The V-Neck Tee clashes with the V's of the lapels, but other than that, it's an 'age-appropriate' naturalistic pose. He seems to be sitting on a chair which is inexpertly in the frame.
I can't help wondering why this has 'escaped' from Australia yet his, ahem, 'social media team' haven't updated his profiles to reflect this new 'image/branding/marketing'. On his 'Facebook Official' page, there's a picture of the remastered/butchered art-work for Bona Drag and the latest update is the incredibly inane exhortation/question:
"America, do you have your tickets yet? The US Tour starts tonight!"
This absurd remark is linked to a prehistoric clip from 2005. Meanwhile, over on Twitter, the 'official' @itsmorrissey has a "Swords" picture cover and the last update was 14 Dec 2009. It links to "itsmorrisseysworld.com" which is now a domain name for sale showing an attractive Asian women who appears to be trying to sell a pink mobile phone. Go figure, etc.
If this is some convoluted diss of The Social Media, fine, but it's hard not to suspect amateurish incompetence in all this. Why has EMI Australia updated their data, yet the rest of the online dog's dinner remains the same? Is there actually a budget for online marketing within Harvest? On one level it's funny, but on another level it's a bit tragic as I picture Gen X/Y having a WTF? moment as they 'discover' this "living legend". The Interwebz has reduced the 'event horizon' of any film/cd/book to a ridiculously truncated window of opportunity - marketing wise. People pay huges sums to get this stuff right so there's a coherent image across platforms and all that crap. What the hell is wrong with Morrissey? And Harvest? This does not bode well, yet the 'conspiracy theories' will be trundled out yet again if this new release has negligible impact. This is actually fascinating. How Not To Re-Launch A Musical Career In A Post-Physical Media Landscape. Or something like that. Blame Australia. LOLOLOL!