julieboboolie sends the link (via Morrissey reddit):

Morrissey bio - Lost Highway

YEARS OF REFUSAL

In a room, you are sat with Morrissey, and someone else, who might be there to make the conversation go with a little more of a swing than it might if it was just Morrissey and you. Is this person his one and only friend ? You cannot help but think things such as this when in the company of the playful reclusive Morrissey, who has, with relish and exasperation, let many rumour swirl around his life and career, or watched helplessly as people pile on scandal, accusation and outrage, to the extent that all that we really know of him we have to make up based on his songs, which give away far too much information to be reliably confessional, or his extravagantly plotted public reputation, which makes him out to be more of a sacred monster - possibly with some kind of anatomical grotesquerie - than, to be honest, he really is...

Cashews writes:---
Kewpie sends the link to the post in the forums by milli (via Morrissey reddit) which includes a scan:

Morrissey in german magazine "Spiegel"

Raskolnikov writes:

Kewpie sends the link to the post in the forums by houseofmayors (via Morrissey reddit):

Paris single up on US iTunes.

Kewpie sends the link to the thread in the forums (via Morrissey reddit) with news on Doll and the Kicks:

From Quiffaa:
Doll & The Kicks on Janice Long Fri 23rd Jan
quote"(as tipped by Morrissey!)" on her website

From Silke, a link to the article:
It’s All Kicking Off... - London Tourdates

The pressure is on for Doll and the Kicks as they prepare to show their wares to Morrissey fans. Michael Wylie-Harris finds them in bullish mood

Excerpt (most likely in reference to these comments on a previous story, "Morrissey Brixton Academy 3 nights residency in 2009 (to be confirmed), support and Radio 2 recording"):

...“We did have a couple of people on the Morrissey forum expressing their disgust that we had been asked to support and one even said ‘if they are supporting I’m not going out of principle’, and I thought ‘what principle?’ That doesn’t even make any sense. Anyway, he got caned by the other users after that!” says Doll. Yes, it’s not just a stage name… “I always wanted to have one name, kind of like Madonna.

Kewpie sends the link (via Morrissey reddit), originally posted by Wegerich in the forums (original post):

»Years of Refusal« - Spex
Text: Harald Peters

Torr writes:
Johnny Marr, the rock star turned teacher - Times Online

Former Smiths' guitarist takes time from working with Neil Finn and the Cribs to teach on University of Salford music degree

January 18, 2009

Cliff Jones

Johnny Marr is a textbook definition of a “busy working musician”. Currently in New Zealand, recording with Neil Finn, the former Smiths guitarist flies back at the end of the month and heads straight into the studio with the Cribs. And, somehow, he must also find time to plan his next lecture to the students on the popular-musicology degree course at the University of Salford.

An anonymous person sends the link:

Andy Rourke of The Smiths joins The MuseBox - Altsounds.com news
Legendary Bass Player Hooks Up With Top Music Marketing Firm as Director of A&R