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"The Day I Met Morrissey" - new book out May 11th

posted by davidt on Tuesday April 21 2009, @11:00AM

"The Day I Met Morrissey" - new book out May 11th - available for pre-order now at www.thedayimetmorrissey.com

They look like him, they speak like him. They worship the very ground he walks on. And when obsessive fan actually meets Morrissey, worlds turn upside down.

The Day I Met Morrissey contains 30 real-life stories of fans who for a split second found themselves in the right place at the right time.

There’s a chance encounter at Wilmslow train station in 1985 when a tongue-tied teen fulfils her dream. More dramatic Morrissey meetings come in perfumeries, airport lounges and by the pic'n'mix at Woolworths.

Written by Dickie Felton, The Day I Met Morrissey, is 100 pages of full colour Moz fandom. It contains more than 100 photos never seen before.

Dickie, from Liverpool, England, said: "I've no idea what the world will make of this strange little book. I just wanted to chronicle the more obsessive elements of Morrissey's support - which includes me.

"The Day I Met Morrissey features fantastic stories stretching a quarter of a century. For some disciples meeting Morrissey is like a religious experience, the greatest moment of their lives. Some of the conversations between fan and Moz are wonderfully funny. I hope that readers will get a new insight into Moz through the eyes of the people that know him best - his fans."

The book will be available initially on-line at www.thedayimetmorrissey.com and on Amazon priced Ł15.

Pre-orders will be dispatched from May 11th.

Felton, 35, will also be taking the book for sale on the UK tour outside the venues at Omagh, Belfast, Glasgow, Liverpool, Great Yarmouth, Manchester: "If I sell more than seven copies I will be thrilled."

Among the fans featured in the book is American actor Tom Lennon, who recalls an encounter with Morrissey at the Cat and Fiddle pub in Los Angeles in 2005.

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Sweet! Great idea for a book (Score:0)

I wonder if there are any negative encounters in the book, or are they all positive experiences

Anonymous -- Tuesday April 21 2009, @11:20AM (#328632)

hope the library gets it (Score:0)

I prefer to check books out from the library instead of paying for them. Fair deal? That's how I got to read Johnny Rogan's last Morrissey book (_Albums_).

Anonymous -- Tuesday April 21 2009, @11:29AM (#328634)

Re:hope the library gets it by Anonymous (Score:0) Thursday April 23 2009, @06:56AM

Tom Lennon (Score:0)

Tom Lennon aka Dangle on Reno 911. VERY funny guy.

Anonymous -- Tuesday April 21 2009, @12:14PM (#328640)

Re:Tom Lennon by Anonymous (Score:0) Wednesday July 15 2009, @07:17PM

Meeting Moz in Coachella (Score:5, Insightful)

None of my friends really seem to care, so I am turning here to tell, what I believe, is something truly amazing.
I have worked Coachella for three years now and have never really cared too much about meeting anyone, but when the chance to meet Moz came to be I could not pass on such a thing.
As I walked by the hosp. trailer I noticed Moz sitting in a chair reading a book. At first I just stared and could not make myself move. Before I knew it I was walking towards him. My feet were moving forward and my brain was screaming, "STOP". I walked straight up to him and just stuck my hand out like an idiot. Moz looked up at me took my hand and said, "So, is it everything that you dreamed it might be." And then gave me a quick smile.
I didn't really know what to say, so I asked him what he was reading. He showed me the cover and then started to read again.
I was truly tongue tied and in awe, so I just said, "Thanks for taking a few moments from your reading. This truly is an honor."
It was a short moment in time that I will always hold dear.

turnagain81 -- Tuesday April 21 2009, @01:51PM (#328647)
(User #22415 Info)

Re:Meeting Moz in Coachella by stab in the back (Score:1) Tuesday April 21 2009, @02:18PM
Re:That's all very well... by goinghome (Score:1) Tuesday April 21 2009, @02:19PM

Re:Meeting Moz in Coachella by LucasT (Score:1) Tuesday April 21 2009, @03:13PM

Re:Meeting Moz in Coachella (Score:3, Informative)

Sorry to leave out something so important, but I got caught up in the moment. I just glanced at it and thought that it said The Bridge Project by Wilder. However, no such book has ever been, so I searched around online and found what it really was. The Burning Bridge Project by Brandon Wilding. I had never heard of it, but I did order one =). What can I say, I am a follower of a very Charming Man.

turnagain81 -- Tuesday April 21 2009, @04:03PM (#328665)
(User #22415 Info)

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Re:Meeting Moz in Coachella (Score:3, Informative)

V happy for you!

