Spread the Queenfanism!

How to spread the Queenfanism in 6 easy steps..

1. Wear your Queen shirt, your Queen pants, yout Queen socks, your Queen underwear and your Queen hat. Always. No matter where you are.

2. Buy the biggest boombox you can find, walk around with it and spread the beats of Hot Space! Woohoo. Body language! Budududuuuu duduuuu duduuuu duduuu dududududu duuduuduu.

3. Grow a fredstache. Even the ladies!

4. Sing along with step 2. Loud, very loud.

5.  Introduce yourself as ''Hello my name is [name] and I am a Queen fan'' to everyone.

6. Do not take the previous 5 steps too seriously.

Your daily dose of Queen on facebook

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Do you know the facebook page Queen LOLs? It's a facebook page with funny Queen jokes on daily base. I say, check it out now, it's worth liking!

Queen fan shopping

One can never have enough Queen merchandise, isn't it? Check out this items I found on the internet

Queen Matryoshka!

A pointless but still funny kind of artwork, isn't it? Buy it here.

I like Queen and...

Just curious... what kind of music do you like beside Queen. I personally also like (psy)trance (Hol Baumann, Beats Antique, Faithless) and a lot of bellydance music. What about you guys!?

Joke time

Because of no reason. Just funny

Freddie Mercury's grave has been found!

Just a very petite comeback here for this news. It seems like they have found the grave [burried ashes] of Freddie, you can find it at Kensel Green Cemetry in West-London!

Do you want to visit it?

Brian May hair catalog

Freddie in Epic Rap Battles

My friend Sander told me about this video. It's a ''battle'' between our Freddie and Frank Sinatra. I find it very funny, altough I think (almost) every ''objection'' towards Freddie is a compliment actually. What do you guys think?

And behind the scenes...

Brian May and Kerry Ellis on Born Free tour!

Brian and Kerry are going to tour. Do they visit your hometown too? Check it out!

Extreme Happiness because of Queen

Okay guys, I just started to listen some Queen songs live. I heard them before of course, but now I am crying of happyness. Why? Why? I have no idea. But I am feeling so extremely good right now I just wanted to share with you guys.

Can Queen make you this happy too?

Love,

Thirza

John Deacon singing!

Ever asked yourself how Queen would sound if John was singing too? Well... check it out here! Cute, isn't it?

Queen faceswap

Thanks Kashmira! Watch and laugh!

Review! 40 years of Queen

Okay guys, brace yourselves, this is the longest item I have ever written. But the subject... well... the most valuable Queen-related thing I own! The book 40 years of Queen! You're awesome if you've read the whole item

I am really proud to be owner of this beauty, my ex-boyfriend (not ex- at the time ahah) gave it to me for my birthday (9th if June). This book costs 40 euros! That's incredibly much for a 17 year-old like me. This means the first disadvantage: the book is incredibly expensive! But I can already tell you, it's worth the price by far! But first; let's look at the book!

The book is in a very luxury box. The only think I don't like is the big white square on the underside. It includes the price, the publisher ( Lidobooks) and the ISBN (978941301186). The rest of the box is super beautiful, it includes the Queen crest in silver and grey. I think the box really typifies what Queen is; luxury.

The first page includes a dvd (not indicated) wich includes an interview with the band members of one hour. It's a really interesting interview about the beginning of Queen and their relation to each other. I don't know more details about the interview because the disc is not indicated to the book, but it's clear the interview is from the beginning of the 1980's. The first page also includes a purple and gold poster. I love it!

The first chapter is The Early Years (as you can see on the picture above). The book tells us about the

Hungarian Rhapsody

The news of HR came during my blogger stop, but for those who haven't heard of it before... I can write a 1000-words item about it, but the promo video says enough! Enjoy!

Freddie for a day 2012

It's kindof a struggle to put this picture of me online. But okey, because it's Freddie for a Day! I didn't have any sponsors but I found myself enough Queen fan to buy a fake moustache and wear it during a trip trough the city of Groningen. Just for fun. Oh... I also Freddiealised some other things....

Freddies birthday

Freddie would be 66 now :( I don't really know how to say this, I think happy 66th birthday doesn't sound right, does it? Anyway, today is also Freddie for a Day, do you join it today? I didn't, I know, really bad because I promised, but I have my reasons. If you would like to, you can scroll down for a lot of Freddie pics, quotes and videos.  If too sentimental just do what you want to do! Happy birthday Freddie, we still love you too!

If Queen fans get drunk...

Than they do this.

