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The Smiths - The Cowbell/Click Track (mp3, 1.6MB).
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Uncut Cover Feature

The Smiths
Imagine Arctic Monkeys, Franz Ferdinand and Babyshambles rolled into one - that's how important The Smiths were in the '80s. And 1986 was their peak year, the year they released their third album, The Queen Is Dead. In this Uncut exclusive, Johnny Marr, Andy Rourke and Mike Joyce talk to Smiths biographer and Uncut contributor Simon Goddard about the protracted sessions for the album that began exactly 20 years ago, in December 1985, and how they overcame problems with drink, drugs, depression and legal wrangles to create their masterpiece.

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Winkler has benefited from his difficult youth - Baltimore Sun

Winkler had thought about being a father when he was still a kid. After being berated and belittled by his parents, he would lie in bed at night and think, "I must remember this: never to repeat these people." He hasn't. He and wife Stacey, a child welfare advocate, have three children. Their 22-year-old son Max, a college senior, and 25-year-old daughter Zoe, a teacher, live at the family home in Brentwood, Calif., which says something about their affection for their parents. At 34, Winkler's stepson, Jed, is the manager for singer Morrissey and lives on his own.

It was Jed who led Winkler to understand his learning difficulty. When the child was in third grade, he was found to be dyslexic. Listening to the experts describe Jed's condition, Winkler, then 31, said, "That's me." It was less of a lightbulb moment than one might think. "Everything was illuminated, but nothing was changed," Winkler says. "At least then I knew there was a reason why I was having such difficulties. First you go through a tremendous amount of anger. Because all those arguments, all that disappointment, all that punishment and grounding was for naught."

In retrospect, the struggle wasn't completely worthless. "Dyslexia taught me kindness," he says. "I know what it feels like to be treated like you're not up to snuff."

moho writes:
Lekman is often compared to Stephin Merritt (deadpan delivery, debt to Tin Pan Alley), Morrissey (melodrama, dry humor), Jonathan Richman (naiveté, simple language), and Belle and Sebastian (flowery arrangements, twee sensibility). All of these comparisons are dead on, and Lekman is worthy of the kind of slobbering devotion slathered on these artists. Granted, his 2004 debut album, When I Said I Wanted to Be Your Dog, was a tentative first step, relying too heavily on unadulterated cheese-- but Oh You're So Silent Jens is cheese, chocolate, strawberries, and something tangy to wash it down with.

Sister I'm a Poet sends:

SAINT MORRISSEY: A PORTRAIT OF THIS CHARMING MAN BY AN ALARMING FAN
LUKE O'NEIL, Boston's 'WEEKLY DIG'

AUTHOR | MARK SIMPSON
PUBLISHER | SIMON AND SCHUSTER
RELEASE DATE | 10.25.05
PRICE | $19.95

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