name	The Fluffer
director	Richard Glatzer Wash West
producer	Victoria Robinson John Sylla
writer	Wash West
starring	Scott Gurney Michael Cunio Roxanne Day Taylor Negron Richard Riehle Deborah Harry
music	John Vaughn Micko Westmoreland
cinematography	Mark Putnam
editing	John Binninger
distributor	TLA Releasing
released	2001
runtime	95 minutes
country
language	English
followed by	}}

''The Fluffer'', a 2001 U.S. independent film, is a triangular story of obsessive love set against the backdrop of the adult video industry. The film was written by Wash West and co-directed by West and his life partner Richard Glatzer. ''The Fluffer'' features cameos from a number of figures in the adult entertainment industry, including Ron Jeremy, director Chi Chi LaRue, Karen Dior, Zach Richards, Derek Cameron, Chad Donovan, Thomas Lloyd, Jim Steel, Chris Green and Cole Tucker.

''The Fluffer'' was an official selection of and premiered in 2001 at the 51st Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin (Berlin International Film Festival). It was also selected for the Toronto International Film Festival that year, where it made its North American debut.

Plot synopsis

Sean McGinnis is a film student who moves to Los Angeles to break into the movie business. While looking for work, he passes the time watching rented videos. He sets out to watch ''Citizen Kane'', but the videotape has accidentally been switched with an adult movie called ''Citizen Cum''. Sean becomes instantly obsessed with the star of Citizen Cum, Johnny Rebel. His interest in Johnny leads Sean to turn down work in the mainstream film industry to become a cameraman for Men of Janus, the production company that has Johnny under exclusive contract. On his first shoot, Sean ends up as a "Fluffer" for Johnny, performing (offscreen) oral sex on him to help him maintain an erection and reach orgasm for the "money shot." He learns that Johnny's real name is Mikey, he is "gay-for-pay" and doesn't perform oral sex on other men or even kiss. Johnny has Sean fluff him on additional productions, and Sean's infatuation continues to grow. He confides his feelings for Johnny to co-worker Silver, who tells him that the relationship is hopeless because Johnny's a porn star and straight. Meanwhile, Johnny's girlfriend Julie, who works as a stripper under her stagename Babylon but who has tried to move into mainstream acting, learns she is pregnant.

Trying to break from Johnny, Sean begins dating an acupuncture student named Brian. However, Brian breaks up with Sean because of his emotional unavailability, the result of his continuing obsession with Johnny.

Johnny's crystal meth use spirals out of control. He goes on a five-day binge and misses a scheduled film shoot. The film's producer Sam Martins forces Sean to fluff Johnny's replacement for the shoot. Johnny shows up late to the set and is fired. Julie decides to get an abortion since she cannot rely on Johnny to help raise a child. She breaks up with Johnny and changes the locks to her apartment.

At the studio an expensive video camera goes missing and company manager Chad Cox is found dead in his apartment. The police seek Johnny, under his real name Michael Rossini, for questioning. Johnny turns to Sean for help, and together they flee to Mexico. Once in Mexico, Sean sells his car for getaway money. Johnny initially denies involvement in Chad's death but later confesses to Sean that he killed Chad accidentally during a fight over the payoff for stealing the camera for drug money. That night Johnny offers to let Sean service him sexually, but for the first time Sean declines. Sean shares in oblique terms memories of being sexually abused as a child by an adult male neighbor. Johnny starts to cry, saying he can relate because of some of the "fucked up shit" he's been through and that he was made to do things he didn't want to do. Sean comforts Johnny and for the first time calls him "Mikey." They kiss.

When Sean wakes the next morning, Johnny is gone along with all of Sean's money. Sean initially tries to hitchhike back to the United States, but ends up accepting an offer to go further south to an idyllic location he had previously suggested he and Johnny visit. Babylon packs up her apartment and drives north away from Los Angeles. Mikey survives in Mexico by committing armed robberies, his new gritty reality counterpointed as Sean reads a fan letter written to Johnny, who remains a figure of fantasy.

Cast

Scott Gurney as Mikey Racini (aka Johnny Rebel)

Michael Cunio as Sean McGinnis

Roxanne Day as Julie Desponsio (aka Babylon)

Taylor Negron as Tony Brooks

Richard Riehle as Sam Martins

Deborah Harry as Marcella

DVD release

''The Fluffer'' was released on Region 1 DVD on September 20, 2002 (R-rated version) and September 28, 2002 (Unrated Special Edition). The differences between the two versions are minor; the R-rated version has some dialogue overdubbed with less explicit lines and slightly less nudity.

