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Pride (102,952) by Andrew from the UK Encouraged by Randy to read recent posts and post something myself, I've thought about what to write, whether I cared to opine on something relevant or if I even cared anymore about people reading my opinions. I no longer Google Mariah, watch new performances nor read messageboards. I listen to Mariah on Spotify and look forward to Randy messaging me about 1997 every so often. But whilst the most holy and anointed month of alphabetti-spaghetti draws to a close I was encouraged to watch Mariah at LA Pride and see where I am at in relation to where Mariah is at. Suffice is to say: it's not for me. I am neither a preteen, a gay that claps my hands when I see something shiny nor a deluded sycophant flatly denying observable reality. This wasn't just offensive nonsense: it was badly executed offensive nonsense. And if the response to that is to explain that it's just 1) Mariah's personality and/or 2) a Pride show then the response is surely as offensive as the provocation. An inflatable unicorn? Drag queens? A bat-mobile? Groundbreaking. Unless you are either a preteen, a gay that claps their hands when they see something shiny or a deluded sycophant flatly denying observable reality, you must just think like the rest of the world that Mariah is now nothing more than a caricature of herself and she sees everyone else around her as a stereotype? There *are* gay peope who aren't "queens" as she is so fond of saying. Young gay people today are a world away from this. Missing lip-syncing cues? Failing to execute any decent live notes? Prancing around the stage half-cut? Mumbling and rambling on, anxiously? This is not performance worthy of a "living legend". It's Pride. It's gay people looking for A) powerful representation B) a party and C) messages of hope, love and solidarity. What do Mariah's audience get? Mariah slurring something about having an album called Rainbow? Or didn't she utter some nonsense about rainbows meaning different things to different people? I can't bring myself to go back and watch it. The whole thing looked like a drag queen doing a Mariah Carey act and I genuinely think a drag queen would have done a much better job if somehow they were convinced to take on the career-ending gig of a lifetime. Pills and liquor seem to help. I just finished watching Elton John's last ever UK performance which was as the closing headliner at the Glastonbury Festival last weekend. He's on another level - one that Mariah should be on. I danced in front of the television. I cried during Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Me as a tribute to the late George Michael on what would have been his 60th birthday. And I cried at the very last moments of the concert where "I think it's gonna be a long long time" from Rocketman was drawn into a haunting bittersweet note followed by him bowing out with the band. That's a show. That's musicianship. That's a living legend. Mariah's new era? Mariah in a Hall of Fame? Mariah making money outside of Christmas? Nobody's much caring. When Mariah Carey starts to give a shit about Mariah Carey's career then I will, too. Until then, I'm quite happy with Spotify and Randy's 1997 rants. Which usually indicate a splash or two. (Monday 3 July 2023; 03:11)

The measure of wealth (102,869) by Andrew from the UK "Mariah Carey" is not measurable by currency. There are no figures that do her justice. Not even Billboard chart placings. She is not measurable. "Mariah Carey" is an idea. It is not that every song was a smash (kinda was), it isn't that every song hit a stratospheric note (kinda did), it isn't that every photo captured beauty (falling in love with the Rainbow photography again). Mariah Carey is the idea that at some point, dependent upon your vantage point, all 3 things collided. Everything collided. She wasn't an artist in a league with other artists. She was weirdly big. "You ain't gon' believe dis." All the money in my pocket vs all the money in yours. Mariah Carey's name will be known throughout the ages whilst Beyoncé's fades to a dim, distant memory. I'd bet the farm. Be safe and be well, all. (Monday 12 June 2023; 04:12)

Martyn Hett (102,755) by Andrew from the UK Hi Eric. It is good to see your website still going strong. Six years have passed since Martyn's light was so sadly extinguished at the Manchester Arena (May 22, 2016). Martyn was effortlessly fair-minded, generous of spirit and had a wonderful sense of humour. His death and the deaths of those other souls who perished in the attack was senseless. I wonder if you would mark the anniversary of his passing somehow on your site as he was, if anything, one of the all-time greatest Mariah fans and an avid visitor to your messageboard. So much time has now passed that it is not difficult to forget and move on. But I thought perhaps to remind you to rekindle the memory of him in those that may still post on your board who posted way way back when... that he was here, he was as one of us and (as in his favourite song) he will be loved till the end of time. I wish you well. Andrew. (Monday 22 May 2023; 00:49)