Mutterings
…Frankie Goes To Ilford? A DIY fan club for poverty-struck FGTH supporters is the latest spin-off from the premier provocateurs of pop. The Frankie Appreciation Society is being founded by Paul Burnstream. “Lots of people can’t afford the £6 to join the official Fan Club,” he mutters. “We won’t be sending out glossy photos. Instead we’ll encourage people to do their own drawings, design T-shirts and have competitions to find the best ones”. If you’re interested, write to Paul at 38, Martley Drive, Gants Hill, Ilford, Essex IG2 6SH, and if you’re considerate send an SAE too… Sweet young things Boy George and Marilyn on their hols in Jamaica had an unlikely encounter with Rolling Stone Keith Richards, 40-odd and with a face like a relief map. They must have had a lot to talk about… On their return Marilyn scandalised the entire population of Heathrow Airport by wearing one of those ‘Who Gives A **** What Frankie Say’ T-shirts… Still Marilyn may be consoled to hear that FGTH are reckoned to have lost a million quid on T-shirt royalties to bootleggers of the millions of ‘Frankie Say’ slogans. T-shirt royalties? Yep, even before they were famous, the extremely sharp Frankie signed up the merchandising rights on all clobber bearing their names…
…Frankie and Mike Read have supposedly made it up at last. They’re working together on a film about Radio Lollipop, the children’s hospital radio for a forthcoming Saturday Superstore. So much milk of human kindness slopping about they’ll have enough left over to make yoghurt…