Boy George has an impressive Wikipedia entry.
On 7 October 2005, Boy George was arrested in Manhattan on suspicion of possessing cocaine, (BBC Online Report) and appeared in court on 1 February 2006 (BBC News report). On 17 June 2006, a Manhattan judge issued a warrant for the arrest of Boy George after the former Culture Club singer failed to appear in court. On 14 August 2006, Boy George reported for garbage duty, picking up trash for the New York City Department of Sanitation as part of his community service. As a result of the media frenzy, he was allowed to perform his community service inside the Sanitation Department grounds. This garbage duty was assigned by the court for ‘wasting police time,’ after he admitted to falsely reporting a burglary in his Manhattan apartment.
On 30 April 2007, Boy George was arrested for allegedly assaulting and falsely imprisoning a Norwegian man in his home in East London. On 8 October 2007, Boy George was sued by a American club promoter from Warrington and ordered to pay £31,000 in compensation for loss of earnings. Boy George had cancelled his appearance after being arrested for possession of cocaine, only providing ten days’ notice. On 13 November 2007, Boy George was charged with falsely imprisoning a 28-year-old man. He was ordered to appear before a court on 22 November. The Sun newspaper reported in April that a Norwegian man, Audun Carlsen, 28, claimed he was chained and threatened at O’Dowd’s London flat, where he had gone as a photo model.
“What are you in for, big guy?”
“Assaulting and falsely imprisoning a Norwegian.”
All of the above looks bad, sure but, it appears that Boy might be turning his life around.
The Daily Swarm reports..
Boy George will help celebrate New York City’s Department of Sanitation Family Day this summer! George will be playing a free concert as a big thank you for the kindness shown to him by the DSNY. On August 17th he will play all his Culture Club hits and more for a crowd of over 5,000 NYC Sanitation workers and their families at DSNY Family Day.
“New York’s Strongest are delighted that Boy George will join us at our Family Day outing in August and perform some of his fabulous hits for our hard-working men and women and their families. Keeping New York City safe and clean is a daunting challenge – as Boy George well knows – and we welcome his generous offer to entertain those who have made our City the cleanest it has been in more than 30 years,” said First Deputy Commissioner Michael A. Bimonte, who coordinates the DSNY Family Day event.
Good for you, Boy George. You did your community service and now you are doing something nice for the sanitation workers.
Looks like our little boy is turning in to a man.
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Pat Darnell and Friends wrote,
Daughter Desiree [#2 daughter] is passing this around for all to post. She is such a good kid I thought it should be passed on to the curmudgeonly commentators at pribek.net. I trust her intuition.
Thanks,
Pat Darnell and Family
Pat Darnell and Friends’s last blog post..Vacationing Like the Kennedys — Part Nine — NOT ! Darnell’s Rare Footage
Link | June 11th, 2008 at 6:02 pm
Pat Darnell and Friends wrote,
Of course I put in the code wrong:
http://www.thebreastcancersite.com/clickToGive/home.faces?siteId=2&ThirdPartyClicks=BCS_linktous_120_02
Pat Darnell and Friends’s last blog post..Vacationing Like the Kennedys — Part Nine — NOT ! Darnell’s Rare Footage
Link | June 11th, 2008 at 6:03 pm
Pribek wrote,
http://www.thebreastcancersite.com/tpc/BCS_linktous_120_02
the link didn’t show in the comment so, there ’tis
good show
Link | June 11th, 2008 at 6:05 pm
Pribek wrote,
repetition is the key
Link | June 11th, 2008 at 6:07 pm
Pat Darnell and Friends wrote,
Hey, btw, we’re Presbyterian, and welcome all people to worship, including Chinese, Norwegians, dirty kness, Japanese, What R’ these?, and Boys to Menz, and sanitation workers… as long as everyone pitches in and cleans the pews afterwards…
Pizza and love — Darnells
Pat Darnell and Friends’s last blog post..Vacationing Like the Kennedys — Part Nine — NOT ! Darnell’s Rare Footage
Link | June 11th, 2008 at 6:07 pm
Pat Darnell and Friends wrote,
Thanks for watching our sixes as usual Prib’s…
Pat Darnell and Friends’s last blog post..Vacationing Like the Kennedys — Part Nine — NOT ! Darnell’s Rare Footage
Link | June 11th, 2008 at 6:08 pm
Pribek wrote,
All we are saying is…
Give pizza chance
Link | June 11th, 2008 at 6:10 pm
Sans Direction wrote,
Hey, I clicked, the page loaded, and, while looking at Boy George’s creepy face, I heard “Your trouble ain’t over” coming out of the speakers. Ain’t that right, George?
If you think that’s an interesting Wikipedia page, look up Mindy McCready’s.
Sans Direction’s last blog post..… She should at least find you handy
Link | June 11th, 2008 at 9:37 pm
Pribek wrote,
Mindy McCready-man, that may be the worst ever celebrity wiki. You might be able to make that case even before you get to the part about having a long term sexual relationship with Roger Clemens that started when she was 15.
Mindy McCready is the Rick James of country music.
Link | June 11th, 2008 at 11:20 pm
patdarnell and men of pause wrote,
Rick James — who I thought was dead in 1980, until this morning —
If all this has a thread of truth in it, I am beginning to think Rick James trumps both Mindy and Boy… no?
vote Criteria:
Occupational evaluations
___Singer
___Dancer
___Songwriter
___Band Leader
___Record Producer
___can or cannot pass the Postal Exam
Records Produced
___Success in music bidness
___Misdeamer and misdealings
___Cocaine Binging
___Kidnapping, assault, rape, and Crack-pipe Branding
___Wiki Celeb page credits
___Luck in the draw: for example — He [James] was found guilty of both offenses, but was cleared of a torture charge in the crack-pipe incident that could have put him behind bars for the rest of his life
___Empirical knowledge of extreme drug abuse leads to early death
___Toxicology report at time of death
patdarnell and men of pause’s last blog post..June 13 — Another Red letter Day for Darnell’s
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