Suswa writes:

A news item has been posted today, March 16th for UK fans:

FOR OUR FANS IN THE UK - morrisseymusic.com
March 16, 2005
Make sure you listen to Virgin Radio at 8am this Friday morning - March 18 - for a very special announcement...............

Since Morrissey has been spotted back in London, we can only hope he will be on the air live. Someone please record this for those of us not in the UK!

Jez writes:

Sunday, March 13, 2005--London Bookfair (the following is taken from an email review of last weekend's London Bookfair):

Another international legend was also still looking for an American home as of this writing. In a fittingly melodramatic auction last month, Smiths frontman and cult hero Morrissey sold his memoir for a reported two million pounds to Penguin U.K. (after reportedly rejecting a deal with Faber because the seven-figure price was too low). At the fair, the recently assembled Inkwell Management was handling foreign sales, with no deal immediately in place. Morrissey is of course the mopey recluse who rarely talks to the media. In the post-Chronicles age (speaking of media shyness), he's expected to fetch a solid price even in the U.S.

From Special Ops Media:

images
Live At Earls Court cover (large - 1688x1687)
Who Put The "M" In Manchester? cover
Promo photos 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 (from YATQ)

audio streams
"How Soon Is Now?" - Quicktime, Windows Media
"Redondo Beach" - Quicktime, Windows Media
"There Is A Light That Never Goes Out" - Quicktime, Windows Media

Press release at morrisseymusic.com.
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dirkvangils writes:

On www.stubru.be & choise topic MUZIEK you can watch the promovideo from THERE IS A LIGHT THAT NEVER GOES OUT

or this link. with thanks from BMG SONY RECORDS BELGIUM

An anonymous person sends the link:

Under the Covers: The Smiths - stylusmagazine.com

Under the Covers is a fortnightly column concerning the packaging, artwork, and design that goes into albums. Sometimes you can judge a book by its cover.

The Smiths’ recordings have some of the most consistently compelling and stylistically recognizable record covers in pop music memory. Nearly all of their covers—on singles, records, and collections—bear photographs appropriated from the art world, film stills, or variations of cultural-record-type photography found in books. While each cover’s reference unavoidably ties the band to a specific aesthetic sensibility, there’s also a remarkable formalistic pattern to the series of images. While a book could be written on the subject (and has—Jo Slee’s Peepholism: Into the Art of Morrissey, which is out of print but I’m told is fairly good), in the short space of this column it makes more sense to attend only to the covers of their full-length releases. Special thanks in absentia must be given to Stephane Daigle, whose comprehensive “Coverstars” page contains images and cover information regarding every Smiths and Morrissey release before 1998, and can be found here.

WildHoney81 writes:

According to NME.com Morrissey is back in the UK:

Bright Eyes close UK tour in spectacular style - NME.com

He was checking out the Bright Eyes (support: Rilo Kiley) concert at the London Astoria.

Mark writes:

Not sure if the following has been mentioned previously - but here are details anyway should they be of interest.

"BFI 19th London Lesbian & Gay Film Festival 2005"

"There's a Morrissey theme running through part of the programme: Is It Really So Strange? examines the cult of Morrissey in Los Angeles; we mark the 50th anniversary of A Rebel Without A Cause; The Leather Boys (used for The Smiths' video 'Girlfriend in a Coma'), and The Nomi Song about one of Morrissey's favourites, the extraordinary falsetto Klaus Nomi." (abut the festival)

"Is It Really So Strange?"

"A gay film-maker investigates the cult of Mancunian singer Morrissey which has developed in Los Angeles. There's a whole new brand of Morrissey fan among the Latinos and Hispanics of LA. Fans, gay and straight, discuss what Morrissey and his music and lyrics mean to them. Desire, self-identity and devotion collide as the complexities of the star's life and art are dissected by his devotees. The tattoos, the stalking, the look-alikes, it's a tremendous picture of a fascinating subculture. Screening as part of a William E. Jones retrospective at Tate Modern in association with the LLGFF."

Links to other films:

Rebel Without a Cause
The Nomi Song
Trash
The Leather Boys

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Related items:

• Morrissey-related films at LLGFF 05 - Feb. 27, 2005
• shiftlessbody.com

Dan sends the link:

10 reasons why Marc Spitz is a hack asshole by Rachel Elder, The Coinstar Years

For whatever reason, Marc Spitz is getting away with murder. His desperate attempts to be "cool," then feigning mock embarrassment over said "coolness" have somehow enabled him to publish crap novels, write for Spin, and gain attention as a playwright. Basically, this 6th grade philosophy has worked wonders for him: Take something you love/admire, then simply pretend you hate it to seem "cool" and then keep producing more crap! For the sake of the young children, Marc...please grow up and stop being such a try-hard. It's just not "cool!"
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Marc Spitz sends word that he has a play currently running in New York:

Laura Wagner, Kirsten Ames and Jonathan Lisecki present

THE NAME OF THE PLAY IS TALKING HEADS

The vicious new comedy by Marc Spitz

Directed by Andy Goldberg

Featuring: Valerie Clift, James Eason, Matt Higgins, Brian Normant and Brian Reilly
Casting: Jodi Collins, CSA
Set Design: Shoko Kambara
Stage Manager: Ana Mari de Quesada
Press: Publicity Outfitters
Associate Producer: Andrew McVearry

March 3 – March 26
Thursdays and Fridays at 8, Saturdays at 8 and 10
UNDER St. Marks Theater
94 St. Marks Place (bet. First Ave. and Ave. A)
Tickets $15: http://www.smarttix.com/
; tel 212.868.4444

leedoggpimp writes:

Advance tickets for San Diego

Reserve your copies!

Bret sends the link:

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