I have just been cruising round the Maltese blog scene and came across this really ‘individual’ (if slightly abnormal) blog from a guy who's is congratulating himself on "the most memorable moments in my life this year".
"Manic magazine cover story, issued with The Malta Independent on Sunday, features a piece written by Ġużè Stagno about the day we met face-to-face for the first, and so far only, time."
To add to the editorial feast the blogger in question has reproduced the article which is punctuated throughout with endless lavatorial and other remarks. Here are just a few excerpts (so, Kleenex to the ready please):
"As if having just spent an unforgettable two hours in his company wasn’t enough to make me the happiest man on earth, he is now going to give me a parting gift"
"He has been one of my biggest idols (up there with Lennon, Elvis and George Best) for years, and I clearly remember the effect his programmes had on me as a spotty, geeky teenager."
"Dressed in black from head to toe, he looks like a Jewish pallbearer."
"Toni informs me he needs to use the toilet."
"Toni tries to hold it in"
"I start fantasising about newspaper headlines: ‘Broadcasting legend and literary enfant terrible arrested for exposing themselves in public!’" "Fortunately (incredibly, one can say), the latrine is still open"
"He keeps chatting, and I have the urge ...""...to check the man’s penis"
This is taking infactuation to extremes - especially when it's published in the press!
This was all published in a Sunday magazine in Malta - I read the really odd article in the UK and I have to say had a cocktail of emotions ... pity perhaps, worry about Ġużè's reputation as a full blooded Maltese, confusion, a kind of spooky concern for the whole article and the reputation of the publisher, yet alone the guy who was compared with Lennon, Elvis and Best.
It left me wondering exactly what was really on the agenda here? And did it merit a spread in the papers? I was left feeling uneasy, confused and quite uncomfortable ... if nothing else it's a very long time since I read such an odd piece.
I guess it's a warning to anyone who is even very slightly in the public eye - keep your private life private because the printed media has a haunting effect for a great number of years.
Full article here
