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Posted: **Sat 23 Jul 2005, 2:12 pm**

Hi, I'd just like to tell you there's a new PSB interview in the upcoming
Sunday edition of the newspaper Der Tagesspiegel.
It's mainly about terror, the power of pop music and - of course - Potemkin.

http://www.tagesspiegel.de/sonntag/inde ... 87.asp#art

If you don't happen to speak German, here are a few points:

- In the Eighties Chris was working in the toy department of Harrod's.
Once there was a bomb warning and he had to search for a bomb
by examining the shelves stuffed with all the cute toys.

- They openly disagree about Iraq (Chris: "We were deeply divided.")
and whether there's a link between Western politics and terrorist attacks
(Neil: "It's hard to say if there's a link.").

- They were hoping for a screening/performance of Potemkin in Iran,
but the British Embassy and the British Council smashed the project in advance.

- Chris is now officially out.
Chris: "When we grew up we were able to lead a normal gay life,
others had already paved the way for us in the early Seventies. (...)
It didn't take us revolutionary energy anymore in order to be openly gay."

- They firmly believe pop music is influential enough to fight off
fascism and totalitarian systems.

Posted: **Sat 23 Jul 2005, 2:13 pm**

Danke.

Posted: **Sat 23 Jul 2005, 2:23 pm**

Chris is gay?!?!?!?!?!

Posted: **Sat 23 Jul 2005, 2:37 pm**

time to start burning their records !!!!!!!!!! - chris is 49 as well

Posted: **Sat 23 Jul 2005, 2:40 pm**

Pop music is enough to fight off facism and totalitarianism

oh thank you posting by the way, interesting tidbits

Posted: **Sat 23 Jul 2005, 3:55 pm**

Interesting interview. Fortunately I can read German!

Posted: **Sat 23 Jul 2005, 4:38 pm**

Well thats cleared that point up

- Chris is now officially out.
Chris: "When we grew up we were able to lead a normal gay life,
others had already paved the way for us in the early Seventies. (...)
It didn't take us revolutionary energy anymore in order to be openly gay."

Posted: **Sat 23 Jul 2005, 4:53 pm**

Thanks for that.

I liked the discussion at the end about sticking up fingers...

Posted: **Sat 23 Jul 2005, 5:12 pm**

Janet Street-Porter wrote:Chris is gay?!?!?!?!?!

Good morning!

Posted: **Sat 23 Jul 2005, 8:11 pm**

amandote wrote:
Janet Street-Porter wrote:Chris is gay?!?!?!?!?!
Good morning!

Posted: **Sat 23 Jul 2005, 8:18 pm**

Let me be the first to congratulate Chris for feeling comfortable enough to finally be able to indentify as Gay.

It always feels better when you can say: " I was born this way "

Posted: **Sat 23 Jul 2005, 8:48 pm**

Naughty Zoot wrote:Let me be the first to congratulate Chris for feeling comfortable enough to finally be able to indentify as Gay.

It always feels better when you can say: " I was born this way "

Yes, that's very true. I'm glad that Chris has finally admitted it, but I don't see either Neil or him in a different way - I never have! They're the same people they've always been.

I will also applaud him!

Posted: **Sat 23 Jul 2005, 10:09 pm**

Great, so this will have to
be changed then ...

Posted: **Sat 23 Jul 2005, 10:13 pm**

Pani wrote:Great, so this will have to
be changed then ...

Who gave you that link?

Anyway, I recall both Neil and Chris outed themselves in that german magazine, PopCorn in 1987. Didn't they? Not that that magazine was very reliable.

Anyway, who cares?

Posted: **Sat 23 Jul 2005, 10:14 pm**

Pani wrote:Great, so this will have to
be changed then ...

Did you submit a correction, Pani??

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