Well for all you fans out there Moz did show up at the Bowlarama... He went right into the bar, good for the 21 and over but bad for the youngins... But either way the youngins didn't care and found their way in... Fans were crowding Moz -- he seemed maybe a lil disturbed but still took time to sign autographs. One of his friends was trying to stop the fans talking to him but it didn't work... All I can say now my heart is full.

He did sign my back and wrote my favorite song, Speedway. He ended up leaving early because one fan -- one fan bugged him, pushed him, hanging all over him so he left, but the place rocked with Boz.

...Morrissey, as I was hoping, praying, and wishing for, was at the Boz Boorer show tonight, and he looked extremely well!!! He was smiling a lot and in a very good mood! He was there for about an hour and 45 minutes or so he sat down and had his usual, Coronas. He signed a lot of stuff for a lot of people the whole night and posed for many people's pictures. Which was very surprising because at times he was being very crowded. But he was very understanding and was there for a very long time. Eventually it was too much for him and he had to leave but I got pictures and autographs as did my girlfriend. She also took pics of him posing and being his usually cynical self. Oh and by the way Boz Boorer was incredible, he is a very amazing guitarist. I recommend everyone to go see him when they have a chance. Even if you don't like rockabilly, you never know who you might run into at one of his shows.

Isobel Campbell of Belle and Sebastian lists The Queen Is Dead under the category of "Things I Like" on her new "side project" Gentle Waves web page. Interestingly, early on in B&S career, the group once covered "Reel Around The Fountain" in concert. Sadly, no tape exists that I can track down.

There's an excellent German band from Hamburg called "Blumfeld", very big now in the German alternative music scene. They just released a fantastic video-clip with old German cult actor Helmut Berger (famous through his work with Luchino Visconti). They seem to be Smiths-fans, not only as their musical parallels are concerned. On their album L'etat et moi they used that famous line "If it's not love then it's the bomb" for their brilliant song "Verstärker" and translated it into German ("Wenn es nicht Liebe ist, wird es die Bombe sein"). On their new album (March 1999), called Old Nobody, Blumfeld's charismatic singer recites a highly intellectual poem. One of the lines goes: "So you understand change and you think it's essential" (of course 'stolen' from "The Teachers Are Afraid Of The Pupils").