posted by davidt on Wednesday November 23 2005, @09:00AM
Aly Panic writes:
www.ringleaderofthetormentors.com is (sort of) up and running.

MMVI
Like the MM site it's just asking for your name and e mail address and shows the new trademark MMVI.
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http://www.youarethequarry.net/ now points to the same content.
posted by davidt on Wednesday November 23 2005, @09:00AM
Fence writes:
Once in a while, I'll go and check out the different websites used to catalog songs for royalty purposes and, to my surprise, found out that "Something to Shout About" on Johnny's Boomslang album was written by Morrissey and Marr! Not much more detail except that it's tagged with the Harry Fox Agency (HFA) number U03161.
posted by davidt on Wednesday November 23 2005, @09:00AM
BlueGirl writes:
Fresh off recording Morrissey's latest album, Alain Whyte is back in the USA. He and his band Red Lightning are gearing up for their Southwest tour. Two live interviews will be broadcast in the next few days, so tune in to catch the skinny:

On Wednesday November 23rd, the band will play and chat live at 1-2pm PST on the internet TV show "Strictly Live" on http://musicplustv.com. Fans can AIM their comments and questions to "musicplustv" during the show.

On Monday November 28th, catch an interview plus a performance by the band on Los Angeles station 88.9 KXLU at 11pm PST. This will be available online as streaming audio at this link.

If you haven't checked out Red Lightning's MySpace profile, the tour dates have been updated and there are songs up for your listening pleasure. Alain himself has been monitoring the fans' messages and comments and has even personally responded to many of them.
posted by davidt on Wednesday November 23 2005, @09:00AM
langworthy writes:
Does anyone know why 'Rolling Stone' seems to diminish the role Morrissey plays in music today? I've been waiting to see a write-up on 'Ringleaders' in their 'In the Studio' section and here it is:

Also in the Studio:

Morrissey is recording in Rome with David Bowie producer Tony Visconti.

Including proper names that would be 11 words.

(issue # 988 Madonna cover)
posted by davidt on Wednesday November 23 2005, @09:00AM
moho writes:
There is a great band from somewhere in England called the Boy Least Likely To. In the following interview they discuss Morrissey and their name's association with "The Girl Least Likely To"

Check it out

Interview: The Boy Least Likely To - Pitchfork, June 20, 2005

Excerpt:

Pitchfork: A lot of people suspect the band name is a play on "The Girl Least Likely To" by Morrissey. Did you go through a Morrissey phase?

Jof: The name was just a phrase that I thought suited us. No one really expected us to be anything. Especially me. I hadn't heard the Morrissey song until someone sent me a copy of the CD single, because it wasn't one of the B-sides from that period that made it onto the Bona Drag compilation. But it wasn't taken from that. I don't really mind it as a reference point though. I was always a big fan of the Smiths growing up, and I still am. Especially of the first album. There are other bands from that time that probably mean more to me now, like the Go-Betweens and Dexy's Midnight Runners, but definitely when I was 12 years old the Smiths meant the world to me.

Pitchfork: What else inspired you while you were growing up?

Jof: It's something that I was quite conscious of when we were writing and recording the Boy Least Likely To songs. Getting back to those records that were important to me when I was growing up, when I first became obsessed with pop music. I think that was something that Morrissey always did, too. Referencing his teenage influences lyrically and musically. Often the music that you listen to when you're young, when you first get into music, is the music that comes most naturally to you when you're doing your own stuff. I was into a lot of different things when I was growing up.
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posted by davidt on Wednesday November 23 2005, @09:00AM
Vick Vega writes:
I was on the She Wants Revenge site checking out their bio since I'm really getting into 'em. I was reading the interview in their bio section when I came across this Smiths reference that Justin makes about crafting music;

Justin, who until now has been meticulously applying a She Wants Revenge Sticker to the table at which we're sitting, suddenly speaks up. "Yeah, and there's a hundred bands doing mediocre period/ genre music, but none of it makes me feel like I did when I was a kid [sitting] in my room listening to The Queen is Dead or Purple Rain on the record player. It's easy to capture the style of the music, but writing songs that speak to people is a very different thing."

The man speaks the truth. If you haven't heard SWR check 'em out.
posted by davidt on Wednesday November 23 2005, @09:00AM
deane writes:
SMITHS REUNION!! no, not Moz and Marr...Fox tv show airs smiths tune!

hope i didnt get anyones hopes up. dont know if this was up on this site yet, but i saw a tivo of the fox show Reunion from 2 weeks ago and they played almost the entire song "please, Please, Please..." Was good till at the end they kept looping the lyrics "lord knows it would be the first time".
posted by davidt on Wednesday November 23 2005, @09:00AM
Torr writes:
Plug: Independent Music Awards - ballot

Best Music DVD of the Year

Dig! (Palm Pictures)
Directors Label Volumes 4-7 (Palm Pictures)
Drive Well, Sleep Carefully: On The Road With Death Cab For Cutie (Plexifilm)
Little Movies Big Noises (Definitive Jux)
Low In Europe (Plexifilm)
Moog (Plexifilm)
Morrissey: Who Put the 'M' in Manchester? (Attack/SVE)
Stones Throw 101 (Stones Throw)
The Dick Cavett Show: Rock Icons (Shout! Factory)
The Flaming Lips: The Fearless Freaks (Shout! Factory)
posted by davidt on Wednesday November 23 2005, @09:00AM
Belligerent Ghoul sends the link/excerpt:

The record doctor - The Observer

Excerpt:

Not that he has too much to be downcast about having had a fine old time cavorting with Jarvis Cocker, who contributes three songs to the new film's soundtrack with Phil Selway and Johnny Greenwood of Radiohead.

'Jarvis's lyrics are fantastic,' he gushes, 'just like Morrissey's. I just made really crap jokes when I was around him, but it was funny.'

One day, maybe, Radcliffe will play a pop star on screen. Bowie would be nice, he says. Or Pete Doherty.
posted by davidt on Wednesday November 23 2005, @09:00AM
girlwiththethorn writes:
Heaven knows, we'll be miserable at the World Cup - The Guardian

Excerpt:

Look, I'm not saying England won't win the World Cup next year. And I'm not saying don't get excited. It's just that I'm sick of the country turning into one massive Morrissey record when we inevitably go out. Let's all just take a step back and calm down a little bit. It's not for another six months and a lot of things could happen to Wayne Rooney's metatarsal between now and then.

there's also a Robert Smith reference in there for anyone who cares...
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