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Video: She who laughs last – songstress Susan Boyle – Times Online

By Shirty | Published: April 18, 2009

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/scotland/article6121279.ece Most of the recent press about Susan Boyle has been commentary about her performance, or the YouTube sensation it created. Her TV interviews thus far have given the impression of someone quite shy and quiet when she isn’t performing. So it’s nice to see this Times article that proves there is a gritty, personable […]

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Running Cause I Cant Fly: The Story of Susan Boyle

By Shirty | Published: April 15, 2009

http://coyoteprime-runningcauseicantfly.blogspot.com/2009/04/story-of-susan-boyle.html More Susan Boyle stuff. She’s flooding the Internet (and, because of this, the traditional media too) but as far as I’m concerned, it’s 47 years of accumulated, overdue attention, plus late fees and interest. The majority of the press is focused on her looks, which grows tiresome. What I found more shocking was the […]

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By Shirty | Published: April 14, 2009

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9lp0IWv8QZY “The man and the hour had met.” In this case, though, it was the woman and the song: A Scottish spinster – who looks not unlike my grandmother and comports herself like a Glasgow keelie – sashayed onstage at Britain’s Got Talent, and proved that it certainly did. I’ve watched this five times and […]

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