 

Roger's (ex-)lovers

Oh guys.. I am the worst Queen fan in the world. I tweeted with Sarina Potgieter, the girlfriend/wife/whatever of Roger Taylor. And I didn't know who she was so I asked if he was a Queen fan too ¬¬. Please Queen fans, forgive me! Thanks Kashmira for telling me who she is, I feel so stupid now! I was only thinking about the fact her name looks so much like the name of a friend of me!!! So... well, this is a good introduction to talk about... Roger's (ex-lovers!)

A list of Rogers lovers, excluding affairs and flirts, because honestly, that list is endless (sorry sorry, it's just true);

Debbie Harry

Vocalist and lead singer for the then punk rock/new wave band Blondie. Also famous for

Brian May, skateboarder. And other pasttimes.

On skateboard 1989

We all know Brian May as the guitarist. But did you know Brian didn't/doesn't only spent his time by playing guitar? A couple of Brian facts you may not heard before.

Waiting for Queen's big break, Brian taught math and science at a school. Pupils remember: ''Mr May having the same haircut as now'' and he ''played guitar in the staffroom at lunchtime''. Do you want him as teacher now? Well... I do!

Brian was (?) a pretty good skateboarder. He spent hours and hours learning new tricks on his skateboard.

Brian loves reading and writing. That's not really a surprise, he has a soapbox and he wrote a book! (Bang!)

He played piano since age 5 and ukelele at age 6!
 
Brian collects stereo photographs. If you would like to know more about this, click here.

This just can't be a suprise: Brian loves animals and does a lot to help them!

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The meaning of Bohemian Rhapsody

''Mamaaa, just killed a man. Put a gun against his head. Pulled my trigger now he's dead. Mamaaaaaa, live had just begun. And now I'm gonna throw it aaaaal awaaaay!''

 

 

In a warm august day in 1975 Queen was rehearsing at a rented house in Herefordshire. They were working on their 4th album, so called ''A Night At The Opera''. When back in Rockfield (to record the songs) Freddie spontaneously started to play a not-rehearsed song on the piano. This song would become one of the worlds most famous songs ever. Bohemian Rhapsody.

 

But... what is it about? No one actually knows, Freddie never told it to us. Like what mostly happens with mysteries, people started guessing and making theories.

 

The most famous theory about the meaning of this song is that Scaramouche, Galileo Galilei, Beezlebub and Figaro refer to the band members. Scaramouche the sad clown would refer to Freddie. Galileo Galilei would refer to Brian, Figaro (the cat from Pinocchio) to John and Beezlebub to John. This theory also tells us that the line ''mama, just killed a man'' would refer to the fact Freddie stopped hiding his homosexuality. I heard this theory was actually told to Freddie, but as far as I know Freddie never gave a response to that.

 

 

For me, the intro sounds like a dream. A dream that tells about live (look up to the skies and see). Freddie tells ''he'' is a poor boy and doesn't need symphaty, easy come, easy go, little high, little low. For me it sounds like the path of life (anywhere the wind blows, doesn't really matter to me). But mama, he killed a man. He put a gun against his head, pulled the trigger now he's dead. Something

Personal: Mum, I drew Brian May.

 

 

I got a great book from the library called ''Tekenen als Hobby'' (Eng: Drawing is my hobby). This book is an easy guide to learn how to make portraits. I am actually not really good at drawing so I hoped this book would help me. This Brian portrait is the second (and the last on the moment) portrait I made with this book. I am quite happy with it, it isn't perfect, but still beter than I ever did.l


This is the picture I used. Just because it was the easiest portrait do draw! I made it slightly different.

I made this portrait in I think 1 hour. That's really slow for me xD. My plans are to make the drawing again and again and try to make it better, and at the end I want to paint it on canvas. What do you guys think of the idea?

When my mother saw the drawing she said; ''You made him more beautiful than he really his!'' Oh mum! xD

I have some step-by-step photos by accident. I always photograph my drawings during drawing, so I can see if I draw it the right way! So, here some pics:

How to make your own Freddie statue?

Credits are not mine actually, I found this project on facebook and I think the maker (Andy Sparks) did a great job! For me this is absolutely inspiration and I hope for you guys too!


I only post photos, because the actualy tutorial already excists! Check it out here!

Test! Which Queen member are you?

I love tests, everybody knows the answers are total nonsense, and still fun to make them and check the answer! So... as a continuation to the Queen fan check list,  this test; which Queen member are you?

Questions

The rules are really easy, just write down if you chose A, B, C or D for every question.

What is/was your favourite lesson at school?

         A) Art, my dear.
         B) Technology
         C) Maths
         D) Biology

What do you like to do in your spare time?

        A) Design clothes
        B) Designing new technologic gadgets
        C) Skateboarding
        D) Dating

Merchandise!

I think most of you guys have some standard Queen merchandise (including me!!!), but what if you want something original and unique? I looked up some original items, designed for the real Queen fan! And MUCH! Hope you guys like it!

