Quirky News / 20 October 2021
The artist now known as Ye, Phil Collins donates a slice of US history, and holy hailstones…
Giant hailstones fell north of Mackay in Queensland late yesterday – possibly even breaking the Aussie record for size. Take cover…
No surname, no middle name: Ye is the artist formerly known as Kanye West. Why? He’s previously said he believes it’s the most used word in the Bible. And channelling former PM Julia Gillard, he said, “In the Bible, it means ‘you’. So, I’m you. And I’m us. It’s us.”
Phil Collins – who, depending on your generation, is either the legendary muso or Lily Collins’ dad – has a groovy kind of love for the Alamo and Davy Crockett. He’s obsessed with the battle between Texas and Mexico that the southerners won in 1836, and Collins is a significant donor of artefacts to a fledgling museum. The things you learn…
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