Tirade against the NME on Morrissey Official FB by Peter Katsis

Appears to come from Peter Katsis. Appallingly written mess of a statement.

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"The N.M.E. used to represent the underground.

Now they are becoming known as The Guardian of rock music.

They had to stop printing copies.

Not because no one buys magazines.

Print publications like Q Magazine and Kerrang! still exist, because they remember who they are.

But not N.M.E.

They forgot who they were.

And because they just aren’t cool anymore.

N.M.E. are also just full of shit.

And can’t even afford good writers to work for them.

They like to remind readers of all the past allegations of the year, despite their lack of any basis in fact, despite that they are just re-hashing stories over and over, old news, fake news, etc.

But they leave out their own old issues, of lawsuits lost, and legal battles that forced them to apologize to M in the past.

And they lie more than Donald Trump.

-N.M.E. asked no one from M’s camp for comment to their recent story.

-Haslam was never a Moz fan. He was a publicity hound who had a new book coming that no one cared about.

-We didn’t cancel our summer shows because of Haslam’s weak event, the protest that drew no people.

-Moz in not a racist.

None of M’s latino fans care about UK politics, but hell…..why not call them up and try and find a story where one doesn’t exist?

Not like they have anything real to write about……like music.

Because they don’t even know what music is anymore.

Basically all this points to the fact that writer(?) Bob Chiarito and his editors at N.M.E. have been relegated to meaninglessness.

Not really even worth writing about for this Facebook post.

We stand up for ourselves here, not because we give a shit anymore what these folks say…..

…..but to point out to the fans and music industry of the UK that they’ve changed their title.

Now N.M.E. stands for …….Now Mostly Excrement.

No longer of any value to the music community…. they have decided to be the TMZ of music news.

Good riddance. - PK"


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I have to agree with this post . It would be seriously unprofessional for a manager to post such a badly written and childish and undignified rant , I'm sure his other clients must be raising an eyebrow not to mention BMG .

I agree the NME article was nasty and the witch hunt against Morrissey is now approaching being far out of proportion with his "crime". He's going to find it hard to recover from all of this mess this time which is such a shame because LIHS for me was a really great album and the two shows I saw on the recent tour including the Palladium were still showing a man on top of his game but he has made a total mess with some of the stuff he has been coming out with .

His initial accusations that Die Spiegal derailed the campaign were actually unfounded . The reviews on the album were all out before the article came out , I think the negative reviews actually came because of the bewildering and totally out of context statement he made during the live BBC recording about Anne Marie Waters which he never went on to explain , that was the point when I think he sealed his fate to get mostly negative reviews , Die Spiegal came weeks later after the album was out .

Morrissey as much as I adore him does seem to have lost it to some degree , making fairly outrageous statements but feeling he never has to have any accountability for what he says . He never has commented on his denials of the aforementioned article only for the tape to be released and it to be clear that he actually did say everything that he was denying .

He seemed to be cruising with a great album under his belt , a very successful tour and then all this mess which seems to be getting worse . Morrissey always has his in and out of favour periods with the press but I fear this is different . He also always seemed to have way more dignity and just ignore all the crap people wrote about him but he now seems to be taking the bait at every turn .

Anyway back to the initial subject , I find it really hard to believe a seasoned manager would post such a thing , did Morrissey really write this and sign off in his managers name while drunk or high?

I really don't know anymore . it's just such a sad state to see one of if not the greatest living artist of our generation disintegrating before our eyes .
 
You are right that I take medications. I'm currently taking Levothyroxine (for my underactive thyroid). I also take Omeprazole, Naproxen, Sulfasalazine and Methotrexate to do with my arthritis. I have what is called psoriatic and reactive arthritis.

I'm actually quite good at taking my medications at least my Rheumatologist thinks that I am. A Rheumatologist is a specialist doctor to do with arthritic conditions.

There aren't any medications that you can take for Asperger's syndrome and it isn't a mental health issue. It is actually developmental disorder it was something I was born with. It means that I'm on the autistic spectrum.

I do suffer from bouts of depression and anxiety for time to time but I don't take any medications for that.

These are a personal issues for me. I would rather that you send me private messages on here if you want to talk more about my private life.