Happy Birthday John Deacon!

Today -august 19- it's the 61st birthday of John Deacon! Happy birthday John! You are the best bass-player in the world :)

Mario, Queen of the Circus! +videos

Yesterday afternoon I went to ''Op 'e Sjouwer'', ''Op 'e Sjouwer'' is a Frisian streettheatre-festival which is very popular and loved. This year's theme was ''winter''. Quite ironic because it was over 30 °C (86 °F) that day, wich is one of the highest temperatures possible in the Netherlands. I traveled to the vlecke Joure (In Frisia we also have vleckes, next to villages and cities) to see some performances.

Just 15 minutes before traveling to Joure, my mother told me ''Mario, Queen of the Circus'' would perform there, so I took my camera with me -not knowing what to expect- to film Mario's performance.

''Mario is the creation and alter ego of Clarke McFarlane, a New Jersey-born and New York City-schooled performer. First developed for the Off-Broadway hit Planet Banana, the character of Mario went solo in 2005 with his outdoor international festival show. Mario: Queen Of The Circus quickly became a festival favorite and has toured solidly since its inception. Mr. McFarlane performs Mario in English, French, German and Spanish and has done so from Eurasia to the Antipodes. ''


At 15:30 me and some other people where waiting in front of a small stage. And... Mario appeared. From that moment it was absolutely clear this would be an

DIY: Queen logo with tape!

Hi Guys!

I was in a creative mood tonight, and I thought my room needed something new. As a prospective-Art student I couldn't just put a poster on my wall. So, today we get creative!

This DIY is really easy. This is what you need.

This John Deacon has a great sense of humor!

Just check this out, this is so funny!

His story about the motorcycling is actually even more funny!

http://www.johndeacon.net/

Picture of the week!

Deaky with pressure bandage after falling in glass shards.

Freddie for a day- Batwing Freddie FULL tutorial

Time for an ultra long item today! So, what we're gonna do? We're going to dress like Freddie in his batwing suit! You guys know I am really pro-Freddie for a Day right? Me and my friend Kashmira worked together to give you guys the best FFAD tutorials! So here is the full Freddie-batwing tutorial including clothing, hair AND make-up!

Part 1) Make up!
Part 2) Clothing!
Part 3) Hair and jewellery

Part 1~ The make up

We begin by doing the make up. The make-up part is fully made by Kashmira! (Thanks Kash 2798729873229 times!)

Queen Live Aid 1985- Backstage

Just a great video, great music and.... a close up of Freddie while singin Bohemian Rhapsody. The camera is so close to his face you can see every irregularity on his skin, you can see the balding places on his head of aging (or it may be mediterannean, because I have it too!), and you can almost count the number of hairs on his moustache!

This video is just great to watch, Freddie is an amazing singer.

Where is John Deacon?

Oh... another blogpost inspired by a conversation between Kashmira and me (we've got a surprise for you guys soon by the way). We have the best Queen-related conversations ever. So... today time for this question, I think most of you have asked yourself this too or maybe had a discussion about this with anyone... where's Deaky?

There are so many theories about this. Some people think John had a fight with Roger and Brian. Some people think he went depressed. Some think he bought a big landhouse in a sparsely part of England (me!) or that he may moved to Leicester again.

Found him!

I don't know wich theory is true, maybe none of them. But the fact just a couple of people know where he lives says enough for me, he

Just a short article in Dutch

This is the 1st and only time I will post in Dutch. Just skip to the article beneath if you don't speak Dutch.

Hey lezers,

Ik schrijf deze post natuurlijk niet zomaar in het Nederlands, daar heb ik een reden voor! Dit komt door mijn nieuwe speeltje genaamd statcounter. Dankzij statcounter weet ik ALLES van degenen die mijn blog lezen (IP adres, welke paginas bekeken, woonplaats etc.). Enenenenen.... wat ontzettend veel Nederlanders! Heel veel Nederlanders. Harstikke leuk! Ben ik echt blij mee.

Zo zag ik bijvoorbeeld een lezer uit Wolvega, dat vind ik harstikke leuk want daar komen mijn roots vandaan en daar kom ik nog regelmatig! Jullie komen echt overal vandaan, Veldhoven, Oosterwolde, Den Bosch, Wolvega, Amsterdam, Dirksland (daar heb ik echt nog nooit van gehoord), Rijnsburg, Drachten zelfs. Helaas nog niemand uit mijn eigen dorp gezien. Toch, ik vind het zo ontzettend leuk dat jullie dit allemaal lezen! Ik vind het echt het leukste als een Nederlander mijn blog leest, tovert wel even een lach op mijn gezicht.

