Morrissey 25: Live: Film Review - The Hollywood Reporter
by Stephen Dalton

Remarkable singer marks quarter century milestone with unremarkable concert film.

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From weheartmusic:
Hollywood, USA – Eagle Rock Entertainment's legacy concert film...

Re: The Smiths according to their photographer - Daily Telegraph (UK)

interesting read and the pics, thanks for the post Skinny

Fantastic, I really need to watch these classic films.

Link posted by intlplayboy / tumblr:

Morrissey - Everyday Is Like Sunday (25 Live) video - NME.com
Running time: 04:00

Re: Johnny Marr talks early days of writing songs with Morrissey pre-Smiths "band" on Sodajerker pod

Great listen, thanks.

Johnny's spoken about the early days of The Smiths (before they were even called that) on many occasions, but he sounds particularly enthusiastic and positive here.
I don't sense any secret longing from him to reform but if you didn't know anything about their history and listened to this fresh you might say "That's a guy who'd like to take another shot at writing with this Morrissey character!"

Uncleskinny said:

On today's (2/8/13) show in BBC1, the contestants had to name a solo artist who had a number 1 in the 90s. There were several answers the panel didn't guess, Morrissey was one of them, for Vaixhall & I.

P.

*Note* - for those who've never seen the show...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pointless_(game_show)

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Love pointless, there's also a connection with Alexander Armstrong now

Morrissey 25: Live – can it relight my fire? - The Guardian
A new US concert film celebrates Morrissey's 25 years solo, but can it mend fences and bring back alienated fans – like me?

Alex Needham
theguardian.com, Tuesday 30 July 2013 11.38 EDT

Excerpt:

Filmed in March, at a gig at Hollywood high school by director James Russell, Morrissey 25: Live opens with backstage shots of Morrissey in moody black and white, and breathless testimonials from fans. For those of us who deplore his Little Englander tendencies, it's great to be reminded of Morrissey's massive Latino fan base, and that his constituency is still essentially indie kids, with bushy beards and pierced septums even as they approach middle age. But the fans also provide the most excruciating moments. I've been to dozens of Morrissey gigs, but never seen the mic passed around the front row so the fans can declare their devotion to the...