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Well, I guess I had better stop laughing at KCE thinking Kelly would get nominated for MGUCL.....

katy, I will be at both Clearwater concerts, but am bringing my grandson, so not going to parties.

I am trying to talk people into attending - no, I don't think they will spray silly string.....I may start a rumor that either Clay will announce his engagement, or that he will be giving each person at the last concert his new CD.

OHN is awesome!

CH cellcerter reported a growl....I will take Fear's word for it!

Everybody should come on down to Florida for the last two concerts.....

Hello, my name is djs111 and I am addicted to cellcerts.

The underwater ones still remind me of when we started doing them - crappy sound, but what a thrill!

Isn't technology grand! Today Clay sang behind a glass window in New York, and I downloaded it from Canada (I think that is where the servers are?) to here in Florida, and then played it over the phone to provide instant gratification for someone in California!

Clay's voice sounds very strong!

ETHEL is there??? (my bad..... I know)

No....think BIGGEST - now I am badder.....from the balcony or loge or whatever, it looked very obvious.

Big sigh.

Cellstream back, sounds wonderful.

Strictly Ballroom was made in 1992 - I looked at the cast list, the Kents not on it, must have been young extras.

The exaggerated dancing that people describe her brother as doing sounds straight from the movie.

Playbiller also told me one of Clay's biggest fans is standing up and screaming for every.single.thing.....she will report back later to see if this is repeated...

He sounds wonderful - and my cellcert just stopped.

Different pictures of today's Unicef outing are up, and he is wearing a black puffy coat.

http://www.lfi.co.uk/dynevent-action-nl.do?eventid=192760

from CH -

I am reading reports elsewhere of a well-known videographer getting busted (no names mentioned). I hope that's a false rumour. It certainly sounded like there was no problem, according to our cellcerter.

Yikes!

Hey, Ansa! Sorry about the cold weather!

So, is anyone else listening to the CH cellcert?

Or trying to?

As seriously and non-snarkily as I can ask....oops, laughed a little bit......I keep reading that Charles and Camilla want to "win over the American people".

Why? I think the days when Americans were impressed with royalty are pretty much gone.

And politically, the English royals are pretty much pointless.

I do think Charles has some good opinions on ecology and such, but he is casting those seeds on very barren soil here.

Anyway, I read where Camilla got a bit skewered by the press in New York, and wondered why she was even subjected to all that!

I love and adore Good News. I am v. happy he is keeping it!

Yes it is Jacob - and he is resisting the urge to "scat" at the end! He sounds great!

Clay did say that he was just like the soundtrack for this show - sounds like it will take some getting used to the difference between this show and the JBT.

He sounds wonderful.

And is it strange that I feel very normal, sitting here at 2 am, listening?

This sounds like it should be taped for a TV special.

I am so happy to hear him sing....

Hmmmm...I thought it was kinda snotty.....like another artist would have written a bunch of new songs for a history of rock concert?

The too-cool-for-school thing is showing....seemed like a few too many cheap shots, to me.

It almost sounds like Beast of Burden intro - as if!

Clay has been talked into being a spokesperson for Hershey Bars - his management firm has spent weeks telling him how much exposure he would get. (NO! not that kind!)....Clay has been arguing that it would be dishonest - because he cannot eat chocolate, or even worse, almonds, without experiencing extreme discomfort or even (gulp!) death!

He finally agrees, because the money is v. good, and Hershey has agreed to let him say whatever he wants; there will be no script.

Day of the shoot -

Clay looks into the camera, gives a totally out of place, but very satisfying, eye-fuck, and holds up a chocolate bar....he has been asked to speak just as he would at home, and told to just wing it, that he has such a way with words that the commercial would sound much more natural....

"Hey! Ah hear this chocolate bar is really good! Ah would take a bite of it myself, but it would prolly KILL me, or close to it!

It's true!

Ah might get such a bad stomach ache that Ah would collapse on the floor with pain!

Mah chest would hurt so bad that it would feel like Ah was hatching an alien!"

Off-camera, Hershey executives are wildly gesticulating, trying to get Clay's attention - as is his manager, and indeed his entire "team", except for Jerome, who is laughing so hard he can hardly stand.

The director tries to get the camera-man to stop filming - no luck there, he receives a sharp elbow to his ribs, and then is ignored - twenty-five women showed up this morning, wearing bucket hats and baggy clothes, claiming they were sent from the ad agency.

Not a ONE of them was telling the truth, but they all could demonstrate great skill with a camera, so the director chose one at random, and Jerome politely asked the others to leave.

As they filed out, muttering "bee-yotch", or some such word, Jerome stood by the door with his hand held out - each woman meekly dropped a memory stick in his hand, and he thanked them kindly.

No has ever found out what happened to the guy the agency sent.

An assistant (about 30 of those showed up that morning, clutching a bewildering assortment of baby brushes and hair products.....same drill, Jerome has gotten quite proficient at collecting tiny electronic bits and pieces) - the REAL assistant, who had threatened the imposters with bodily harm while waving a can of Aqua-net menacingly in their faces, handed Clay a Hershey Bar with Almonds.

Clay sunnily continues....

"And this chocolate bar here, with tree nuts?

It would kill me deader than a doornail!

Ah would swell up, and just stop breathing, and would certainly DIE if someone didn't inject me with mah Epi-Pen real quick!"

Amazingly, the camera travels down to the area of Clay's anatomy where an epi-pen would be stored in his pocket, should he have one handy. The camera just stays focussed there, until the assistant rushes over and adminsters a good smack to the side of the camera-person's bucket-hatted head.

Clay continues....

"But y'all should really try some, it prolly won't kill YOU!

Buy seven! Of each!"

And he throws another eye-fuck into the camera lens, which causes the camera-person to stagger. She manages to keep focussed, though, she is a veteran clack-gatherer, and is taking this one for the team.

The bewildered director yells "Cut!", and wanders off, wondering what the heck happened.

And sales go through the roof!

I have noticed what to me is a bizarre reaction to this whole controversy by the media.....they do not think this leak is as important as the fact that a media person got jailed.

And not the right person, IMO.

For example, a guest on the Jon Stewart show said he hated to see the media get in trouble over a piddly story like this.

Jon was incredulous, but the guy was quite sure that the media were more important.

Since national media are now famous for spin, etc., it seemed like this person has lost touch with reality.

buzztechie said....

I am glad also, for the most part, these recent galas are aimed more at the corporate world than the fandom. I think it is a good step to move the BAF away from being mostly fan contributions to corporate contributions.

Yes, I agree! What will be interesting to see is if those fans who seem very very committed will then move away from BAF.

I know we are not supposed to write or email, but I certainly hope someone has provided WRAL with the correct figures.

I would also like to know where the reported "donations are pouring in" are coming from....I guess I am hoping that these are not just from fan groups, but from folks who got curious about BAF and checked the website.

Maybe the person who did this thing inadvertantly got some recognition for BAF!