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"The Light That Never Goes Out" - The Guardian (Feb. 23); Kevin Cummins exhibition (London, Mar/Apr)

posted by davidt on Tuesday February 26 2002, @10:00AM
Johnny C (The North, England) writes: Saturday 23rd Feb's edition of The Guardian (UK national paper) carries a nice piece, tying in with the release of the Kevin Cummins book, about The Smiths 'visual impact' - flowers, glasses, quiffs, etc.

Some of the writing I don't quite agree with but all in all it's worth a read; and you don't have to buy the paper cos although there's some great pics they're all Cummins ones (and you'll be buying the book, right?)

Text of the article is at http://www.guardian.co.uk/Archive/Article/0,4273,4 360328,00.html.

Top quote is concerning Morrissey's face when singing - 'He looked like a saint having an orgasm'
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Tingle also writes:
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I was excited to see, but ultimately disappointed by a feature titled 'There is a light that never goes out' in the 'Weekend' colour supplement to Saturday's Guardian... It's about the visual impact of The Smiths by Zoe Williams who claims to be a fan. But I found some of it to be distractingly inaccurate: When was 'National Front Disco' ever a single? When discussing use of the phrase 'Meat is Murder' there's no acknowledgement that Morrissey didn't think it up himself but actually borrowed it from the animal rights campaigns. The last paragraph includes the most heinous sentence: "Suffice to say, it was Mozza's serious-mindedness that was his undoing; that and the fact that nobody liked his solo material."
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edith also writes: 'Smiths and Beyond', an exhibition of Smiths photographs by Kevin Cummins, will be showing at Proud Central, 5 Buckingham Street, London, WC2 from 29 March to 18 April. This accompanies his book which is due to be published on 7 March...
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