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Well, here's all the news that is the news .... dit dit dit dit dit (teleprinter races off .....) http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/artic...et-wedding.html :( :o :cry: .... but then :) :P :lol: Shame the Daily Mail got it first ... I hate that newspaper

Hello everyone ... long time no chat on here ... I am sorry to hear of D's relationship split If things aren't right its probably for the best. I only want him to be happy Maybe now we might get to hear some of the songs he has been writing. I was totally gobsmacked to hear from Avril this week. I could only do what was possible in the circumstances by connecting with those from Dariusland with whom I am still in contact. Easy when they are close family or close by - I hope that those who can make onward contact will do so. So many names float through my mind from the early days ... BecksB the girl who won best square on the BQT Whinshill (Girl in the Trench) BrysBopBopBaby who loved D but loved Bryan McFadden more, Vic-Tree who were with our lot the night I first met Darius at Cardiff, Vicky and Teresa who both got put on final warning before the sack at work for posting on the forum during office hours. The antics of the Dive In Tour, the Easter Candle, the birthday gifts and the fun of travelling to gigs. I am eternally grateful to D because through him I met the daughter I didnt know I had in Sweden; Malin (Musicmad2) Bjork who came to live with us after we came to know her via dot com. Two and a half years living with us or near us, perfecting her English and now returned to Sweden, yesterday I bought her birthday present. My lovely Malin, I shall never lose touch with her now Likewise with Sharon Montgomery in Glasgow. Still in touch via text almost every day .... All this came about for the love of one young talented handsome man, Darius Danesh (we never knew he was Campbell Danesh, he never told us) I wonder where they all went. Id love to know if the old website exists just for old time's sake. I am most heartened by the Opera Fans who are congratulating Darius on his efforts and who are tipping him to win. I have thanked them for their support on D's behalf. It made my heart soar to read those comments. There is only one downside that I have found about current developments There are Darius fans who were able to get information about getting tickets quite early and have kept this information to themselves. Offend or please I don't care if I do because you know who you are, it is very selfish to do that when the whole point of being a fan is to support your artiste by going to their gigs buying their recordings or as with this situation encouraging him to win. Every time all those screaming girls for Danny Jones start getting vocal at the studios I could spit that there could have been far more there for Darius. I mentioned this aspect of selfishness to Avril and she didnt care for it either. No matter what you think of me now, or from earlier years, I have never, ever concealed information that came to me which could help people to see/meet or do something that involved Darius. It was my delight to take people who had never met him to see him - it just brought back memories of my first meeting and I know I have spent more of "my time with Darius" getting stuff signed for other people or taking pictures for others than savouring it for myself I never had the luxury of being able to spend acres of time outside theatres so every meeting was precious. Anyway, I have no opportunity to go to the competition now until the final so please God he is still in it and a similar prayer for a few tickets to be able to go with Abs. Heidi from Denbigh suggested a message book for him so she is doing that Email HeidiRidder69@hotmail.com if you want to contribute or email her for her snail mail address if you want to put a card into the collection. Heidi is the best one for this having done it before with the Dive In Tour album in 2003 which we gave to the family in Glasgow. I just wish the BQT was available .... one day that story will be concluded. Thats me done ... All the best Pat

I think we all must have faith in him to continue being fans without having anything to be a fan of. When he put "Faith in Me" as a B side to Kinda Love, there were many who said if he had released that song instead it would have done better and I was one of them. At that point, with Kinda Love being the first single in over a year and Faith in Me hopefully being an example of new stuff he was doing, I felt optimistic for him for the first time in ages. Then we had "the theatre era" which it is hoped not over. But we could spin this conversation out over days, weeks, months, even years. Its a year since I last posted on a Darius site and from memory this kind of conversation was in progress then. He is happy with his life; whilst he remains happy with it as it is, I doubt if we will see him much, if at all. That is a waste.

