is that greying sideburns? how cute!

Bless him, hope he puts a few people back into line, seems like lately the old "haters" are crawling back out of their mums knickers!

Hopefully the old acid wit of old is there for all to see, he still does the best interviews...
take note all young upstarts, mr soundbite is back, plus it's about time i had something to read on the shitter @ work.

Anyway I love that man, don't care what any "nonse" says otherwise....the man is a f*cking legend!

Bring fourth the hecklers....etc etc!
take ruddy good care now,
regards...
Kesler x

Moz should buzz the sides + back of his hair like he did 1988-1994... it makes the greys less noticeable.

This picture just makes me want to shout out how much I adore this man!!!! LOVE YA MOZ!!

The MAN looks good!
Does anyone know where to get a copy of this Magazine here in L.A.?

Moz, you look smashing!!

Would you be so kind as to sign your copy and post it to me love?!

Cheers Darling!

Morrissey looks like a pimp in the Hefner-like jacket... I wonder if he wore his watch on the opposite hand to show it off...

As for the grey hair, I think it suits him quite well... He is aging perfectly... The grey does the clipper fade without the clippers.

Will it be played in the US?

....or does Moz get better looking with age. Hot damn!
Although, his fashion sense is slipping a tad. He looks like he rolled Larry Dallas from Three's Company.

Does anybody know where I can find a copy of this in Buffalo, ny? I don't think I can.

This is the handsomest of all handsome men I have ever seen. He really looks ridiculously good. A severe test for my heterosexuality. Love the grey sideburns, Love the looks. When's a new album coming out? Can't wait to read the interview.

I am sure that someone will scan these pages for you, so be patient.

You may not like the picture, but it's Morrissey on the front page of a magazine...and that can't be a bad thing.

It's interesting to note on the Word website that the reference to Morrissey 'returning to recording' was made seperately from the 'Under the Influence' project.

Does anybody know the broadcast date for
  the Channel 4 programme ?

he looks aiight...

The depths of winter longing are ice within my heart/these shards of shattered covenants lie sharp against my soul/the wraiths of long-lost ecstasy still tear us 2 apart/these sullen winds of bitterness now keen from turn to pole
    The scars and twisted tendons, the stumps of off-struck limbs/this aching pit of hunger and throb of unset bone/my sanded burning eyeballs as light within them dims/add nothing to this torment of lying here alone
    The shimmering flames of fever trace out your blessed face/these broken eardrums echo yet your voice inside my head/i do not fear this Darkness which crawls toward me apace/i only dread the loss of You that comes when i am dead...

i am counted among Them
      that go down below the pit
  i am Become
    like a man without longing
      free among these dead
  They lay me in dampness
    within the lowest loneliness
      beside the shadow of nomeD
    i laugh as my head turns to rust
      as the walls collide
        and the sky
    and the Impossible
      explode
Held for one moment i remember a dream
    an impression of Loss
  and then everything is gone
Forever

....of how you took morrissey and made him old!!!

The picture of morrissey on the cover of word magazine upsets me a little. He looks so old and its just an upsetting reminder of the sad day when morrissey will pass :-( But dont get me wrong, its not like im going to get upset everytime i see a resent picture of dear, old moz, its just the...... GREY HAIR!! nOoOoOo!! I see that quite a few people actually like it, but i dont!! time can be so cruel :'-(

Grandpa morrissey?

an unflattering photo but i love what he's wearing! I can't wait to rush out and buy a copy... and i can't wait for Moz to get back into the cultural life in England. God Morrissey we need you more than ever here, the country is going down the drain, pop culture is at its worst in years and the country is being run by Dubya's fluffer. Come back Morrissey we need you! We need you here and we need you now!

Jackie

ps. I think it's hilarious that "Benny Hill" is also on the cover, what a great support act for Moz!

Perhaps if we had a series of concerted Beetle drives he might one day give Morrissey-Solo an interview. We'd have to sell a lot of raffle tickets as well. Volunteers?

what does the interview say? Does anyone have it yet, and if so, can you post it? Thanks.

what a handsome devil he is! god,he can still give me goose bumps. *sigh*

when will a new album come out?!

DeBbie

Is this an english based magazine? Would it be here in the US? Tower records or Virgin might have it. Anyone who knows, please post so.

Morrissey has never looked more wonderful.

I want to see what books he has in his home.

I think Morrissey would look great with a haircut called a high and tight, or high fade.

See my little webpage below, and browse through all the handsome gents. I am the least handsome of the gents, but that is another story all together.

Could Morrissey cover "Nautical Disaster" by the Tragically Hip?

Or, how about "Scared" by the Tragically Hip?

Better yet- "I Don't Love Anyone" by B&S?

With love,
Ken

Does anyone know where to get a copy of this magazine in SWEDEN? I don't think so, so stop complaining. And by the way, will they show the upcoming documentary in SWEDEN? I am most definitely sure they won't. Oh, poor, poor me.

I wonder why so much speculation about his look, what the heck --yes he is old like the rest of other fellow mates of his generation --hey have u seen Dave Gahan or Martin Gore lately? Gee Martin looks old too so what? but at least they have new albums out : m-u-s-i-c ..is what MATTERS specially concerning you Mozz.
When are you gonna stop resting in your laurels Morrissey?
I don't care about your sideburns, give me something to listen !

