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Twinkie

Monday, June 16, 2003 - 02:56 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Good grief!! I can't believe anyone is upset about a tiny bit of his belly showing!! There is certainly nothing "sinful" about it! He's a Christian, not a monk! I think it is a wonderful pic and I can't wait to buy my copy of the magazine. I'm sure that if he or his family thought it was the least bit offensive they would have said so. Um, what century is this?

Hermione69

Monday, June 16, 2003 - 03:30 am EditMoveDeleteIP
I loved it!

I have to agree with Twinkie. From some of the comments, I thought the picture would be borderline pornographic, LOL! His navel isn't even showing! It's not a big deal to me. I saw a portion of the video shoot and they had a fan blowing on him, and so I bet this is a chance capture-- his shirt blew up and snap! Of course they would want to use it! It has everyone talking already! Even if it wasn't a chance capture, so what? Doesn't faze me. This is probably the most risque we will ever see him and that is still pretty refreshing! I love that he is on the Rolling Stone. That is one of the coolest magazines he could be on and they wouldn't have picked him unless they wanted him. I can't wait to get my issue! Whoo hoo!

Bailey

Monday, June 16, 2003 - 04:32 am EditMoveDeleteIP
This photo of him is dead-on gorgeous! I was a puddle on the floor when I saw it... WOW! That's all I can say... just WOW!!!
I agree with WCV.. this was a very smart move.. Simon, et al, said he wasn't marketable? We'll see now if he's "marketable" or not.

Hermione69

Monday, June 16, 2003 - 06:24 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Posted about 30 minutes ago on Yahoo news.

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20030616/ap_en_mu/aiken_studdard_1

Entertainment - AP Music

Aiken Not Out to Beat Studdard in Sales

LOS ANGELES - Clay Aiken isn't out to beat "American Idol" Ruben Studdard. He just wants them both to do well.

Aiken, who placed second to Studdard in Fox's talent competition show, says he's heard that his single is outselling Studdard's, but he hasn't confirmed that and he doesn't care if it's true anyway. He says it's not a competition and he wants them both to succeed.

"It's just about me doing the best that I can do and I know that for him it's about him doing the best that he can do," Aiken told AP Radio.

Aiken says he's already bought Studdard's single and Studdard better have bought his. (LOL!) Aiken's single is "This Is The Night" and "Bridge Over Troubled Water." Studdard's is "Flying Without Wings" and "Superstar."

On the Billboard Hot 100 Singles Sales chart this week, Aiken's record debuts at number 19 while Studdard comes on at number 22.

Hermione69

Monday, June 16, 2003 - 06:31 am EditMoveDeleteIP
I got the Rolling Stone cover picture in an email from a fellow fan and since we are all buzzing about it, I thought I would scale it down and post it here.

Somebody up there says it looks like his head has been cropped and put on someone else's body. It does, a little bit. Although the body type does fit him, there is something about the shading that looks weird. Wouldn't that be funny if this tiny bit of belly is all a big joke?? I know he is on the cover soon, but maybe it will be a totally different photo from this, LOL!

Hermione69

Monday, June 16, 2003 - 06:33 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Having trouble.... still trying to post the image...

Hermione69

Monday, June 16, 2003 - 06:34 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Clay

Hermione69

Monday, June 16, 2003 - 06:37 am EditMoveDeleteIP
I tried to scale it down and it wouldn't recognize the file format. Oh well! LOL!

The headline is rumored to say, "Dark Past, Bright Future." Does our boy have secrets?? The speculation is that it will be about his biological father's deserting the family and then the death of his beloved stepfather last summer.

Texannie

Monday, June 16, 2003 - 07:23 am EditMoveDeleteIP
What a great pic!!!

Nanarobin

Monday, June 16, 2003 - 07:43 am EditMoveDeleteIP
OMG....I just love that picture of Clay....and this coming from a grandmother!!! He looks so innocently sexy..which is what most of us think he is...hard to see, but I hope they did manage to capture 'that twinkle' in his eyes that we Clay-mates love!!

I cannot wait to get my copy of Rolling Stone this week...not sure that in all my years, I have ever bought one!!

All I can say is wow wow smiley

Marysafan

Monday, June 16, 2003 - 08:09 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Don't you just love the English language!!!???

I read about a fan blowing on Clay ....and I see a cute little teeny bopper with her cheeks all puffed out aiming a stream of air at Clay's midrift.

Then *light bulb goes on*

OH! THAT kind of fan!

Crossfire

Monday, June 16, 2003 - 08:18 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Meh, I buttoned him up proper in photoshop, I'd say Rolling Stone got it right.

Hermione69

Monday, June 16, 2003 - 08:32 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Cool, Crossfire!

Marysafan, that has to be the most innocent misinterpretation of "fan blowing on Clay" that I can conceive of, ROFL!!

