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MAY
2007 12
Anne Klein, Music, Television

The Eurovision Song Contest Must Be Outlawed, Part 2

Manolo, yes, the Eurovision includes the divine Miss Verka Seduchka, but this does not obviate the fact that the contest is still the blight upon the long-suffering peoples of Europe.

Here are yet more reasons to outlaw, on the grounds of public mental health, the Eurovision.

Would it surprise you to learn this is the French entry?

Singing Slovenian rag bags.

The Norwegians and their golden camel toe.

Georgian sword yodelling.

Please, Polish peoples, keep the hands in sight at all times.

MAY
2007 11
Music

Manolo Recants!

Manolo says, after looking at many, many more videos, the Manolo has had the change of heart…

He recants his former opinion, and now believes that Verka Serduchka is indeed most super fantastic!

How can one not love the megastar who freely admits she comes “of social bottom stock“?

MAY
2007 11
Music

The National Anthem of the Ukraine

Manolo says, one more reason the Eurovision contest should be outlawed: Verka Serduchka

MAY
2007 10
Music, Television

The Eurovison Song Contest Must Be Outlawed!

Manolo says, after seeing the latest pictures from the this year’s manifestation of the Eurovision “song” contest the Manolo has decided that action must be taken. The Eurovision Song Contest must be outlawed!

Here are the Manolo’s top five reasons from this year.

1. Shrieking Moldovan hotties in the low-rise, leather half-kilty pants.

2. Danish la Cage aux Fools.

3. Maltese Goldfinger stalker and his victim.

4. Menacing Austro-Seussian fur creatures and their spokesman.

5. Nothing they can ever put on the Eurovision stage will exceed the entertainment value of My Lovely Horse.

MAY
2007 09
Music, Television

My G-G-Generation

Manolo says, this has made the Manolo smile from ear-to-ear all afternoon long.

MAY
2007 09
Ayyyyy!, Music

Noooooooooooooooooo!

Manolo shouts, ayyyyyyyyyyyy!

The picture like this can mean only one thing. The return of the abomination known as Euorvision!

APR
2007 29
Music

The Inimitable Voice of Mrs. Elva Miller

Manolo says, oddly compelling!

P.S. Many thanks to the Manolo’s internet friend Maria.

APR
2007 26
Books, Hasselhoff!

Don’t Hassel the Hoff!

Manolo says, the Manolo’s super fantastic librarian friend Kim has just alerted him to the impending arrival of perhaps the first great literary masterpiece of the 21st century!

Don't Hassel the Hoff!

Here, from the publisher, is the description of this magnum opus.

The Los Angeles Times called him a “counterculture icon,” and TV Guide dubbed him one of “TV’s Ten Most Powerful Stars,” but true aficionados simply call him “The Hoff.”

Don’t Hassel the Hoff follows David Hasselhoff’s phenomenal career, from his earliest childhood role in Peter Pan to his latest adventure, starring in Mel Brooks’s Tony award-winning musical, The Producers. There is no better time to celebrate Hasselhoff’s life and a career that continues to grow and thrive. As the star of the extremely popular classic television shows, “Baywatch” and “Knight Rider,” Hasselhoff is an international mega-star, with platinum album sales and starring roles on Broadway and London’s West End.

As this fascinating memoir reveals, there’s more to this handsome superstar than great hair, and legs that look good while running down a beach. “The Hoff” is also a smart, caring man with a huge heart.

“This book is my opportunity to print something from my heart, to tell the truth about what happened to me on the long and winding road from Baltimore to Baywatch to Broadway – and beyond. And the truth is not to be found in tabloid stories but in my actions: I am a good father and tried to be a good husband. I love people and the emotional rollercoaster that goes with human relationships. I love all the bewildering, crazy and wonderful things that life has to offer. This book is about my successes and my failures, my strengths and my weaknesses. And, above all, it is about the hope contained in the Knight Rider slogan: “One man can make a difference.” –David Hasselhoff

Full of behind-the-scenes looks at Hasselhoff’s television series, celebrations of his proudest moments, and the truths about his struggles with relationships and alcohol, Don’t Hassel the Hoff is both highly entertaining and deeply personal, making this an engrossing page-turner from start to finish.

Long live “The Hoff.”

The Manolo must now go order ten copies Don’t Hassel the Hoff: The Autobiography of Genius.

APR
2007 22
Books, Doings of Manolo!, Shoes

The Consolation of the Shoes

The Consolation of the Shoes by Manolo the Shoeblogger
Manolo says, the Manolo gently reminds you that his new work, The Consolation of the Shoes will soon be sent, perhaps by the end of this week!

Now is the chance to pre-order this most amusing and edifying work.

APR
2007 18
Celebrity, Music, Shoes, Television

Sanjaya

Manolo says, the Manolo does not usually follow the American Idol, as his tolerance for cheese and schmaltz is surprisingly low, however, he is now unable to ignore the rise of this Sanjaya person.

So, he has very nice hair, yes?

Unfortunately, as everyone acknowledges, his singing voice, unlike his hair, lacks texture and depth and volume, although by the usual American Idol singing standards, in which molto fortissimo fortissimo is considered just the good start, this is not necessarily the bad thing.

What he does have is the innocent and naive charm, and the undeniable stage presence that can only come from being sweet, sassy, and seventeen.

Who cares if the Sanjaya can sing? This competition is not really about the singing, it is really about the television, and the sparkly, bouncy, dippy Sanjaya is good television. Undoubtedly, he has the great future ahead of him.

APR
2007 17
Music

Young Folks


Manolo says, here is the example of the song that is amusing and catchy and perfectly wonderful in the original version, but which has been reinterpreted into something that is honest and profound and perfectly wonderful in the entirely new version.

The result is that the Manolo cannot decide which he likes better. But, does it really matter? They are both wonderful!

P.S. From the Manolo’s internet friends at the Brothers Judd.

APR
2007 10
Books, Manolo's Internet Friends

Vampire Lit

Manolo says, one of the Manolo’s dear intenet friends has given the Manolo the reading suggestion.

Greetings dear Manolo,

Knowing that you are a voracious reader, I was wondering if you have ever happened upon the writings of Mary Janice Davidson. She writes a series about Betsy Taylor, a vampire with great taste in shoes. The first in the series Undead and Unwed provides the groundwork for Betsy’s story:

“Betsy Taylor–former model, newly unemployed secretary, 30, and still single–wakes up after being flattened by a small SUV in a tacky coffin wearing cheap knock-off shoes. Her mother is glad she is back, albeit as a vampire, but her stepmother is enraged that Betsy has reclaimed her designer-shoe collection.”

The thing that infuriates Betsy most is not that she is undead, but that her evil stepmother had the gall to put her evil feet in Betsy’s Manolo Blahniks.

Not serious literature by any means, but amusing and diverting for any footwear devotee.

Warmest Regards,

The Gemdiva

Perhaps the Manolo is behind the times, but the rise of the vampire chick lit has caught the Manolo completely by surpirse. Indeed, only the last week, over at the Manolo for the Brides, the Manolo accepted the ad for the Last of the Red Hot Vampires.

How did the entire literary trend sneak up on the Manolo unoticed? And, the second question, have the vampires now replaced the traditional romance novel heroes, you know, the long-haired dread pirates, the blonde knights with the busy hands, the bare-chested stable boys?

Now, the Manolo will have to read the vampire romance novel.