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Brief Moz interview in latest NME

posted by davidt on Wednesday June 23 2004, @11:00AM
Anonymous writes:

NME: Are you looking forward to Glastonbury?

This is really the first time I've ventured into the festival thing. We did one once in the outer reaches of Switzerland, which was absolutely dreadful, and we did another somewhere else, but it's all new for me. So therefore bound to be a complete disaster.

NME: You've played Glastonbury before, though?

Glastonbury 21 years ago. So hopefully the catering's changed, but you never know.

NME: What are your memories of it?

Asking for a toilet and being pointed to a hole in the ground. I thought, this is not me.

NME: You're on before Muse...

I'm sure we'll end up scrapping.

NME: Will your fans be converted to space rock?

I don't know, I don't think there's a hell of a difference really, we're not continents apart.

NME: Are you gonna arrive early and make a weekend of it?

Yeah, I'm gonna go straight into the field and then...crawl into a tent.

NME: Michael Stipe says that when he plays Glastonbury, he walks around the fields with his top off and nobody recognises him.

Well, they do but, because he's got no shirt on, they don't really want to go near him. That was a joke.

NME: You should give it a try.

Michael is terribly nice. With his shirt on. No, it's not something I'd try, really, I'm far too diffident.

Moz/Smiths-related stuff yet again in this week's NME

posted by davidt on Wednesday June 23 2004, @11:00AM
An anonymous person writes:

This week's NME features (again) a number of Smiths/Moz related items. Amid a plethora of references to Moz in their reviews section (they reference Moz when reviewing The Bees and The Milk And Honey Band among others) there is a short review of the 'Hulmerist' and 'Malady Lingers On' DVDs as well as a review of a Smiths-tribute album on which various emo bands perform covers of Smiths songs. Here are the details:

1. 'Hulmerist'/'Malady Lingers On' DVDs - these are reviewed by Rob Fitzpatrick. 'Hulmerist' gets a 7 out of 10 - Fitzpatrick says the videos for 'Everyday Is Like Sunday', 'November Spawned A Monster' and 'Interesting Drug' are good but says 'Ouija Board, Ouija Board' is "still terrible". 'Malady Lingers On' fares less well (5 out of 10). Fitzpatrick claims that the footage is bad and that 'Sing Your Life' and 'We Hate It When Our Friends....' are "unloved" Moz songs. He says that 'Tomorrow' is still great though.

2. Smiths tribute - by various emo bands (Hundred Reasons, Million Dead etc). The NME give this ONE out of 10!!!! Oh dear! But fear not, they don't have anything bad to say about The Smiths. In fact, its obvious that the reviewer reveres them. His criticism is levelled at those performing the covers for failing to grasp the "wit, eccentricity and humour" of the originals. Million Dead's cover of 'Girlfriend In A Coma' is described as "utterly dire" and, apparently, Hundred Reasons ruin 'How Soon Is Now?'. Another band whose name I forget "butchers" 'There Is A Light That Never Goes Out'.

Elsewhere in NME there is a letter from a Gene fan praising Moz's compilation CD from last week - and rightly so!!!

Big Boi, Morrissey To Work 'Blue' - Billboard.com

posted by davidt on Wednesday June 23 2004, @11:00AM
torr writes:

The important part is "A spokesperson had no information about possible further North American appearances this summer."

Big Boi, Morrissey To Work 'Blue' -- Billboard.com

OutKast's Big Boi, Morrissey and Counting Crows will grace Chicago's House of Blues next month as part of American Express' Blue Jam Sessions. Net proceeds from the July 15-17 shows will benefit music education programs in Chicago-area public schools.

Big Boi and Sleepy Brown will perform on July 15, followed by Counting Crows, the Graham Colton Band and Jem on July 16. Morrissey will headline on July 17.

American Express cardholders can purchase tickets beginning Sunday (June 27) for $55. Local fans can also win admission via radio station contests, while Westwood One/Premiere Radio Network will sponsor national contests for trips to Chicago and tickets.

Morrissey's schedule was jolted with this morning's cancellation of the Lollapalooza tour, which he was to headline beginning July 14 in Auburn, Wash. A spokesperson had no information about possible further North American appearances this summer.

-- Jonathan Cohen, N.Y.

Smiths' photographer Stephen Wright returns to Salford Lads Club (Manchester Evening News 22/06/04)

posted by davidt on Wednesday June 23 2004, @11:00AM
The Goat writes:

The following link appeared in the MEN 22nd June 04 relating to Stephen Wright's return to the scene of his most famous picture!

Shooting back into pop history - Manchester Online

"Bigmouth Strikes Again" by Donkey Tugger - trance version

posted by davidt on Wednesday June 23 2004, @11:00AM
An anonymous person writes:

Hey everybody. I was just on a music forum I sometimes frequent and I came across a track alot of users seemed to be raving about. (no pun intended)

Donkey Tugger - "Sweetness", mp3 (2.2 MB)

This little ditty is a pretty hilarious trance take on 'Bigmouth Strikes Again'

Not really anything important, but good for a nice laugh =)

"You Know I Couldn't Last" gets Portuguese translation in Folha de São Paulo

posted by davidt on Wednesday June 23 2004, @11:00AM
Palandi writes:

Last Sunday, June 20th, Brazil's biggest newspaper, Folha de São Paulo, featured a translation of "You know I couldn't last" into Portuguese made by Nelson Ascher, one of Brazil's finest poets. It came in "Mais!", Folha's high culture appendix, along with the original lyrics and a Morrissey wallpaper. Here's mr. Ascher translation:

"Nem sei como eu agüento"
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