I have a friend who currently works for the tabloids, but who was at one time a producer on Don Kirshner's Rock Concert in the 70's--and she e-mailed me last week saying Morrissey's promotional blitz IS working and that he is all but signed right now but I can't say with whom. My friend has tons of connections in the biz and she said Morrissey has been confident and charming on this tour and is charming everybody he meets as opposed to his uhhhhh mercurial temperment in the past. She says the music biz has a short memory and nobody seems to be holding Morrissey's past against him. She also says the buzz is that Morrissey's new stuff is very strong.

My friend doesnt work directly for the tabs--she brokers stories from independent writers and I've learned to listen when she gives me a scoop. She hasn't been wrong yet.

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Agreement: I hearby declare you bucket loads of cash in return that you rid the world of crap lyrics and blandness, introduce wit again and release another five albums minimum, as well as this you have to tour often.......wherever the demand is. You'll be paid monthly and get four weeks paid holiday a year.....Moz is on the payroll!! Goodnight and thank you!

regards
ray u.k

The rumours probably come from this web site and comments posted on them for f#%^ sake.. If not, a source or two or three would go a long ways, I'm sick of 'a source close to Morrissey', or 'thanks to you know who', or 'a reliable anonymous source'.
I'm tiring of the world being full of rumoured contract carrots. Just tell us when he's signed, and shove these rumours for a while. Please.

posted by davidplatt on Monday September 23 2002, @09:00AM

winsome bovril writes:

This little paragraph from callexicomagazine.com (Sept. 20):

MYSTERY NEWS: (from sHit Mag) Mozzery is in talks with several majorettes' lapel badges and squid polishing companies for a new novalty garden furniture set. Rumor has it that several Nicholas Ridley dolls made of mashed potato are already in the wormhole. The former S*M*A*S*H footman and alternative icecream sculptor is still selling vacuum cleaner accessories to Brett Anderson's trampolining dalai-llama, thanks to his loyal fan bassset hound called Malcolm. In addition, he just came off two consecutive nights on Kilburn Underground Station's tannoy system.

You know I've been to many fan sites for various bands and I've never seen nastier, uglier fans than here. I mean why are people here so frikkin' nasty?

For your information I am VERY good friends with Morrissey's former manager and have lots of friends in the industry. Believe it or don't--I could care less. In seven years I never heard a peep about ANY interest in signing Morrissey until this past week. Will it happen? Well it wouldn't be the first Time Morrissey phucked things up for himself, would it?

Don't worry--I won't post anything that I hear anymore. I just felt kind of excited especially since the friend who told me couldn't care less about Morrissey but the buzz was strong enough for her to want to tell me. I won't make this mistake again, trust me.

Oh and just to give you nasty posters something else to be ugly over, I helped induct Mary Wilson of the Supremes into the Hollywood Walk of Fame, I attended Patti Labelle's Induction into the BET Walk of Fame in DC this past November, I run Nona Hendryx's Official Website, and I've done promotional art for Talking Heads, Duran Duran, Sting and many others. So go ahead and attack that too.

Has anyone seen my bra. I seem to have lost it.
Love Bob C
XXX