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Post by adamrocks on Feb 20, 2015 21:02:20 GMT -5
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Post by DancyGeorgia on Feb 20, 2015 21:15:22 GMT -5
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murly
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Post by murly on Feb 20, 2015 21:26:31 GMT -5
The answer to Final Jeopardy tonight was "Flamboyant" and I knew it because the word has been discussed here today! It's an architectural term for structures that resemble tongues of flame. None of the contestants got it. Who says Adamtopia isn't educational?
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Post by adamrocks on Feb 20, 2015 21:56:29 GMT -5
S-L-O-W DAY!! What are we going to do when the QAL Tour is over before A3?!
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Post by adamrocks on Feb 20, 2015 21:58:57 GMT -5
The answer to Final Jeopardy tonight was "Flamboyant" and I knew it because the word has been discussed here today! It's an architectural term for structures that resemble tongues of flame. None of the contestants got it. Who says Adamtopia isn't educational?Yeah...darn right!
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Post by Craazyforadam on Feb 20, 2015 23:06:31 GMT -5
S-L-O-W DAY!! What are we going to do when the QAL Tour is over before A3?! Nah, that is when Shoshanna is going to release her single/TOH drum roll, ....we will be fine. Maybe have a few weeks to cover, while Adam takes a well deserved break, but tbh, I have so many threads that I had to jump over, because I did not get around to following along, or had to skip listening to any music that was discussed. I don't see any major slow down til the fall, after that potential SA tour, if that is really happening. I think, things will slow back down to a manageable level though. Right now, I cannot say that I was able to process the plenty that I got served. It continues to amaze me, that one person can generate so much news, music, interest, discussion, events, talk, gossip, art, fashion, looks, and everything that goes along with it, that since 6 years, I am nibbling on a cultural banquet which has been fuller than I could possibly consider to absorb. Yes, I am not in a situation where I can live online, nor would I want to do that, quite frankly, but the fact, that there is every day so much going on, that I cannot keep up, is just astounding to me. How does he do that? =============================== About putting Adam in a box: I don't think that it is any intention of anyone here to put others into a box, far from it. Language requires us to use terms, which a) can be boxes, especially if used in a categorical fashion, and b) can mean different things to different people, resulting in debate and/or confusion. But we have to use language, to express ourselves. So we cannot avoid that dilemma. We can only be conscientious about it. I think it would be far worse, if nobody would speak about Adam. That would be difficult, because that would make him irrelevant. But since 6 years, nothing like that has happened, in fact Adam's social media relevance has always exceeded his actual fame or artistic success, by far. I notice, based on the reaction to the ongoing discussion, that for example, the word 'flamboyant' has a significantly more negative connotations to some people than to others. Hence, the greater ambivalence to seeing the term used. For me personally, the word has a positive connotation, especially for a performer. Interestingly, I do admit, I seem to have a personal threshold on how much of it I find pleasant, which ironically, Adam does manage to exceed quite regularly for that matter. I react with - I love him anyways, lol. But Adam does dial it up to an 11 at times, on a scale of 1-10, that is. His own thresholds are different and I know that since many years. But that is a reaction to the extent of being flamboyant, not the characteristic per se. For me flamboyant means first of all 'full of temperament', high strung, strongly engaged, emotional, vibrant, lively, hot, and that is all great for a performer, gay or straight. There is a certain style of flamboyant, that tends to get associated with gay, sure, but not everybody who is flamboyant, is automatically gay. I realize, that especially the press, is often using it as a synonym to gay. But I think, that the less anti-gay bias we have as a society, the less this will be a problem. That seems the best path forward. Because people will always be people, and temperament is inherently part of that person's individuality, so that part will never change. Only, the reception, they receive, can change. That will also mean that less people choose to stay closeted. Btw, I think some people that were earlier mentioned as examples for straight performers who are flamboyant, may actually rather belong into that latter group. Just thought, I'd mention... Talking about boxes: gay, bi, straight...are always boxes, imo. Some people identify clearly with one, others do not. There is a scale of both self-identification, as well as public perception, which both can slide up and down that rainbow of colors independently and then happen to land somewhere on a specific day (and for a specific interview) and some other day, things fall somewhere else. Bowie, Mercury, and Alan Cummings, are all artists who have wrestled with their own self-identification and the extent of public acknowledgement of their orientation in their lives. So what, that somebody towards the later half of their life, say something different than at earlier times. They are all just reacting to a question, or to a box that society is imposing on them at any given moment. And bi is probably the biggest/widest of these boxes, leaves it most open, means associating partially as gay as well as straight. Why would somebody who identifies as that not belong on this list, just because of earlier statements or actions to the contrary, when it is anyways clear, that these are all just verbal boxes, none of which can begin to grasp the reality of any person's life?
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Post by glittergma on Feb 20, 2015 23:27:08 GMT -5
OMFG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Post by glittergma on Feb 20, 2015 23:32:27 GMT -5
This picture just warms my heart!! Such beautiful ladies...such AWESOME Adam fans...all celebrating Needacokes Bday!! THIS is what it's all about...anyway, to me!! Thank you all, and have too much fun!! CELEBRATE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Oh Yeah!!!!!!!!!!!
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Post by wal on Feb 20, 2015 23:32:36 GMT -5
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