torr writes:

MORRISSEY HELPS FIGHT FASCISM! - NME.com

MORRISSEY, FRANZ FERDINAND and THE STROKES are among a host of bands who have signed an anti-fascist petition as fears grow that the BRITISH NATIONAL PARTY could win a seat on the LONDON ASSEMBLY after the forthcoming Mayoral elections...

Full charts:

Top 40 UK albums
Top 40 UK singles

-robert. sends:

Morrissey album may help heal a musical rift
by GINA VIVINETTO, Times Pop Music Critic

In this world, there are two kinds of people...

torr sends the link:

MAY SPAWNS 2 DVDS (link)
And we have 'Suedehead' video here. Bonus. WATCH!
28 May 2004

This Monday 31st May you will be able to get your big fey mits on not one but TWO Morrissey video titles being released for the first time ever on DVD.

"Hulmerist" was originally released on VHS in 1990 - it has been digitally remastered, visually enhanced, and it includes four top ten singles, spreading from 1988 to 1990. They were the first seven videos he made following his split with The Smiths. The DVD is interspersed with live footage from his legendary Wolverhampton Civic Hall gig in 1988.

"The Malady Lingers On" has been restored and ponced up, it features vids from the early 90's including 'You're The One For Me Fatty' (surely two songs within one song) and the rockerbillytastic 'Certain People I Know'.

Just to prove how ace Morrissey is, we've got Suedehead here, which features Morrissey nude in a bath (ooh er), and driving a tractor (ooh arr):

George Overton writes:

I'm selling the music that plays immediately before Morrissey comes on stage during his new tour. It's hard to get hold of, so might be of interest to fans.

Click here to see the eBay page featuring the item, which is in 12" format and was released in 1990.

As has already been discussed several times on this site, the piece of music is by Big Hard Excellent Fish and is titled Imperfect List.

As the title suggests, the record lists all the things that drag you down and crush your spirit daily, read out over five minutes with venomous resignation. It goes from Hillsborough to Hiroshima, "red sock in a white wash" to miscarriage, Jimmy Tarbuck to Adolf Hitler, "disloyal lover" to lost keys, "AIDS inventor" to Clause 28, and so on.

Big Hard Excellent Fish was actually Pete Wylie of Wah! fame. Josie Jones from the band spoke the words (often incorrectly attributed to the actor Margie Clarke).

Hope it's of interest.

mattiassey writes:

Morrissey got in at #8 at YLE top 40, the official Finnish album list with "You Are the Quarry". Any beaten pop idols? No. Finnish Pop Idol Antti Tuisku is still at #1. Sorry. Still, an entry at number eight is remarkable, because the Finnish lists are always infested with domestic metal and other strange finnish... things. Here's the link.

mozorder sends:

Usher has 3 in top 10 - Billboard / Reuters. Excerpt:

'QUARRY' MAN

Morrissey returns to the Billboard 200 in a big way. Absent from the chart for seven years, the former Smiths singer has the highest-debuting and highest-charting album of his career. "You Are the Quarry" (Attack/Sanctuary) enters at No. 11, eclipsing the No. 18 debut and peak of "Vauxhall & I" in April 1994.

The highest-charting Smiths album was "Strangeways, Here We Come," which hit No. 55 in 1987.

dirk van gils writes:

Hi there belgian Morrissey fans,
I've just heard that Morrissey is on number 16 (comes from 50) in top 50 album charts Belgium!!!
"irish blood english heart" is on number 20 "ultra tip 20 singels" radio donna belgium (new entry)

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P.S. vorige week artiekel in KNACK FOCUS met overzicht Morrissey en Smiths platen

Ian writes:

Hello Morrissey people,

Please find attached press details about a Salford Lads Club charity photo shoot by the original photographer, Stephen Wright.
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CHARITY PHOTOSHOOT AT THE SALFORD LADS CLUB
NOON - 2pm FRIDAY 18th JUNE

Stephen Wright the photographer who took the original photo of the SMITHS at the Salford Lads Club is attending the opening of the Smiths room for a fun day out and to raise money for Alzheimer's research.

For a fee of £5 direct to the charity he will take any fan's photo at the location he worked at 19 years ago.

Electronic copies of the images will then be available at a cost of £2.50 each for personal use. This is a cost price charged by the transaction company.

Photos will be accessible by typing the code bimtq in the login box of smithsphotos.com

Stuart Fish writes:

Empire Publications (producers of 'Morrissey's Manchester') are producing a fundraising book for the SLC, featuring pics of fans posing outside the building.
Please send in your pics from last weekend or from anytime, along with names / town / city / country etc.

email to
[email protected]
or post to

Stuart Fish
Empire Publications
Empire House
1 Newton Street
Manchester
M1 1HW

Rolf writes:

The German weekly magazine "Die Zeit" has a review of YATQ connected with a review on mozzers career.

a bit sophisticated, though. but quite nice.

Sheila Bow writes:

The web site of EL MERCURIO, Chile´s largest newspaper, now includes a favorable review of YATQ. Might be interesting for all Hispanic readers.

Here it is.