Morrissey-solo:

ROTT preview at CMJ.com

posted by davidt on Monday January 09 2006, @11:00AM

Ben writes:

I just received the CMJ Blast e-mail, and Morrissey is headlining:

Morrissey To Release 8th Solo LP - CMJ.com

Jan 06, 2006
Story by: Rebecca Raber

Bigmouth strikes again! On April 4 Morrissey will release his eighth solo album, Ringleader of the Tormentors, on Attack-Sanctuary. That's good news for fans who have been waiting with bated breath since the release of 2004's triumphant comeback album, You Are The Quarry. Don't be jealous but, at a listening party Thursday in New York, CMJ got a sneak preview of the album and we can tell you that it's excellent! Mozzer—whose eighteen-year solo career is now more than four times as long as his brief but brilliant tenure in the Smiths—has outdone himself this time by enlisting Tony Visconti, the legend behind some of T. Rex's and David Bowie's best albums, as his producer. Recording in Rome (a city he is clearly infatuated with), Moz has written an album that feels mature and cinematic in scope, especially on tracks like "Dear God Please Help Me," whose sweeping string arrangement was written by veteran Italian soundtrack icon Ennio Morricone, and the more-than-seven-minute suite "Life Is A Pigsty," which recalls Radiohead's "Paranoid Android." At 46, Morrissey's trademark croon is limber as he snakes around difficult vocal lines, evoking Bowie and stars of 1940's MGM musicals as he sings of mortality, lost love and, surprisingly, optimism about the future. Now if you can just wait until April!

"Morrissey & Me" essay by Mark McDevitt in new Giant Magazine

posted by davidt on Monday January 09 2006, @11:00AM

witz.org writes:

Giant Magazine has published an amazing essay about growing up and discovering the Smiths and Morrissey called "Morrissey & Me"...

The article's illustration is so nice it should be on a t-shirt!

A short excerpt, read the rest at giantmag.com:

Teenagers possess the uncanny ability to sniff out a fake. At 14, what you really want is for someone to give it to you straight. And in Morrissey I found that solitary voice. Like me, it was unsure of itself: stuck permanently somewhere between childhood and adulthood, feeling terminally romantic and yet hopelessly unlovable at the same time. “Punctured bicycle, on a hillside desolate/ will nature make a man of me yet?”

Kirsty MacColl & Morrissey print

posted by davidt on Monday January 09 2006, @11:00AM

DuritzRules writes:

Pretty cool Morrissey & Kirsty MacColl print available at www.kirstyprints.com. Also check out www.justiceforkirsty.org and support the fight for answers.

Other Kirsty prints / enlargement

Morrissey / The Smiths #1 in The Sun list

posted by davidt on Monday January 09 2006, @11:00AM

lozzamozza writes:

Scan from the entertainment section in THE SUN newspaper.

FANS were dismayed when The Verve split after the huge success of Urban Hymns. But it was time to move on for Richard Ashcroft as he became on of an elite group of British male rock stars who have broken up their much-loved bands and gone on to make top solo albums. Here sftw picks ten of the best...
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Uncleskinny has posted on the general board the full chart:

2: The Jam - All Mod Cons; Paul Weller - Wild Wood
3: The Beatles - Revolver; Various solo albums
4: Genesis - Selling England By The Pound; Peter Gabriel - So
5: The Police - Outlandos D'Amour; Sting - Ten Summoner's Tales
6: The Faces - A Nod Is As Good As A Wink To A Blind Horse; Rod Stewart - Every Picture Tells A Story
7: The Stone Roses - The Stone Roses; Ian Brown - Golden Greats
8: Roxy Music - For Your Pleasure; Bryan Ferry - These Foolish Things
9: Take That - Never Forget (The Ultimate Collection); Robbie Williams - Greatest Hits
10: Led Zeppelin - Four Symbols; Robert Plant - Mighty Rearranger

Cardigans video features The Smiths album and single covers

posted by davidt on Monday January 09 2006, @11:00AM

Juan altieri writes:

On the latest Cardigans videoclip "I Need Some Wine And You Need To Be Nicer" filmed in a small room some Smiths albums and single covers (Ask, Shoplifters Of The World Unite and Smiths album) appears hangin on the wall...

Click to enlarge

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A clip of the video is on The Cardigans videos page.

Nino Luzio also sends screen captures of the video (screen1, screen2, screen3, screen4)

"Who put the M..." voted #8 in 2005 readers poll on laut.de

posted by davidt on Monday January 09 2006, @11:00AM

An anonymous person writes:

The readers of the German/Austrian site laut.de voted "Who put the M in Manchester?" #8 of the Best DVDs 2005.

Attention: only available in German!

Pete Burns and Ordinary Boys' Preston on Celeb Big Brother

posted by davidt on Monday January 09 2006, @11:00AM

pashernate writes:

Daring Pete Burns (from Dead or Alive fame) and dashing The Ordinary Boys leadsinger Preston are amongst the latest carefully selected "celebrities" on this year's Celebrity Big Brother.

Oh, the joys of celeb gossip!!

On day 2 (today) whilst bathing in the jacuzzi-type pool, Faria Alam told Preston she liked the way he dressed and agreed with Pete when he said he looked like a younger version of Morrissey, with striking similarities in profile, forehead and eyes, which Preston seemed pleased about, after saying himself he admired Mozz a lot. It all felt like a big compliment!! They then went on to include "Sweet and tender hooligan" in their conversation, shortly after that.

For a breakdown of what's going on in the house:

www.channel4.com/bigbrother

Go Preston!

'Roy's Keen' played on Sportscene (Scottish football programme)

posted by davidt on Monday January 09 2006, @11:00AM

Jazzy Jeff writes:

On tonight's Scottish Cup 3rd Round edition of Sportscene (a Scottish football - or soccer - programme), they were previewing the Celtic (Scottish football team) debut of former Manchester United player Roy Keane.

During a montage of clips from his playing days at Man United, they played 'Roy's Keen'. After this, the show's host Dougie Donnelly said:

"Music courtesy of Morrissey - you can always rely on him for a dodgy rhyme!"

This wasn't a dig at Moz though, because it's just that the last line the played was the classic:

"We've never seen a keener window cleaner."

Morrissey's music can appear in the most unlikliest of places...

Morrissey-solo Image Gallery

posted by davidt on Monday January 09 2006, @11:00AM

New section for the site - the Morrissey-solo Image Gallery is now active. I've imported most of the news and tour photos used on the site through the years and will use this to organize all the photos on the site from now on. There is an easy-to-use upload tool, so feel free to upload your own photos.

The Coppermine Photo Gallery is the software used to power the gallery.

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