Simon Goddard's "Mozipedia: The Encyclopeadia of Morrissey and The Smiths" has been voted Best Book (of 2009) in the annual Mojo magazine readers' poll.
It received the most votes, ahead of Nick Cave's "The Death of Bunny Munro", Peter Hook's "The Hacienda: How Not To Run a Club", Will Hodgkinson's "The Ballad of Britain" and "The Velvet Underground: New York Art" by Johan Kugelberg.
The full results of the poll are in the new March 2010 edition of the magazine, which is in the shops shortly.
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January 21 -
January 11- Morrissey nominated for a Meteor Ireland Music Award - "Best International Male" category (42)
- UK single chart No.1 battle: The Smiths vs Girls Aloud (22)
- Years Of Refusal #36 in Pitchfork Media's Readers' Poll (3)
- Years Of Refusal #10 best album of 2009 - Rolling Stone Brasil (7)
- Santigold on her band idols - The Smiths and DEVO (2)
- The Drums - Surf pop meets Factory Records w/Smiths influence (7)
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January 6