04/08/31/0522200
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davidt
on Tuesday August 31 2004, @02:00PM
Post your info and reviews related to this concert in the comments section below. Informative and interesting posts will be moderated up and highlighted. Other links (photos, external reviews, etc.) related to this concert will also be compiled in this section as they are sent in.
04/08/31/2047208
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davidt
on Tuesday August 31 2004, @01:00PM
Lou Lou writes:
An article today in London's Metro newspaper refers to a photography exhibition : Colin O'Brien Retrospective 1954 - 2004.
The photographer is described as a cross between Bill Brandt and Henri Cartier - Bresson. Photos feature scruffy street urchins against graffitti scrawled walls & down at heels whiling away their days on a park bench. "Occasionally, there is wit in the observation. A picture of Morrissey in concert is angled so you view a huge screen showing him in unflattering close-up. Taken this year, this is Morrissey: The Las Vegas Years - sweaty jowls and middle-aged paunch, but still with vestiges of what made people swoon"
The exhibition is on until 5th September at the gallery@oxo, Oxo Tower Wharf, London SE1 (nearest tube Waterloo). Might be worth a look!
04/08/31/2048225
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davidt
on Tuesday August 31 2004, @01:00PM
04/08/31/2052237
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davidt
on Tuesday August 31 2004, @01:00PM
04/08/31/2050203
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davidt
on Tuesday August 31 2004, @01:00PM
Assless chaps writes: Microsoft's online news mag, Slate, has an article on Manchester's economic return. The title of the article, which is what brought me to it in the first place, is "Manchester, So Much to Answer For." And though she doesn't mention Moz or his former band by name, there is a paranthesis about Manchester's musical lineage.
04/08/31/1638222
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posted by
davidt
on Tuesday August 31 2004, @10:00AM
Belligerent Ghoul sends the link: A Peculiar business - scotsman.com
Excerpt:
"This was a very public spat," says Joyce. "In a lot of interviews I’ve insisted that we don’t really talk about that, but it’s part of the legacy of the band. Morrissey was very upset by what happened. One of the reasons I took him to court was because I wanted a few truths to be known. I’m quite surprised the way he’ll completely dismiss the past. I embrace it. Being in The Smiths was absolutely fantastic, some of the best years of my life. I’m proud of what we achieved as a band, but obviously some of the shine has been taken off it," says Rourke. "I think it’s a shame that we can only talk through lawyers. In Morrissey’s mind, he thinks he’s been hard done to, but I’m the one who’s lost out. He’s not paid me since the court case. You’re bound to feel a little bitter about stuff like that."
It’s the same story for Joyce. "Everyone seems to think that here I am, Mr Million Pounds, and that’s nonsense."
As well as withholding money from them, Morrissey has responded to his former rhythm section’s subordination in the most effective way he knows how, by writing the belligerent tongue-lashing Sorrow Will Come in the End about Mike Joyce ("legalised theft/leaves me bereft ... you pleaded and squealed/and you think you’ve won"). According to the current edition of Q magazine, Rourke has been extended the same accolade on You Are the Quarry.
04/08/31/1644259
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posted by
davidt
on Tuesday August 31 2004, @10:00AM
Belligerent Ghoul sends the link: Look who’s walkin’ - The Advocate
Excerpt:
Halfway through our interview, Nancy Sinatra gasps. “Will you excuse me?” A minute later, she’s back. “I forgot something in the oven.” What lunchtime delicacies await the oldest daughter of the Chairman of the Board? “I was reheating some chicken wings,” she admits. “Don’t tell Morrissey!”
Why on earth should Sinatra, a star in her own right since her 1966 number 1 classic “These Boots Are Made for Walkin’,” give a hoot about rock’s favorite British fop? Because Morrissey—a noted animal rights activist—penned her new single, “Let Me Kiss You,” and is releasing her latest, self-titled album under the aegis of his own record label.
He’s also her neighbor. Well, practically. “He lives two miles away,” Sinatra clarifies. But the pair met prior to Morrissey’s self-imposed Los Angeles exile. “In 1995,” she says, “he came to my hotel in London and introduced himself.” The mother of two fanatical Smiths fans, Sinatra recognized him immediately. “We’ve been friends ever since. I often think he knows my music better than I do.”
04/08/31/1611221
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posted by
davidt
on Tuesday August 31 2004, @10:00AM
John, England writes:
FOTG has now survived in the UK singles chart (top 75) for an unprecedented 7 weeks beating both Suedehead and Everyday is like Sunday which managed 6. Only four Smiths singles managed a longer stint in the chart ...
04/08/31/1642200
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posted by
davidt
on Tuesday August 31 2004, @10:00AM
charming lass writes: 104.9 Xfm, London's alternative music station, has compiled the X-list 2004, the top 104 tracks on the year as voted by the listeners. It is not necessarily limited to tracks released this year, rather it's a gauge of what everyone's been listening to. It's a bit of an odd set of results (I do not know why Motorcycle Emptiness turned up at no.1) but it's nice to see a list made up of the listeners' choices, and this year Moz gets a solo track in there, as well as four Smiths' songs. They ranked:
#7 Smiths (pictured) 'There Is A Light That Never Goes Out'
#40 Smiths 'How Soon Is Now'
#69 Smiths 'This Charming Man'
#88 Morrissey (pictured) 'Everyday Is Like Sunday'
#97 Smiths 'Bigmouth Strikes Again'
Also significant are the amount of Smiths- and Moz-influenced bands that are gracing this years' charts. The only other bands to get as many or more than 4 entries were predictably Nirvana (5), Oasis (6), Radiohead (5) and the Stone Roses (4).
The full list.
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