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Morrissey talks to Time Out London about Meltdown

posted by davidt on Tuesday March 02 2004, @01:45PM
Vivienne Button writes:

The March 3-10 issue of Time Out magazine hit the stands in London today, and on Page 103 they have run a transcript of an email interview conducted with Morrissey regarding Meltdown festival. I have typed out the report in full below:

"Time Out can exclusively reveal that this year's Meltdown Festival - which runs from June 11 to June 27 - will be curated by Morrissey.

  'What I suspected, and what has been confirmed from my conversations with Morrissey, was that here was a person who understands exactly what Meltdown is about and how to make it his own,' says Glenn Max, the South Bank Centre's Producer of Contemporary Culture. 'His commitment to honesty and accurately representing himself and his favourite artists will guide this festival forward this year. The fact that he's an icon possessing a rare and timeless talent is just icing on the Meltdown cake'.

With Morrissey's hotly anticipated first solo album in seven years due in May, it looks like this will be his year. We emailed him at home in LA to get the lowdown on Morrissey's Meltdown.

TO: HOW DID YOU COME TO BE CURATING THIS YEAR'S MELTDOWN?
MORRISSEY: I was very nicely asked. I was second choice to a smallish Japanese woman whose name I can't mention, but she has atrocious taste in eye furniture. Can you guess who I mean? She had a Red Setter called John.

TO: WITH YOUR NEW ALBUM DUE IN MAY (AND A DATE IN MANCHESTER CONFIRMED) CAN WE TAKE IT YOU'LL BE PERFORMING YOURSELF?
MORRISSEY: Only seals 'perform'. So, yes, I'm ready to oik.

TO: AFTER HEARING YOUR 'UNDER THE INFLUENCE' COMPILATION, WE'RE EXPECTING YOUR LINE-UP TO INCLUDE ROCKABILLY, CAJUN, SKA, OPERATIC DISCO AND GLAM CLASSICS - ARE WE ON THE RIGHT LINES?
MORRISSEY: Not remotely. The line-up consists of drag, skiffle, and political debate.

TO: OVER THE YEARS MELTDOWN HAS BEEN KNOWN FOR ITS UNUSUAL MIX OF COMEDY, FILM, READINGS AND POETRY AS WELL AS MUSIC. CAN WE EXPECT THIS FROM YOUR STEWARDSHIP?
MORRISSEY: This year's Meltdown will be the best - very loud, very entertaining and very funny. Princess Anne is not invited.

TO: WHAT ARE THE CHANCES OF TATU TURNING UP TO PLAY THEIR COVER OF 'HOW SOON IS NOW?'?
MORRISSEY: It's as likely as Amelia Earhart being discovered working at Boots in Croydon.

Lineup details are as yet unconfirmed. But keep an eye out in these very pages if you want to be the first to know."
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