There are those who suggest rock'n'roll has lost its capacity for stirring protest. This week, however, has produced empirical evidence that that isn't the case, at least when it comes to animals. First, Morrissey penned an open letter agreeing with former Smiths guitarist Johnny Marr's attack on David Cameron, but adding that his beef with the PM is based on the grounds that the latter supports the repeal of the Hunting Act. Right on, Moz! Let's not get bogged down hating on the coalition for trifling issues such as tuition fees or social housing or the effect public service cuts will have on the disabled or child-protection agencies! Let's cut to the really important stuff, ie: WHAT ABOUT THE STAGS?
Meanwhile, across the Atlantic, there's former Mötley Crüe drummer Tommy Lee. Lost in Showbiz realises that Tommy Lee isn't perhaps the first person you might consider taking moral instruction from, given that in Mötley Crüe's biography The Dirt he brags about inserting a telephone receiver into a groupie's vagina and then forcing her to call her mother, but nevertheless. Lee, it has emerged, has written to the president of the Florida marine park SeaWorld to complain about its treatment of a killer whale called Tillikum, which is being kept in isolation after killing three people, including two of the park's trainers. Lee is particularly annoyed about the whale's use as a "sperm bank". "We know from SeaWorld's own director of safety (as well as videos on the web) that the way you get his sperm is by having someone get into the pool and masturbate him," he wrote.
Lost in Showbiz realises this is perhaps not the reaction that Tommy Lee was hoping for when he picked up his pen, but it finds its sympathies drifting towards the supporting player in this particular scenario, ie the bloke who gets into a pool with a whale that's already killed three people and wanks it off for a living. Suitably chastened, Lost in Showbiz promises it will never, ever complain about its job again.
