Amy Winehouse Round-Up: Monk-y Magic

In our Winegums’ checkered past over the last twelve months or so, I’ve lost track of the numerous people who have offered to “save” her; some notables have included Mick Jagger, who apparently ended up too busy pouting in front of a mirror to actually make good on his offer of salvation. Perhaps the latest offerers will have a little more luck: a group of Austrian monks has extended a hand to the troubled soul superstar:

The Cistercian Monks Of Stift Heiligenkreuz are based in Vienna, Austria, and they are a little worried about poor Amy. She certainly has a nice voice, but she doesn’t seem to be doing too well. So the brothers would like to bring her over for some solemn, pious R&R.

“For 10 minutes I liked [Back to Black, Winehouse's 2006 album],” Brother Johannes Paul Chavanne explained to the Daily Telegraph. “But when I read the lyrics I thought it was sad. I would like to invite her here – I feel sympathetic to people like her. She could stay a week or two and discuss the big questions of life – faith might be an answer for her.”

I almost wrote “aww, bless”, until I realised that would’ve been so lame and punny that I would’ve had to commit copy-related hara kiri. And then I read the title of this piece and I grabbed my Samurai sword anyway.