Toch, misschien een beetje arrogant om te vragen, zou ik het leuk vinden eens contact met jullie te hebben. Het lijkt me echt leuk eens te weten wie jullie zijn! Als jullie dat willen natuurlijk. In het mapje contact (bovenin de pagina) staat hoe je me kan bereiken via de mail of twitter als jullie willen.

Lijkt me leuk van julllie te horen!

Liefs,

Thirza 

Queen at the Olympic Closing Ceremony + video

I think most of you have seen the Olympic Closing Ceremony. I'll be honest. I was actually waiting for just one thing... and just 15 minutes past midnight, right after the perfomance of Muse, it came! Freddie! At the end of the video I was really happy, I thought it was the only Queen related thing that would be at the ceremony. But than my mother and I started screaming and yelling in front of the television. ''OH MY GOD, IT'S BRIAN MAY!''.

I think Queen gave a great performance. More than great. I must've been hypnotized by his great guitarwork if the commentator wasn't yelling stupid facts through his performance. And honestly...

Freddie for a day tutorial-I want to Break Free Freddie

I'm planning forward for some blogpost about making Freddie for a Day costumes and I'm preparing a Freddie Mercury make-up tutorial! (From the glamrock period). For today, I WANT TO BREAK FREE FREDDIE!

I want to break free Freddie is no the most subtile look, but in my opinion one of the best! And it's for charity, don't forget that!

Soooo.. how you're gonna look like Drag Freddie? Okay... here we go!

Jodie Marsh Posing Routine

This is one of those things I just call ''what-the-%^#*-is-this-and-why-do-they-relate-Queen-with-what-they're-doing?''. Maybe you've seen the tv show where Jodie Marsh becomes a bodybuilder in 6 weeks,

Recipe; Queen soup!

Okay okay, doesn't have a matter witht he band Queen. Though, I wanted to share this recipe for Dutch Queen soup with you! Just for fun!


Dutch Queen Soup (koninginnesoep)
Recipe for 4 adults.


What you need
-15 grams of butter
-15 grams of flower
-50 grams of peas (green little ones)
-pepper
-a shallot, cut in parts
-100 grams of carrot in small pieces
-100 milliliters cream (not whipped!!!!!)
-bouillon

What to do

1. Heat the butter in a pan and let the shallot fry, add the flower and stir for 2 minutes
2. Add some bouillon and stir until it you'll have a smooth ''soup''
3. Add the carrot in super small pieces, let the ''soup'' boil for 10 minutes
4. Warm up the peas in the microwave for 3 minutes
5. Add the cream to the soup
6. Stir really fast
7. Add as much pepper as you want and add the peas to the soup
8. Done!

I know it doesn't sound that tasty, but it absolutely is! I love this traditional Dutch recipe!

Enjoy cooking,

Thirza

Video; Solo unknown?

Hi guys!

I found this great Brian May solo on the internet a couple of years ago, I tried to find out how it's called or where it's from, but I still don't know, do you guys know it? It would be typically me if this would be a pretty famous solo ahah. But do you guys know how it's called?

Searching for Deaky & Freddie's Driving lessons

Kashmira told me about this videos. She told me she didn't know what to think about this, I agree with her. This is a kind of ''Queen South Park'', It's a really good job the way the videos are made, but well... the stories... (''TO THE VAGINA'') could've been better. I watched the one of finding John with a complete pokerface, I just don't find it funny, but I actually laughed really hard at the driving lesson video. And the accents, so sexy >.<


What do you think about this videos?

PS: +1 for the GREAT Brian immitation including sexy accent.

Personal Update!

Hi guys!

I can't deny I don't feel really great, so I blog when I can handle that. Just for you to know.
I want to make another DIY project, Queen related. What do you guys like, merchandise?

So, a little bit about myself, I did a lot last 6 months, got my first boyfriend, had a very painful break-up, got pertussis [whooping cough], got a new job and made a looooot of new friends!

So yeah, I go studying, the study I'll do is called Art and Design, it's a kind of graphic design. Just like Freddie studied, yes! I had to show my work to teachers of the study, really stressing! But they said I'm good enough for this study. And my friend Michelle is going to do Art and Design too! Yeey!

And my ex-boyfriend.. well, too painful and personal. But he gave me a book about Queen ghehe.

It's now summer holiday, I actually work a lot (I work at a webshop -only employee- and I make SEO's for another site -so you can find the website on google), I think I'm blessed with my job!

So, a little personal update, I've planned to work on a new blogpost really soon!

Thirza

Happy Birtday Brian

Happy Birthday Brian!

Personal blog

Hi guys!

I just want to tell you I have a personal blog. It's written in Dutch, but you can put the link into Google Translate to see what I write.

Love, Thirza

Queen tattoos part II

Remember the item about Queen tattoos? Time for part II!