For what it's worth...I'm not sure a record deal is there. Smiths reunion, even with Johnny alone? Don't think so. Not now. I'd be happy to be proved spectacularly wrong on both points. The book - yes. Then what? I don't know. There might just come a time when you need some friends.
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Perhaps take some time off. Sit with Tobias and Boorer and concentrate on material. As great as he thinks that his next album is, he has the chance to continue songwriting with the collaborators that he has chosen and perhaps offer even better material. The Beastie Boys were going to release Hot Sauce Committee 1 and 2 in 2010 and 2011. After Adam Yauch's cancer scare they scrapped HSC#1 and released HSC#2 with even better material that they had originally intended due to the amount of time that had passed.
Once he finishes the tour he will make love to a Calvin Klein model.
the book would be great but is more than a year away.
Bored, just out of curiosity, do you say this because he'll have to shop around for a publisher, or is this how long it generally takes to get a book published? (I'm clueless ) I'm ever hopeful for the book but I worry that with a track record of fusspot tendencies (in terms of management, record companies) like Morrissey's it may never come to fruition...
He said in a recent print interview that he was aiming for it to be out towards the end of next year. I think it was with either Billboard or Rolling Stone.
I'm not one of the many Tobias haters round here (his best stuff is easily better than Boorer and Whyte's worst) but unfortunately I would not have much faith in the quality of an album that relied on Boorer and Tobias contributions alone unless Boorer has rediscovered his magical NMHIF/JTR/S form (which doesn't seem to be the case from the new songs we've heard).
To have a half decent album, Morrissey needs contributions from Whyte, to have a genuinely great album, he'll need to get Street back on board (assuming he still has his Viva Hate era songwriting skills).
Generally, though, Morrissey needs to keep a really low media profile over the coming months. The last 3 months have been an absolute PR car crash - possibly the worst period in his career (which is saying something).
....examples?I'm not one of the many Tobias haters round here (his best stuff is easily better than Boorer and Whyte's worst)