The Roots Of... The Smiths - NME Blog

No great band is born without a struggle and no great records are born in a vacuum. For every artist whose ideas makes your wig spin there are a huge pile of influences - from specks of colour to swathes of sound - that delivered them to that point. And this is where The Roots Of... comes in. Each week we’ll take a band, pull apart the threads that make them who they are and build a Spotify playlist from those influences...

Every Weds Nite @ The Caliph (3100 5th Ave - San Diego)
I am playing piano and singing ALL SMITHS * ALL MOZ * ALL NITE
No cover / 21+

Seriously? .

UPDATE Jan. 5:

Link posted by CrystalGeezer:

Morrissey on the Late Show With David Letterman - true-to-you.net

Morrissey will be the musical guest on the Late Show With David Letterman on Tuesday, Jan. 8. Morrissey will play "Action Is My Middle Name".

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UPCOMING GUESTS ON THE "LATE SHOW with DAVID LETTERMAN" ON THE CBS TELEVISION NETWORK, 12/31-1/11 - CBS Press Express

*Tuesday, Jan. 8 - Musical guest Morrissey

I have spent my 40yrs on this planet hoping to obtain a piece of memorabilia to treasure – just one object to bring me pleasure. But, not the memorabilia of ‘some person or any event’, but memorabilia from one person and one person only - Morrissey. And I was successful. I have on display , Morrissey’s shirt from the Liverpool Empire concert in 2009, as seen on BBC1 Inside Out 19/11/2012. – The shirt means everything to me. I am putting together a book on Morrissey Memorabilia – what it means to the fans and how these items are invaluable and an important part of our ever changing lives. I would like to ask the Mozarmy for input. Do you have Morrissey memorabilia, what is the story behind your memorabilia, what does it mean to you? How did you get it, would you sell it? Have you lost it - did you find it again? Is it on display, where, in...

This isn't my auction, but I came across this while snooping around eBay. Certainly this person is dreaming with a listing price of $2K, but this is a unique item. I've never seen one before in all my years. How many do you guys figure were produced?

http://www.ebay.com/itm/121034717714?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1423.l2648

Description:

Acquired from a former record exec, I present to you a ridiculously rare UK Sire Test Cassette for Morrissey’s first solo album “Viva Hate” in which the “Final Mixes” were previewed & then either accepted or rejected.Includes: “I Know Very Well etc” & “Hairdresser On Fire” that seem to be the B-Side of the “Suedehead” single. Morrissey/Smiths aficionados correct me if I’m wrong.

When will ever see this again? I don't even know if any more exist...

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I remember this being a pretty decent read. This is the one where the main character interviews each of the Smiths (except Morrissey, of course) and gets them each to agree to reunite, yeah? Wonder who'll be playing each of the Smiths.