Famous Fans
July 22 2008
Famous Fans # 8
Here's an interview with the legend that is Keith Richards, courtesy of Queue magazine.
Interviewer: So tell me what you think of all the Stones tribute/cover bands.
Keith Richards: Well man, there was this one band. Saw them in some juke joint. Lazy b******* or something...
I: Idle Pop?
KR: Yeah man, like Idle Pop. They were cats.
I: So you were cool with them?
KR: Hell yeah! They were cats!
I: Cool cats?
KR: Errr.......yeah, but just like cats man.
I: What were they like?
KR: Well man, I think the singer was like a ginger tom man
I: You mean........a real cat?
KR: Yeah man, cool. Real cats playing guitars and shit
I: So this was a cover band made up of real cats, felines?
KR: Sure man, yeah, like yeah man. Cool shit huh?
I: What's in that cigarette Keith?
KR: Some weird like cool shit man
I: OK, well thanks for your time.....
KR: Ya know Mick Jagger man, he's a cat, and Ronnie, well he's a cat too man
I: ok.......
KR: and Charlie man, he's like.....errrr.......shit dude.........what's the word?
I: A cat?
KR: Yo man, yeah, like Charlie's a cat
I: ok, I gotta go
KR: ok dude, ya know man, you're a cat
I: Bye Keith
KR singing: Jumpin' Jack Flash, he's a cat cat cat
July 04 2008
Famous Fans # 7
In 2007 the News of the Pop rumoured our very own Tight Arsed Monkey Pop to be dating TV star Sarah Beeny. Rumours were rife that Chris was
climbing Sarah's property ladder at every available opportunity. In fact when Chris went missing for 3 days in 2007 I can exclusively
reveal that he was discovered in Sarah's gargantuan cleavage. Here's a pic of the lovely Sarah trying out our new exclusive Idle Pop
Wallpaper whilst doing a spot of DIY in her bathroom.
May 15 2008
Famous Fans # 6
Back in the 80s our slimline drummer FatBoy Shack dated the lesbian twins from Neighbours Gayle & Gillian Blakeney, better
known as Caroline & Christina Alessi. Unfortunately our boy Shack got drunk and couldn't tell which one was Gayle and which one
was Gillian. Frankly in a "3 in a bed romp" (copyright, News Of The World) who cares? However, the twins got slightly peeved when, in
the height of passion, Shack started shouting, "Colette!!" over and over. They nicked off, disappeared from Neighbours, had a disastrous
attempt at a singing career and were never seen or heard from again.
Here's a reminder of how the pouting Aussie duo looked in those days.
May 09 2008
Famous Fans # 5
It's come to my attention that some of you lot out there in Pop World are somewhat sceptical
about the ever growing list of the Pop's Famous Fans. Well, when Sophie Ellis Bextor (is it just me
or does she look like a space alien?) got up with the boys to do a rousing version of Anarchy In The UK
at the recent Brewery Tap gig we decided to keep quiet.....
....Until now. Because, non-believers - Take a look at this.
Murder on the dancefloor indeed.
January 02 2008
Famous Fans # 4
The Spice Girls have been in the news recently and it reminded us that they have long been fans of The Pop.
In a cheeky move before they were famous, the girls stole the Pop boys' nicknames - Posh, Sporty, Scary, Baby and
Ginger.
As a thank you, at the height of their fame, they decided to call their film Idle Pop World. Unfortunately at the 11th hour
the Idle Pop management refused permission for the film makers to use the name.
Here's a rare promo poster of how the film should have looked.
October 09 2007
Famous Fans # 3
The very lovely and surgically enhanced Dannii Minogue is a big Pop Tart. Not to be outdone by big sister Kylie, Dannii has been
romantically linked with Pop guitarist Baz. So keen is Dannii to spend time with Tourette Tommo that during time off from X-Factor
she has gone under cover at Bradford Sorting Office - see below. Poor little Dannii didn't realise that of course the Posties are on
strike so Baz was nowhere to be seen.
September 21 2007
Famous Fans # 2
In 2003 Dave spent a pleasant evening in the Khyber Indian Restaurant with Angelina Jolie eating Chicken Bhuna and drinking cheap lager.
"I didn't realise until the next morning exactly who I'd been sat next to. I didn't get a phone number or anything. Of course, someone
that famous would never look twice at someone like me!" ...............said Angelina.
On the rebound she had to settle for second best and started dating Brad Pitt.
It's a little known fact that Angelina has an Idle Pop tattoo as a reminder of her lost love. Here's a rare photo.
September 11 2007
Famous Fans
It's a little known fact that Idle Pop have legions of famous female fans. Oh yes, and here in the first of an occasional series is
Famous Fan # 1 - the very lovely Kylie Minogue.
In 1997 Kylie famously asked Gaz to run away with her. Unfortunately Gaz misheard the message on his crackly old answer machine
tape and spent 3 nights in Walsall whilst Kylie was in the penthouse suite of the Intercontinental Hotel in Warsaw.
Broken hearted Gaz returned to Yorkshire and wrote this touching poem - "Kylie, oh Kylie, your face is so smiley". It was a very short poem.
Here's Kylie riding Idle Pop's Love Rocket.
