Extra-Curricular Canon

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

You will recall that on Monday we spent time talking about pop stars who do OTHER STUFF. Well, having scientifically aggregated the poll results we can now determine exactly which musicians are best at OTHER STUFF, using the time honoured canon format. You get five picks per category except for visual arts, where you only get four. GOOD LUCK.


[Poll #1035527]


ALSO! I posted the Pop Open groups yesterday, for those of you with big friendslists.

ALSO ALSO! That's enough interests now, ta.

ALSO ALSO ALSO! Apparently it is ALEX JAMES who now makes cheese and farms things. Graham Coxon doubtless has many fascinating strings to his bow too though.

Comments

[glamwhorebunni.livejournal.com]

No Myleene Klass? She's my 2nd favourite astronomer of all time!

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

Aw I would have liked to tick someone for being good at fashion design but CSS look uniformly TERRIBLE so I can't imagine Ira is any good.

[dubdobdee.livejournal.com]

haha our faith in BM's science skeez is humbling

[boyofbadgers.livejournal.com]

Astro PhD submission + playing GSTQ on guitar made out of fireplace and knitting needles on top of Buckingham Palace = OK by me. Even if he has got silly hair and likes Mika a bit too much.

[boyofbadgers.livejournal.com]

Is Wener's writing really Any Good At All? Rly?

[strange-powers.livejournal.com]

I guess it's just going to be me ticking Andy Lau, but really he's AMAZING.

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

Isn't it Alex James who makes the cheese?

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

MC Harvey could win golden boots at the World Cup for all I care but he will never get a tick off me after what he did to poor Alesha. He didn't even say sorry!

[jeff-worrell.livejournal.com]

haha dude I think it's Alex James who is the farmer and cheesemaker!

[cis.livejournal.com]

no, no, I'm ticking him as well! he is indeed fantastic (at both!).

I have a feeling no-one else will tick Ninomiya but mostly because no-one else bothered to see Letters from Iwo Jima. sadface.

[chezghost.livejournal.com]

i like Lovefoxx's outfits

[braisedbywolves.livejournal.com]

Is it the same Andy Lau? Crucially is it the one who directs or the one who acts?

[ninebelow.livejournal.com]

Weedy little Coxon just isn't cut out for the farming life.

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

Can someone remind me of Dazza Bowie's visual arts credentials?

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

nah they're just skinny jeans and shit, and brightly-coloured tops!

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

He is on his way to becoming a National Treasure, bless him.

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

NOT WHILE I AM IN THIS NATION

[cis.livejournal.com]

Andrew Lau is the director: Andy Lau acts and makes pop records.

(However there are two diff Anthony Wongs: Anthony Wong Yiu Ming makes pop records, Anthony Wong Chau Sang is an actor and is also in a punk band or sth, also i love him dearly)

[ms-bracken.livejournal.com]

I'm almost certainly going to go back to this and add a vote for Gerard Way when I have read his comic but for now it feels like cheating to vote on the basis that "I have not read it but am sure it will be GREBT".

I have ticked Brian May because I would not know from reading it if his PhD was any good but a proper scientist (i.e. not a Queen fanboy) bigged up his sk1llz in the BBC article.

[jeff-worrell.livejournal.com]

a taster (http://www.teenagewildlife.com/Othermedia/Artwork/)

I still think

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

that Will Smith will be President one day.

[ms-bracken.livejournal.com]

What I read of her book in a shop a few years ago... failed to engage. So probably nt rly.

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

Squee 2000!!!!!!!!

Er, it's not great really.

[chezghost.livejournal.com]

i'm talkin bout those all in one spangly catsuit type things she wears. good fun.

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

I like how on SQUEEZE 2000 the S in Squeeze is...A DOLLAR SIGN! Blimes.