anonionaneyeahook writes:

I was looking around the Q & A section on the XTC website and some fan asks a question about signing Morrissey to Andy Partridge (XTC's main frontman) new-ish label..

Q - Is an established artist such a Morrisey a viable signing for Idea/Ape or are you looking to introduce new bands only ? - Potato

A - Firstly old Pots, Idea will not be used for anybody other than XTC, and as for Ape, well ...

As for Morrisey, he’s probably looking for a whopping loan (called an advance in the industry) something I couldn’t supply. To be honest I don’t like his music much but I do like the fact that he’s stubborn and does what he wants. - AP

(not suprising i must say, Andy actually mentions The Smiths on his CD 'Fuzzy Warbles Vol. 1' in the song 'That Wag' -- he mockingly imitates Moz, Robert Smith and Bob Dylan. Wow, Andy's mean -- i once remember him saying he'd give his right arm to be the drummer for def leppard)

rusholme ruffian writes:

"After he identified me, he jokingly said, ‘It’s as if I’m looking at a mirror,’" Maldonado recalled over lunch, savoring that moment more than the nachos he was gobbling. "He then asked me about our show the Wednesday before his appearance. ‘You heard about it?’ I asked. ‘Of course I did,’ Morrissey replied. ‘I hear about all your shows.’"

Finally, Maldonado had the approval he had long sought from the person of whom he says, "When I first got into Morrissey, I thought it was my life’s goal to get as many people as possible to listen to the man."

Read more at: http://www.ocweekly.com/ink/03/48/music-arellano.php

The Boys With the Morrissey in Their Side
Mimicking Moz with the Sweet and Tender Hooligans
by Gustavo Arellano
OC Weekly, Aug. 1-7, 2003
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• Related item: Sweet and Tender Hooligans in Orange County, CA (Aug. 2) - July 28, 2003

Brad Warden writes:

Not that this is news, but it is thought-provoking. I'm not sure how Morrissey got stuck beside the likes of Chaucer, Shakespeare and Dickens, but accordingy to Lonely Planet's site for English culture, Morrissey is among those literary greats/figures. If they didn't mean our Mozzer, whoever do they mean?

Check it out for yourselves:

Lonely Planet World Guide - England

Excerpt:

Anyone who has studied English literature at school will remember ploughing through Chaucer, Shakespeare, Dickens and Morrissey, and painful though it might have been at the time, no-one can deny England's formidable contribution to the Western literary canon.

JrMozart writes:

Charlotte Martin, an emerging RCA solo artist (who plays a mean piano and sounds alot like Tori Amos) recently published two references to Morrissey in her July 29, 2003 fan newsletter. First, she metions Moz's Late Night, Maudlin Street as one of her Top 5 Songs for the Week and then refers to a chance meeting with Morrissey while out shopping. See both references below.

Char's top 5 songs for this week...
Late Night, Maudlin Street- Morrissey
Do You Love Me Now?- The Breeders
When You Were Mine- The Church
Holland, !945- Neutral Mike Hotel
Halloween- Siouxsie and the Banshees

*Last weekend I accidentally ran into Morrissey shopping in Hollywood, and I got so freaked out..i introduced myself to him and told him I was a huge fan, and then almost threw up on myself...I think he was amused, to say the least.

I love you all...
Char xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo

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