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devout sends the link:

Morrissey 'still one of the Lads' - Manchester Evening News

Neal Keeling
4/ 7/2008

MUSIC legend Morrissey has already helped Salford Lads Club by donating £20,000.

Now he has changed the lyrics of one of his songs to give the Ordsall club a name-check.

Posted by Dave2006 in the forums:

Smiths and Salford Lads Club feature heavily in "Bike" magazine

This month's Bike magazine has a Smiths-laden article written by intrepid bike explorer Dan Walsh.

Dan is a bit of a legend in motorcycle circles - having spent most of the last few years travelling africa and then south america and writing for Bike magazine. Well, his travelling in south america kind of ground to a halt in the bars of Argentina.

He returned a year or so ago to look after his ill father and has settled in his home town of Salford.

A feature in this month's mag has photos of him outside Salford Lads Club, with the title "Strangeways Here We Come?" he even sneaks in the lines "I was delayed, I was waylaid" and "Nothing's changed, I still love you"

I was blown away with the article - Dan is a hero to all of us that forgot our bike dreams and settled for a 9-5 existence. But I'm afraid that most of the Smiths' references will be lost on the good readers of Bike - The photographer tells him "No one will know what you're on about"

Top of my birthday wish list this year is Dan's new book.
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David T. (different) sends the link:

Dentist wins million-pound music contract - Reuters

Excerpt:

LONDON (Reuters) - An opera-loving dentist is to swap his drill for a microphone after winning a four-album recording contract worth one million pounds.

Andrew Bain, 35, who has worked as a dentist in London for more than 10 years, was finally signed by record company SonyBMG after chasing a deal for years.

His debut album, to be released in September, will feature operatic versions of pop hits such as The Smiths' "How Soon Is Now?", Abba's "The Winner Takes It All" and Prince's "Purple Rain".