The Department of Sociology and the Irish World Academy of Music and Dance at University of Limerick, are hosting a seminar on The Smiths and Morrissey on April 23rd 2008.

The speakers are Dr. Nabeel Zuberi, Department of Film, Television and Media Studies, Auckland, New Zealand and Dr. Eoin Devereux, Department of Sociology, University of Limerick, Ireland. The respondent will be Dr. Colin Coulter, Department of Sociology, NUI, Maynooth, Ireland.

The seminar takes place in FB028, The Foundation Building, University of Limerick, Ireland between 2pm and 5pm.

Admission is free.

For further details email eoin.devereux@ul.ie

Eoin Devereux of the University of Limerick (user 'Punky' on the forums) is asking fans for their experiences - details here.

He's also hosting an academic event on the Smiths on April 23rd in Limerick - details here.

On Saturday March 15 a live video of Morrissey performing "That's How People Grow Up" was featured on UK TV channel E4's "E4 Gets Unsexy", a program that featured the unsexiest music videos of all time. The video was more or less a montage of stage-rushers grabbing Moz, who appeared generally somewhat sweaty and often sported a half-unbuttoned, perhaps too-tight shirts.

Here is the description of the show from E4's website:
"09:50 E4 GETS UNSEXY
Justin may be bringing sexy back but E4 Music is throwing it in the bin until it goes mouldy and smells a little bit like sick and soured milk. Let us be your guide to all things unsexy."

No re-airing of the show is scheduled at this time.

Virgin Megastore on Hollywood Blvd., will be giving out limited edition posters with purchase of the Greatest Hits. They will be having a midnight sale for the release. The deluxe edition with bonus disc will be on sale for 16.99.

- The SLC will be featured on the BBC 'Oneshow' on Wednesday the 26th at 7pm in a feature about on what's happened to all the youth clubs.

- There is a four page article about the SLC in the March edition of Lancashire Life.

- Items are still being gathered for an auction for The Salford Lads Club fund. There have been some nice Morrissey/ Smiths memorabilia donated so far. Thanks to those who have donated. If you think you may have something of interest, no matter how small or large. Please consider doing so by contacting the club directly or Grim O'Grady, Jukebox Jury or myself (Morrisseythe23rd@aol.com). Any ideas of how we can promote this 'event' to maximise exposure and revenue for the club would also be welcome.

- New Vinny Peculiar download now available with money to go to Salford Lads Club fund. 'Lazy Bohemians' [remixed from the Goodbye album] plus a couple of bonus tracks, 'Ghost Camp [prelude]' and 'Get Well Soon' are available from any number of online music suppliers including- iTunes, eMusic, HMV, Rhapsody, Napster and Amazon.

1 Lazy Bohemians [Peculiar] – taken from the Pronoia album ‘Goodbye My Angry Friend’, remastered edit by Stevie O, produced by Tim Browne. Laziness is the new boredom and this song a hymn to the revolutionary misfits who never quite manage to get it together man. You know who you are….

2 Ghost Camp [prelude]- [Peculiar/Gannon] Co written with Craig Gannon for ‘The Ghost Camp’ a 4 episode radio play penned by Leslie Holmes. "The Ghost Camp" was based on a weird event at Salford Lads' Club in WW2. It premiered on Salford Community Radio in June 2005 and went on to win a national award

3 Get Well Soon [Peculiar] - recorded in Studio Sound, Rochdale featuring a well dark and groovy Markus [the mighty lemon dropper] on bass. Recorded August 2005, engineered by Spooner, it was originally a contender for the Fall and Rise album but got sidestepped in the pursuit of sonic cohesion. Sounds like proper bad day at the hairdressers…

Vinnie sings to save Lads Club - Manchester evening news 20/3/2008

The upcoming Smiths/Morrissey Convention has just added Gary Day as the Special Guest DJ...The Convention takes place on Sunday March 30th @ The Crash Mansion in Downtown L.A.

http://www.musicconventions.com/

This week my radio show The Adventure Club will be a three hour career spanning retrospective of Morrissey and The Smiths. All eras represented. Moz's camp has supplied some unreleased live stuff for me to play. There will be plenty of giveaways including vinyl copies of the Greatest Hits album. If in the LA or San Diego areas you can listen in at 98.7 FM from 7P-10P (west coast time) this Sunday night (3/23). You can also listen online at www.star987.com.