Happy Birthday for Some; Not for Others

One of the great things about being famous, besides being eligible as a pick for DP, is worldwide recognition.

Some people get recognized for being great playwrights on their birthdays.

Some people don't.

Yesterday was somebody's Birthday! Whose Birthday? Playwright Edward Albee's Birthday. How Old Is He? 1,2,3,4... 80! And Never been Kissed By... Death

Edward Albee's name appears on "The Quit Parade's" roster

• Albee is the President of the Edward F. Albee Foundation, Inc., which maintains the William Flanagan Creative Persons Center, a writers and artists colony in Montauk, New York.

I'm going to go out on a limb and say that Albee had an easier time being elected President of his own foundation than Ron Paul will have being elected President of the United States.

Yesterday was somebody else's Birthday! Whose Birthday? Ex-Boyfriend of Kate Moss Pete Doherty's Birthday. How Old Is He? 1,2,3,4... 29! And Never been Kissed By... Death

Pete Doherty's name appears on "I Am Ready To Meet My Maker's" roster

• Doherty is also known to be a devoted follower of the Queens Park Rangers football club. As a youth he wrote a fanzine, entitled "All Quiet on the Western Avenue". He sold copies of the fanzine on the club's grounds, but its mixture of literary references, quotes, poetry and football stories proved unsuccessful with the other fans.

Are you telling me soccer hooligans don't read Shakespeare???

... And Many More!

Pete Doherty's Day Off

Pete Doherty skipped the NME Awards at which he was supposed to perform. Why? Because he was "sick," says the Daily Mirror. According to the Mirror, Doherty, The Babyshambles lead singer, and ex-boyfriend of Kate Moss, got his mom Jacqueline to phone in his excuse for him. The real reason?

But show sources say the real reason Pete pulled out was because he didn't want to be kicked out of his central London rehab clinic for breaking his 10pm curfew.

I don't know. This all sounds too familiar to me... Doherty has been absent from shows NINE TIMES. We wonder if he is just using this excuse to spend the day traveling around Chicago, posing as sausage kings, catching foul balls at Wrigley, and singing "Twist and Shout" in parades. If anyone hunts down an mp3 of The Babyshambles covering the Isley Brothers, let us know...

Hmm....

[Daily Mirror]

Holy Bloody Nipples! Doherty Running Body, Not Drugs

Pete Doherty is in training for the London marathon and has been wearing his girlfriend's bra because of the injuries sustained running, it has been claimed.

As previously reported, the Babyshambles star is on a serious health drive after quitting drugs and has thrown himself into exercise. According to reports, his lengthy running sessions have played havoc with his chest, prompting the unusual request to model Portia Freeman.

A 'source' explained: "He's doing so well. He's really serious about kicking drugs and this is really testing his will power and giving him a goal. "All that is putting him off are his amazingly sore nipples, but Portia's underwear is really helping."

Personally, we feel that many of the slang running terms could be misunderstood as lingo for drugs or drug-related paraphernalia. These include: Bonk, CoolMax®, DNF, Fartlek, Hash House Harriers, Joints in Motion, Log, (LSD), Sciatica, Slow Twitch, Supplex®, Toebox and Wicking.

We feel that it's nice to see Doherty get his joints in motion after all this time away from running.

[Yahoo! Music UK]