References

External links

Category:2001 films Category:American LGBT-related films Category:2000s drama films Category:American drama films Category:Films about filmmaking

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name	Debbie Harry
background	solo_singer
birth name	Deborah Ann Harry
born	July 01, 1945Miami, Florida, US
instrument	Vocals, percussion, tambourine, tambura,finger cymbals, clarinet
genre	New wave, pop, rock,punk rock, power pop, disco
occupation	Vocalist, musician, actress
years active	1965–present
label	Capitol RecordsChrysalis RecordsGeffen/Warner Bros.Sire/Warner Bros.
associated acts	The Wind in the Willows The Stilettos Blondie DivinylsThe Jazz PassengersChris SteinJimmy DestriLos Fabulosos CadillacsClem Burke
website	Official Website
notable instruments	}}

Deborah Ann "Debbie" Harry (born July 1, 1945) is an American singer-songwriter and actress, best known for being the lead singer of the punk rock and new wave band Blondie. She has also had success as a solo artist, and in the mid-1990s she performed and recorded as part of The Jazz Passengers. Her acting career spans over thirty film roles and numerous television appearances.

Life and early career

Harry was born in Miami, Florida and adopted by Catherine Harry and Richard Smith, gift shop proprietors in Hawthorne, New Jersey. She attended Hawthorne High School, where she graduated in 1963. She graduated from Centenary College in Hackettstown, New Jersey, with an Associate of Arts degree in 1965. Before starting her singing career she moved to New York City in the late 1960s and worked as a secretary at BBC Radio's office there for one year. Later, she was a waitress at Max's Kansas City, after which she was a dancer in Union City, New Jersey, and a Playboy Bunny.

Deborah Harry began her musical career in the late '60s with the folk rock group The Wind in the Willows, who recorded one album for Capitol Records. Harry then joined The Stilettos, with Elda Gentile and Amanda Jones, in 1974. The Stilettos included her eventual boyfriend and Blondie guitarist Chris Stein. When Harry and Stein left the Stilletos, they formed Angel and the Snake, with Tish and Snooky Bellomo. Shortly thereafter, Harry and Stein formed Blondie, naming it for the term of address men often yelled at Harry. Blondie quickly became regulars at Max's Kansas City and CBGB in New York City. After a debut album in 1976, commercial success followed in the late 1970s to the early 1980s, first in Australia and Europe, then in the United States.

While leading Blondie, Harry and Stein became life as well as musical partners, although they never married; Harry has no children. In the mid-1980s, she took a few years off to nurse Stein back to health after he suffered a life-threatening disease. Stein and Harry broke up in the 1990s, but they have continued to work together. In 1999, she was called the 12th greatest woman of rock and roll by VH1's 100 Greatest Women of Rock & Roll and in 2002, she was called the 18th sexiest artist of all time by VH1's 100 Sexiest Artists.

Blondie

With her two-tone bleached-blonde hair, Harry quickly became a punk icon. Her look was further popularized by the band's early presence in the music video revolution of the era. She was a regular at Studio 54. In June 1979, Blondie was featured on the cover of ''Rolling Stone''. Harry's persona, combining cool sexuality with streetwise style, became so closely associated with the group's name that many came to believe "Blondie" was the singer's name. The difference between the individual Harry and the band Blondie was famously highlighted with a "Blondie is a Group" button campaign by the band in 1979. In 1981 Harry issued a press release to clarify that her name was not "Debbie Blondie" or "Debbie Harry", but Deborah Harry, though Harry later described her character in the band as being named "Blondie", as in this quote from the ''No Exit'' tour book:

During 1976 and 1977 Blondie released their first two albums. The second experienced some marginal success outside the United States. However, 1978's ''Parallel Lines'' (US #6, UK #1) shot the group to international success and included the global smash hit single "Heart of Glass." Riding the crest of Disco's domination, the infectious track hit #1 in the US and sold nearly two million copies. The follow-up single "One Way Or Another" reached #24 on Billboard's Hot 100. The album was the band's biggest success, having sold over 6 million copies in the United States alone. The band were also pioneers of the music video movement with ''Eat To The Beat'' being heralded as the first ever music video cassette album.

The release of the platinum-plus ''Eat to the Beat'' album (US #17, UK #1) in 1979 and ''Autoamerican'' (US #7, UK #3) in 1980 continued the band's run of hits, including "Dreaming", Atomic" and three more US #1 singles: "The Tide Is High", "Rapture" and "Call Me" from the soundtrack to the film ''American Gigolo'', which became Billboard's #1 song of 1980.