From Amazon:
"Synopsis
This is not 52nd Street. The rich, white academics will no longer be given their structured, easy-to-listen-to jazz. This is Milton's Playhouse. This is the heart of music. Structure - time - form and proper scales are dead here. This is the place that jazz progresses. 52nd Street is stale and lifeless. The bridge to 52nd Street has been burned down. This is Improvisational Writing. It lives through every typo - misspelling - misuse and grammatical mistake. It is music without sound. Without measures. Without Scales. Without time. Without prisons. It is a hope to give life to something that has become so confined it can no longer breathe. It may be one continuous mistake. But it is honest - true - uncompromising and unconfined. In a world that has a million bookshelves lined with street maps to 52nd Street, this is a fresh note. It may be a flat note, nonetheless, it is a note."

I think I'll give that one a miss

Tingle -- Wednesday April 22 2009, @02:22AM (#328699)
(User #5731 Info)

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Re:Meeting Moz in Coachella by Anonymous (Score:0) Wednesday April 22 2009, @11:18AM

The Book (Score:3, Interesting)

Ha ha, I also got really annoyed reading the "synopsis".

Anyway, if you go to the Amazon website, you can actually read the first few pages of the book. Apparently it´s a book of poems (unless it changes later in the book).

What I read didn´t grip me, but here´s the link for anyone who wants to get an idea:

http://www.amazon.com/Burning-Bridge-Project-Brandon-Wilding/dp/1434309444/ref=sr_1_8?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1240392772&sr=1-8

Cashews -- Wednesday April 22 2009, @01:19PM (#328744)
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Re:Meeting Moz in Coachella by turnagain81 (Score:1) Wednesday April 22 2009, @02:28PM

Re:Meeting Moz in Coachella by Cashews (Score:1) Wednesday April 22 2009, @01:42AM
Re:Meeting Moz in Coachella by Anonymous (Score:0) Wednesday April 22 2009, @11:59AM

Cool (Score:0)

Sounds great, I love hearing about stories like that. I'll definitely be picking up a copy!

Anonymous -- Tuesday April 21 2009, @02:08PM (#328649)

Congrats! (Score:0)

Dickie, great to see the book is finally published. Well done! Nice cover too. I wish you every luck with the book.

Jason, Lucky Lisp & Smiths File

Anonymous -- Tuesday April 21 2009, @04:06PM (#328666)

Re:Congrats! by Anonymous (Score:0) Tuesday April 21 2009, @08:53PM

I should have contributed my story (Score:1, Funny)

I met morrissey once at the Cat and Fiddle in Los Angeles. He employed a number of evasive, passive aggressive techniques to tell me that he was gonna be high maintenance. I have no patience with this type of effeminate behavior, so I politely finished up and let him enjoy the rest of his evening.

The worst handshake ever.

Anonymous -- Tuesday April 21 2009, @07:40PM (#328678)

Re:I should have contributed my story by Anonymous (Score:0) Wednesday April 22 2009, @02:52AM
- Re:I should have contributed my story by Anonymous (Score:0) Wednesday April 22 2009, @10:21AM
Re:I should have contributed my story by Anonymous (Score:0) Thursday April 23 2009, @10:09AM

Jo Brand (Score:0)

Wasn't Jo Brand writing a book exactly like this? I think hers was an in depth look at the lives of about 3 Morrissey fans.

Anonymous -- Wednesday April 22 2009, @12:33AM (#328692)

when I met The Moz (Score:0)

I could not speak, I was so stunned. It was 1991, and he was ever so sweet. I will never forget that moment. And he touched me. He was kind and patient and sweet. I love him to bits, no matter what a diva he is these days.

