Re: The world won't listen - statement from Morrissey at true-to-you

People in power never give up power. Look at Assad - if you must; his dingbat wife continuing to smile and wave, wrapped in Fendi, as the people of Syria disappear into dust. It is the same shame that the British utilized whilst claiming ownership of the Malvinas by shooting anyone who stood in their way. How very brave. Imagine if Taiwan claimed the Isle of Wight. Yes, it is that silly. The Queen is conveniently said to have no political power, yet it would be impossible to imagine her government disagreeing with her if she elected to return the Malvinas to the Argentinian people, and although David Cameron is gung-ho ready to see more British and Argentinian boys die in battle for this odd bit of turf, he cannot see the richer intellect in simply returning the islands to their rightful owners. Yet Cameron is haughtily aghast when people run riot on the streets of Coventry stealing hair-dryers worth ten...

Posted by @PenguinCanada / Twitter (retweeted by @Intl_Playboy):

The North American cover for Morrissey's 'Autobiography' has been revealed. Available Dec. 3:

Morrissey - "Autobiography" - Penguin Books (Canada)

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Link posted by @RTEArchives / Twitter (retweeted by @Intl_Playboy):

RTE - The Works, Nov. 14, 2013
John Kelly speaks to journalists Johnnie Craig and Edel Coffey about Morrissey's autobiography (0:00 - 6:08), and Norwegian singer-songwriter Ane Brun performs.

brilliant song, beautifully played

James writes:

Thought it would interest some....

BILLY’S SECOND AND FINAL GIG WITH THE NOSEBLEEDS - Billy Duffy

In 1978 Billy featured as guitarist in The Nosebleeds with future singer of The Smiths (Steven) Morrissey, they only played two gigs and this is the advert from the second of those.

Courtesy of Matthew Norman, Manchester District Music Archive

I was wondering about that. Because I remember a year or so ago there was some word from Johnny that he was thinking about a book.

I don't know, I personally feel like really only the Smiths bit of it will be interesting..

Does reading Morrissey's autobiography make you want to read Johnny's autobiography any more or less?

Money is nice.

Those discographies on Stephane's site, Goddard's books, here, and Wikipedia and countless other places seem not to be worth a penny. But this one is. They mentioned it.

P.

UPDATE Nov. 15:

As mentioned by ASLEF shrugged in the comments, the "Autobiography" mention is actually part of the question, not the answer.

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@torrHL / Twitter sends the link:

Matt James of Gene answers the question "Who the band would most like to punch in the music industry?" by replying "...I've just read the Moz autobiography (laughs). I'm not into punching anyone but if Simon Cowell happened to slip on a strategically placed banana skin, fall and hurt himself I wouldn't be that bothered." (3:40 mark)

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