Just got word that some Virgin Boxer shorts signed by Morrissey at the recent in-stores will be auctioned off by Virgin Megastore beginning Nov. 24 and running for a month, with all proceeds donated to Goodwill. Will post more details as they come in.

UPDATE Nov. 24: The link to the auction is now active (through eBay): Autographed Virgin Boxer Auction

Virgin Megastores, Goodwill and eBay Present Autographed Virgin Boxers.
November 24th-December 17th Virgin Megastores and virginmega.com will be auctioning off autographed Virgin boxers. These boxers will be signed by some of the biggest names in entertainment. Fans will be able to view the star-studded list of autographed boxers online at virginmega.com. The boxers will be awarded to the highest bidder. 100% of the profits will be donated to Goodwill.

Meeting with Gary Day
Steve writes: While walking through the local Arndale shopping centre I met none other than Gary Day! I went over and shook his hand and he was happy to talk to me for a while about Mozzer and his other projects. He was very enthusiastic about the Clash tribute band he's playing in with Spike, and his own solo album that's soon to be released (he described it as "psychobilly", with him on lead vocals). He also said he hopes to have his own website set up soon. Unfortunately, he confirmed there is no new news on the Morrissey front (record deal or tour). He was a really genuinely nice guy, who was more than happy to spend a few minutes chatting with a fan.

Meeting Alain Whyte/Gary Day and Morrissey
dean-in-Toronto writes: Meeting Morrissey...Still in shock...I met Alain Whyte and Gary Day (Feb. 2000) in the Guitar Center music store in Chicago sitting down on small amplifiers trying to work out music from the Smiths classic "Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now". Alain handed me the guitar and I played my rendition of "Now My Heart is Full" (at least the Intro). They were both nice and quite chatty. At the time I was not aware that Morrissey was playing Chicago that weekend (2 shows). The next day I walked into Virgin Megastore on Michigan Ave. only to lay my eyes upon the blistering sight of Morrissey rummaging through CD's. I made my way over and told him that I was a huge fan and that I saw half his band in the music store the previous day. We chatted and I was amazed how much he blushes. I told him I know every word of his songs and in typical Moz fashion he replied "So do I..." and laughed. What a treat...This was one of the most amazing weekends in my life.

Meeting Alain
John Emett writes: [about a month ago] while looking at records at Vinyl Fetish on Melrose (Los Angeles) I was lucky enough to run into Alain Whyte. He was very nice and happy to met fans. Anyways we talked a bit and I asked about any work being done with Morrissey and he basically said "no", that it sucks right now because there is no manager. That was all he really had to say about Morrissey. He was delivering some cds of some psychobilly music he made with Gary.