Recent content by Jamie

RE: the art. As noted above, a bit perplexing that a cover shot by his avowedly lifelong best friend is given the heave-ho. I hope the gatefold at least retains one of the shots from the CD booklet, with Boz and Alain rocking out and M keeled over the speaker. But he's long since switched out...

Best applause reaction line is undoubtedly: "Thank you from the heart...of my bottom."

Which time? ;) From the morass of stated fact from such sources as Mozipedia by Simon Goddard and the tittle-tattle of second-hand, third-party allegations that have passed through the wires over the decades: Pre-Vauxhall sessions, Morrissey decided that they weren't up to the task for the...

I have to give Spencer grace because (1) he was never the technically-solid drummer that Matt Walker is and (2) he didn't play drums in any professional capacity for years. As the rust gets further knocked off with new recordings and (fingers crossed) more touring, I expect to see him closing...

The drab, indifferent cover art is going to further drive up prices for the 1993 vinyl edition. Issue one is replacing the era-specific art with later photos. Issue two is the vast-bordering-on-infinite number of better photo choices from anywhere between then and now.

It seems like the roughshod bootleg quality of South With Morrissey was somewhat intentional. For the time between Maladjusted and You Are The Quarry, Morrissey felt slightly insurgent - and making a document like this on the fly, with no label support, was brassy. The 1999-2000 and 2002 tours...

RE: what Alain was playing - yes and no. Based on live videos, he was playing Boz's parts on some (e.g., "We Hate It When Our Friends Become Successful") and his own parts on others ("Have-a-Go Merchant"). They both traded off on lead guitar - it was never less than 50-50 and, in some cases...

A case of jealousy in the eyes of the one who had to stay behind, if ever...

As far as I recall, Alain and Darrin never said naught about Jesse in the equation. Donnie was the only faultline mentioned by name. There's no sense in stirring another pot while one is already boiling over.

@Famous when dead , my post was not intended to slight your diligence in any way. I am very grateful for your continual efforts to improve the content quality experience on this site. My comment was more a general observation, not a critique. A sincere mea culpa if it was taken as such.

It's somewhat amazing - or perhaps indicative of M's current inertia - that yesterday marked the 30th anniversary of the release of Vauxhall and I and there was no post commemorating it.

It's the one Smiths album I revisit as a "chore." If you replaced "Miserable Lie" and "Pretty Girls Make Graves" with "Accept Yourself," "These Things Take Time," or "Jeane," I would stand it up against the later albums unabashedly. I'm probably in the minority but I don't think either Troy...

I scrolled past the picture first and thought it was Boz being accompanied on a record-shopping trip. It's nice to see Peter healthy and seemingly fully together. Having read his book, it's amazing he was able to pull out of the maelstrom before it was too late. I'm looking forward to the...

Of all the certified classics in his canon, this one gets lifted up. Perplexing in 2008, perplexing now.

Sixteen, clumsy and shy, I went to London and I, I booked myself in at the Y...WCA. I said: "I like it here, can I stay? I like it here, can I stay? Do you have a vacancy for a back-scrubber?"