Okay, so this in reference to this post, which was buried in the excellent, but unrelated, Billy Fury biography thread.

I originally anonymously posted a Babelfish translation of this article in the Fury thread, and now I've decided to try out my extremely minimal knowledge of Italian, coupled with some idle Internet/book research. I certainly don't claim that this translation is totally accurate, but I think I got the basic ideas across. Still, please, any Morrissey fans who speak both English and Italian, help me/us out. I could be pretty off the mark.

Words in bold brackets ([abcd]) are terms I've attempted to add for clarity, but it's possible that my attempts at clarification would just cause further confusion. Okay, so, I think this hot-shit article, translated from this Italian fanzine (blog?) article/post goes something like:

There's a Halloween themed mix of music called Son of Monster Mash-Up and one of the tracks is a mash-up that is based on "Ouija Board, Ouija Board" and "How Soon is Now?"...it's called Halloween with Morrissey (direct link to mp3).

Originally found this mix in a post on Between Thought and Expression and also posted about it on my site.

Morrissey fans used as an analogy in ‘Score’, the football supplement.

I was on my way to the match on Sunday, cacking my pants that the unthinkable and unbearable could happen and the Hicks from Sunderland could beat the magnificent Newcastle when I found us Morrissey Fans mentioned in the News of the World football report of the match between Blackburn and Birmingham.

It was by a journalist called Jim Keat who wrote (about a crap game):

‘….The signs were ominous from the start, with Bruce (Birmingham Manager) claiming he was going back to ‘ugly’ football to turn things around. And, true to his word, the Blues (nickname for Birmingham) were uglier than the front row at a Morrissey gig’.

Tenuous I know, but it is not often Morrissey fans get mentioned in a sporting context. I can only assume he was talking about people to the left, right and behind me if he was speaking literally about the aesthetic features of Morrissey fans (he may have been talking of the crush and mayhem).

A few Morrissey references in this review of the documantary of Arthur Kane of The New York Dolls.

from:
The Village Voice

Paint a Vulgar Picture
Clueless documentarian charts transformation of former Dolls bassist to Latter-Day Saint

by Robert Christgau
October 26th, 2005 3:42 PM

Morrissey in the LA Times!

Well, sort of. He is given a quick mention in an article about the New York Dolls and their upcoming releases, featured on the LA Times/Calendaralive website.

Full story can be found here:

Dolls are coming to life
The seminal band has a new recording contract and is the subject of two new films.
By Richard Cromelin, Times Staff Writer

Just what the world doesn't need... another Morrissey website. But it's not exclusively about Morrissey - there's pieces on people he's worked with, people who have influenced him, and people he's inspired, as well as a section for fans.

http://www.prettypettythieves.com

I welcome submissions from people, as variety keeps things interesting. Even if you don't feel up to writing an entire article about the semiotics of Jesse's hair, there's always the 'Fans' section. It's divided into: Confessions, Lookalikes & Posealikes, Art & Bloody Awful Poetry.

I'd love to hear from anyone interested. Take a sneak preview at the website (bear in mind it's still under construction).

Thanks!