After a year-long hiatus in 1981, during which Harry released her first solo album (see below), Blondie regrouped and released their sixth studio album ''The Hunter'' (US #33, UK #9). The album met with a disastrous reception, peaking at #33 and falling rapidly off the charts. The single "Island of Lost Souls" briefly cracked the US Top 40. The band's "War Child" was released as a single in the UK. Blondie launched a North American tour to support the release, but it was cut short when Stein fell seriously ill with the rare autoimmune disease, pemphigus. Coupled with declining commercial fortunes, the band split up.

Later in the 1980s, the remix album ''Once More Into The Bleach'' was released, featuring remixes of tracks by Blondie and from Harry's solo career. The mid-1990s saw the release of further Blondie remix albums ''Beautiful'' in Europe and ''Remixed Remade Remodeled'' in the US. New mixes of "Heart of Glass", "Atomic" and "Union City Blue" were released as singles and all made the UK Top 40, while remixes of "Atomic", "Rapture" and "Heart of Glass" had major success on the US dance charts.

Reunion

In 1997, Blondie began working together again for the first time in 15 years. Two tracks were recorded with TV Mania, the production trio of two Duran Duran members, Nick Rhodes and Warren Cuccurullo, and producer Anthony J. Resta. "Studio 54" and "Pop Trash Movie" were scheduled for release on a Blondie compilation, entitled ''This Is Blondie''. However, the project and the tracks were shelved as the four original members (Harry, Stein, Clem Burke and Jimmy Destri) embarked on sessions for what would become Blondie's seventh studio album. During this period, they released a cover of Iggy Pop's "Ordinary Bummer" on the tribute album ''We Will Fall'' (1997).

After a final tour of Europe with The Jazz Passengers in the summer of 1998, Deborah Harry resumed duties as lead vocalist of Blondie. Prior to the release of ''No Exit'', the band completed a sold out tour of Europe. Dates at London's Lyceum Theatre were recorded by the BBC and aired on national BBC Radio 1. A week before the release of ''No Exit'', the lead single "Maria" debuted at No. 1 in the UK, giving Blondie their sixth UK No.1 hit. "Maria" also reached #1 in 14 different countries, the top 10 on the US Dance Charts and Top 15 on the US Adult Top 40 Charts. ''No Exit'' debuted at No.3 in the UK and #17 in the US and Blondie announced dates for a major arena tour that summer, during which they played the Glastonbury Festival and Party in the Park in London. "Nothing Is Real but the Girl" was another UK Top-30 hit, while the title track was released as a limited-edition single to coincide with further arena dates in November of that year.

Tracks culled from dates throughout the 1999 world tour were released as a live album, titled ''Live'' in the US and ''Livid'' in the UK and were released in late 1999 and early 2000, respectively. A ''Blondie Live'' companion DVD was also released, recorded at a show in New York City's The Town Hall.

Although Blondie commenced recording tracks for the follow-up to ''No Exit'' in 2001, the sessions were besieged with problems including the loss of master tapes after the 9/11 terrorist attacks. In the winter of 2002, Blondie returned with a full-scale UK tour. This preceded the release of a new single in 2003 entitled "Good Boys" (a hit across the UK and Europe that autumn, and top 10 on the US Dance Charts the following spring) and the release of Blondie's eighth studio album, ''The Curse of Blondie''. The band toured throughout 2003 and 2004, completing two further full-scale tours of the UK.

A second live album, entitled ''Live By Request'', was released in 2005, along with a companion DVD set. In that year, the band also released the mash-up "Rapture Riders," which combined their 1981 hit "Rapture" with The Doors' "Riders on the Storm". This track was taken from a greatest hits compilation entitled ''Sound and Vision'' (first issued in the UK as ''Sight + Sound''), released with a companion DVD and new mixes of "In the Flesh" and "Good Boys".

In the winter of 2005, Blondie toured the UK for the fourth time in as many years. In 2006, they were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Around this time, Blondie released a new studio track, a cover of Roxy Music's 1982 hit "More Than This". This was to promote their "Road Rage" tour and the single was made available for free download.

At the end of 2006, a new mix of "Heart of Glass" became a club hit in Europe, while Harry released the single "New York New York", a collaboration with Moby. The song debuted on YouTube, some four weeks before its official release.

In the summer of 2007, Blondie toured in the UK once again. Around this time, Harry delineated the different personas (Blondie the band, her role in the band, and Deborah Harry the singer) to an interviewer who asked why she played only solo music on the 2007 True Colors Tour: "I've put together a new trio with no Blondie members in it—I really want to make a clear definition between Debbie's solo projects and Blondie—and I hope that the audience can appreciate that and also appreciate this other material."

