stardust & spiders from dublin

my favorite part of the vertigo tour this year has been the return of the glam rock persona. i can't remember which show, but at one concert in the u.s., a girl bought this faux feather boa at target before the show and she ended up getting near the front and yer man ended up wearing the boa. after that he just randomly started strutting around in a boa occasionally in ensuing shows.

i had totally forgotten about this movie coming out next fall, but when i noticed a link to it (i googled cillian murphy, what can i say)—a little tiny lightbulb inside my brain started glowing. a man who both inspires and puts bono to shame with his own preposterous theatrics is gavin friday, who happens to have a part as a glam rock star in irish director neil jordan's upcoming movie breakfast on pluto. the film is based on the book written by patrick mccabe, who also wrote the butcher boy, a crazy, dark, and murderously sublime novel that everyone should read. breakfast on pluto stars cillian murphy (yes!) and liam neeson.

please note gavin's kitty cat whiskers in this photo.

right now gavin is working with quincy jones and 50 cent on the music for the new 50 cent biopic directed by another irish film maker, jim sheridan. before you know it, the sartorial tastes of the northside will be taking over the world. if that doesn't scare you....it should.

peace.