Strange/unexpected Moz references?

[Famous when dead]

 

[Redacted]

Remember When Madonna Opened for...The Smiths? - Alan Cross

Believe it not, it actually happened. And this isn't as weird as it seems. Madonna was first signed by Seymour Stein, the head of NYC indie label, Sire

www.ajournalofmusicalthings.com

 

[ACTON]

Recently I started reading the book 'Let the Right One In' by John Ajvide Lindqvist and was pleasantly surprised:

Great book even without the obvious Moz references.

 

[Eryn Power]

Great book even without the obvious Moz references.

I've finished the book now, I loved it. One of my new favourites

 

[Famous when dead]

 

[Famous when dead]

 

[Famous when dead]

Very large Iggy Pop feature in Record Collector (Issue 540, January 2023).
Brief mention via interview:

A couple of minor mentions elsewhere in the magazine.
One noteworthy:
Re: Hamish Hawk: "Angel Numbers".
"... a lyrical if not spiritual successor to Morrissey..."
Regards,
FWD.

 

[ZOOM FROM GLOOM]

maybe Nancy can redo the backing on Veronica, in exchange for FaceTime with M.

 

[Famous when dead]

Live At the Brixton Academy: A Riotous Life in the Music Business (2014)

Very interesting book I've only just got round to - a host of bands feature.

Blurb:
"In 1982, aged twenty-three, Simon Parkes paid £1 for a virtually derelict building in Brixton. Over the next fifteen years he turned it into Britain's most iconic music venue. And now he's telling his story: full of fond - and wild - reminiscences of the famous musicians who played at the venue, including Robert Plant and Jimmy Page, Lou Reed, The Ramones, New Order, the Beastie Boys and The Smiths."


Main Smiths mention:

"Perhaps inevitably, the growing buzz about the Academy led to my first real disappointment in one of our gigs. I had been so excited when we booked The Smiths. I always thought of them as one of the truly original voices in British music. But when they actually came to play, the band was so riven with internal tensions that its members were barely speaking to each other. It was impossible to hide this animosity and emotional distance onstage, and the performance seemed to lack any real joy or defiance.

‘Morrissey at his best, as a mercurial, prancing dandy’

Johny Marr and the boys more than made up for it a few months later, though. The Smiths came back for a second Academy show, this time with Artists against Apartheid. We were heavily involved with AAA, who had already done a storming gig with Madness a few months earlier, and this performance could not have been more different from the last. Morrissey was at his best as a mercurial, prancing dandy, spitting razor-sharp banter with the crowd. The band also seemed in high spirits, as if they were all in on some kind of joke that the rest of us didn’t get. During the encores there was the obligatory stage invasion, and, as fifty or so people danced onstage for the last song, the band tore through a version of their first ever single, ‘Hand in Glove’. That song ends with the line ‘I’ll probably never see you again’. No one listening that night in 1986 could have known just how apt a show-closer that would be. It was the last gig The Smiths ever played."

Worth a read.
FWD.

 

[NealCassidy]

 

[NealCassidy]

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(Parody diary in Private Eye UK)

 

[Famous when dead]

Is it an old issue?
I have the New Year's Private Eye (digital) for this year - no sign of the above.
The last Craig Brown one in PE:

Morrissey's "Diary" in Private Eye Magazine (UK 30th October 2013)

I can't believe Morrissey didn't write this, this Craig Brown chap obviously a thief.

www.morrissey-solo.com

Regards,
FWD.

 

[Amy]

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Live At the Brixton Academy: A Riotous Life in the Music Business (2014)

Very interesting book I've only just got round to - a host of bands feature.

Blurb:
"In 1982, aged twenty-three, Simon Parkes paid £1 for a virtually derelict building in Brixton. Over the next fifteen years he turned it into Britain's most iconic music venue. And now he's telling his story: full of fond - and wild - reminiscences of the famous musicians who played at the venue, including Robert Plant and Jimmy Page, Lou Reed, The Ramones, New Order, the Beastie Boys and The Smiths."


Main Smiths mention:

"Perhaps inevitably, the growing buzz about the Academy led to my first real disappointment in one of our gigs. I had been so excited when we booked The Smiths. I always thought of them as one of the truly original voices in British music. But when they actually came to play, the band was so riven with internal tensions that its members were barely speaking to each other. It was impossible to hide this animosity and emotional distance onstage, and the performance seemed to lack any real joy or defiance.

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‘Morrissey at his best, as a mercurial, prancing dandy’

Johny Marr and the boys more than made up for it a few months later, though. The Smiths came back for a second Academy show, this time with Artists against Apartheid. We were heavily involved with AAA, who had already done a storming gig with Madness a few months earlier, and this performance could not have been more different from the last. Morrissey was at his best as a mercurial, prancing dandy, spitting razor-sharp banter with the crowd. The band also seemed in high spirits, as if they were all in on some kind of joke that the rest of us didn’t get. During the encores there was the obligatory stage invasion, and, as fifty or so people danced onstage for the last song, the band tore through a version of their first ever single, ‘Hand in Glove’. That song ends with the line ‘I’ll probably never see you again’. No one listening that night in 1986 could have known just how apt a show-closer that would be. It was the last gig The Smiths ever played."

Worth a read.
FWD.

Interesting. Pretty sad to read that the band were barely on speaking terms in '86 though.

 

[BookishBoy]

Wasn't expecting Morrissey to crop up in an article about Chelsea's current injury crisis, but hey!

Relevant bit:

Club doctor Paco Biosca and head physio Thierry Laurent left the club as part of a cull by the new Boehly-Clearlake ownership. They believed City, Liverpool and even clubs such as Brighton had more progressive medical departments. The issue has not yet been resolved.
A private physiotherapy firm used by celebrities including Dave Grohl, Morrissey and Katie Price has stepped up in place of the long-serving staff. Even still, they have overseen some injuries that some believe avoidable.

 

[Anonymous]

 

[Mozzer1980]

This tweet has nearly as many likes as " the official video " for Rebels without Applause on YT

 

[Famous when dead]

 

[j*e*t]

Talking of Piccadilly Palare, has the recent Kevin Armstrong interview on the Strange Brew podcast been linked on here? Sorry if it has already, I'm a bit out of touch lately.

https://thestrangebrew.co.uk/kevin-armstrong/

 

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