On July 3, 2008, Blondie commenced a world tour to celebrate the 30th anniversary of ''Parallel Lines'' with a sell-out concert at the amphitheatre in Ra'anana, Israel. During the tour, drummer Clem Burke stated that the tour had inspired the band to make another record, ''Panic of Girls'', their first new album since the release of ''The Curse of Blondie'' in 2003.

In 2009, Blondie went on tour with Pat Benatar for the "Call Me Invincible" tour. The majority of the shows were opened by The Donnas. In December 2009, Blondie recorded their version of the traditional song "We Three Kings" to coincide with the band's new album.

In the summer of 2010, Blondie began a UK tour, including venues in Newcastle, Manchester, Sheffield and Dublin. They also played festivals including the Isle of Wight and Rockness Festival in Inverness, Scotland. Tracks from their forthcoming album ''Panic of Girls'' were performed during their tour of the UK, notably 'D-Day' and 'What I Heard'. In an interview at the Isle of Wight Festival, drummer Clem Burke indicated that Blondie might return for another tour in 2011, depending on how well the record is received.

Solo albums

Harry has released five solo albums. Harry began her solo career with the Chrysalis Records album ''Koo Koo'' in 1981. The album peaked at #28 in the US and #6 in the UK; it was later certified gold in the US and Silver in the UK. "Backfired", the first single from the album, had a video directed by H. R. Giger (who also painted the album's eye-catching cover featuring Harry's face with metal skewers through it) and climbed to #43 on the Billboard Hot 100, #29 on the Hot Dance Club Songs and #32 on the UK Singles Chart.

In 2006, Harry started work in New York City on tracks for her fifth solo album ''Necessary Evil'' (2007). Working with production duo Super Buddha (who produced the remix of Blondie's "In the Flesh" for the 2005 ''Sound and Vision'' compilation), the first music to surface in was a hip hop track entitled "Dirty and Deep" in which she spoke out against rapper Lil' Kim's incarceration.

Throughout 2006, a number of new tracks surfaced on Harry's MySpace page, including "Charm Alarm", "Deep End", "Love With A Vengeance", "School for Scandal" and "Necessary Evil", as well as duets she recorded with Miss Guy (of Toilet Böys fame). These were "God Save New York" and "New York Groove". A streaming version of the lead single, "Two Times Blue", was added to Harry's MySpace page in May 2007. On 6 June 2007, an iTunes downloadable version was released via her official website.

Harry joined Cyndi Lauper's True Colors Tour for the Human Rights Campaign. She is a strong advocate for gay rights and same-sex marriage. Though she has stated that she identifies as mostly heterosexual, Harry has said she has had intimate relationships with both men and women.

''Necessary Evil'' was released on Eleven Seven Music after Harry completed both a solo tour of the US in June 2007 and a European tour with Blondie in July 2007. The first single, "Two Times Blue", peaked at #5 on the US Dance Club Play chart. The album debuted at #86 in the UK and #37 in the US Billboard Top Independent Albums chart.

To promote the album, Harry appeared on various talk shows to perform "Two Times Blue". She also started a 22-date US tour on November 8, lasting until December 9, playing small venues and clubs across the country. On January 18, 2008, an official music video for "If I Had You" was released.

Other musical projects

In 1983 Harry teamed up with Giorgio Moroder (with whom she had worked previously on Blondie's "Call Me") on the song "Rush Rush," which was featured in the film ''Scarface'' and in the video game ''Grand Theft Auto III''. Harry's single "Feel the Spin", produced by John "Jellybean" Benitez, was released (as a 12" single only) in 1985. That song, along with the whole soundtrack to the film ''Krush Groove'', peaked at #5 on the US Dance Charts. The song's "uno dos tres quatro" intro has been sampled on a number of records, including S'Express' "Theme from S'Express". While recording her fourth album in 1992, Harry collaborated with German heavy metal band Die Haut on the track "Don't Cross My Mind", and released the song "Prelude to a Kiss" on the soundtrack to the film of the same name. She also released a cover of "Summertime Blues" from the soundtrack to the film ''That Night'' in Australia.

In the mid-1990s, Harry teamed up with New York avant-garde jazz ensemble The Jazz Passengers. Between 1994 and 1998 she was a permanent member of the troupe, touring North America and Europe. She was a featured vocalist on their 1994 album ''In Love'' singing the track "Dog In Sand". The follow-up album, 1997's ''Individually Twisted'', is credited as "The Jazz Passengers featuring Deborah Harry" and Harry sings vocals throughout, teaming up with guest Elvis Costello for a cover of "Doncha Go Way Mad". The album also features a re-recorded version of the song "The Tide Is High". A live album entitled ''Live In Spain'', again featuring Harry on vocals, was released in 1998.

