Michael Stipe: Sex symbol?
Nightswimmer
really didn't matter and was non of our business. Well, it doesn't,
and it isn't, but I just wanted to say I'm deeply attracted to him. Is
that strange? I don't know if it's the unlikely rock star thing, or
the brilliant thing, or his eyes, or what. I just know that every time
I listen to "Nightswimming" and "At My Most Beautiful," I get chills
down my back. "Nightswimming" is my favorite. I don't know how many
of you are from the south, but I am, and it puts me in the mood for a
quiet, humid, summer night with crickets singing and the moon shining
on the water and knowing that you are at your most vulnerable, naked in
the water. By yourself, it's reflective; with someone else, it's
sensual. Solitude and silence can speak volumes between two people,
with only the occasional splash and the singing of frogs interrupting.
This song evokes such a melancholy ach...and such beautiful imagery. If
I sound pretentious and pompous, it's because I'm on medication for a
toothache, and it makes me loopy. My inner poet is longing for a pen.
I just wanted to know if I was alone in finding Michael attractive. I
think he's a beautiful person. Well...gotta go...the lake is calling
me...
"I forgot my shirt at the water's edge...the moon is low
tonight...I'm not sure all these people understand...the fear of
getting caught...of recklessness and water...they cannot see me
naked...nightswimming...remembering that night...I'm pining for the
moon...you I thought I knew you...you I cannot judge...you I thought
you knew me...nightswimming deserves a quiet night."
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Mischa with a big M
>that strange?
i'm pretty sure that is strange. you are certainly the first person that i know
of who is deeply attracted to michael, and you'll probably be the last.
Mischa, who isn't being sarcastic. honestly.
+++++++++++++++++++++++
*me. i am free.*
destroy the egalitarian dream to e-mail me.
Illsinger
>know
>of who is deeply attracted to michael, and you'll probably be the last.
Hang on a second...back this one up...Michael is a deeply personal man whose
looks and brain combine to make him a person that I could see someone being
deeply attracted to. Let me make it clear that I find him an attractive person
more so on an egalitarian basis than one anything else. I honestly do believe
that an egalitarian attraction supercedes sex or sexual orientation.......Just
an idea
aus...@my-deja.com
a sex symbol. Personally, the younger Michael seems like a much more, to
be blunt, interesting lay than the older Michael, who looks a little too
German Expressionist for my liking. Also, the older Michael Stipe seems
to have developed (or should I say the media seem to have reported more
frequently on the elder Michael's predilections) some odd tendencies.
What's to come, one day opening up the newssheet and discovering the
headline about Michael Stipe found dead on toilet with blue suede shoes
still on? The Southern Stars seem to have cloudy futures.
Auster
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MBCE99
"egalitarian" so seemingly seriously
is very pretentious.
mr. weird.
Yoss
>I recently wrote a message about
>Michael's sexuality, saying that it
>really didn't matter and was non of our
>business. Well, it doesn't,
>and it isn't, but I just wanted to say I'm
>deeply attracted to him. Is
>that strange?
Hm, let me guess, you're new to this newsgroup? :)
My long-term companion aside, I'd have to say Michael is the sexiest person on
the planet.
Now I'm thinking about how supremely weird it must be to have some fan out in
California, whom you have never even seen, think you are the second-sexiest
person on the planet. Sorry Michael.
(Yoss)
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>California, whom you have never even seen, think you are the second-sexiest
>person on the planet. Sorry Michael.
I hope he forgives you (so he can forgive me too). What can I say? I think
he's beautiful.
Lauryn
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JaMeS RuSsElL
down while sucking a cigarette.
He's taking the piss out of himself and I love it :-)
JR
Taloolah88
>>Michael's sexuality, saying that it
>>really didn't matter and was non of our
>>business. Well, it doesn't,
>>and it isn't, but I just wanted to say I'm
>>deeply attracted to him. Is
>>that strange?