Anonymous -- Wednesday April 22 2009, @04:22AM (#328704)

sounds/looks (Score:1)

very nice

but the books I would buy are Morrissey or Johnnys bio [if it's more than 100 pages about his Smiths time, from the 248]

and follow up on Peeepholism or Morrissey shot

sorry Dick too many books past years which used
Morrissey, your soundslike but 15 pounds, are
20 euroos or even more, and I find that a bit
too much for a good fanbook, but maybe I pass by
look at it/in, and buy it instantly

anyway thanks for your release

Celibate Cry <vauxhall@mail2uk.com> -- Wednesday April 22 2009, @06:16AM (#328709)
(User #220 Info)
and the hills are alive with celibate cries

I met him in Mexico City (Score:1, Interesting)

In his hotel, March 20th 2000 (Oye Esteban! tour). I chatted with him for a little while -only the two of us- first in the lobby and then in the sidewalk; the thing I remember shocked me the most was his shyness, his calm manners and timid smile. He spent a couple of hours with part of his crew at a nearby café and I of course was seated two tables away, hypnotized. Then again at the airport, at the boarding gate, I chatted with him -this time for a couple of minutes only-, he was so incredibly sweet, he went then into the bathroom alone, sans his bodyguards, but I didn't find the nerve to follow suit. I have this whole experience tattooed on my soul.
And oh, yes, I would love to read the book.

Anonymous -- Wednesday April 22 2009, @07:10AM (#328715)

Re:I met him in Mexico City by Anonymous (Score:0) Wednesday April 22 2009, @08:28AM
- Re:I met him in Mexico City by Anonymous (Score:0) Thursday April 23 2009, @10:00AM
  - Thank you for not following him into the bathroom by Anonymous (Score:0) Friday April 24 2009, @06:28AM

All the things you love... (Score:1)

I used to get Sing Your Life in the mail a long time ago (I still own every copy!), and I LOVED reading about Morrissey encounters. Everyone who's ever met him has said how shy, kind, and sweet he is. When I see him live on stage, that's exactly how I imagine him. Morrissey is an extremely compassionate person - I really do believe that. Even today as the hate posts flow in...There's a reason for everything.

I'd love to own this book. But I'm mostly looking forward to Morrissey's autobiography!

hand in glove * -- Wednesday April 22 2009, @08:34AM (#328720)
(User #827 Info)
Art is the tree of life. Science is the tree of death. - William Blake

Wouldn't want to meet him (Score:2, Insightful)

Yes, I adore him. Yes, I've been an avid fan for 20 years now. Like everyone, I've fantasized about one day meeting Morrissey, what I could possibly say to not sound like a clone, etc. But, the more I've read and surmised from watching his interviews, the more convinced I have become that meeting him would be a terrible disappointment. Why meet him and be casually brushed off by someone who doesn't care to be bothered by yet another fan?

I'd rather tuck the dream beneath my pillow at night than spoil it by the realization that he's actually a bit of a prick.

Anonymous -- Wednesday April 22 2009, @09:15AM (#328723)

Re:Wouldn't want to meet him (Score:2, Insightful)

I think you are onto something. The dream is wonderful, while the reality is almost certainly less than dreamy.

wemissumoz * <{nhsgary} {at} {yahoo.com}> -- Wednesday April 22 2009, @09:53AM (#328727)
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Re:Wouldn't want to meet him by Anonymous (Score:0) Wednesday April 22 2009, @10:16AM

Gawd (Score:1)

How many people will write books and make money off Morrissey.

The authors of these books are just as bad as Mike Joyce if you ask me...

Strutting Rooster -- Thursday April 23 2009, @01:23AM (#328766)
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Re:Gawd by Anonymous (Score:0) Thursday April 23 2009, @05:43AM
Re:Gawd by Anonymous (Score:0) Thursday April 23 2009, @10:13AM

I once met Morrissey (Score:0)

I once met Morrisey and he could care less it felt so right haha. Still nicer then Lou Reed God. That felt even better haha.
http://www.allmylittlewordsonline.com [allmylittl...online.com]

Anonymous -- Thursday April 23 2009, @09:25AM (#328774)

Re:I once met Morrissey by Anonymous (Score:0) Thursday April 23 2009, @04:16PM
Re:LOU by Anonymous (Score:0) Thursday July 16 2009, @01:15PM

The day I was due to meet Morrissey, (Score:0)

I was actually too sick, or it was logistically impossible, or not enough other celebrities had turned out to meet me. Or something. So I cancelled.