Harry collaborated on a number of other projects with other artists. She featured as vocalist on Talking Heads side project The Heads' 1996 release ''No Talking, Just Head'' (performing the title track and "Punk Lolita"). She also sings on a cover of "Strawberry Fields Forever" and on the song "Estrella de Mar" by Argentine band Los Fabulosos Cadillacs. In 1997 she collaborated with Jazz Passenger Bill Ware in his side project Groove Thing, singing lead vocals on the club hit "Command and Obey". Another JP collaboration appeared on the Edgar Allan Poe tribute album ''Closed on Account of Rabies'' (1997). Harry also reunited with Blondie keyboardist Jimmy Destri for a cover of Otis Blackwell's "Don't Be Cruel" for the 1995 tribute album ''Brace Yourself''. During this period, she also recorded a duet with Robert Jacks entitled "Der Einzige Weg (The Only Way) - Theme from Texas Chainsaw Massacre," which was recorded in German and in English, although these did not surface until 1999. Likewise, at the end of 1999, Chrysalis Records released a best of her solo recordings entitled ''Most of All - The Best of Deborah Harry'' and a remix of "I Want That Man".

Aside from writing and recording material for Blondie, Harry pursued various other projects. She appears on the 2001 Bill Ware album ''Vibes 4'' singing the track 'Me and You' as well as on ex-Police guitarist Andy Summers's album ''Peggy's Blue Skylight'' on the track "Weird Nightmare". A techno cover of Stan Jones' "Ghost Riders in the Sky" was featured on the soundtrack to the film ''Three Business Men'' and was available on her website to download. Harry sings on two tracks on Andrea Griminelli's ''Cinema Italiano'' project: "You'll Come To Me" (inspired by ''Amarcord'''s main theme) and "When Love Comes By" (from ''Il Postino''), as well as on a tribute album reinterpreting the music of Harold Arlen, on which she sings the title track "Stormy Weather". In May 2002, she accompanied The Jazz Passengers and the BBC Concert Orchestra in a performance of her jazz material at the Barbican Centre in London. In 2003, she was featured vocalist on the song "Uncontrollable Love" by electro-clash dance producers Blow Up.

Harry also contributed to Fall Out Boy's 2008 album ''Folie à Deux''. She sings on the chorus of the album's closer "West Coast Smoker".

Harry is a credited co-writer on a song called "Supersensual" that appears on Australian singer Natalie Bassingthwaighte's debut album ''1000 Stars''. The song samples the recognizable "woo-ooo-wo-oh" refrain from "Heart of Glass".

Acting roles

Harry appeared on Broadway with Andy Kaufman in the wrestling play ''Teaneck Tanzi''. A retitled version of the British play ''Trafford Tanzi'', the show opened and closed in one night. Later that year Harry, who had already appeared in a number of independent and underground films, made her major motion picture debut in the David Cronenberg film ''Videodrome''.

Following the release of ''Rockbird'', Harry took a number of acting roles including the villainous Velma Von Tussle in John Waters' ''Hairspray'' (1988).

A cover of The Castaways' "Liar Liar" from the soundtrack to the film ''Married to the Mob'' was released as a single in the US. Harry's version of Michael Jay's "Mind Over Matter" was also recorded in this period, but never released. Harry starred in a film called ''Forever Lulu'', also known as ''Crazy Streets'', in 1987 alongside Alec Baldwin. She had only one line but made appearances throughout the film. She also starred in the film ''Intimate Stranger'' as Cory Wheeler, a telephone sex worker being pursued by a serial killer. Harry's other film roles include ''Roadie'', ''Union City'', ''New York Beat Movie'' (otherwise known as ''Downtown '81''), ''Rock & Rule'', ''Tales from the Darkside: The Movie'', ''Six Ways to Sunday'', ''The Fluffer'', ''Cop Land'', ''Heavy'', ''My Life Without Me'', "Spun" and ''Full Grown Men''. Her television appearances include roles on ''Tales from the Darkside'', ''Will & Grace'', ''The Muppet Show'', ''MADtv'', ''Sabrina the Teenage Witch'', ''Absolutely Fabulous'', ''Saturday Night Live'', ''The Adventures of Pete and Pete'', and ''Wiseguy''.

Current projects

Harry is one of the faces of MAC Cosmetics' Viva Glam VI campaign (2006). The campaign donates every cent of the selling price of their lipstick shades to the MAC AIDS Fund, which helps people living with HIV/AIDS worldwide. She is also one of the faces of the RockStars of Science Campaign (2010) alongside other musicians Bret Michaels, Ann & Nancy Wilson of Heart, B.O.B., Keri Hilson, Jay Sean and Timbaland.

