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Morrissey's LA Weekly ad for a new drummer (apparently)
posted by davidt on Monday March 25 2002, @08:30AM

 spentspentspent writes:

I know some people have issues with Ambitious Outsiders, but they appear to have come up with an exclusive again. On their website there's an ad for a drummer littered with Moz lyric references, taken from the LA Weekly. Apparently Chris got the scoop from Boz at his gig at the weekend, along with some cryptic details about a summer gig in a huge LA venue.

This would certainly be in keeping with Morrissey's penchant for an ever-changing rhythm section.

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Also posted on the general discussion board, "The one who sees" writes:

THERE IS AN AD IN THE L.A. WEEKLY AND IT SEEMS QUITE SUSPICIOUS!! ON PAGE 112 THERE IS A BLOCK AD THE READS:

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THIS IS NOT A JOKE!! THIS IS NOT YOUR TYPICAL KIND OF HELP WANTED AD. ITS NOT EVEN IN THE CLASSIFIED AD SECTION, ITS IN THE SECTION WHERE THE LOCAL CLUBS AND CURRENT SHOWS ARE. THE AD IS A PROFESSIONAL AD. ITS SEEMS REALLY MYSTERIOUS TO ME AND I THINK IT IS A CLEAR POSSIBILITY FOR HIM TO LOOK FOR A DRUMMER SINCE HE HASNT HAD A STABLE ONE SINCE SPENCER COBRIN AND WHO KNOWS WHERE SPIKE SMITH IS THESE DAYS. YOU HEARD IT HERE FIRST!!!

 
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    Revolving door policy... (Score:1, Funny)
    Hmmm.

    Morrissey and drummers. Something of a pattern emerging here methinks?

    Maybe the add should have read

    WANTED - DISPOSABLE PART OF A LAWNMOWER. ONE HUNDRED PERCENT EFFORT FOR TEN PERCENT WAGE.

    .... miaow kitties!
    Anonymous -- Monday March 25 2002, @08:59AM (#26723)
    • ha,ha,ha,ha by Anonymous (Score:0) Monday March 25 2002, @08:13PM
      If only I could play the drums... (Score:1)
      How about a Famous International Tambourine Player?
      Lord Henry Wotton -- Monday March 25 2002, @09:46AM (#26724)
      (User #2475 Info)
        Really? (Score:0)
        Do you really think they would be that obvious? Probably a cover band.
        Anonymous -- Monday March 25 2002, @10:02AM (#26727)
        hmm... (Score:2, Funny)
        "HE HASNT HAD A STABLE ONE SINCE SPENCER COBRIN". I believe that sentence is an oxymoron.
         
        Sort of like "kinda pregnant"
        Johnny Marr -- Monday March 25 2002, @10:10AM (#26728)
        (User #1113 Info)
         There is no such thing in life as normal.
          Too obvious to be clever (Score:1)
          I think it's a farce. Most likely something a cover band advertised that would keep the fans chattering.
          Seasick -- Monday March 25 2002, @10:51AM (#26730)
          (User #297 Info)
            "A Boy Who's In The Know" (Score:0)
            All of the rumors
            keeping me hounded
            I never said
            I NEVER SAID!
            that they were completely
            Unfounded!

            It's all true, dear ones, it's all true.....

            ....or false....

            See you soon!
            Anonymous -- Monday March 25 2002, @11:26AM (#26732)
            • hounded?? by Anonymous (Score:1) Monday March 25 2002, @12:46PM
              • Re:hounded?? by Johnny Marr (Score:1) Monday March 25 2002, @02:14PM
              what is the true story about spencer? (Score:0)
              personality problems? sexual tension? empathy for joyce? anybody know the real reason why he is no longer on the drums?
              Anonymous -- Monday March 25 2002, @11:39AM (#26733)
                little drummer boy (Score:0)
                Brilliant: isn't Steven the funniest! Who else could turn the recruting of a drummer into such an entertaining and witty event!

                such a shame that Spencer's gone tho: Wide to Receive and Lost were utterly brilliant and marked a much-needed change in musical style from the Southpaw/Maladjusted guitar sludge...

                Steed
                Anonymous -- Monday March 25 2002, @11:39AM (#26734)
                  Poor Esteban (Score:0)
                  he will have his mailbox flooded by fan mail, but it wasn't the most discrete ad...
                  Anonymous -- Monday March 25 2002, @11:46AM (#26735)
                    The Drummer Ad... (Score:1)
                    Given's Morrissey's legendary status (and connections within the music biz), I find it a bit hard to believe that he would resort to placing a "drummer wanted" ad in the LA Weekly.

                    You would think he'd be able to seek out Courtney Love or Michael Stipe for advice...
                    Lifeguard Sleeping -- Monday March 25 2002, @11:58AM (#26736)
                    (User #58 Info)
                      Shite, i cant play drums (Score:0)
                      but i do have a drum machine.
                      Will that do?
                      Anonymous -- Monday March 25 2002, @12:11PM (#26737)
                        I Play, I Play!!! (Score:0)
                        I play the drums...and I play Moz songs all the time. Maybe I should send a tape, but then again would Moz have a GIRL drummer?!? Oh no, what shall I do?
                        Anonymous -- Monday March 25 2002, @01:15PM (#26742)
                        Bill Berry!!! (Score:0)
                        Well, why not?
                        Anonymous -- Monday March 25 2002, @04:02PM (#26753)
                        not even a cover band (Score:1, Interesting)
                        ...but a band formed by fans... think of it, if would start up a band, wouldn`t you want the drummer to be a morrissey fan? most chances they`re gonna get many letters from morrissey drummers-fans...
                        but never the less, an entertaining thought...