I don't think that is strange at all, I think Michael is by far the sexiest man
alive, I love REM for thier music but there is no denying that he is so
beautiful it is insane......Everything about him from his gorgeous eyes to his
cute missing tooth, to his amazing voice , to the way he covers his mouth when
he laughs, to his skinny little body..........ahhhhhh he is just lovely.....I
am DEEPLY attracted to him as well.........and I love every second of my crush
on Michael........There are so many more great, wonderous things about him, but
it would take me all night to tell them all here......it would take
days.......He is the epidomy of THE perfect man, well in my eyes........
Nightswimmer
Melora
Lisa Gardner
Yoss wrote:
>Nightswimmer wrote:
>
>>I recently wrote a message about
>>Michael's sexuality, saying that it
>>really didn't matter and was non of our
>>business. Well, it doesn't,
>>and it isn't, but I just wanted to say I'm
>>deeply attracted to him. Is
>>that strange?
>
>
>My long-term companion aside, I'd have to say Michael is the sexiest person
on
>the planet.
>
in
>California, whom you have never even seen, think you are the second-sexiest
Yeah, me too. Sorry Michael. There's more than one of us out here
in California, Yoss. I got a big embarrassing crush on Michael. But
he scares me quite a bit too.
But then, I'm crazy, y'know? Very mixed up in some ways. Hence my
strange combination of feelings.
Lisa
Liza Baron
I know exactly what you mean ... I can see that he is not the most good
looking man, but he has a certian attraction - I think it is his eyes. I
only realised this at glast. this year and now i cant convince anyone that
he really is attractive. I am very glad someone else thinks so too - even
if it is just the fact he is famous.
Nightswimmer <brandi...@mailcity.com> wrote in article
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I just wanted to say I'm deeply attracted to him. Is
Angie
>I just wanted to say I'm deeply attracted to him. Is that strange? I don't
know if it's the unlikely rock star thing, or the brilliant thing, or his eyes,
or what.>
I vote for the last two. :)
He's not the conventional idea of a sex symbol, but who ever said we have to be
conventional in who we're attracted to? Michael's just GOT it, IMO. Hey, Tom
Cruise just doesn't do it for some of us...be proud of your lust for the foxy
Mr. Stipe! Walk unafraid! ;)
Angie
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"Michael's just saying, 'Yeah, relationships are tough and ours may not be the
best, but go ahead. What are you waiting for? Fuck me!' "
-- Mike Mills, on "Star Me Kitten"
radiocat
to be
>conventional in who we're attracted to? Michael's just GOT it, IMO. Hey,
Tom
Spot on! Exactly that. He's got IT.
JaMeS RuSsElL
no :-)
Really - no.
It was at the local music store (though I didn't see it last time) will
check and buy/scan it in next time.
JR
Illsinger
>"egalitarian" so seemingly seriously
>is very pretentious.
I believe that I could honestly sit down and have the perfect conversation with
him, and nothing else would matter. That and everyone is pretentious in some
aspect of their lives so I would rather be pretentious about my use of the word
egalitarian on an rem newsgroup rather than in some other aspect of my life
Carol
>>I just wanted to say I'm deeply attracted to him. Is that strange? >
No way is that strange, I too am deeply attracted to him. You want to know
what is weird, I just love those veins on the side of his head .. heh heh heh
Carol
HQ420123
>really didn't matter and was non of our business. Well, it doesn't,
>that strange? I don't know if it's the unlikely rock star thing, or
>I listen to "Nightswimming" and "At My Most Beautiful," I get chills
>down my back.
I haven't had this experience personally, but a friend of mine is wildly
attracted to JMS. After seeing "Storytellers," he keeps telling me to wear
black silk.
I think Michael is somewhat attractive. I think that he's now more attractive
in makeup. I have no idea why. He's always worn makeup, but it seems like
he's wearing a lot more recently. I find that I like his clothes a lot more.
