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September 28, 2007
Knight Templar
While Sadie continues to (un)cover the emotional* and sartorial** aspects of the Beckhams' move to Los Angeles, the Flea is interested in a more purely aesthetic concern. Aside from sneering at its supposed unsightliness and scarequotes at the notion it might be understood as "art", the Daily Mail has an interesting revelation to offer about David Beckham's newly completed right-arm sleeve tattoo.
The three words are inscribed next to another symbolic piece Beckham apparently wanted to reflect who he feels he has been for the past ten years - a Knight Templar, symbolised by a cross. The Templar Knights, recognisable by their white mantle with distinct red cross, are for David the symbols of him and the England team. He asked the tattoo artist to etch the Knight Templar on his arm as he "feels the knights were the best equipped, trained, and disciplined fighting units of the Crusades, just as he has always tried to be as a footballer representing his team of knights".
Which is arguably to make more of football than it is at a time when the Royal Navy has become less than it is supposed to be. Still, the sentiment is spot on. More of this from England, please.
* I gather Victoria feels lonely. I would be happy to distract her by soliciting her vocals for a dark ambient Abba cover project.
** Yet another nude David Beckham photo does not strike me as terribly newsworthy but there it is. If I was famous and in better shape there would be pictures of my bare ass all over the internet. Verdict: Fake but accurate.
Posted by Ghost of a flea at September 28, 2007 07:47 AM
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If I was famous and in better shape there would be pictures of my bare ass all over the internet.
So it's really just a matter of time, eh?
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at September 28, 2007 10:28 AM
You've got it backwards. First your bare ass gets posted on the internet, then you get famous from the resulting You-tube hits, then you get in shape.
From there, the sky is the limit.
Posted by: Temujin at September 28, 2007 09:07 PM
...dark ambient Abba cover...
Now there are four words I had hoped never to see strung together. Nevertheless, I am intrigued. Is your dark ambiance available online, somewhere? Or at a music store near me? Or only in the bottom of a locked filing cabinet stuck in a disused lavatory with a sign on the door reading "BEWARE OF THE LEOPARD"?
Posted by: Angie Schultz at October 1, 2007 12:28 PM
The material I have available on line is at my MySpace site.
I have yet to make the EP available for sale anywhere except my live shows; that will change once I decide the best portal to use. In the meantime I have live shows scheduled for Toronto and am hoping to line up something for Ottawa in the near future. I am hoping to do a mini-tour of the American southeast based out of Atlanta but that is somewhat hypothetical at this point. If I get picked up by a distributor the album(s) will be available through that route. The one further exception will be videos to be uploaded to YouTube. At the moment the only piece I have on YouTube is a Paris Hilton remix, remixing and production being a good route to making a living. Much more to follow!
Posted by: Ghost of a flea at October 1, 2007 01:20 PM
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