Babyboo

Monday, June 16, 2003 - 12:15 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
that cover is HOT! HE is a cutie..SEXY, SEXY

Texasdeb

Monday, June 16, 2003 - 04:45 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Just another way to look at our gorgeous idol. Anyway they want to pose him, I'll take him. Heck, they can put that original look back on him & I'll take him. This guy has charisma anyway you look at him.

Demeter

Monday, June 16, 2003 - 04:57 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I just saw the clip about the Rolling Stone cover on Extra. They showed three photos, including the one above. The above photo looked even better and did not seem to have the slight shading that appears here, so it was probably a function of how it was optimized.

They also talked about the "phenomenal" success of Justin...has he been that incredibly successful? If so, I don't get it, based on the performances I saw from him this season.

Texasdeb

Monday, June 16, 2003 - 05:03 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Justin IS a sweatie but give it some time - I think our Clay will be more "phenomenal". I don't see any of us going away & Justin didn't have this at the same stage of his fame.

Tabbyking

Monday, June 16, 2003 - 06:15 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
the picture did not 'upset' me, but it just isn't that flattering. they could have gotten really sexy with our boy! that particular shot i like better with the belly covered. maybe it's the 'off-center' shot? gimme belly buttons! i think clay is sexy just being himself, too. i realize sadly i am twice his age...then i remember that my grandma was 45 when she died and her husband had just turned 27...and i believe she died very happy! lol
you know what? i just realized: i'll bet there isn't a store in this cowtown that even sells rolling stone. i'll have to try and talk my hubby into buying it in san jose.

Tabbyking

Monday, June 16, 2003 - 06:22 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
okay, my daughter (who is 15) just told me what it is that struck her about the pose for rolling stone. she said it looks like a 'girl model pose'. now that she mentions it, it does look sort of like a 'cosmopolitan' magazine cover shot!
not that i am saying clay is effeminate at all. it's just the pose with the one hand in the pocket and the side flap of the shirt blown open does resemble a cosmo shot. maybe the same photographer?

Pamy

Monday, June 16, 2003 - 07:00 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Also that shirt makes him look like he has boobs.

Hermione69

Monday, June 16, 2003 - 07:36 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Boobs??? BOOBS????? <el>

Wcv63

Monday, June 16, 2003 - 08:14 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
The pants are pin striped and the shirt is sheerer. Someone lightened a pic and you could see all the goodness that the above posted one is lacking. Also, according to some who claim to be in the know there is a b&w pose inside where he is shirtless or nearly so. Don't know if that is true.....just reporting talk from the vine.

Eeeeeeeeeeeeee!!! Anybody else been calling around everywhere just to see if anybody gets it earlier than Friday? I have a bead on a Walgreen's whose magazine guy comes "early" Wednesday morning.

Hermione69

Monday, June 16, 2003 - 08:29 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Pamy, I want you to know I didn't insult you when I got moderated. I made an Osbournes type joke in your honor. Just didn't want you to come back in later and see that I was moderated and think I went off on you, LOL!!

Sorry, WCV, I don't know anything about how to get a magazine earlier. I don't know anything except that I will be at Barnes and Noble twice Friday-- once for the Rolling Stone @ noonish and again for the Harry Potter book @ midnight! Big day for me, LOL!

Just4fun

Monday, June 16, 2003 - 08:49 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I found this on another site and thought it was cute. I'm new at posting,so I hope I'm allowed to copy from one site to another.

"From the moment I saw Clay I know he was the Love of my Life. He is my Sugar Pie, Honey Bunch - (I Can't Help Myself) but to think about him Alway's and Forever. I can imagine myself running to him with Open Arms and telling him that I Will Be Here for him. I often felt myself wishing upon Someone Else's Star, until I saw Mr. Aiken and developed and Everlasting Love for that man. As darkness falls, I think Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me Yet, but I am comforted with hope that he is Somewhere Out There, maybe looking up at the same starry sky as I, once painted by Vincent Van Gogh.
When he sings, it's an Unchained Melody of perfection, and I Could Not Ask for More than to hear that voice of Solitaire. Clay is Still the One I want Here, There, and Everywhere with me. At This Moment my thoughts are only just dreams, I am a Dream Lover, just wanting nothing more than for Clay to Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, and ask me to fly with him up On the Wings of Love. Even so, Clay will remain my Bridge Over Troubled Water and This is the Night I will tell him just how good it feels To Love Somebody the way I love him."

Hermione69

Monday, June 16, 2003 - 09:04 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Just4fun, that is darling! I'm glad you shared it. I think you are supposed to include the link. You can copy and paste the link if you are not sure how to make one. That is something I have been too lazy to learn how to do correctly so I always copy and paste. I thought it was a really big deal when I learned how to use color and clipart ! Maybe I will tackle links in greater detail this summer!

Anyway, glad to have you! I'm East coast and up way past my bedtime. I just got my laptop back today after it crashed last Monday and I think I am making up for lost time! It is the first I've been able to post from home in awhile!

But I do really need to get to bed. Good night, guys!