I respect him more so as an artist (as I know and hope we all do). I am not
saying that finding him attractive diminishes a person's artistic respect for
him. I am saying that it is cool to recognize and revel in anything and
everything you wish (as long as it doesn't turn into stalking material...j/k).
I personally admire him because he gave me the courage to come clean about my
own sexuality to others. I thought, "if he can say 'my queerness' on national
tv, I can say any way I want to to anyone." I feel a lot happier as a result.
"Walk Unafraid" helps me to face a very conservative town and "hold my head up
high." I think he's a humanitarian of the highest degree.
Andrew
PS: I apologize for the length of this message.
Smoot
hq42...@aol.com (HQ420123) wrote:
> >I recently wrote a message about Michael's sexuality, saying that it
> >really didn't matter and was non of our business. Well, it doesn't,
> >and it isn't, but I just wanted to say I'm deeply attracted to him. Is
> >that strange? I don't know if it's the unlikely rock star thing, or
> >the brilliant thing, or his eyes, or what. I just know that every time
> >I listen to "Nightswimming" and "At My Most Beautiful," I get chills
> >down my back.
>
> I haven't had this experience personally, but a friend of mine is wildly
> attracted to JMS. After seeing "Storytellers," he keeps telling me to wear
> black silk.
>
> I think Michael is somewhat attractive. I think that he's now more attractive
> in makeup. I have no idea why.
It's because makeup emphasises the blueness of his eyes and how every long
his eyelashes are.
He's always worn makeup, but it seems like
> he's wearing a lot more recently. I find that I like his clothes a lot more.
> I respect him more so as an artist (as I know and hope we all do). I am not
> saying that finding him attractive diminishes a person's artistic respect for
> him. I am saying that it is cool to recognize and revel in anything and
> everything you wish (as long as it doesn't turn into stalking
material...j/k).
>
I agree.
>
> I personally admire him because he gave me the courage to come clean about my
> own sexuality to others. I thought, "if he can say 'my queerness' on national
> tv, I can say any way I want to to anyone." I feel a lot happier as a
result.
> "Walk Unafraid" helps me to face a very conservative town and "hold my head up
> high." I think he's a humanitarian of the highest degree.
>
> Andrew
>
> PS: I apologize for the length of this message.
That's okay. It's really great that Stipe's coming out gave you that
courage. I don't know that famous gays and lesbians should be forced out
of the closet (if they choose to kept their sexuality private) but I think
it really does help others (gay and straight) when they let everyone
know.
Rebecca
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Illsinger
>> own sexuality to others. I thought, "if he can say 'my queerness' on
>national
>> tv, I can say any way I want to to anyone." I feel a lot happier as a
>result.
>> "Walk Unafraid" helps me to face a very conservative town and "hold my head
>up
>> high." I think he's a humanitarian of the highest degree.
It helped me to face the world unaffraid...It's people like Michael who aid the
rest of us who are to scared to do it ourselves...i actually admitted to being
bi in front of a lot of people when they questioned me on my favouring
rem......thank you Michael
HQ420123
>courage. I don't know that famous gays and lesbians should be forced out
>of the closet (if they choose to kept their sexuality private) but I think
>it really does help others (gay and straight) when they let everyone
>know.
>
>Rebecca
Hi Rebecca! 'Where have you been? Anyway, I don't think he was really all
that pressured. I think it's been in question, but I think JMS revealed what
he wanted to reveal and that's it.
"Falls to Climb" is a song i've been playing a lot. Towards the end of the
song where he sings "I'm free," I almost cried last night. I feel a strange
connection to that song. To me, it says, "you know what? I accept the
repercussions for everythings I do. I have no regrets and i'm all the freer
and merrier for it." What do you ladies and gentlemen think? "You're in the
air" makes me think of a three year crush I had until the person got a kid on
the way and engaged.); I know that feeling of total infatuation where it
consumes your entire being and everything you do is done while thinking of that
person. Hmph! Crushes are cruel!
