLfW_XMwBGk&start_radio=1
BTW, here's a YouTube video of P!nk in concert in Sydney performing "Bo Rhap" 10 years ago (It's NOT my personal video.):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eLfW_XMwBGk&list=RDMMeLfW_XMwBGk&start_radio=1
Lol it's obvious people on here making fake accounts to stand up for themselves. Man this thread is getting pathetic. Childish shit.
Freddiedearie your post is bullshit and wildly insulting. You know absolutely nothing about what went on there and who the fuck was "whining" about signing anything for my contract? Sorry but I'm lost for words. You're claiming I and Jim were thieves? Really? What a bitch.
That's all for me folks. Mr Mercury's fans are just not the warm bunch I was hoping they are. I won't be posting here anymore. It's one thing to post a comment. It's another entirely to create total fiction and insinuate I bitched about signing what I was asked to sign and call me a fucking thief. You're disgusting. You want that badly to make lies to excuse Ms Austin's behaviour that you'll throw others under the bus for it? You need real help.
Cheers.
That's all for me folks. Mr Mercury's fans are just not the warm bunch I was hoping they are. I won't be posting here anymore. It's one thing to post a comment. It's another entirely to create total fiction and insinuate I bitched about signing what I was asked to sign and call me a fucking thief. You're disgusting. You want that badly to make lies to excuse Ms Austin's behaviour that you'll throw others under the bus for it? You need real help.
Cheers.
Odd that everything your "friend larry" that literally nobody has heard about is saying the actual opposite of what Peter Freestone himself said. Joe told on Jim and Shaun for stealing? Looks like you haven't bothered to read Freestone's second book. It's also odd that you're claiming Joe and Peter both never saw Jim as Freddie's lover when in both Peter's book and every convention chat he's ever done Peter talks about how everyone knew who Jim was to Freddie and he remembers him warmly. Peter's second book also talks about (in deatil) exactly what Shaun said about Mary letting them take some things and then changing her mind. Hints Jim getting some items out but not everything he planned to.
Hmmm.....it's almost as if someone made this Larry stuff up entirely.
Hmmm.....it's almost as if someone made this Larry stuff up entirely.
PS that is not why mary5moved them to the Mews. You didn't bother to read Freestones seconds book before you pulled this crap put of your ass did ya. If you had bothered to read first you'd (Larry lol) know that JOE forgot to set the alarm one day and Mary came back to find the house unprotected. According to Freestone that is what caused it.
But we should totally all just trust Larry WhatsHisName we never heard about before.
But we should totally all just trust Larry WhatsHisName we never heard about before.
None of what freddiedearie just said has any truth to it. Just asked Jacky if she knew of a Larry Kelly working at GL after Freddie passed and her response reads as follows: "I'll have to double check later I've got the names down in my files but out of the guys that were working security none were named Larry that I remember."
A Google search pulls up nothing for Larry. Nobody has mentioned him in their books and everything 'he's is claiming is in direct contradiction to what Peter Freestone himself has said.
Based on her words it's pretty clear she's one of these extremist Jim haters that makes stuff up to make him look bad. The women who claim he was an abuser and Mary was saintly.
A Google search pulls up nothing for Larry. Nobody has mentioned him in their books and everything 'he's is claiming is in direct contradiction to what Peter Freestone himself has said.
Based on her words it's pretty clear she's one of these extremist Jim haters that makes stuff up to make him look bad. The women who claim he was an abuser and Mary was saintly.
Jacky won't find a Larry Kelley in her files. That's why I called her our for making up fiction.
Shaun, I agree. I am going to take a needed break from this too.