In the latest issue of the Las Vegas Weekly Magazine (noise section), there's a short Interview they did w/Andy Rourke. In the interview, they ask him all sorts of Smiths Questions, and about the reunion, and if he'd do it if there were a chance?

Here's the link:

Talking with Andy Rourke of The Smiths - Las Vegas Weekly

Last Sunday April 9th, I met Andy Rourke at VZD's in Oklahoma City before his DJ set. I had him sign a couple Smiths 12", a bootleg, the Mick Middles book, and lastly I had him sign my copy of Morrissey's New York Dolls book.

For the New York Dolls book, I asked him to write something like "Thanks for buying this book even though Morrissey told you not to." He found this slightly amusing and started writing out on the cover of the book. When he got to the word Morrissey, he paused and instead wrote "Dorrissey". He then said "Dorrissey. That's my name for him."

I remembered hearing that "Doris" was UK slang for a girl and thought the name was poking fun at Moz for being overly feminine.

But later, to see if my memory was right, I googled "Doris" and "slang" and discovered that in addition to "girl", Doris has another meaning. In the Wikipedia entry for Doris, it says "Finally, in British rhyming slang, Doris is a mild insult on a par with 'pansy' (from Doris Day meaning gay)." So I'm not sure what he meant by that.

Here are some other bits of conversation
Me: "Are you a City or United fan?"
Andy: "United. I think Johnny was City and I know Mike was City."
Me: "Morrissey's is a United fan."
Andy: "Is he?"
Me: "Yeah, but I think he might have switched to West Ham."
Andy: "Oh yeah, when he went all London." (he said the word "London" with some extra contempt)

also...
Me: "I heard that there is going to be a Smiths box set."
Andy: "Yeah, Warner are trying to put it together."
Me: "Are you involved with it in any way?"
Andy: "Only in terms of bass playing."

When I was having him sign my vinyl copy of The Hand That Rocks The Cradle
Me: "That's a bootleg of the Troy Tate album"
Andy: "Oh?" (He seemed genuinely interested. He then flipped the record over and started reading the tracklist. Pointing to Pretty Girls Make Graves) "Pretty Girls Make Graves. That's a great song."
Me: " Oh yeah. Actually..."

At this point, I was about to show off the true depth Smiths nerdiness by mentioning that the Troy Tate version of Pretty Girls Make Grave did end up as a b-side. But he instictively sensed where I was going, smiled and interrupted me by saying "Oh really?" in this funny faux-sophisticated scholarly posh accent. Made me feel like the pretentious fanboy that I was no doubt coming across as.

Andy Rourke is a really nice guy and doesn't mind talking about the Smiths. He is, however, slightly bitter. Told an aquaintance of mine "If you and a cat were drowning, Morrissey would save the cat first."