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And Finally
US store “protects” shoppers from Elton John
By CMU Editorial | Published on Friday 28 January 2011
US readers may have noticed that Elton John and David Furnish are on the cover of the new edition of Us Weekly with their new baby son. Except those who shop in the Harps grocery store in Arkansas, where the cover has been wrapped in the same kind of wrapper that obscures the front of porn magazines in order to “protect” customers.
Presumably it was feared that children might see the picture and turn all gay, rather just thinking, ‘Oh look, there’s two men and a baby’. Or, more likely, ‘Where are the comics?’ Either way, the shop said it wasn’t their fault, it was their bigoted customers. A spokesperson said that “several” people had complained about the image, adding: “[This decision] in no way [reflects] our opinion on this issue. We do not have an opinion on this issue”.
In other news, Elton John has been speaking to someone about record label bosses. According to The Sun, here’s what he had to say: “I think most heads of record companies are idiots. About 5% are any good. They’re only in it for themselves. They don’t care about artists. They’re all about the next fix, the next single. It’s like they’re having a hit of cocaine every fifteen seconds. And if someone falls by the wayside, they’re by the wayside. They’re not allowed one blip. In America, most of them are idiots. They’re sickening actually. They sicken me. They’re thick as shit”.