She recently completed recording a new album with Blondie titled ''Panic Of Girls'', which will be released on July 4, 2011.

Discography

Studio albums

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''[[Koo Koo''		* Release date: July 27, 1981	* Label: Chrysalis Records	* Formats: Compact cassette	25	—	17	24	17	7	6		CAN: Gold	British Phonographic Industry>UK: Silver	Recording Industry Association of America>US: Gold
''Rockbird''		* Release date: November 29, 1986	* Label: Geffen Records	Compact disc>CD, cassette	97	—	—	—	22	30	31		* UK: Gold
''Def, Dumb and Blonde''		* Release date: October 28, 1989	* Label: Sire Records	* Formats: CD, cassette	123	—	—	—	—	—	12		* UK: Silver
''Debravation''		* Release date: August 1993	* Label: Sire/Reprise Records	* Formats: CD, cassette	—	—	—	—	—	—	24
! scope="row"		* Release date: September 15, 2007	* Label: Eleven Seven Music	* Formats: CD, music download	—	37	—	—	—	—	86

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* ''Heart on a Wall'' (Jimmy Destri album featuring backing vocals by Debbie Harry) (1981)

* ''Halfway to Sanity'' (Ramones album featuring backing vocals by Debbie Harry on 1 song: "Go Lil' Camaro Go") (1987)

Hairspray (1988 soundtrack)>Hairspray: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack'' (Debbie Harry features on the song "Hairspray" by Rachel Sweet)

* ''Like A Girl, I Want You To Keep Coming'' (Various artists CD - Debbie Harry song: "Invocation to Papa Legba") (1989)

* ''Standing in the Spotlight'' (Dee Dee Ramone album featuring backing vocals by Debbie Harry on 2 songs: "Mashed Potato Kid" and "German Kid") (1989)

* ''Big Trash'' (Thompson Twins album featuring backing vocals by Debbie Harry on 1 song: "Sugar Daddy", and spoken-word telephone vocals on "Queen of the USA") (1989)

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* ''Cash Cow'' (Various artists CD - Debbie Harry song: "Moroccan Rock (Pipe of Pain)") (1993)

* ''Heck on Wheels Volume 3'' (Various artists promotional CD - Debbie Harry song: "Communion") (1993)

* ''Head On'' ([[Die Haut">Just Say Da (album)

* ''[[Prelude to a Kiss (film)

* ''Get Out'' (Various artists promotional CD issued with ''Out'' magazine charter subscriptions - Debbie Harry song: "I Want That Man (Remix/Edit)") (1992)

* ''Cash Cow'' (Various artists CD - Debbie Harry song: "Moroccan Rock (Pipe of Pain)") (1993)

* ''Heck on Wheels Volume 3'' (Various artists promotional CD - Debbie Harry song: "Communion") (1993)

* ''Head On'' ([[Die Haut album featuring vocals by Debbie Harry on 1 song: "Don't Cross My Mind") (1993)

* ''Brace Yourself! A Tribute to Otis Blackwell''(various artists tribute album - Debbie Harry song: "Don't Be Cruel") (1994)

* ''In Love'' (The Jazz Passengers featuring Deborah Harry vocals on 1 song: "Dog in Sand") (1994)

* ''Rey Azúcar'' (Los Fabulosos Cadillacs album - Debbie Harry Vocals on 2 songs: "Strawberry Fields Forever" & "Estrella de Mar") (1995)

Virtuosity>Virtuosity Soundtrack'' (Soundtrack album - Debbie Harry vocals on 1 song: "No Talking, Just Head" (with The Heads)) (1995)

* ''No Talking, Just Head'' (The Heads album - Debbie Harry vocals on 1 song: "No Talking, Just Head") (1996)

* ''Individually Twisted'' (The Jazz Passengers featuring Deborah Harry) (1996)

* ''Live In Spain'' (The Jazz Passengers featuring Deborah Harry) (1997)

* ''Six Ways to Sunday

'' (Franz Ferdinand (band)>Franz Ferdinand EP featuring the duet "Live Alone") (2011)

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Deborah Harry & Iggy Pop	1991	"Well, Did You Evah!"	align="center"
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''This Is No Time''
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''Most of All - The Best of Deborah Harry''
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Filmography

Features

''Unmade Beds'' (1976)

''Deadly Hero'' (1976)

''The Blank Generation'' (1976) (documentary)

''The Foreigner'' (1978)

''Mr. Mike's Mondo Video'' (1979)

''Union City'' (1980)