I just wish he would do SOMETHING. I cannot be optimistic any more Having heard that Rachel's website doesnt have a forum anymore, the Hotel Babylon appearance is not going ahead and, not even a whisper about anything else on the horizon, why should anyone still be interested in what Darius is doing? Without any opportunities to hear him sing ANY kind of song whether its his own composition, someone else's, a show song or even a nursery rhyme, he will never have any kind of career. Frankly I don't think he can be bothered any more. He has his home and family in Los Angeles and thats what matters to him. I never thought he would be the kind to live off someone else. Having been brought up in the same kind of household ethos as him (Scottish Presbyterian) where the work ethic is strong, I just do not understand it. What makes me most angry is that years ago when we had a proper Darius community even though the management did not tell us much about what went on, there was information to be had. Now, there is nothing. We did not know he spent two years in drama education. He did not choose to tell his fans why he had disappeared. You do not hear, you start to wonder, you start on negative thoughts, it changes your attitudes 2002-2005 will never come again. They were the glory years. Huge mistakes were made by his management. A new song release after the end of the Tour would have cemented his popularity with a second number one. There was so much good will there for him at that time. All it would take would be one really wonderful song and plenty of promotion. Comebacks work for other people. When a new member of staff joined our office recently and spotted my picture of me with Darius that I have at my desk she nearly had a fit "You met Darius??" she yelled at me. "How did you manage that ... I love him" I didnt want to overwhelm her with too many tales of meeting/hugging/being kissed/being comforted after tears/told off for not sleeping after nights by Darius yet let her tell me of how she voted for him, missed getting a ticket for the Bristol gig etc This is just one person out of possibly a million that are waiting for SOMETHING, for him to get off his arse and make it plain that his talent is still there. In days gone by the wet kipper was a threat meted out to those who would do him down. FFS!! Darius needs wet kippering, he is doing himself down

I dont know about BFG ... to me and the WWC he was always the BSG .... so TOFD!

I PM'd Kelly, one of the mods asking if the link to this forum for Darius could be put on the front page. She PM'd me back to say that the Home Page was going to be revamped very soon and it would be done then This morning .. lo and behold - in the list on the right hand side ... clickable and it works, "Darius Danesh Forum" Thanks very much!!! :w00t: :yahoo: :dance:

Well I'm hoping for the continuance of our purple patch against WBA Last Four Boro Chelsea Man U Bristol Rovers .... We will take Boro in the Semi Finals then Man U in the final .... Up the Gas!! PS - Don't spoil this, people have dreams ...

Um noooo ... just the robes ... and nothing else ....

Ronnie Corbett .... " Frankly my dear .. um, where was I ... ah yes, on the Golf Course ... I don't give a damn!" That man is priceless! I think Baytree has it right though. I cannot think of anyone else now as Rhett ... I think the vision of Darius in a frock coat and stetson is almost as overwhelming as one conjured up some time ago with him as Col T E Lawrence in arabic robes.

Its pure snobbery and maybe if they did acknowledge him they would have to admit to being wrong about him in the past. Don't forget, Humble Pie is very rarely served in the world of showbiz and even less, eaten and swallowed. Is Michael Ball on this site? I haven't the patience to wade through the dross that is here to find out for myself. He has a massive following in everything he does, on stage in a character, his albums sell well and as for as a solo artist in concert he sells out venues. I was still in the control room when he last played a local venue to me. I was watching the CCTV cameras and the queues to get in to the Hippodrome in Bristol to see him were mahoosive. If that were replicated for D .... :cool: If Darius can have the same kind of following that Michael Ball has and John Barrowman is starting to achieve, that will do for me. Most of all though, I would love for him to have RESPECT. That commodity as far as Darius is concerned has been very thin on the ground. Talking of who auditioned and didn't get through I feel certain that Ronnie Corbett, Paul O'Grady, Sir Trevor McDonald and Jeremy Paxman did not get a recall ...

That bit about "work hard, play hard" is typically Scottish. My Dad is of the same generation as Mr Campbell. Born and raised during the depression of the 1930s in Scotland where work disappeared first. That kind of hardship burns into your soul, even onwards down to how you raise your own family. In the 1950s/60s and 70s Dad's motto was if you could get work, you did it no matter when it was or what it was. My Dad was still working at the age of 77 and he still admits that when the newspaper drops through the door he looks in the situations vacant to see if there are any jobs about he could do - and this is a man who will start his eightieth year on Sunday! But that never stopped either of them (as far as I know) enjoying life to the full, most probably in both cases with a pint in one hand and a wee dram before taking the road home. There were times when it crossed my mind, what on earth was Darius up to for the best part of nearly three years in LA? We know he is a prolific songwriter and has knowledge now of the recording process to be able to do so much for himself in the studio. Where was the third album though? I have to say it did anger me to think that maybe he had "retired" to a Hollywood lifestyle whilst fans in the UK were hanging onto every word written and every picture that appeared of him going to parties and openings and the never ending "awards" It may have been his plan to seclude himself in order to emerge from a chrysalis, ready to take on new opportunities, yet with no word from him we were left standing. It was only after seeing him in Guys and Dolls that I realised what he had been up to. His singing had had the rough edges smoothed off, he was taking command of the stage with the spoken word not just with his singing voice. Now we know that the time in LA was spent learning from the best in the world We can look forward with every confidence that we are going to see something very very special in GWTW. This is like a major upgrade, more ROM, more RAM, faster processing! This is Darius Danesh Vista! Still the same wonderful bloke we know but with added features! You bet his Grandad is proud!

