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"He Died with a Felafel in His Hand" -- Smiths mention

posted by davidt on Tuesday September 04 2001, @10:00AM
An anonymous person writes:

Hi,

I'm down here in Australia. I picked up a a book at Dymmocks a few days ago and found a Smiths reference in it. The book is called, "He Died with a Felafel in His Hand." by John Birmingham.

From page 4:
Maria

Never move into a house with someone who plays The Smiths all the time. Don't do it. I never liked The Smiths and now I loathe them because it's all I hear. Three in the morning they'll come home and play The Smiths at full volume and wonder why you get into a bad mood. Three in the morning is the time of choice for Smiths fans to play their albums. The suicide hour. Like 'I've been out, I've been rejected and I'm coming home to my damp little flat to play The Smiths and be depressed and kill myself.'.

The movie also called "He Died with a Felafel in His Hand" stars Noah Taylor ("Shine", "Flirting", "The Year My Voice Broke", "Almost Famous") and will be relased next week. The book & movie are about a guy who documents his experiences of living with 89 different flatmates. I'm not sure if there are any Moz/Smiths references in movie or soundtrack.

In case you care... more info
"He Died with a Felafel in his Hand" Movie web site

"He Died with a Felafel in his Hand" Book info on Amazon
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  • "Three in the morning is the time of choice for Smiths fans to play their albums."

    For me that is SO true that it's scary!
    Anonymous -- Tuesday September 04 2001, @12:47PM (#18196)
  • Another stupid stereotype about Smiths fans being suicidal and all.

    Why can't we be happy, normal, well-balanced individual?
    GabrielGervais <[email protected]> -- Tuesday September 04 2001, @05:58PM (#18235)
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    Jesus peut se compter chanceux de ne pas etre mort du tétanos
    • Speak for yerself by Celibate Cry (Score:1) Tuesday September 04 2001, @06:12PM
    • Re:Here we go! by Havfine (Score:1) Thursday September 06 2001, @06:45AM
    • Re:Here we go! by Anonymous (Score:0) Saturday September 08 2001, @03:58PM
  • I JUST SAW "He Died....Falafel..." at the Montreal World Film Festival and there was no mention of the Smiths. "Things behind the Sun" had specific references: Queen is dead T-shirt, a cover of "Back to the Old House" by Mike Johnson (i think). Both were great films. For those who want to see a n incredible film though, please see "Das Experiment"...a German film portraying the true story of psychological experiments conducted at Stanford U where a dozen men played the role of prison guards and the other dozen were prisoners....The Best Film I have ever seen in my Life......Truly
    Fence -- Tuesday September 04 2001, @06:52PM (#18245)
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    Heel in the back, size 13

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