''Roadie'' (1980)

''Downtown 81'' (1981)

''Rock & Rule'' (1983 (voice)

''Videodrome'' (1983)

''Terror in the Aisles'' (1984)

''Forever Lulu'' (1987)

''Satisfaction'' (1988)

''Hairspray'' (1988)

''New York Stories'' (1989)

''Tales from the Darkside: The Movie'' (1990)

'''' (1992)

''Body Bags (1993)

''Dead Beat'' (1994)

''Drop Dead Rock'' (1995)

''Heavy'' (1995)

''Wigstock: The Movie'' (1995) (documentary)

''Cop Land'' (1997)

''Six Ways to Sunday'' (1997)

''Joe's Day'' (1998)

''Zoo'' (1999)

''Red Lipstick'' (2000)

''The Fluffer'' (2001)

''Deuces Wild'' (2002)

''Spun'' (2002)

''Grand Theft Auto: Vice City'' (2002) (Voice)

''All I Want'' (2002)

''End of the Century: The Story of the Ramones'' (2003) (documentary)

''My Life Without Me'' (2003)

''A Good Night to Die'' (2003)

''Ghostlight'' (2003)

''The Tulse Luper Suitcases'' (2003)

''Mayor of the Sunset Strip'' (2003) (documentary)

''Picture This: Blondie and Debbie Harry'' (2004) (documentary)

''Kiki and Herb Reloaded'' (2005) (documentary)

''Face Addict'' (2005) (documentary)

''Too Tough to Die: A Tribute to Johnny Ramone'' (2006) (documentary)

''Full Grown Men'' (2006)

''Anamorph'' (2007)

''Elegy'' (2008)

''Hotel Gramercy Park'' (2008) (documentary)

Short subjects

''A New Face of Debbie Harry'' (1982)

''Sandman'' (1996)

''Who Is Harry Smith?'' (1998)

''Drive'' (2002)

''Honey Trap'' (2005)

''Patch'' (2005)

''I Remember You Now...'' (2005)

References

External links

Official sites

Debbie Harry — official website & blog

www.dhbis.com — Deborah Harry & Blondie Mailing List

Deborah Harry discography at Discogs

www.blondie.net/deborah_harry.shtml, Deborah Harry's personal blog on Blondie site

Media links

Rock and Roll Hall of Fame entry

Blondie at Rolling Stone Magazine

Debbie Harry Pop Culture Madness interview

Debbie Harry Interview on ''The Hour'' with George Stroumboulopoulos

Debbie Harry at NNDB

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name	Glenn Tilbrook
background	solo_singer
birth name	Glenn Martin Tilbrook
born	August 31, 1957
instrument	Vocals, Guitar, keyboards
occupation	Musician, singer-songwriter
associated acts	Squeeze, Difford & Tilbrook
website	www.glenntilbrook.com }}

Glenn Martin Tilbrook (born 31 August 1957 in Woolwich, London) is the lead singer and guitarist of the English band Squeeze, a power pop group formed in the mid 1970s. He generally wrote the melody for Squeeze, while his writing partner, Chris Difford, wrote the lyrics. In addition to his songwriting skills, Tilbrook is respected both as a singer and an accomplished guitarist.

Difford and Tilbrook

During Squeeze's first hiatus, from approximately 1983 to 1985, Tilbrook wrote, recorded, and toured with Chris Difford, his songwriting partner from Squeeze. Their album, ''Difford & Tilbrook'' was originally released in 1984, and remastered and reissued in 2006.

Solo career

Following Squeeze's second breakup in 1999, Tilbrook pursued a solo career, often touring around the UK and US in an RV, playing small venues. He released two solo albums, ''The Incomplete Glenn Tilbrook'' and ''Transatlantic Ping Pong''. Tilbrook co-wrote some of the songs for his solo recordings with artists such as Ron Sexsmith, Chris Braide and Aimee Mann.

In 2006, the film documentary ''Glenn Tilbrook: One for the Road'' was released. It followed Tilbrook on his November 2001 tour across the United States. In 2007, Tilbrook took time off from his solo career to tour once again with Squeeze who had reformed for the third time.

In April 2007, Tilbrook released ''The Past Has Been Bottled'', the first in a five-disc series of remastered demos. The first release included early versions of tracks from Squeeze's ''East Side Story''. The second volume, ''In The Sky Above'', was released in the UK in November 2007, and covered the period from 1993 through 1998. The third volume, ''Dreams Are Made of This'', was released in November 2009 and covered Squeeze's early years, from 1974 to 1980.

