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Older Stuff
posted by
davidt
on Thursday February 15 2001, @10:00AM
mattorefice writes:
...I went to the Hole website and checked their message board, to which Courtney Love and her bandmates apparently reply to. Here is the thread: Courtney, you had dinner with Morrissey and Stipe!? and here was the most relevant submission (I'm assuming it's from Courtney - sorry it's hard for me to make heads of their message board) - maybe "clover" is someone else, or the "webmistress" Courtney uses, but it seems to be writ from C.L.'s viewpoint: "he
posted by
davidt
on Thursday February 15 2001, @10:00AM
mekinism writes:
You probably heard Tami Heide if you were listening to the Flashback Lunch, but she said he was at the Coldplay show last night (Feb. 13) and saw him there. But she said she was too chicken to approach him and introduce herself. She said she wanted to ask him to guest host the Flashback Lunch! Damn her!!!!
posted by
davidt
on Thursday February 15 2001, @10:00AM
Jon Scondotto (lead singer Synthetic16/Lament) writes:
I know that this may be considered a very old topic and probably not worth writing about, but as a lifelong Morrissey and Smiths fan as well as someone who performed on this comp, I just wanted to get something off my chest about it. Years ago, when I helped come up with the idea for this comp, it was considered very unique to have hardcore and punk bands cover a band like The Smiths. As I was already on the record label with my old band (Lament), I came up with the concept along with the owner of the label, who himself is a big fan of The Smiths. I wasn't aware of all the artists who were going to contribute, but I tried to get some of the bands and was turned down by a lot of people who I thought would be willing to record, which was a shock. At the time I recorded my track "Back To The Old House", my band had split and I was left with the dubious task of getting musicians to help me do the song. I found two guitar players named Fran and Paul who loved the idea, and were very happy to do it, even though they never received proper credit for it and even helped pay for the recording cost of the track. I can honestly say that I am very proud of the work that I did on that album and did it with the best intentions. The Smiths and Morrissey were and still are very important to me and would never want other people to misunderstand my feelings about their music. I have seen on this site along with other related Mozz/Smiths site very negative feedback about that comp and the bands on it. While not every band took this project as serious as other one's did, don't confuse the effort that was put forth by everyone involved and use it to be critical. You don't have to like it, and judging by what I have read, unfortunately, many of you hated it. In the past few years, I have been told by many people that they enjoyed the comp and were glad to see somebody finally paying tribute to a very well deserved group. I follow this site and really wanted to say something about this sooner, but was unable and off-line for a long time. For those of you that don't own it, tell me what you think.
posted by
davidt
on Thursday February 15 2001, @10:00AM
Tommy writes:
Article by Jim Farber, Music Critic, for New York City Tri-State Daily News (Feb. 11), titled "Life Stinks, Then You Sing About It" where he reviews the new record by Dan Bryk titled "Lovers Leap". The third paragraph in, Jim Farber lays one on Morrissey. Life Stinks, Then You Sing About It Dorky Dan Bryk's hard-luck licks Excerpt: ...All of which makes writers like Dan Bryk that much more valuable and rare. He writes from the kind of wretched but funny point of view normally associated with frustrated female songwriters. Unless, of course, it comes from artists who are beyond gender, like Morrissey — who's also beyond help...
posted by
davidt
on Thursday February 15 2001, @10:00AM
Craigy I'm A Poet! writes:
A live rendition of "This Charming Man" will be screened on VH1's re-runs of "The Tube". The performance is live dubbed over strangely by the original video! Real great live performance nevertheless. VH1 Sat. 17 Feb (Check times for screening).
posted by
davidt
on Thursday February 15 2001, @10:00AM
Prufrock writes:
There's a new Brit-pop night in Miami, FL called Revolver. The DJ is a huge Smiths fan, and even plays lots of stuff from his Moz B-sides box set. It's on Friday nights, and is located at 1800 N Bayshore Drive (right near downtown...it's in a place called the 1800 Club). Hope to see some more S. Florida Moz fans there!
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