                        but realize: moz doesn`t care much about the fans. they depress him. they treat him like he`s a god while he knows he`s not, so there`s a huge dissonance here. "i`m not the man they think i am" effect. so i bet he shys away from contact unless it`s a tour or something, when he actually has a good reason to feel like a god...

                        noam, israel
                        Anonymous -- Monday March 25 2002, @06:04PM (#26764)
                          Tsk (Score:0)
                          Morrissey is a songwriter/singer for almost 20
                          years, he met so much people that's even laughable that he must place an ad for a drummer.
                          I'm confident that Morrissey has nothing to do
                          with this LA ad, he can snip his fingers and
                          and can choose the drummer he wants , without
                          help from ads in papers or whatever.
                          Anonymous -- Monday March 25 2002, @09:17PM (#26768)
                          • Re:Tsk by suzanne (Score:1) Monday March 25 2002, @09:40PM
                            • Boz by Celibate Cry (Score:1) Wednesday March 27 2002, @02:37AM
                              • Re:Boz by suzanne (Score:1) Wednesday March 27 2002, @06:34PM
                            "Oh, I can't help quoting you..." (Score:2, Informative)
                            For what it's worth, I was next to Chris when Boz voluntarily let it be known that there was an ad for a drummer among other details on the Moz front. I would not doubt Boz's word on such a matter and please believe what you must, but as for me I must get back to making that video to submit to Esteban.

                            Cheers!
                            greaser <greasedcat@yahoo.com> -- Tuesday March 26 2002, @12:19AM (#26773)
                            (User #517 Info)
                              Re:"Oh, I can't help quoting you..." (Score:2, Interesting)
                              chris kills me

                              "i hope nobody uses it for fan mail because i would hate to think he is getting a lot of what he didn't ask for!"

                              and what does the guy who stood outside of moz's house and hung out to ask boz some questions have to say about it? i personally don't see anything wrong with it. its a P.O. Box and it might cut down on the number of times his true home address gets copied and passed around if the fans knew they had somewhere to send a letter to, and it circumvents those who run around claiming they can give him your letter and you don't know if he got it or not. and this way, people do know its the correct address...and so forth.

                              it's a good thing. besides, you can pretty much tell by the contents of the package if its fanmail or if its an audio tape/VHS tape.
                              suzanne <{suzsch} {at} {sbcglobal.net}> -- Tuesday March 26 2002, @10:59AM (#26802)
                              (User #36 Info | http://www.myspace.com/snootywriter )
                               I scare dead people.
                              [ Parent ]
                            Does anybody know the full story behind (Score:1)
                            the departure of Spencer Cobrin?
                            David T (different) -- Tuesday March 26 2002, @01:00AM (#26777)
                            (User #256 Info)
                             david_t[at]boltblue.com
                            The Harsh Truth, You'll wish you didn't know (Score:0)
                            The buzz is that the big date in june at a massive venue is going to be at some sort of latino festival. Imagine a bunch of white guys on stage at a latino festival. I tell you the man has lost it.
                            Anonymous -- Tuesday March 26 2002, @01:10AM (#26778)
                            Who posted this? (Score:0, Flamebait)
                            That fat pig who stood in front of Moz's house as though it were the Home Depot parking lot he is used to standing in front of every morning for potential work? And with him, his trusty hispanic sidekick, Babalooey? What right do these stalkers have to hoping nobody stuffs his PO BOX with fan mail? No sense.
                            Anonymous -- Tuesday March 26 2002, @01:54PM (#26810)
                            As long as he's at it... (Score:1)
                            he may as well try for a guitarist with at least an appreciable amount of talent. I'm so tired of those hacks he hangs around with I can hardly stand it any more. Alain and Boz must go. And would it hurt him to work with Stephen Street again?
                            richlandrum <richlandrum@yahoo.com> -- Tuesday March 26 2002, @03:44PM (#26813)
                            (User #647 Info)
                              The Cure did the same thing... (Score:0)
                              They placed in ad in England and got their current drummer. So it DOES happen!! It was pretty funny if I remember right...it said something like "established band, has gigs/CD's, etc." HA!
                              Anonymous -- Tuesday March 26 2002, @06:11PM (#26819)
                              Let me get your head on the....casting couch (Score:0)
                              hmmm....I don't think this is Morrissey's ad. I didn't see anything in the ad's text soliciting a willingness to romp naked in beds for photo sessions.
                              Anonymous -- Wednesday March 27 2002, @12:27PM (#26870)
                                Mike Joyce!!!!! (Score:0)
                                The drums are calling your name
                                Anonymous -- Wednesday March 27 2002, @06:09PM (#26892)

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