Andrew
Rhonda Tompkins
explain it. He's sexy as hell and that's that. :)
Rhonda
kfj
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> Yup, without a doubt. I'm not even going to apologize for it or try to
> explain it. He's sexy as hell and that's that. :)
he's attractive, but he's no Mike Mills. ;)
-k
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we had..." Peter Buck: "It's not that bad Mike. We've only shed six
million."
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karenfj at hotmail dot com is the correct address.
kfj
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> Yeah, but what is it ?
> That smile ,those glasses, those forearms, those suits, those teeth
> ..?....ermmm, well maybe not the teeth.
>
> PS. Mikey was actually in my dream the night after Munich. Nothing steamy,
> though, he was just there.
Sonnets from the Moulin Rouges
how is mike mills sexy, let me count the ways
he is sexy with the depth and diplomatic height
of his sexy soul, even when out of sight
because the photographers like michael's face.
he is sexy to the level of no everyday's
sexy man, by sun and neon-light.
He is sexy freely, as he is not anyone's Mr. Right
he is sexy purely, as he turns from praise
he is sexy with a passion put to use
for songs of grief and childhood's faith.
he is sexy with a sexiness he can not lose
with lost cds, he is sexy with the breath,
smiles, bass chords of all his life - and if REM choose
he is sexy when he sings about death.
(special thanks to the University of Maryland for putting up the Elizabeth
Barrett Browning poem i jsut horribly parodied.)
kfj
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> >(special thanks to the University of Maryland for putting up the
Elizabeth
> >Barrett Browning poem i jsut horribly parodied.)
>
> err.. not that i'm particularly thrilled about the school mind you..it's
just
> that if i go up to the end of the street here i can just about see the
> outskirts of the campus.
i hate usenet. i just wrote a near perfect parody of an acclaimed sonnet
about our favorite bass player and all i get is "i love UMD." sigh. creative
endeavor is so un-fulfilling.
kfj
news:19990716215116...@ng-bh1.aol.com...
> k whined: :)
yeah, what's your point???
> >i hate usenet. i just wrote a near perfect parody of an acclaimed sonnet
> >about our favorite bass player and all i get is "i love UMD." sigh.
creative
> >endeavor is so un-fulfilling.
>
> If it's any consolation, I just almost fell out of my chair laughing...and
I'd
> only read the TITLE.
but did you like the poem? oh, mr. piuma, please note my literary
endeavors!! angie liked it and jennifer and i need approval. i crave
approval.
> <Mr. Burns voice>
> Let the fools have their Mike Mills.
> </Mr. Burns voice>
you can have michael stipe if i can have your .sig - isn't time for a new
one, huh???
kfj
> >i hate usenet. i just wrote a near perfect parody of an acclaimed sonnet
> >about our favorite bass player and all i get is "i love UMD." sigh.
creative
> >endeavor is so un-fulfilling.
>
was
> lovely, though (although i'm not familiar with the original :::hides:::)
you may not have read it, but you've heard people parody it or mention it.
"how do i love thee, let me count the ways . . " etc. i had to memorize it
in high school.
Rhonda Tompkins
>Yup, without a doubt. I'm not even going to apologize for it or try to
explain it. He's sexy as hell and that's that. :)<
k replied:
>he's attractive, but he's no Mike Mills.<
Gee, you're not biased, are you, k? :)
Rhonda
Arkasha
That smile ,those glasses, those forearms, those suits, those teeth
..?....ermmm, well maybe not the teeth.
PS. Mikey was actually in my dream the night after Munich. Nothing steamy,
though, he was just there.
kfj wrote:
> Rhonda Tompkins <REMS...@webtv.net> wrote in message
> news:10346-37...@newsd-143.iap.bryant.webtv.net...
