From the magazine that Morrissey may very well send to the knackers' yard next summer comes...

...with a 'personal' introduction from Johnny Marr.
It's up-to-date enough to refer to the Stone Roses reunification but they forget to mention the recent litigation. Funny that.

Is there really anything left to be said?

p.s ~ In this weeks 'normal' 'NME' there is an interview with Johnny Marr in which he states that he was in e-mail contact about the 'Complete' project with all three ex-Smiffs, including Moz. I know, I know, it's shocking....Morrissey may actually have been a little parsimonious with la vérité

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See also for more details / ordering information:

The Smiths On NME.COM - NME blog

Posted on the Doll And The Kicks Facebook page on Oct. 25, 2011:

We sadly have to announce that after 6 incredible years we've decided to disband. We leave with our heads held high and are proud of everything that we achieved. A huge thank you goes out to everyone we worked with and who believed in us and our music. You all helped us have an experience which dreams are made of. We've travelled far and wide over the globe to play in front of so many people and for that we will be forever grateful for anyone who turned out to see us.

The decision we made wasn't taken lightly but with the prospect of being without a record label for a 7th year and therefor having another year of minimal touring and lack festivals has made us feel like we've taken DATK as far as we can.

We're all going to have other projects which we'll be putting our new found time & energy into. Stay tuned as you'll be first to hear...

Morrissey TV appearances - true-to-you.net
1 November 2011

JIMMY KIMMEL LIVE!
NOV 23rd AT MIDNIGHT ON ABC.

CONAN O'BRIEN
NOV 29th AT 11 PM/10 PM CENTRAL ON TBS.

'Irish Blood, English Heart': Second-Generation Irish Musicians in England
by Sean Campbell
Cork University Press
November 2011 (Paperback)
ISBN: 9781859184905
Amazon link

BOOK DESCRIPTION

Second-generation Irish musicians have played a vital role in the history of popular music in England. This book explores the role of Irish ethnicity in the lives and work of these musicians, focusing on three high-profile projects: Kevin Rowland and Dexys Midnight Runners, Shane MacGowan and The Pogues, and Morrissey/Marr and The Smiths. The book locates these musicians in a hyphenated ‘Irish-Englishness’ marked by ‘in-betweenness’ and explores the different ways that they engaged with this in-betweenness through their creative work and their engagements with audiences, the media and the music...

Big Girl's Blouse writes:

This year the movie version of Shelagh Delaney's play 'A Taste of Honey' is 50 years old. The Liverpool LGBT arts festival Homotopia is holding a special screening of the film on Sunday 6 November.

http://www.homotopia.net/?page_id=1487

Mark Simpson blogs about it here:

http://www.marksimpson.com/blog/2011/11/01/a-taste-of-honey-is-still-sweet-half-a-century-on/

A Taste of Honey Still Sweet Half a Century On

'Hard to believe, but this year Tony Richardson’s wide-eyed 1961 ‘neo-realist’ masterpiece A Taste of Honey, based on a play by Salford playwright prodigy Shelagh Delaney is half a century old.

Filmed on location in lyrical black and white when Manchester was still connected to its chimney-stacked ‘dark Satanic’ past, it tells the story of Jo, a gawky, dream-filled, pregnant, unmarried working class teenage girl thinking about life and thinking about death and neither one particularly appealing to her.'

As his own tribute...

"OSCILLATE WILDLY" at GALLERY BAR ART & EVENT SPACE (Lower level)
A Monthly Smiths & Morrissey Tribute Night & Dance Party. (Is it really so strange?)

Next edition: Thursday, November 3, 2011

To RSVP (Facebook invite)

Dance your legs down to the knees @ NYC's most charming dance party celebrating the work of the greatest Mancunian pop poet. From the heart wrenching urgency of The Smiths' debut LP, to the social parody of "The Queen Is Dead", to the punchy Stephen Street-produced pop of "Viva Hate", to the aggressive hard rock of "Your Arsenal" & beyond... I'll be exploring all eras of Smiths & Morrissey material, accented with sounds from their contemporaries, and the younger artists they inspired. 21 & up.

• Special guest Moz-styled go-go by Lucille Ti Amore: 11:30+
• $5 cover (E-mail host for limited comp. guest list)

Thursday, November 3rd, 2011 — 10 p.m. to 4 a.m.
Venue: Gallery Bar (lower level)...

From an anonymous person:

Morrissey will perform on Jimmy Kimmel Live! Wednesday November 23rd.

1iota link (sold out).