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2001 Smiths/Morrissey Convention Weekend details (Los Angeles - Apr. 28-29)
posted by davidt on Tuesday February 06 2001, @10:00AM

 First to forward details of this annual event is alexXx1978:

The 2001 SMITHS/MORRISSEY CONVENTION WEEKEND
ALL SMITHS & MORRISSEY ALL WEEKEND LONG
SATURDAY, APRIL 28th 3:30pm - 9:30pm
SUNDAY, APRIL 29th 6pm - 12am
The Palace
1735 N. Vine St. Hollywood

(more)



Do you have any photos or videos of you with Morrissey or his Bandmates? If so, send them to us by April 10th & we’ll put them on the big screen for everyone to see.

Do you have an interesting Morrissey story? Videotape yourself telling the story and send it to us by April 10th & again we’ll play it on the big screen for everyone to see.

Win some fantastic prizes in our look-a-like, sing-a-like, trivia and tattoo contests.

Come find the collectibles you’ve been looking for including: Records, CD’s, Posters, T-shirts, Books, Autographed items & much more.

Dance to all your favorite Smiths & Morrissey songs both nights with DJ Daniel ‘The Brat’

Non stop screening of videos

SPECIAL GUEST HOST: RICHARD BLADE (Taking a vacation from the Caribbean!)

Coming all the way from Dublin, Ireland to make their first American concert appearance:

“THESE CHARMING MEN” performing all your favorite Smiths & Morrissey songs both nights.


TICKETS ARE ONLY AVAILABLE AS A 2 DAY PASS FOR THE SPECIAL PRICE OF $30.

FOR MORE INFORMATION OR TO CHARGE BY PHONE CALL: (714) 778-4966 OR SEND CHECK/MONEY ORDER PAYABLE TO:
“LONDON CALLING”
PO BOX 8072
ANAHEIM CA 92812

TICKETS ALSO ON SALE WEDNESDAY FEB.7th AT THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS:

HOT ROCKS
121 N. CITRUS
COVINA
(626) 967-7802

BIONIC RECORDS
9549 VALLEY VIEW
CYPRESS
(714) 828-4225

RHINO RECORDS
236 YALE AVE.
CLAREMONT
(909) 626-7774

VINYL FETISH
7305 MELROSE AVE.
HOLLYWOOD
(323) 935-1300

BIONIC RECORDS
2466 E. CHAPMAN
FULLERTON
(714) 526-1912

POOBAH RECORDS
1101 E. WALNUT
PASADENA
(626) 449-3359

BIONIC RECORDS
16101 BOLSA CHICA
HUNTINGTON BCH.
(714) 846-2585

MIDDLE EARTH
10357 LAKEWOOD BLVD.
DOWNEY
(562) 869-2581

VINYL FETISH
1750 N. VERMONT ST.
LOS ANGELES
(323) 660-4500

SOUNDS LIKE
10117 HOLE AVE.
RIVERSIDE
(909) 343-9333

TICKETS ARE LIMITED, AND THIS EVENT SELLS OUT EVERY YEAR - SO GET THEM WHILE THEY LAST!!

 
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    morrissey convention (Score:1, Funny)
    the convention is ok if it is your first time. everything is over priced and the guy who puts it on tells nothing but lies, and screws people over!!
                    ray cappo
    Anonymous -- Tuesday February 06 2001, @12:17PM (#7411)
    paint a vulgar picture (Score:1)
    I myself have heard about the organizer/promoter of this event I heard he is a backwards english guy who is unfair, this is not my opinion, I've never meet the man before, but I know someone who has dealt with him in th past and he does rip people off, he always wants his way.

