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Mark Simpson interview in The Danforth Review

posted by davidt on Sunday October 24 2004, @09:00AM
Sister Poet writes:

Rather funny interview on The Danforth Review website with Moz-Solo's favourite Morrissey biographer Mark Simpson:

TDR Interview: Mark Simpson

SAINT AMBIVALENCE

British Vogue called him the Gay Anti-Christ, and in his new book, Saint Morrissey, Mark Simpson attempts to canonize British singer Morrissey. Simpson, the man who introduced the world to the word ‘Metrosexual’, has probed deep into the unknown world of the male imagery that Morrissey uses. From boxers to butchers, Morrissey has had a fascination with masculine iconography from the day Hand in Glove appeared in record stores, be-splashed with a nude male bum for a cover. For more information on Mark Simpson, visit his website at http://www.marksimpson.com
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  • Mark Simpson was at one of the monthy Morrissey nights at the Star And Garter in Manchester earlier this year as many of you will know and read from his book before the music commenced upstairs.

    He did very well, sold a few books, and seemed a lovely man.

    So let's presume he is.

    But in interview, my Goodness, he reeks of dramatic quotes and turns the whole thing into a farce with his Morrissey-non-esqu comments; "In a straw hat. In York, Northern England." being the first I read before I scanned the rest of the interview.

    For those unfamiliar with Morrissey he'll simply sound rather silly and unreadable; for those fans he's selling the book to he'll sound a bit laughable and slightly pathetic.

    Mind, he's a big bloke so I might not say so to his face.
    Stan <[email protected]> -- Sunday October 24 2004, @04:03PM (#132855)
    (User #9752 Info | http://www.stanleymchale.merseyblogs.co.uk/)
  • It seems Simpson has attempted to adopt Morrissey-ism as his chosen way of life. He's adopted the language without the wit; the style without the substance; the obsession without the irony; the "suffering" aesthetic without the artistic ambition. In short, Simpson is a bore. I hear Simpsons are two-a-penny in So. Cal.
    broken -- Monday October 25 2004, @11:50AM (#133028)
    (User #12260 Info)
    It took a tattooed boy from Birkenhead

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