Carlos_Blakos writes:

There's a short (one page) piece in the latest Time Out (London edition) this week. It is basically Christopher Eccleston's (English actor, in "The Others") story of how and why he loves the Smiths and Morrissey. He's the narrator of the documentary to be shown on UK Channel Four in the next week or so. At one point he comments that no way is Morrissey racist, and that his voice at the moment is "better than ever".

Update: 06/04 05:10 GMT: scan of Time Out article posted on the general discussion board by Benton.
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Steve M also writes:

The current issue of London listings mag Time Out has an interview with Christopher Eccleston, the Manc actor narrating the forthcoming documentary, which is announced as being screened on June 8th on Channel 4 in the UK.
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Loves Young Dream writes:

The Importance Of Being Morrissey
Just got this from C4...

THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING MORRISSEY

Transmission: Channel 4, Sunday June 8th, 11.15pm.

Martin writes:

Here's some info on the Attack label, the one that Moz signed to (hopefully), a legendary reggae-dub-etc. label.

Attack 12"s
Attack record label info

The Attack imprint started life in 1969 as part of the Doctor Bird group before becoming a fully fledged Trojan label in the early 1970's. Some one in Neasden must have liked it as it lasted till '77/'78 and with the odd exception kept the same label design for its entire life.

punk_lawyer writes:

Each year WOXY of Oxford-Cincinnati-Dayton, Ohio or 97X for those familiar with the movie "Rain Man", plays the top 500 modern rock songs in history. The rankings are culled from the station's 20 year history as an independent modern rock station and are determined by votes from their resident djs, listener requests and airplay. 97X is a pioneering station and highly regarded internationally for their ability to promote all forms of independent and alternative music types. They are a part of the consortium of twenty-nine radio stations that puts together the website www.collegeair.net

In this year's top 500 the Smiths placed three songs:

Girlfriend in a Coma #330
Bigmouth Strikes Again #201
AND
How Soon Is Now? #3

The rest of the list makes for interesting reading and can be found at www.woxy.com

John writes:

Smiths Special at the National Pop League in Glasgow this Friday (May 30) - loosely to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the release of Hand In Glove, but broadly just to pay tribute to the Smiths who are, by a distance, the biggest hitters at the NPL.

We've been taking votes for the past month (top three Smiths songs, if anyone would like to submit) and will play the top ten Smiths songs voted for throughout the evening. I should stress that it's not a full night of Smiths; the rest of the evening will be our usual mix of post punk, c86 and indiepop. But the first fifty people to arrive will get a free Smiths zine and badge, and the first 100 will receive the usual NPL zine, badge and candy pack.

We're at the Woodside Social Club at 329 North Woodside Road, Glasgow, and the night runs from 8:45pm till 2am. It costs £2 to get in before 10pm and £3 after.

PS for a general indication of what people can expect, past playlists etc can be found here.