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It’s time we applauded the genius of George Michael

The Guardian Music Blog has an article, “It’s time we applauded the genius of George Michael,” which says in part:

Faith (the album) was classic pop. It found Michael moving into Brian Wilson Pet Sounds territory. Seriously – Michael co-produced, wrote all the songs, played most of the instruments and sang backing vocals and harmonies. Faith could have been “pop star ego gone wild” but it wasn’t. Instead it became an instant classic, standing alongside other albums released in 1987, namely: Sonic Youth’s Sister, the Cure’s Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me and Prince’s Sign o’ the Times.

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Personal

George Michael in Dispute with Neighbour over Crumbling Wall

You know there’s not much George Michael news when they have to report on a crumbling wall on George Michael’s property.

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Eli Stone

Eli Stone Returns this Summer

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ABC has announced that the remaining episodes of “Eli Stone” (Amazon Ad) will begin airing on Saturday, June 20, at 10 p.m. 

Eli Stone stars Jonny Lee Miller as a lawyer who begins to have hallucinations that lead him to a higher purpose. Episodes from the first season include George Michael songs, with occasional appearances of George Michael in a hallucination or as himself.

All titles of the first season are George Michael songs, including “Faith,” “Freedom,” “Father Figure,” “Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go,” “One More Try,” “Something to Say,” “Heal the Pain,” “Praying for Time,” “I Want Your Sex,” “Heartbeat,” “Patience,” “Waiting for that Day,” and “Soul Free.” Many of the musical numbers also include George Michael songs.

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Concerts

George Michael Earns £1.6m for One Hour’s Work

George Michael raked in the money while touring the last few years.  You can read the specifics at £1.6m for one hour’s work? I’m your man, says George Michael

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Personal

George Michael’s Stolen Mercedes Never Recovered

According to Facing jail, gang who posed as star to steal Mercedes:

A gang of car thieves who stole 30 expensive vehicles – including George Michael’s £57,000 Mercedes – from homes across London, Essex and the Continent is facing years in jail today.

They stole the singer’s Mercedes S350 from outside his Hampstead home after travelling to a dealership in Holland pretending to be him and producing false documents before being handed replacement keys.

Detectives recovered a number of vehicles but believe the gang sold other stolen cars to overseas buyers. Michael’s Mercedes was never recovered and is believed to have been shipped abroad.

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Music

December Song (I Dreamed Of Christmas)

“December Song (I Dreamed Of Christmas)” will be a free download on Christmas day on the official George Michael web site, according to Music Week.  It was co-written with long-time friend David Austin.

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Yours Only George

Explanation

Here’s a quick explanation of why you couldn’t get to yogworld.com for a few days.

Yours Only George as well as my other site are located on the same server, and have been on this server for many, many years.  The web host announced that it was going to move the sites to a new server as the old one was antiquated.  As many of you know, moving sites from one server to another is usually a disaster.  When they’ve made changes like this before, it’s always meant down time for the site. 

When they made the move, they basically didn’t connect the Yours Only George site with the domain yogworld.com.  The content was always there, but I was the only one who knew how to get to it.  I had to write to them for at least a day to make changes and get everything back to normal.  Even the mail was down during this time.

I’m sorry for the problems.  Even though I am taking a break from the site because of a new personal responsibility, I don’t have any plans to close the site.  Thanks for not giving up in trying to get to the site.

Melanie
Webmaster

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Personal

Tony Parsons’s Perspective

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Tony Parsons, the author of the official George Michael biography Bare (Amazon Ad), wrote the following about George Michael in today’s Mirror: The boy George Michael once was is still there, buried under the sleaze.

Tony Parsons writes:

“The young George Michael was just such a lovely guy. He could sing, he could write great songs and he could even dance (a little bit).

“In private he was always, always great company – kind and generous, warm and funny. The boy he was once is still in there, buried under all the middle-aged sleaze and disappointment.”

Having written George Michael’s biography and having known George Michael since the days of Wham!, Tony Parsons has a perspective of the path George Michael took in his life.

