Stella the diver writes:

Page 18 of the latest NME has a few lines in the '6 Things That Shook The Week' section about Moz, saying:

        'And finally, we're still excited by the news that Morrissey went to see The Webb Brothers when they played a music concert recently. The Gallaghers both being at I Am Kloot is one thing, but Moz at the Webbs is a cracker. Sort of.'

Jeff writes:

Marcus Kagler, a friend of mine, recently wrote an interesting story on Stephen Street for "Under The Radar" magazine (previously mentioned), and I thought the bits on Moz and The Smiths would be of interest to Moz fans, especially in light of the recent polls mentioning Mr. Street:

Roland writes:

Again an interesting side note of Morrissey in a HiFi magazine. The November issue of UK's HiFi Choice includes some music pages named 'Beats'n'Pieces - New Music In The Studio' about future album releases by 'artists recently absent to finish their latest albums'. Along Coldplay and Ryan Adams is:

MORRISSEY
Title: Irish Blood, English Heart
Release Date: Spring 2004
The enigmatic former Smith has been without a record label since 97's Maladjusted, and many had begun to doubt if he had any interest in making another record. But buoyed by some well-received concerts last year and an acclaimed TV documentary, he enters the studio in Dublin in October to begin recording with Jerry Finn.
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Stefan Krix writes:

In the current issue (November) of the German music magazine Musikexpress we find a short notice about the new Morrissey album.

A Translation: "Boorer meanwhile is working, at last, six years after Maladjusted, with his boss Morrissey on the next album. The record, due out in February, is yet untiteld but a few of the new songs were already performed during the last months in concerts and at TV e.g. "The First Of The Gang To Die". According to rumours other titles are "I Forgive You, Jesus" and "There Is No America", but they might just be rumours."

And, from my point of view, they will remain rumours.

Ben writes:

I'm making a short doco on the Salford Lads Club for the BBC and I was wondering if any of your readers would be in the Salford/Manchester area over the next few weeks and if they fancied coming along to tell us what the club means to them - it's not a doco about the Smiths in particular but we want to express that the club's sphere of influence spreads further than the borders of West Manchester.

We'd love to meet someone who has made a pilgrimage from across the Watford Gap, the Atlantic or even further. It would be especially great to interview any fans from Mexico or the South-Western states in the US who have made the journey over to Manchester/Salford for the first time.

We also know that the club was mildly anti-Smiths in the late 80s and early 90s due to the elderly couple who ran it being pro-Monarchist and the Smiths being outwardly anti-Monarchist. Now under management of the arts council it's a different story with a room being dedicated to the band and the club being happy to be associated with the band. We'd like to know how they feel about this.

We're filming over the next 3 weeks (27th October - 16th November) so if anyone fancies it they can get in touch with me at [email protected].

We'll throw in a slap up English pub lunch and as much beer as they can drink for their trouble.

melissa writes:

When i attended the Your Arsenal tour in 1992 at the Tower Theater in Philadelphia the show was cut short due to a mob rush on stage & Morrissey losing a personal item. After he left stage the band played on for a bit, then someone came out & announced that Morrissey lost his ring & if anyone had it to please return it at once. Nobody spoke up & unfortunately the show was over. Eleven years later & still a hugh Morrissey fan a woman i work with came into my office last week & was complimenting my morrissey photos on the wall. She then began to tell me a story of when she attended this Morrissey show in 1992 at the Tower Theater & when he was mobbed on stage his ring rolled off his finger right toward her. She still has it to this day. I explained to her how i was there & that i would love to see the ring. She will not bring it in for me to see of course. She did explain it is a class ring & the stone is a garnet. Supposedly, there is something about Edgewater inscribed on it. If i had that ring i would make sure it got back to him. If anyone was at this show & remembers this scenario, post a message. i want to remember as much as i can.

Renzo writes:

In the new 2003 December issue of Playboy, Ryan Adams was asked about his album Love Is Hell. The interview went like this:

PLAYBOY: We've never heard you rock so hard.

ADAMS: The record I made before this, Love Is Hell, was really blue, so chances were this one would be more rock. I'm not in a place where I fell cumbersom. I've had enough of that.

PLAYBOY: What the hell happened to Love Is Hell.

ADAMS: It's done, but it was denied by my label. No one did shit with it. When I turned it in they went, "It sounds like The Smiths." I'm like, "That's a huge fucking compliment. Of course you don't like it. You live in Nashville." I'm on a major label, but I should be on an indie. The money's the same, and the fame doesn't fucking mean shit. At least on an indie I'd get to make the art I want to make.

Daniel writes:

New York based hardcore band, Kid Gorgeous whom recently released an album called "This Feeling Gets Old" featuring the track "Morrissey Was Right" are breaking up. Their last show is November 1st with Every Time I Die and Snapcase in Buffalo. In the song "Morrissey Was Right" the singer claims "I never heard a Smiths song that I didn't like.."
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Download / streaming versions at Kid Gorgeous page at mp3.com.

Still Devout writes:

On the WB's "Gilmore Girls" tonight, at the end, Rory walks into the laundry room at Yale, with "Rusholme Ruffians" playing in the background, and there's a kid with a laundry basket covered in stickers, a giant SMITHS one among them. They both profess their love for the band but he shoots her down when she asks him out for coffee. Sidenote, Alexis Bledel, who plays Rory, is the prettiest girl who ever lived.
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Shannon also writes:

Last night (October 21st) the Smiths were not only mentioned, but also played (Rusholme Ruffians)on the WB's Gilmore Girls. The lead character, a freshmen girl in college, mentioned how she loves The Smiths, and as the scene ended "Rusholme Ruffians" played louder and louder.
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boyracr20 also writes:

Rusholme Ruffians was played last night on the WB show Gilmore Girls. The song was playing in the background as Rory and a fellow student were in the washroom doing laundry. The stranger student obviously an avid Smiths fan by The Smiths stickers all over his laundry basket. Rory finds this kid amusing and decides to follow her heart and ask him out, and he turns her down. Not sure if that was an act to demise the character or portray the character of Morrissey not falling for love. But it was definitely odd that they used this character in the show to break poor little rory's heart.

An anonymous person writes:

I just viewed a preview copy of the new documentary on historical LA scenester/KROQ d.j. Rodney Bingenheimer, called "Mayor of the Sunset Strip." The documentary includes dozens of rock musicians (everyone from Bowie to Courtney Love) and addresses issues of celebrity obsession and fame in the culture. Johnny Marr is featured in a segment, simply stuttering through a confession that he pursued a career in rock music because he wanted to live his life in 'technicolor, not black and white' and a comment or two on Bowie. A sequence also begins with the song 'London,' escorted visually with a few frames of Morrissey from the 'How Soon Is Now?' video. And Bingenheimer is also seen proudly (and perhaps pitifully) exhibiting his Smiths gold record (along with Elvis Presley's drivers permit and Kato Kaelins autograph) amidst the squalor of his tiny apartment. Not really any sort of direct commentary on The Smiths or Morrissey included, but a compelling film about a shy boy who makes his youthful obsession with celebrity and pop music into a lifestyle, much like our man, himself. Highly recommended. It should be distributed soon.

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