She immediately thought of erect members

And so, farewell then, the greatest groupie of them all - with the greatest hobby of them all!

Miss Cynthia Plaster Caster, for it is she, was not content with autographs, photographs nor ephemera; she collected something of a far more lasting and intimate nature - plaster casts of her (many) rock star lovers' cocks!

From her obituary:

When her art teacher suggested that she could cast anything solid that could “retain its shape”, the shy but mischievous Albritton immediately thought of erect members, which would then conveniently go flaccid and avoid getting stuck in her moulds.

A girl after our own heart...

Jimi Hendrix

Richard Lloyd of proto-punk band Television (left in the photo with Tom Verlaine)

Eddie Brigati, lead singer of The Young Rascals (left in the photo with the band)

Unidentified famous cocks. Suggestions who their owners might be are welcome.

RIP, Cynthia Albritton aka "Cynthia Plaster Caster" (24th May 1947 – 21st April 2022)

Rise and look around you, and you'll see who you are

Miss Barbra Streisand, photographed by Cecil Beaton in the costumes he designed for her for On a Clear Day You Can See Forever (1970).

Yes, today is the 80th birthday of the one-and-only "Megababs" - the "Greatest Star" [as predicted by the similarly-titled song from Funny Girl], EGOT [she was awarded an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony], record-holding chart-topper [with eleven albums that hit #1 on the Billboard chart in the USA, selling a certified 68.5 million copies] and unassailable Hollywood powerhouse.

All hail!

Barbra Streisand - On a Clear Day You Can See Forever

Many happy returns, Barbara Joan "Barbra" Streisand (born 24th April 1942)!

Weekend Reading

Strike a Pose

Laurits Tuxen - Male Nude in the Studio of Bonnat, 1877

L'Académie Julian

Athens Art School

L'École des Beaux-Arts, Paris

...there's nothing to it!

Master of Ceremonies

Sharing the day with another bizarre assortment, including Lisa Stansfield, Cerys Matthews, Oleg Cassini, Bob Harris, Jill Gascoine, Mark Lawson, Joss Stone, Thomas Harris, Michael Callen, Shirley Stelfox, Stuart Adamson, and - erm - Jeremy Clarkson - happy 90th birthday, "Emcee" Mr Joel Grey!

Don't forget to blow really hard on those candles...

On the Jukebox this weekend at Dolores Delargo Towers

A most significant...

...Doris Day today!

"I like joy; I want to be joyous; I want to have fun on the set; I want to wear beautiful clothes and look pretty. I want to smile and I want to make people laugh. And that's all I want. I like it. I like being happy. I want to make others happy."

One hundred years ago today, an icon was born.

All hail, Doris Mary Anne Kappelhoff aka Doris Day (3rd April 1922 – 13th May 2019)

This weekend I am mostly dressing casual...

...like the divine Miss Debbie Reynolds, who would have been 90 years old today!

Debbie Reynolds and Russ Tamblyn cavort in the Devil's Funhouse [Hit The Deck (1955)]

She was fab...