In 2008, Tilbrook previewed new material while on tour with The Fluffers, two members of whom are also members of the latest Squeeze line-up. A four track single, "Binga Bong!", was released in November 2008. Tilbrook's latest album ''Pandemonium Ensues'', credited to Glenn Tilbrook and The Fluffers, was released in March 2009. The 14 track album was produced by Tilbrook and Andrew J. Jones, and mixed by Bob Clearmountain. It featured guest appearances from Johnny Depp on "Too Close To The Sun" and Depp's wife, Vanessa Paradis, on "Interest & Love".

In January 2010 it was announced that Tilbrook and Difford would be spending part of the coming summer in Italy, together writing songs for a new Squeeze album.

Personal

Tilbrook has his own recording studio, known as '45RPM', in Charlton. It has been used by other bands such as Nine Below Zero. Tilbrook supports Charlton Athletic F.C. and in 1998 Squeeze released "Down in the Valley", a tribute to his boyhood team.

He is a supporter of the Love Hope Strength Foundation, a cancer charity founded by Mike Peters of The Alarm, and has played concerts in aid of the organisation, including one at base camp, Mount Everest.

References

External references

Glenn Tilbrooks's official website

Official Squeeze website

Official site for Glenn documentary

imdb.com

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name	Mark Lamarr
birth name	Mark Jones
birth date	January 07, 1967
birth place	Swindon, Wiltshire, England
years active	1985 – Present
notable role	}}

Mark Lamarr (born Mark Jones on 7 January 1967 in Swindon, Wiltshire) is an English comedian, radio DJ and television presenter.

Early life

Lamarr was born in the Park South area of Swindon and has three elder sisters. His father is Irish. He passed five O-Levels at Park School (renamed Oakfield School) but dropped out of school at 17 and moved to Harrow, Middlesex, which was the centre of the early 80s British rockabilly revival scene. After his poem ''Too Fast to Live, Too Young to Work'' was published in 1987, his act developed from poetry to stand-up comedy. He took to performing at The Comedy Store, London in 1985, was spotted on the touring circuit for the launch of Channel 4's ''The Big Breakfast'' in 1992 and co-presented ''The Word''.

Filmography

Television

Lamarr first came to the public's attention as a co-presenter of the early 90s late night variety show ''The Word''. The magazine format of the series allowed for interviews, live music, features and even game shows. The flexible late-night format meant that guests could do just about anything to be controversial. Talking about his TV career to Jo Brown of ''Cheers Magazine'', Lamarr said ''The Word'' was:

After leaving ''The Word'', Lamarr was an outside presenter on ''The Big Breakfast'' from 1992 to 1996. Between 1995 and 1997 he appeared as a team captain in the surreal panel show ''Shooting Stars'', where he displayed a mixture of dour boredom and contempt towards hosts Vic Reeves and Bob Mortimer who, in turn, mocked his "50s throw-back" appearance. Lamarr declined to return for the fourth series in 2002, claiming he did not want to be typecast for appearing on panel shows. He said of his experience on the show:

Lamarr was host of ''Never Mind the Buzzcocks'' when the show launched in 1996 and continued in this role for 17 series until 2005, when he announced that he was to take a break from the show. Although announced as a break, Lamarr didn't return to host the show, being replaced by Simon Amstell for the 19th series.

The two series of the sitcom ''Fifteen Storeys High'' were co-written by Lamarr with comedian Sean Lock and Martin Trenaman - although Lamarr was credited under his real name, Mark Jones.

Radio

Lamarr has previously presented shows on BBC GLR, BBC Radio Five Live and BBC Radio 1.

On 20 July 1998, Lamarr launched a new show on BBC Radio 2 called ''Shake, Rattle and Roll'', where he plays tracks from his own sizeable record collection of obscure rock and roll gems. He also presented ''The Reggae Show'' series and ''Mark Lamarr's Alternative 60s'', where he presents lesser known tracks from the 1960s.

On 22 April 2006, Lamarr started a new Radio 2 show called ''God's Jukebox''. The show aired from Midnight to 3am on Saturdays where he played a wide variety of music from the past 70 years including Soul, Ska, Reggae, Country, Gospel and Rap. He also, with Jo Brand, regularly covered the Jonathan Ross Saturday morning show on Radio 2 when Ross was away. His final God's Jukebox show was broadcast Christmas Eve/day, 2010. At the end of 2010 Lamarr left Radio 2, claiming the station has lost interest in non-mainstream music.

Lamarr presents a music show for British Airways on-board listeners as part of their in-flight entertainment. In this show he presents a mix of rock and roll, blues, reggae, soul and R 'n B.

Stand-Up videos

''Uncensored And Live'' (17 November 1997)

References

External links

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