Anonymous -- Thursday April 23 2009, @10:07AM (#328776)

Met Moz in S.F. (Score:3, Interesting)

I met Morrissey at Amoeba in S.F. on September 25, 2007, during his week playing at the Fillmore. It was Tuesday afternoon at approximately 4:30 p.m. and I was in line getting ready to purchase, get this: The Leather Boys DVD. When I was about ready to get called to be helped, I happened to glance to my left and there HE was! He was standing by the cd Box sets! He was wearing a suit and had a hat on (like the one that the guy has on the inside photo of the Alma Matters cd). I left my stuff at the counter and walked directly toward him. He squinched up his face and as I walked toward him I held out my hand and said, "It's my dream to meet you, Morrissey." He shook my hand, bowed and said, "Thank You." I was wearing my Morrissey t-shirt that they sold at his show that reads "MORRISSEY BOYS CLUB" and he said, "I like your shirt." I was frozen in happiness. Complete bliss. I didn't know what else to say. I said, "So, how are you enjoying your stay here in S.F.?" He said, "Well, we play 2 more shows here and then we're off to Santa Barbara." I smiled and said "God! I wish I had my camera. I would have loved to take a picture with you." He said, "It's OK." I said, "Well, I better get back. Thank you Morrissey." He said, "Thank you." That was it! When I returned to the counter to purchase my things, the man at the counter said, "So You've met Morrissey!!!" I was SOOOOO happy! Then, I noticed Morrissey leave with the blonde-haired lady that is shown in the picture with Morrissey at the DNA lounge in S.F.

sablan <JuanSablanATime@Hotmail.com> -- Thursday April 23 2009, @11:17AM (#328779)
(User #13350 Info)

Re:Met Moz in S.F. by Cashews (Score:1) Thursday April 23 2009, @01:15PM
Re:Met Moz in S.F. by king leer (Score:1) Friday April 24 2009, @06:57AM

Whatever happens it'll be a disaster (Score:2, Insightful)

It upsets me that my choices are either;

Meet Morrissey, cry, not be able to speak because I'd be so happy etc. and then have to live with the fact that I'd made a complete fool out of myself infront of MORRISSEY of all people for the rest of my life
Or
Don't ever meet him and live forever wanting desperately to just hug him and say "I love you!"

Because of this I really don't know what I'd do if I saw Morrissey in a shop somewhere. I'd be so, so nervous about just wandering up to him and saying "Hello, I love you" (I'm sure he hasn't heard that before) but then again I don't know whether I'd be able to stop myself. Oh dear ):

fass -- Thursday April 23 2009, @12:07PM (#328781)
(User #22420 Info)

Lawsuit (Score:0)

if my story is in this book, i swear to god, i'm gonna sue.

Anonymous -- Thursday April 23 2009, @01:43PM (#328786)

Nice cover (Score:0)

I like the cover photo. I can tell that in this quiet exchange the fan understands that this is a moment he must savour and commit to memory. Yamaha

Anonymous -- Friday April 24 2009, @04:15AM (#328793)

Re:The chatroom, a place for Morrissey haters (Score:0)

why are you guys talking shit about him??????

that is SO fucked UP!!!!!!

Anonymous -- Tuesday April 21 2009, @05:11PM (#328671)

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Re:The chatroom, a place for Morrissey haters (Score:0)

I approve!

Anonymous -- Tuesday April 21 2009, @05:36PM (#328674)

[ Parent ]

Re:The chatroom, a place for Morrissey haters (Score:0)

You sad, sad, bastard. You took the time to copy and paste this here. And nobody cares. You sad shit.

Anonymous -- Tuesday April 21 2009, @09:32PM (#328685)

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Re:The chatroom, a place for Morrissey haters by Anonymous (Score:0) Wednesday April 22 2009, @01:48PM

1 reply beneath your current threshold.