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<i>Meat is Murder</i> CD and book by Joe Pernice combo from Rough Trade released

posted by davidt on Wednesday February 28 2007, @11:00AM
Guillaume Metayer writes:
Hello,

THE SMITHS "meat is murder"

Book and cd album combo
Release Date: 26/02/2007
More info here.
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  • Nice sentiment, but is this really necessary?
    Evil Legal Eagle -- Wednesday February 28 2007, @11:09AM (#250126)
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  • Reissue, repackage, re-package...
    Anonymous -- Wednesday February 28 2007, @11:24AM (#250129)
  • If the description is any indication, this book will suck and will be poorly edited as well.
    Anonymous -- Wednesday February 28 2007, @11:26AM (#250130)

  • very cool (Score:2, Interesting)

    The "33 1/3" series of books are great; for example, Jeff Buckley fans can also find a 33 1/3 book on "Grace." It isn't just a "reissue, repackage, repackage" (what an original sentiment...) but an essay of sorts on the record in subject. They can sometimes be kind of a dry read, but are interesting nonetheless!
    Toaster -- Wednesday February 28 2007, @11:33AM (#250133)
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    Now the sun shines cold/and all the sky is grey/the stars are dimmed by clouds and tears/and all I wish has gone away...
    • Re:very cool by Anonymous (Score:0) Wednesday February 28 2007, @04:31PM

      • Re:very cool (Score:2, Interesting)

        It isn't true in this case; the 33 1/3 series are independent of the album in a sense that it's a book about an album instead of another reissue of the album itself. It just looks as though the CD of "Meat Is Murder" is simply bundled along with the book- no big deal. I'm sure anyone can buy the book separately if they look hard enough.

        Oh, and my dig about "what an original sentiment" was meant to poke fun at the whole "Paint A Vulgure Picture" thing. Think of how Steve Martin must feel every single time someone goes up to him and says, "WELL EXCUUUUUUUSE MEEEEEEE!" Maybe ol' Steve thinks to himself, "Ha-hah, yeah, that's great, that's only the tenth time I heard that today..."

        It helps if you read Morrissey-Solo comments with a sense of humor, buddyboy.
        Toaster -- Wednesday February 28 2007, @05:31PM (#250174)
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        Now the sun shines cold/and all the sky is grey/the stars are dimmed by clouds and tears/and all I wish has gone away...
        • Re:very cool by Anonymous (Score:0) Thursday March 01 2007, @12:53AM
          • Re:very cool by Toaster (Score:1) Friday March 02 2007, @10:20AM
    • Re:very cool by Glam Gaz (Score:1) Thursday March 01 2007, @01:02AM
  • You can buy the book in Fopp or HMV for about three quid and the CD you could probably pick up for about the same. Grand total saving £9, this all depends however on how much value you'd put on the bit of cardboard that holds the two together!
    miss_bunbury -- Wednesday February 28 2007, @11:48AM (#250138)
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    • Re:Rip off. by Anonymous (Score:0) Thursday March 01 2007, @04:41AM
  • Personally I liked it. I think in order to like the book you have to be Catholic and have grown up in the 80s on the eastern coast of the United States. It also doesn't hurt to be somewhat associated with the Boston area. I would be interested to see how Brits reacted to this book. I think it is a very "American" book....

    Moho
    Anonymous -- Wednesday February 28 2007, @11:55AM (#250141)
  • While slagging him off in the liner notes of the compilations they release.
    Anonymous -- Wednesday February 28 2007, @12:06PM (#250143)
  • ... has nothing to do with the album. It's just the story of how the album relates to the character the book's about. Nothing interesting if you want to find out about the recording atmosphere during MIM sessions or anything like that.
    Capo -- Wednesday February 28 2007, @12:40PM (#250147)
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    • Re:The book... by Mozzersgirl (Score:1) Wednesday February 28 2007, @01:50PM
      • Re:The book... by Capo (Score:1) Wednesday February 28 2007, @01:57PM
        • Hand is duly raised. Although I have to say that 'Generation X' is his best book.
          There's a book that came out in 2005 called 'Heavy Words, Lightly Thrown', about the origins of nursery rhymes and sayings, and the second part of journalist Andrew Collins autobiography is called 'Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now'. It appears Morrissey's influence is spreading.
          I was hoping for self confessed Moz fan J.K. Rowling to call the final installment of her series, 'Harry Potter and All The Lazy Dykes', alas, it hasn't materialised.
          Mozzersgirl -- Wednesday February 28 2007, @02:15PM (#250154)
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          "There's more evil in the charts than in an al-Qaeda suggestion box" - Bill Bailey
          • Re:The book... by Capo (Score:1) Wednesday February 28 2007, @02:21PM
          • Harry Potter by Anonymous (Score:0) Wednesday February 28 2007, @05:00PM
          • Re:The book... by miss_bunbury (Score:1) Wednesday February 28 2007, @07:06PM
  • Why pick at the cadaver of this once brilliant 4-piece? Who stands to gain?
    Anonymous -- Wednesday February 28 2007, @08:17PM (#250187)
  • and where is the remastered boxset? that would be useful not this...
    Anonymous -- Wednesday February 28 2007, @08:22PM (#250189)
  • found the book online for $3
    Anonymous -- Wednesday February 28 2007, @09:02PM (#250190)
  • The book is about The Smiths for about 3% of the time. He talked about 'jacking off' more than the music. And the ending is shit.

    My grade: D-
     
    And only because he tried to write about The Smiths.

    -David is my Hero
    Anonymous -- Wednesday February 28 2007, @11:18PM (#250195)
  • Anyone who knows about the series will know these are tributes. I haven't come across this one at a bookstore yet, but I'm a big fan of Pernice, who's (obviously) a Smiths fan.

    I looked through Colin Meloy's book in the series about the Replacements. It's autobiographical. And in the book he even mentions people were surprised he didn't write about the Smiths instead (though he does state why.)
    Hidden By Rags -- Thursday March 01 2007, @12:39AM (#250197)
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  • Thebook is average..
    the C.D. is still not remastered and still has "how soon is now" on it..
    so get tae fuck
    drilltime -- Thursday March 01 2007, @01:57PM (#250252)
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  • i liked the book. not great but still a good read.
    Anthony -- Thursday March 01 2007, @05:34PM (#250268)
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  • This book is such masturbatory shite (or is that shiite). Kinda like many of the postings to this site.
    Anonymous -- Friday March 02 2007, @02:20AM (#250298)
  • If Mike Joyce didn't pocket all of the royalties...
    Anonymous -- Friday March 02 2007, @03:55PM (#250347)
  • There is apparently a collector's item entitled "Help, I need Somebody, The Smiths" on vinyl, featuring 4 songs. It's on ebay in case anyone's interested:

    http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&it em=160088938405 (remove any spaces)
    goinghome -- Tuesday March 06 2007, @12:40PM (#250532)
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  • That's very nice. I'd like to hit my wife with that.
    Anonymous -- Saturday March 10 2007, @08:17AM (#250719)
  • sadasdsa dsadsa [google.com]
    Anonymous -- Monday March 26 2007, @04:27PM (#252452)

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