I'm a Christian so please don't use Father God's name in that way. It isn't good to take God/the Lord's name in vain.

As I said before I do pray for you. I'm happy to give you money or things that you might need.

Anyway, this thread is meant to be about the N.M.E. and Morrissey!

God bless. xx

I take it you aren't a fan of 'Vicar in a Tutu'? :p
 
I have to agree with this post . It would be seriously unprofessional for a manager to post such a badly written and childish and undignified rant , I'm sure his other clients must be raising an eyebrow not to mention BMG .

I agree the NME article was nasty and the witch hunt against Morrissey is now approaching being far out of proportion with his "crime". He's going to find it hard to recover from all of this mess this time which is such a shame because LIHS for me was a really great album and the two shows I saw on the recent tour including the Palladium were still showing a man on top of his game but he has made a total mess with some of the stuff he has been coming out with .

His initial accusations that Die Spiegal derailed the campaign were actually unfounded . The reviews on the album were all out before the article came out , I think the negative reviews actually came because of the bewildering and totally out of context statement he made during the live BBC recording about Anne Marie Waters which he never went on to explain , that was the point when I think he sealed his fate to get mostly negative reviews , Die Spiegal came weeks later after the album was out .

Morrissey as much as I adore him does seem to have lost it to some degree , making fairly outrageous statements but feeling he never has to have any accountability for what he says . He never has commented on his denials of the aforementioned article only for the tape to be released and it to be clear that he actually did say everything that he was denying .

He seemed to be cruising with a great album under his belt , a very successful tour and then all this mess which seems to be getting worse . Morrissey always has his in and out of favour periods with the press but I fear this is different . He also always seemed to have way more dignity and just ignore all the crap people wrote about him but he now seems to be taking the bait at every turn .

Anyway back to the initial subject , I find it really hard to believe a seasoned manager would post such a thing , did Morrissey really write this and sign off in his managers name while drunk or high?

I really don't know anymore . it's just such a sad state to see one of if not the greatest living artist of our generation disintegrating before our eyes .

Sounds like Katsis is probably a bit of a 'maverick' manager, let's just say. It's probably why Morrissey likes him. The two of them are enjoying a little joke.
 
I think the negative reviews actually came because of the bewildering and totally out of context statement he made during the live BBC recording about Anne Marie Waters which he never went on to explain , that was the point when I think he sealed his fate to get mostly negative reviews , Die Spiegal came weeks later after the album was out .

The odd thing about that comment was no sooner had he implored the audience to “stop watching the news” he derided them for not watching the news.

The NME is an online blog. It’s completely irrelevant. Replying to it just gives it a cachet it hasn’t deserved since Britpop.
 
Sounds like Katsis is probably a bit of a 'maverick' manager, let's just say. It's probably why Morrissey likes him. The two of them are enjoying a little joke.

To a paranoiac someone who leaps to your defence at every opportunity is probably highly valued.
 
The odd thing about that comment was no sooner had he implored the audience to “stop watching the news” he derided them for not watching the news.

The NME is an online blog. It’s completely irrelevant. Replying to it just gives it a cachet it hasn’t deserved since Britpop.

I doubt the NME has had any credibility since 1989, I bet they love this, great publicity.
 
I doubt the NME has had any credibility since 1989, I bet they love this, great publicity.

Who else talks about them? Pop is dead. Perhaps Morrissey still sees it as a remnant if the great inky indie bible it once was rather than the cold digital social media regurgitation machine it now is.

A good way to gauge the value of something is whether you can give it away for free. They couldn’t make even that business model work.
 
How many other artists have ever released a formal statement such as this. None that I can think of. A complete embarrassment.

If they feel they have something to say, can't they do it with a bit more grammatical flare? Not that it would make much difference (the damage has been done already) but at least people wouldn't be having a laugh about the fourth-grade writing skills.

To be fair there is a long tradition of artists embarassing themselves in this way, although usually more specifically in response to a bad review. Check out this atrocity from Chris de Burgh, complete with the classic 'the reviewer must have been bullied as a child' trope so common to such things. https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/chris-de-burgh-sees-red-1.735963
 
God, I hope so. I hear enough of the guy as it is.

‘ stop watching the news ‘

Wiser words have yet to be spoken.
 
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