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Morrissey steps in to support "Love Music Hate Racism" - Moz press-release at True-to-you.net

posted by davidt on Friday April 25 2008, @10:00AM
leastlikelyto sends the link:

Morrissey loves music, hates racism - true-to-you.net

25 April 2008

Morrissey Loves Music, Hates Racism
Press Release From Love Music Hate Racism: 25 April 2008

Morrissey has personally stepped in with a significant financial contribution to the Love Music Hate Racism campaign in order to allow their 30th Anniversary Rock Against Racism concert to go ahead in Victoria Park, London this weekend without financial loss or burden to the charity. In addition to his own contribution he has rallied his management, booking agency and promoters to make up the majority of the £75,000 deficit LMHR was faced with after their main sponsor pulled out.

Morrissey commented, "This is a historic event spreading an important, anti-racist message so it must be allowed to go ahead. Love Music Hate Racism got in touch and explained that the NME had pulled its support, possibly as a result of their association with me, and asked if I could help as they had not been able to replace them. This is something I am committed to and we appreciate everyone coming together so quickly to make it happen."

K2 Agency, Live Nation, Pacifica Artists Group and SJM Concerts are all associated with Morrissey and have made donations to Love Music Hate Racism at his request.
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News also mentioned at Gigwise:

Morrissey Rescues LMHR Carnival After NME 'Pull Out' - Gigwise

Audio of Moz interviewed by Russell Brand

posted by davidt on Friday April 25 2008, @10:00AM
Torr writes:
Moz appeared on Russell Brand's BBC Radio 2 show earlier this month. Audio of it is now on YouTube:

pt. 1, pt. 2, pt. 3, pt. 4, pt. 5

Morrissey #7 in "10 Cheesiest singers of all time" - List Of The Day blog at Yahoo! Music

posted by davidt on Friday April 25 2008, @10:00AM
Seasick writes:
On Yahoo! music today, they listed the top 10 cheesiest singers of all time. Given what they consider "good" music today, you can guess who was included on the list. The link is below:

The Ten Cheesiest Singers Of All-Time by Rob O'Connor, Yahoo! Music "List Of The Day" blog

7) Morrissey: Whether solo or with the Smiths, Morrissey turned every hangnail into a life or death situation. He over-dramatized getting a job. As if somehow applying for employment steals one's soul, rendering them useless to the rest of humanity and to their true self. He blames the failures of his love life on what? Getting caught wearing a Wal-Mart smock?
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"November Spawned A Monster" at Morrissye's Coachella appearance from 1999 is also featured in the Coachella blog:

COACHELLA '08: The Monster Festival Begins - by Lyndsey Parker, Yahoo! Music "Maximum Performance" blog

Morrissey / Smiths in the media

posted by davidt on Friday April 25 2008, @10:00AM
An anonymous person writes:
LOTFI Playboys played as Heroes Brothers walkon at British Academy Television Awards

Did anyone else notice that Playboys was used as the walk on music for Milo Venimiligia and Adrian Pasdar at this weekends British Academy Television Awards.

It was produced by Morrissey's old producer James O'Brien so probably no suprise...
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An anonymous person writes:
Morrissey in Obama Mashup Video It's very quick, but Morrissey is shown as "Voting for Obama" in this Internet video:

Obama Has Some Dirt On His Shoulder - Holy Taco
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Von Sulstrus writes:
Hold Steady' Craig Finn Mentions Smiths
Hold Steady Sign Overseas Deal With Rough Trade - Pitchfork

Hold Steady signed a licensing deal with Rough Trade and Craig Finn mentioned that "We are really excited to begin this relationship with Rough Trade. From the Smiths to the Strokes, they have consistently released music from great artists and we are honored to be a part of the roster."

Morrissey MySpace blog asks for Top 5 Albums votes

posted by davidt on Friday April 25 2008, @10:00AM
Suswa writes:
Morrissey's MySpace page has a new blog prompting fans to vote for him with their Top 5 albums at pollthepeople.com
http://www.myspace.com/morrissey
http://www.pollthepeople.com/

Dean James Covers "There Is A Light That Never Goes Out"

posted by davidt on Friday April 25 2008, @10:00AM
Dean James writes:
You may remember a few years back that I (Dean Adshead) covered "Everyday Is Like Sunday".
I've recently recorded There Is A Light as the lyrics relate to me at the moment.
Any plays and comments would be really appreciated. The rest of the stuff on the page is all original if that interests you.

Listen at http://www.myspace.com/deanjamessolo

Rough Trade cover song contest

posted by davidt on Friday April 25 2008, @10:00AM
BlueGirl writes:
Just saw the following notice from Rough Trade; it might be a good opp for Moz-solo readers whose bands could cover The Smiths! There are already some Smiths songs entries up on the contest site.

"To celebrate Rough Trade's 30th anniversary, the mythical label organizes a great cover-versions contest in partnership with French weekly magazine Les Inrockuptibles and opens its prestigious catalog to all the artists registered on the website cqfd.com!

The jury, composed of Geoff Travis and Jeannette Lee, (Directors of Rough Trade), and JD Beauvallet (Music Editor of Les Inrockuptibles), will chose the winner on the 12th of May.

The winner will release a single on Rough Trade Records.

More information can be found here: http://www.cqfd.com/concoursroughtrade"
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