Despite how British television reinforces the strong likelihood that human existence itself is somewhat silly, and – ghastly (!!), some might still care to tune in to BBC2 TV next Friday night at 12.05 when a retrospective “Later with Jools Holland” features Morrissey and others in a compilation of British guitar groups. Now that Morrissey had expressed readiness to appear on TV shows (at least in America) to flaunt the new album when released, the clip might well remind us of what can be similarly but freshly anticipated in 2006.

I’ve also been reliably informed that last night on BBC1, Jonathon Ross commented, before introducing a guest, that Morrissey had wanted assurance that the interviewee couch was not made of leather before coming on last year, but someone else might clarify that.