    Anyway, I went for the first time last year and I thought it was ok, my girlfriend has been to them since '97 and she says that each year it gets less interesting. The best, she says, was the
    Pasadena '97 convention.
    mozz1980 -- Tuesday February 06 2001, @07:37PM (#7448)
    (User #2109 Info | http://www.geocities.com/brp_records )
    does anyone find this frightening? (Score:1)
    It's not even like a Star Trek convention. Sure, a few of the few expendable crew members won't be putting on mock phaser battles as the highlight, but I find the concept of it as more logical in the scheme of things than paying $30 to stand around and watch videos of drooling fans give their firsthand accounts of how Hand in Glove changed their life.
    suzanne -- Tuesday February 06 2001, @08:54PM (#7452)
    (User #36 Info | http://www.myspace.com/snootywriter )
     I scare dead people.
    • snif by Celibate Cry (Score:1) Friday February 09 2001, @09:03PM
      who do you think you are to prejudge all greasers (Score:0)
      how can you say all greasers are their to ruin the whole show for everyone. i myself happen to love rockabilly and psyhobilly music. i dont know if that makes me a greaser, but if it does. does that mean that iam a bad guy? just because you had a bad experence with these so called tough guys at a morrissey show. dont judge all greasers. i might be the nicest person you ever meet, but since i look like a greaser you are going to prejudge me. so you will never know. thats to bad!

                              mozdef
         
      Anonymous -- Tuesday February 06 2001, @10:57PM (#7462)
      CON-vention (Score:2, Interesting)
      Morrissey/Smiths convention, Madonna convention, Cure convention and Depeche Mode convention all run by the same two money grubbing characters. They make up mugs and T-shirts for less than a fourth of what they sell them to YOU(convention goer)for. Beside that you are asked to pay a cover charge for two days. Now if you want to save yourself $30 and go shopping at the shops listed above along with the many others that actually have quite a large Smiths/Morrissey selection, you probably should.

      As far as "true fans" someone above mentioned-get over it. I am not saying that those who go to this thing is more/less of a fan than the rest of the people. It is a basic difference of opinion-those not going might see it as a money making scheme by exploitation of Morrissey's art(Counterfeit T's, tacky keychains, bootleg CD's, bad mugs and videos). Those going probably are looking for something they have yet to be able to find(poster, LP, CD or video), hang out with friends, etc.

      I am very familiar with the set-up and those running the thing, they are both shifty and do not trust one another. But then knowing these two, neither do I. If you go, have fun. If you don't go, you know you probably aren't missing anything worthwhile.

      Cheers!
      Johnny Marr -- Wednesday February 07 2001, @07:38AM (#7480)
      (User #1113 Info)
       Going Underground
      • Re:CON-vention by Anonymous (Score:0) Wednesday February 07 2001, @09:00AM
        • Re:CON-vention by Johnny Marr (Score:1) Wednesday February 07 2001, @09:27AM
          • Re:CON-vention by Anonymous (Score:0) Wednesday February 07 2001, @10:11AM
          • Re:CON-vention by Anonymous (Score:0) Saturday February 10 2001, @12:21AM
            • Re:CON-vention by Johnny Marr (Score:1) Thursday February 15 2001, @08:50AM
            • the quantification of how much a moz fan one is (Score:2, Insightful)
            i don't know anything about the conventions, simply because i've never been to one. so i can't talk smack about the conventions. i do know that i really wanted to go the the '97 one - the only one i thought was worth an admissions fee.

            what i do want to talk about is the whole "true fans" thing, which is as wrong as things like 'hot topic'.

            people just need to stop quantifying one's following of the smiths. you do not need to go to every smiths related venue or to every show on the oye esteban tour or wear smiths shirts and quiffed hair all day just to be considered a smiths fan.

            i own all the smiths lps, but i was a smiths fan before i got my first official lp. i've been to one morrissey concert in my life, but i was into his music for a long time prior the announcement that such a tour was going to happen.

            fact is, 'real fans' are fans that dig moz because they really like his music and performances, or think he's a brilliant artist. and if they go to moz-related events or decide to do something out of the question such as wait outside his house like a stalker, well, that's what they do. but it doesn't make them more of a fan if they do such things, or less of a fan if they abstain.