I think the blog you are talking about is one being written by a 19 year old who is going on his gap year. He is going to Thailand and India The Guardian is sponsoring him. The big thing is that his father is the Guardian Travel Writer The argument by virtually every commentor is that the whole thing is nepotism. The Guardian is well known for its leftist views, yet by doing this its doing something that the Telegraph would be proud of, yet diametrically opposite in its values. The argument is why not sponsor someone who could not afford to go on a Gap Year, someone headed for Uni to read journalism from a less well off background or someone who is going to do something a little more exotic than India & Thailand which will take him (no doubt) to Goa Beach and the delights of the Bangkok Red Light district. I would like to read about someone who is doing something worthwhile for their Gap Year, maybe at a school in Malawi or in the Townships in South Africa than hearing about the pzzd up antics of an extremely well connected freeloader. Max Gogarty at 19 is possibly squandering the journalistic opportunity of a lifetime. Just think what Fifi (for those who know her) would do with it ... However, I must agree. Self Control is something that is definitely not on most people's agenda when raising children now. I see it every day in my job on the Streets as a PCSO Last night we took home a 15 year old, out of his face on cider that we managed to catch whilst he was playing chicken in and out of the traffic whilst his mates stood by enjoying the show. This may sound weird to some but I recall learning the Girl Guide Law at the age of 11. There were 10 laws. One of those is "A Guide is self controlled in all she thinks, says and does" I don't always keep to that but it comes back to me time after time in so many situations.

I must go up to Simon Fuller one of these days and ask him if he and I might be related. Fuller was my first married surname and its still the girls' name ..... Ive never been that impressed by the man actually. He appeared to make decisions on Darius' behalf which turned out wrong. As we know now Darius wanted to release Dive In as single no 3 from the album but "management" decided otherwise. That could have been his second number one ... and another mistake was only putting Faith in Me as a B side when it was and remains one of the strongest songs both lyrically and musically that Darius has ever written. Whose c**k up was that FFS!! I think the Spice Girls had the right idea actually and we know what they did. As far as the great and the good lining up to pay tribute, that has got a lot to do with the dollars he has earned But hey, that's his job!

Well this seems to be as good a point in the conversation to rejoin the fray. Nice to see the reminiscence of PI and PI2 Its still a habit of mine to reprise the magic of PI and the point where I knew I had fallen in love with Darius ... Make it Easy on Yourself. The magneticity (is that a word ... dunno!) of him in PS and the cameo appearances sending himself up between PS and PI were tantalising. I remember vividly the point where I heard he was going to try out for PI, I was in our local garage filling up with petrol and my radio was on and someone elses was as well and I heard the news in stereo. He had turned up at the Glasgow Auditions! Fascination turned to admiration then adoration turned to solid emotion. Caught, hook line and sinker!! He took my heart and I've never asked for it back! The morons who believe they can second guess Sir Trevor Nunn are just a waste of good breathable air I would love to see his thoughts on why he chose Darius. Ye Gods! That would shut up the whingers! Oh and while Im here ... sod the lot of them!!

Well I thought I would call in here after making a long day's journey back to Buzzjack. I don't know what anyone is talking about but, if the bar is open, I'm standing a round, to celebrate Darius getting the part of Rhett! Im just blown away by all of this - I just wish I could make up my mind when to go to see him God willing, this will be a long run for him. Good afternoon ladies ... I have to go to work now, 1500 to Midnight, sorting out cheeky little toads, underage drinkers and the like but hell, with the thought of Darius back in my life again (but did he ever really go away from my heart ... NOOOO!) its something to think about and look forward to again. Cheers peeps!! xxxxxxxxxxxxx