> > Yup, without a doubt. I'm not even going to apologize for it or try to
> > explain it. He's sexy as hell and that's that. :)
>
> he's attractive, but he's no Mike Mills. ;)
THE Pulpstress Extraordinaire
>Barrett Browning poem i jsut horribly parodied.)
WOO UMD!
err.. not that i'm particularly thrilled about the school mind you..it's just
that if i go up to the end of the street here i can just about see the
outskirts of the campus.
jennifer bilberry (THE disco tart)
*~*~
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licorice and cannot climb trees
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request ;)
THE Pulpstress Extraordinaire
>about our favorite bass player and all i get is "i love UMD." sigh. creative
>endeavor is so un-fulfilling.
i didn't say i love umd. i couldn't care less about the place. your parody was
lovely, though (although i'm not familiar with the original :::hides:::)
jennifer bilberry (THE disco tart)
Angie
>i hate usenet. i just wrote a near perfect parody of an acclaimed sonnet
>about our favorite bass player and all i get is "i love UMD." sigh. creative
>endeavor is so un-fulfilling.
If it's any consolation, I just almost fell out of my chair laughing...and I'd
only read the TITLE.
Hey...if this moulin rouge movement keeps up, maybe someday I'll have Mr. Stipe
all to myself...
<Mr. Burns voice>
Let the fools have their Mike Mills.
</Mr. Burns voice>
:)
THE Pulpstress Extraordinaire
>
oh, of course. none as well as you did it, though :)
>
>THE Pulpstress Extraordinaire <pulps...@aol.como.estas> wrote in message
>news:19990716212429...@ng-fu1.aol.com...
>> >i hate usenet. i just wrote a near perfect parody of an acclaimed sonnet
>> >about our favorite bass player and all i get is "i love UMD." sigh.
>creative
>> >endeavor is so un-fulfilling.
>>
Angie
>one, huh???
>-k
Another r.m.r. identity revealed: k is the keeper of Michael Stipe!!
I've only had this .sig for 10 days (pout)...but if I let you have it, can I
really have Stipey? Really really reeeeeally? I promise you, I won't hurt the
man -- I'll treat him well, I'll feed him well!
Angie,
holding on to her .sig until k delivers the goods! :)
zoo...@my-deja.com
I can relate to that, I'm smack dab in the middle of that exact
situation. Life is so unfair. byebye now
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> >you can have michael stipe if i can have your .sig - isn't time for a new
> >one, huh???
> >-k
>
> Another r.m.r. identity revealed: k is the keeper of Michael Stipe!!
um, yeah, he's locked in my closet and i send the clone out to do the
concerts. okay, i don't got him. it would be grossly unfair if someone such
as I, who does not value Michael Stipe as much as many others on this ng,
had michael stipe. really. even if he offered to be locked up in my closet,
i would say no - michael, you belong with others who really appreciate you.
> I've only had this .sig for 10 days (pout)...but if I let you have it, can
I
> really have Stipey? Really really reeeeeally? I promise you, I won't
hurt the
> man -- I'll treat him well, I'll feed him well!
>
> Angie,
> holding on to her .sig until k delivers the goods! :)
hey, can i have it anyway? neil finn rocks. and, um, louisiana is the best
state in the country. and, um, sniffle, it will make me happy.
kfj
> I wrote (in regards to the sexiness of Michael Stipe):
>
> explain it. He's sexy as hell and that's that. :)<
>
>
> >he's attractive, but he's no Mike Mills.<
>
i realized today that i have become such a nagging mosquito on this topic
that mentions of mike's adorable qualities in reviews now include notes
specifically to me on the topic. well, if i have caused only one more poster
to recognize mills as the *hottest* person in REM, then my work is done. ;)
Angie
"Michael's just saying, 'Yeah, relationships are tough and ours may not be the
best, but go ahead. What are you waiting for? Fuck me!' " -- Mike Mills, on
"Star Me Kitten"
...which I am now handing over to k for safe-keeping, not because she can
deliver Mr. Stipe to my doorstep (she can't), not because Neil Finn rocks (I
mean, that's obvious, ya know?), not because of her hideously erroneous
declaration that Louisiana's the best state in the country (yikes!).
