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The Kirsty MacColl web site
Strange Facts
This section highlights the curious and plain daft promo items that have appeared in Kirsty's name.
A
Valentines Day card was distributed to promote Titanic
Days. The angel gracing this card is from
a Christmas card allegedly given to Kirsty several years ago from her friend
(and the artist) Holly Johnson. When Kirsty sought a cover for Angel,
the second single from the album, she remembered the card. The inside of
the card says "Be Sweet Be Safe" and came complete with a Lifestyles
ribbed lubricated condom!
In
another piece of marketing nous, Stiff issued a very stylish tartan tammie
with promo copies of A new England. Kirsty
of course wore just such an item in the video for the single.
Graham
Scaife, who spent all those hours in 2000 creating the much loved fanzine
known as Electric Rentbook, created these
fun souvenirs for the fans Soho Square reunion in 2001. With a variety of
designs, some featured the details of the Soho Square event and others were
about the fanzine itself. Every one was treasured in its own way!
We've also seen fridge magnets with Kirsty designs as well as various button badges created in tribute to our gal. In fact, there was a big box of these at Soho Square in October 2004.
Courtesy of triv.net, there are some Kirsty quizzes on line, based on the style of Who wants to be a millionaire.
Hurry Up Harry has a killer quiz compiled from the nooks and crannies of Freeworld, while Southpaw has a lyrics quiz. No doubt more are likely to appear...
Smash Hits printed this brief list of "Things you couldn't live without",
and the other list looks like the same publication to me.
Which do you prefer? The Kinks original Days or Kirsty's version? Don't tell me, go to The Big Song Contest at Cover vs. Original.
Kirsty, Shane and a Blow Up Santa. Merry Xmas! Courtesy of TextBridge Classic OCR software, we brought you (and then rescued you from) the following howlers:
TextBridge said, "In fact, apart from her rather large rum, she hasn't changed a bit since she appeared on the cover of the English Smash Hits four years ago on June 25." The original article said "bump".
TextBridge said, "If it means something to you about your girlfriend, then it works, and if it means something to the guy down the road about his relationship with his dog, then it works. That's what makes a dong universal." The original article said "song" of course.
Find out where all Kirsty's fans are around the world in the fun web site "globaldust".
Add your stamp to the map if you like. Just click on the map ...
Or stay put and make your own fairytale Kirsty license plate at LicenseMaker - it's free and totally wonderful.
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