            'real fans' are people who got hooked into morrissey's music and showmanship. they do not have to like every song and every album, they do not have to own every lp and numerous t-shirts. 'real fans' are those who really dig morrissey as an artist and as a performer and have a great affinity and/or admiration for his music.

            everything else is secondary.

            anyhow, i'll continue to consider myself a 'true fan' - whether or not i decide to go.
            state of emergency -- Wednesday February 07 2001, @12:18PM (#7490)
            (User #837 Info)
             "others conquered love, but i ran..."
            [ Parent ]
          What would Stephen say? (Score:1)
          "re-issue, re-package..re-package!"....this event has long outlived it's relevance.
          BillyFury -- Wednesday February 07 2001, @01:33PM (#7495)
          (User #2323 Info)
          Chunti's use back door (Score:0)
          so far ive sadly attended all of the conventions. morrissey, my main man, but um, if you want to spend 30 bucks to see perms, the smell of aqua net, and harley davidson tshirts, why dont you just go to la mirada swapmeet? (plus that'll only cost you $1.00!!) funny how the majority of the mess that shows up to the conventions are never to be seen at a travis show, a coldplay show, a oasis gig....or anything for that matter, but who do you think is first in line at the florentine gardens on a saturday night? a tucanes show maybe? c'mon kids. dont waste your money, time, breathe, energy....anything. morrissey doesnt get any closer to you if you go. why dont you just leave your 30 dollars at the promoters door and grab a key chain on your way out....which, by the way, will be the 1997 convention ones.
          boycott it! it does none of us any good.
          richard...what a nice guy. coming back from the bahamas just for us? maybe his accent has finally been dropped. c'mon dick its been more than a decade.
          Ha!

          Anonymous -- Wednesday February 07 2001, @10:55PM (#7512)
          Convention (Score:0)
          and the grease in the hair.....
          Anonymous -- Sunday February 11 2001, @11:09PM (#7684)
            I can't wait!! (Score:1)
            I am sooooooo excited!! I just ordered tickets!!!! WOOOHOOOOO! My best friend from Santa Cruz is comming down to enjoy all the lovely fans with me! Look for us..we'll be wearing shirts that say "Do you have a vacancy for a backscrubber?"
            Charmane <Charmane_e@hotmail.com> -- Tuesday March 13 2001, @07:49PM (#9056)
            (User #1564 Info)
             Day or Night...
              help me, please!!! (Score:1)
              Ok- this board seems to be a combination of these two opinions, really:
              1) Go to the convention. Meet other Morrissey/Smiths fans, listen to These Charming Men play. Have a cool time.
              Or:
              2) Don't go! It's a waste of 30 bucks. There are too many posers there. It will disappoint you.
                  Well, I need help! I am from New Orleans(far far away from anything California), and by a chance of fate, someone offered me a trip to LA on that very weekend! I definitely have 30 dollars to spare. I wanted to go to the convention until I began reading so many negative things. And I've never been to a convention before, so I can't have a well-thought-over opinion. Therefore, I'm leaving it up to fate again. Whoever you are reading this, e-mail me please at Viva Melancholy@aol.com, and tell me to either go or not to go. Please give your most honest opinion and/or experiences. Whichever suggestions from you guys I get the most of, that's what I'll do. I have to know ASAP so I can order tickets if I'm going. I'll have my decision made by April 16th, depending on the e-mails I get. I realize it's silly to leave a big decision up to people I don't even know, but I'm really torn. Thanks ever so much!!! I'll post my decision when it's made. Au Revoir!
              Down We Go Together -- Thursday April 05 2001, @08:43PM (#9885)
              (User #2485 Info)
               Me, with a preference for making things worse...
                Re:Waste of Time (Score:0)
                i agree completely. i havent gone to a single convention after the first one i went to. i forget what year it was, but i met mikejoyce and andy rourke there. (highlight being not having to wait in line to meet them:) i just feel that each year, morrisseys 'fan' base becomes more skewed and less interested in the music and what it says, and more interested in being idiot clueless tough guys. its sad really. sigh.
                Anonymous -- Sunday February 11 2001, @12:46AM (#7655)
                [ Parent ]
                  the hot topic era of morrissey fandom (Score:2)
                  ...not to mention to be more interested in sporting the newest, cleanest, spiffiest smiths or morrissey t-shirt they bought at hot topic.

                  everyone boycott hot topic for making a number of genuinely cool things trendy!
                  state of emergency -- Sunday February 11 2001, @09:09PM (#7682)
                  (User #837 Info)
                   "others conquered love, but i ran..."
                  [ Parent ]
                • Re:Waste of Time by Anonymous (Score:0) Monday February 12 2001, @05:51AM
                  • Re:Waste of Time by Charmane (Score:1) Tuesday March 13 2001, @07:59PM
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