Rather, I'm in a terrific mood since I now know I have a shot at getting really
damn close to the stage at San Antonio, and if passing on my .sig will bring k
even a morsel of joy, hey, spread the love. :)
Helen, maybe your .sig will be safe for a while now!
Angie,
wondering if this thread is only amusing to herself and k...
*****************************************************
"I know what my dreams are. I can't make my dick hard by wanting it to be that
way." -- Michael Stipe, Out magazine, November 1995
kfj
> My previous .sig:
heh, see below, now. ;)
> ...which I am now handing over to k for safe-keeping, not because she can
> deliver Mr. Stipe to my doorstep (she can't), not because Neil Finn rocks
(I
> mean, that's obvious, ya know?), not because of her hideously erroneous
> declaration that Louisiana's the best state in the country (yikes!).
i was sucking up. okay?!!??
> Rather, I'm in a terrific mood since I now know I have a shot at getting
really
> damn close to the stage at San Antonio, and if passing on my .sig will
bring k
> even a morsel of joy, hey, spread the love. :)
oh, goodie.
> Helen, maybe your .sig will be safe for a while now!
helen never changes her .sig, sniff. so i don't even ask. besides, she's
eaerned the quintessential mike .sig - she's a member of the moulin rouge.
:)
-k
--
"Michael's just saying, 'Yeah, relationships are tough and ours may not be
the best, but go ahead. What are you waiting for? Fuck me!' "-- Mike Mills
pi...@flim.com
"kfj" <kar...@spotmail.commachameleon> wrote:
> but did you like the poem? oh, mr. piuma, please note my literary
> endeavors!! angie liked it and jennifer and i need approval. i crave
> approval.
The parody was nice. But I really laughed at the ".commachameleon".
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kfj
> In article <u3zelh$z#GA.317@cpmsnbbsa03>,
> "kfj" <kar...@spotmail.commachameleon> wrote:
> > but did you like the poem? oh, mr. piuma, please note my literary
> > endeavors!! angie liked it and jennifer and i need approval. i crave
> > approval.
>
> The parody was nice. But I really laughed at the ".commachameleon".
>
> --
> Chris Piuma, etc.
> www.flim.com
> Surely I'm not the only one who has a deja.com Tracker set up to search
> for when his/her name is mentioned...?
really, you can do that? my name isn't distinctive enough. Anyway, mr.
piuma - i've had that difficult to decipher munge-address for some time. :)
i tried to get my talkway reply address to be "dontgobacktorockville.com"
but it shortened it to "hootie.com" for some inexplicable reason.
-k
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"Michael's just saying, 'Yeah, relationships are tough and ours may not be
the best, but go ahead. What are you waiting for? Fuck me!' "-- Mike Mills
pi...@flim.com
"kfj" <kar...@spotmail.commachameleon> wrote:
> <pi...@flim.com> wrote in message news:7n2dff$3eb$1...@nnrp1.deja.com...
search
> > for when his/her name is mentioned...?
> really, you can do that?
Sure. Search for "piuma*" -- the asterisk makes sure to catch my e-mail
address as well as my name. I guess people writing about "Chris [Steve]"
might fly under my radar, though. (Also, when certain people quote me in
their sigs, it clogs the pipe -- not that I'm complaining...)
> my name isn't distinctive enough.
It does seem futile to search for "k".
> Anyway, mr.
> piuma - i've had that difficult to decipher munge-address for some
time. :)
What, like I'm a regular here or something?
> i tried to get my talkway reply address to be
"dontgobacktorockville.com"
> but it shortened it to "hootie.com" for some inexplicable reason.
Presumably because you're a hootie patootie.
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