Recent content by spacehopper

Speaking of which (and sorry to lower the tone), does anyone remember Mark Miwurdz ? I think I saw him about 25 years ago and I'm still under the surgeon's knife to straighten my toes.

Maurice (dude) I think there's some context and grounds for optimism : 1. Morrissey's managed to release his album into the worst financial crisis in living memory. It must be depressing sales for all acts, maybe as much as 20 - 30%. 2. The uk leg of the tour, and more importantly his...

Great thread, and interesting replies. As already pointed out, he knew Devoto well and I seem to recall an ancient MM/NME interview where he recalled wandering round cemeteries with him. I was half-expecting a story to emerge of him attending the Magazine reformation concerts as I believe he...

You may not feel this way at all, but one of the reasons Morrissey inspires a devoted following is because he has an intellectual presence beyond his music. I've watched him since 83, and many is the time I've been on a train or bus convulsed with laughter as he skewers a pathetic public...

Some of the marketing basics have been missed. Half of his UK appearances haven't been flagged up on truetoyou or his official site, so there's still something amiss with the PR . I gether he's on the Alan Titchmarsh show this afternoon though, helping Alan to pot on some begonias. What's...

Ever the contradiction, Morrissey isn't he ? For all that Shame is a effortlessly superior b-side , I've now listened to BOMPE about 10 times and still can't isolate the melody (vocal or musical) that he repeatedly says is critical to all he produces. Bizarrely, it whets the appetite for...

Ok, 3.49 long, the odd word may be mis-heard, starts with a sample, unintelligible, then SITN (x4) Hey boy Are you happy to be Dim as teen on the spree You get drunk all day And you're sick all night Is this the sum of your life ? What's your name? (x3) What's your dreams, your...

The SITN cd single has just popped through my letterbox. Sleeve has a new pic of band, morrissey crouching in front arms wide, band members looking disdainfully at cds of Greatest Hits. No nude pic, that must just be on the other single. Reverse of sleeve is a repro of View of the butte...

Quite right, it's starkly illegal, even if a lot of people do it , and they can justify it in their own mind. Which begs the question of when it is wrong to break the law - in my book only when it's morally right to do so, and I don't think this gets anywhere near. It's categorically the case...

wasn't Shame the name of his dog ?

The latest NME figures for the print version are out today, down about 12% (apparently) in the last six months to 56,000. That's terrible, but someone somewhere may smile. Of course , IPC would point to the NME.com numbers doubling, and the opening of NME radio. Whether the likely death of...

Manager. Died suddenly early 90s in harness i think.

Release date for YoR is now shown as 12 Jan 09 on hmv.com. Hope that's an error. Perhaps this poll has prompted a rethink of the tracklisting...

Re: Southpaw Grammar Re-Issue The link to the SG reissue from the official site has been removed (the one that took you to townsend records) so that tends to support the theory posted elsewhere that 7th July isn't right. Unless a more substantial link is going to repace it imminently, of course.

While realising that even posting to this thread is a grim parody of the lyrics, it's surely a critical factor in appreciating Morrissey to have regular episodes where we can lament what might have been. Having something going slightly wrong regularly is something we secretly cherish about...