Smiths in photograph exhibition
Thanks to everyone who
wrote in with the link at NME.com, "Pulp,
Oasis, Smiths, Stone Roses hung in National Portrait Gallery".
Eric Wang was the
first:
Images of JOY
DIVISION's Ian Curtis, Blur, The Smiths,
Pulp, Stone Roses and Oasis feature in
Icons Of Pop, an exhibition of 50 British pop stars
photographed by British photographers.
Many of the photos have previously appeared in NME
and many of the photographers - such as Pennie Smith,
Hamish Brown, Steve Gullick and Kevin
Cummins - are presently or formerly NME
freelancers.
The exhibition spans half a century of pop culture, with 50s
images of Cliff Richard, Billy Fury and Adam
Faith as well as 60s images of The Beatles, Stones
and The Who, glam, punk and after.
The National Portrait Gallery is in St Martin's Place W1
(nearest tube Charing Cross) and admission to the exhibition
in the Photography Gallery is free.
The exhibition can also be seen on tour at the Canterbury
Royal Museum & Art Gallery (February 18 - April 9 2000)
and Exeter Royal Albert Memorial (April 15 - June 10 2000).
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Johnny Marr in Belgian paper - the actual quote
Thanks to Marc Duquet for
providing the actual Johnny Marr quote referenced in the last
update:
In the
Belgian newspaper "Het Nieuwsblad" (June 3,
1999) Johnny Marr is interviewed. He talks about
Electronic, Oasis and the split of The Smiths.
Apparently Johnny Marr is in a very talkative mood and says
to the journalist: "I’ve never felt better. You can
ask me anything".
And he does: "So why did you leave The Smiths?"
"I left because I was drinking myself to death.
Everybody thinks that Morrissey was the shy guy sitting in
the library all of the time and loathing the whole popcircus.
But in reality I was that person. Morrissey was the one who
kept on motivating us, who constantly pushed us and drove us
into the van. Morrissey was Elvis. And me, I was much too
young and was so frightened that I had to drink a bottle of
cognac before each gig.
That’s why The Smiths eventually split. It was just me,
little Johnny, who couldn’t handle the prospect of touring
and promoting the records, because I knew how many bottles I
would have to drink."
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"Smiths Ultimate rarity" on auction at ebay
Can anyone guess what the
winning auction price will be? From cosmic:
"Reel
Around The Fountain" - green label test pressing is
currently for sale at ebay (item
114345729) for the next seven days.
Here's the description:
Reel around the
fountain 7" UK white label test pressing RT136. Please
note release was cancelled in favour of This Charming Man
and subsequently only 20 copies were ever pressed!
On
06/07/99 at 14:29:29 PDT, seller added the following
information:
A "Record
Collector" magazine SMITHS article notes of only
knowing of two copies to ever appear for sale. This is a
once in a lifetime opportunity for SMITHS fans to own the
Ultimate SMITHS collectable. A GREAT INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITY.
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Boz Boorer / Gary Day pics
Thanks to Janel Jones for the following: These pictures are from a Johns Children concert in London at the end of March. The show was great. I was really surprised to see that Gary was in the band. They put on a good show, and both Boz and Gary were very nice when I asked for autographs and pictures. (click to enlarge)
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Boz Boorer engineers Wisemen demo
From Keith R. Antul:
For several months
I've been working with Spider Stacy (formerly of the Pogues)
on a web site for his new band, Wisemen. The band
just recently recorded ten demo tracks at the House of Boz
on April 20-22 and May 11-13, with Boz Boorer engineering.
Sound clips are available at the Wisemen page, at http://www.sanction.org/wisemen/.
The production quality is excellent!
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Mention in 'Stars in their eyes'
From Stuart:
...Moz got a
mention in the programme 'Stars in their eyes'. It's
basically a souped up version of Karaoke, where people come
on and have to imitate the voice of their chosen singer.
The competition was coming to an end, and the host was
mentioning how serious the competition was (or something),
and declared it 'more serious than Morrissey on a serious
day', which got a laugh. It annually gets one of the highest
TV ratings in Britain so I'd be surprised if someone else
hadn't already brought it to your attention.
Incidentally, Moz mentioned the programme in an interview in
the September '95 edition of Q when he was asked to comment
about Martin Rossiter of Gene...
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Tre Allegri Ragazzi Morti (Italy)
From Gian Pietro:
News from
Italy, I don't know how much it will interest you, but on
this week's issue of "Musica", an Italian
magazine, I read that Tre Allegri Ragazzi Morti
(which means Three Happy Dead Boys) have covered "Ask"
in Italian in their new cd. I've heard their version and I
must admit it is not well done, notwithstanding Tre Allegri
Ragazzi Morti are a good band and their sound recalls often
The Smiths' atmosphere. The journalist wrote instead that
they covered it with a "high school pupils' verve"
( I hope you get the general idea!), but the lyrics have
completely changed and the chorus goes on like "Dimmi,
dimmi" = "say me, say me"...
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