Tim Minchin: Come Home (Cardinal Pell)

Tim Minchin has written a song about Cardinal George Pell, in which he lambasts Australia’s most senior Catholic cleric over the fact he won’t be returning from Rome to testify at the royal commission into institutional child abuse.

“It’s a really nice song, the chorus just goes ‘come home, Cardinal Pell / we hear you’re not feeling well’,” Minchin said at a press conference in Perth on Friday. “There’s also a bit where I call him a fucking coward.”

Pell is due to appear via video link at a royal commission to give evidence about child sex abuse that occurred within his parishes. Victims were hoping Pell’s medical condition would improve so he could appear in person, but on Monday were told he was still too unwell to make the flight from Rome to Melbourne...

The Australian singer-songwriter said his song about Pell, which will “be on the radio in three days”, is also about home. “I think George probably doesn’t realise how much we want him here.” ...

Guardian.

Here's an Australian TV debate between the cardinal and Richard Dawkins on religion and morality and that 4 THE LOLZ!!

Tim Minchin: Happy 50th Birthday, Dude!

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Easter Sunday: Magic Woody Allen Jesus

But, on the other hand, some pretty cool dudes like Michelangelo, The Ranters, Tolstoy, Oscar Wilde, Gaudi, Little Richard, Johnny Cash, Elvis, Tom Driberg, Martin Luther King, Andy Warhol, Archbishop Oscar Romero, Tony Benn and the Rev. Richard Coles clearly got something useful out of it.

*Balance*

The Big Issue: Richard Coles Vs Tim Minchin

Richard or Tim?

Don't ask me to choose!!!

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Edit: Oh. Bits of it are. Here's the rev...

I’m not the first Christian to have come from a fairly fruity background. It’s a very ancient tradition going back to the very beginning of the church. The other day I was with the Mothers’ Union and thinking, how is debauched layby sex going to go down with you guys? In my experience people are surprisingly unfazed by the misadventures of life. It happens to all of us in one way or another.

Typo Of The Week: Pink News

Pink News.

Damn you Daily Mail and all your pesky communist columnists!

PS Good piece in Sunday's Observer on LGSM's Mark Ashton; The real-life triumphs of the gay communist behind hit movie Pride.

PPS Apparently, Stephen Beresford is 'in talks' about turning Pride into a West End musical. Oh dear...

Mind you, maybe that means there's still hope for my feel-good musical about the Poll Tax riot.

PPPS On reflection, it can be a musical on condition that director Matthew Warchus gets Tim Minchin to write the songs. K?

Fagburn: Happy Easter!

From The Reason Stick blog.
Click to enlarge etc etc.

PS And here's an Easter present from Tim Minchin, Thank You God!

Pope Francis: A New Face From Hell

The Catholic Church is an obscene evil racket and religion is obsolete.
So fuck off. 

Tim Minchin: Straight Queen

Best Desert Island Discs since the Mark Gatiss.
And we're giving you the bible...
"I don't want the bible, it might kill me."
Favourite record; Kinks 'Waterloo Sunset'
Your luxury; "A robotic sex doll.'
How wonderful are you?

Tim Minchin: Jesus Wept

If you've been on Twitter this afternoon, you may be a bit bored of hearing about this by now.
But if not...
Tim Minchin wrote a special song about our lord Jesus for Jonathan Ross's christmas special and recorded it last week.
As you can see above, it's a gentle comedy number pointing out that claims that Mr Christ had supernatural magical powers are rather silly.
The day before broadcast the song has been ordered to be cut by Peter Fincham, ITV's director of television.
Possibly because he thinks it's still the 15th Century or something.
Here's Tim's "whiny little rant about it" on his blog.
If you think this decision is rather silly, why not send a polite email to viewerservices@itv.com?*

* It's worth noting that ITV's website does not show a direct email for complaints, but you can always phone them; "Calls cost 5p per minute from a BT landline..."