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George Michael “Sorry” over Drugs Arrest

From Michael ‘sorry’ over drugs arrest:

In a statement Michael said: “I want to apologise to my fans for screwing up again, and to promise them I’ll sort myself out. And to say sorry to everybody else, just for boring them.”

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George Michael Allegedly Arrested

Quoted from George Michael ‘arrested over drugs’:

George Michael has been arrested in north London public toilets for possession of drugs, a newspaper has reported.

The claims have been made in the Sunday People and a spokesman for the Met Police confirmed an arrest was made.

He said: “I can confirm that a 45-year-old man was arrested on September 19 on suspicion of possession of drugs in the Hampstead Heath area.

“He was taken to a north London police station where he received a caution for possession of class A and class C drugs.”

Also, look at George Michael in Class A drug arrest on Hampstead Heath:

George Michael has been cautioned for drug possession after being arrested at a notorious meeting place for gay men.

The 45-year-old pop star was caught with a small amount of cannabis and a Class A drug, possibly cocaine or Ecstasy, on Hampstead Heath in North London.

It is the fourth time in three years that the pop star has been arrested on drugs charges but until now he has been caught only with so-called soft drugs such as cannabis.

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Yours Only George

Temporary Leave of Absence

As of today, I will be on what I think is best described as a temporary leave of absence from the site.  I should be back to a regular posting schedule in 2009.  There hasn’t been anything to post recently so I don’t think you’ll see much of a difference.

If there is something of major importance (new tour dates, new CD), please put “URGENT” in the subject of your e-mail, and I will post it as soon as I can.  Please do not write to me about anything that is unrelated to new George Michael news; you will not receive a response.

Thank you.

Melanie
Webmaster
Yours Only George

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Eli Stone

Eli Stone Starter Kit

ABC has condensed their primetime shows into 4-minute recaps that get you caught up on everything you need to know before the new season begins. The Eli Stone Starter Kit is available here.

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Concerts

More Articles from “The Final Two”

Here are some additional articles on “The Final Two.”

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Personal

The Fans

Donna sends us a clip entitled “George Michael – Where the Boys At?” from TMZ with fans camped outside of his house.

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Concerts

Articles from “The Final Two”

Here are the articles from “The Final Two.”

A few things to note:

Michael told fans that he would be releasing a new Christmas song on Christmas Day which would be free to download.

He is also releasing a cover version of Nina Simone’s hit Feeling Good, also free to download, on the same day.

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Eli Stone

Eli Stone on the Sci Fi Channel in the UK

According to Variety, the Sci Fi Channel has secured exclusive U.K. pay TV rights to the first two seasons of “Eli Stone.”

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Concerts

Last U.S. Tour Reviews

Here are the remaining U.S. tour reviews:

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Concerts

Some More George Michael Concert Reviews

You still want more George Michael concert reviews?

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Eli Stone Music

George Michael News Notes

Here is a collection of news notes from readers:

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Eli Stone

Victor Garber Talks about George Michael

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Victor Garber talked about his experience acting with George Michael on “Eli Stone.” Victor Garber plays Jordan Wethersby, the co-owner of the firm where Eli Stone works.

If you had your druthers, what musical guest would they land?
You know, I was so in awe of George Michael. I could not believe that they got him. When we read the pilot, I thought, “Oh, nice try, but you’ll never get him.” You know, it’s like, this will never happen. And then, cut to, I’m acting with George Michael. It was fantastic. He was so willing and nervous and sweet. He didn’t realize, you know, you have to sort of like stand in one spot? Like on my close-up, he’d be covering the camera. But he was so sweet. It was a great thrill to work with him.

Eli Stone is the story of a lawyer who suddenly starts have hallucinations … of George Michael. It starts out with George Michael singing “Faith” on his coffee table. What’s so fun about the first season of this television show is that George Michael makes multiple appearances. All of the show titles are George Michael or Wham! songs, and many of the musical numbers are also George Michael songs.

Eli Stone: The Complete First Season is available on Amazon.com

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