  He is one handsome devil

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAWWW look at him!
he looks like my long-lost granddad!
BLESS BLESS BLESS you moz my dearest dearest darling!

oh, go on, let me sit on your knees, you fluffy sexgod you..
(that last comment was meant most definitely for moz)

When you scan the interview also include that Why I Love Buffy article. I love Buffy too!

if he gets anymore grey hair he'll look like the doc. not that thats a bad thing. i guess id sit on both their laps one leg on each maybe.. actually its a tough decision.. i dunno if moz would win

although the issue with Moz is not on sale yet. The currently availbale one has Elvis Costello on the cover.

Can't wait to read this one...got B&N down the street and they should have this issue in soon!

All well and good but bear in mind it says "Morrissey invites Word's Andrew Harrison into his Hollywood home to talk about... the ongoing court case".

This could see more embittered comments like last year's Observer interview. Surely by now there's no need to keep banging on about it? Why have Word even bothered asking him about it? We all know the depressing details and it really drains me when I hear or read Moz harp on about it yet again.

I was dead excited when I saw that the mag was apparantly out friday, I first read the article on saturday evening (well, reaaally early sunday morning if we're being accurate) So I got up bright and early at 8 the next morning (or the same morning... hell, ya know what I mean) and walked the two miles into town to go to WH Smiths and HMV, where I've seen older issues of Word before. (I nearly bought issue 1 when the delightful Nick Cave was on the cover) I first looked in HMV, and they had an issue with Elvis Costello on the cover, which I thought was odd. I know non-newsagent shops can get a little behind on their magazines, so looked in Smiths. There was another issue with some other band on it (Could have been Blur, but I don't remember) so I looked in the back of the magazine to see when the next issue was out, hoping upon hope they hadn't cancelled the magazine in a Morrissey-like eleventh hour type way!
It said that the next issue of the magazine is released on MAY 15th, that's like thursday... I know magazines' dates of release can be bought forward slightly, so it could be that it was released, in bigger places on friday, but up to now, I haven't been able to see a copy here in Worcester UK. I'm off to the shops in a minute when I get out of college, I'll have a look, but it may be we don't see this until thursday or so.
I looked at the Word magazine website, and it says the new issue is 'out now', so it's anyone's guess. I'd be interested to know whether anyone in the big cities managed to get their mitts on a copy saturday sunday ish..
We'll let you know if I get one in half an hour or so :)

http://www.wordmagazine.co.uk go there and stare at that lovely picture!!

Loves and hugs, James x

Yes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Please post it , if anyone finds out where we can purchase this magazine in California.

At last, Morrissey is back and looking pretty great. When are we going to see justice!! When will he get a recording deal for those fantastic new songs he performed at the Royal Albert Hall last year. I can't wait.

Moz is for life...

beyond words. no measure.

truly a sad, depressing day.

an emptiness consumes me.

Morrissey is my hero, my idol, the ONLY person who understands...

that image is DREADFUL.

please burn it from memory banks...

Went into Sainsbury's in Wandsworth yesterday, and spotted 'Word' from fifty paces away. I resisted reading this much anticipated interview until I decided to go to bed - and it was well worth the wait. This is a long interview, and in my humble opinion very very interesting - and probably the best interview since the late 80's.

This is an essential purchase for any collector of Moz memorabillia - which even has a picture of the Smiths I haven't seen before where Moz looks truly dashing and handsome.

Here are some of the more interesting remarks he makes:

In response to the remark that TATU - the two teenage girls who covered 'How Soon Is Now'- are Russian lesbians, he says 'Aren't we all!' (nudge, nudge, wink, wink).

Regarding the Ludus song 'Breaking The Rules' which will be on the 'Under The Influence' cd released in two weeks time, he says, "...I find these lyrics remarkable, suggesting that all forms of love are wonderful, whether it's three women together, four men together - why can it not be so?"

Betraying an incredible snobbishness with regards to regional accents which he can't stand (he thanks God everyday he doesn't sound Mancunian - which obviously is not the case to anyone who has ever heard speak on radio) he then goes onto remark that he can't stand people who say "Actually, yes" when they just mean "yes" or newsreaders who say "Bridish" when they mean "British".

THEN tripping himself up like most conceited English language snobs, he walks straight into a grammatical faux pas which appears on the next page. He says in relation to modern British comedy, "...what I find funny IS things like Alan Bennett, Jo Brand, and Victoria Wood". That should be ARE says someone with a big nose!

The picture of The Smiths, is to me probably the best one I have ever seen - Moz looks absolutely devine - which in my mind is a rarity as he has been badly photographed on many occasions over the past twenty years - but this pic is truly ace. Even more interesting is the fact that Mike Joyce leers behind him, looking like a devilish fiend sitting menacingly on his shoulder - very ominous.

Morrissey goes on to say that he is not well off at all and that Joyce is harassing his mother and his sister (who have had court charges put on their homes by Joyce's lawyers) and his nephews. Apparently Joyce is at every stage door when he is on tour trying to get money out of him. Moz claims to have no more than a Mars bar after settling accounts when a tour ends. Not sure I believe that.

He says he is NOT well off, and constantly worries about the Joyce case and other business pressures. Obviously there is more stuff, but I think I gleaned the most interesting bits.

I wanted to believe ALL the things he said, but the process order he issued to David Tseng the other week would make me question every remark he makes in the media - what's his agenda one could ask? I truly want to believe he is an honest decent human being who once asked Jo Slee to rescue a struggling wasp in a swimming pool, but part of me just thinks he's a dab hand at self promotion and media manipulation at this stage.

Well the best picture Morrissey has to be the one of him holding up the 'Life' cereal box with the massive smile on his face!

I think he's gorgeous, and I LOVE that shirt, although the jacket needs burning.