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Statement from Morrissey RE: Canada on true-to-you.net

posted by davidt on Monday March 31 2008, @07:00PM

TLM130 sends the link:

Statement from Morrissey - true-to-you.net

In late June the Montreal Symphony are hosting a TV Special to salute Buffy Sainte-Marie's 50th year making music. I am honored to be asked to take part. I first bought a Buffy Sainte-Marie record when I was 12, and her music has always remained with me. In the 1960s, as a political activist, Buffy's lyrics were fearless, and I'm very grateful for all the risks that she took.

I am also pleased to be asked to join the bill at the V Festival at the Thunderbird Stadium in Vancouver, and also at Fort Calgary in Calgary.

However, as we all know, the psychologically and constitutionally sickening Canadian seal-kill has started and is once again in full-cry.

The horror of the Canadian seal-kill is untranslatable, and although I fully realize that highly concentrated evil exists in other countries - Japan's dolphin slaughter, Iceland's newly-revived whaling, the cat-skinning trade in Switzerland, and China with just about every injustice imaginable - there is something especially menacing about Canada's seal-kill.

Loyola Sullivan (Canada's Ambassador for Fisheries Conservation) is a man of glacial coldness who claims that the seal-kill is "humane" - a view he might alter if his own skull were cracked open with a spiked axe.

The fact that the seal-kill provides a livelihood for fishermen is an insultingly dim excuse for it to take place - after all, the German gas chambers of World War 2 also provided work for someone.

The seal-kill takes place to satisfy greed for fur-pelts, and this Canadian government is happy to drag the global image of its own country down, and make it a place that people such as I couldn't bear to visit.

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US Greatest Hits release and ringtones

posted by davidt on Monday March 31 2008, @07:00PM

goinghome writes:

Latest news on the website www.itsmorrisseysworld.com proclaims the hawking of some wares of the moment to Moz-bitten US punters (the tour page is also now updated) -

US GREATEST HITS RELEASE AND RINGTONES
- Greatest Hits has just been released in the US and is out on double vinyl LP next week.

The definitive collection of classics is a sweeping tour of Morrissey’s finest work from 1988’s acclaimed Viva Hate right through to 2006’s number one album Ringleader Of The Tormentors. Alongside unforgettable tracks including Suedehead, Everyday Is Like Sunday and First Of The Gang To Die, Greatest Hits also boasts latest single That’s How People Grow Up and further new track All You Need Is Me.

Greatest Hits is out now in the USA on CD and deluxe Limited Edition CD, and the double disc vinyl LP will be available from 1st April.

US fans can also download ringtones of each Greatest Hits track. Follow the links below to buy your selected track – and please note, these ringtones are compatible with US mobile phones only...

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Courteeners b-side "Smiths Disco"

posted by davidt on Monday March 31 2008, @07:00PM

mattorefice writes:

May or may not be interesting? The Courteeners' "Not Nineteen Forever" single features b-side "Smiths Disco":

Courteeners, The
CDS $7.99

Not Nineteen Forever - Siren Disc
Tracks: 1.Not Nineteen Forever 2.Smiths Disco.
COUNTRY: UK
Format: CD SINGLE
Expected Release Date: 31-Mar-08
Best Ordered Before: 21-Mar-08

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Morrissey - South Bank Show query

posted by davidt on Monday March 31 2008, @07:00PM

An anonymous person writes:

After some recent digging around about the proposed SBS, today I received this on email from a source at ITV:

"Unfortunately the programme did not work out for various reasons which I can't go into. It was a shame but that's the media world for you!"

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Barrister defending the indefensible

posted by davidt on Monday March 31 2008, @07:00PM

Noel Westlake writes:

Here's the barrister representing Conor McRidiclous and his IPC cohorts in the NME case against Morrissey.

Catrin Evans - One Brick Court

She has a track record, as they say.

Excerpt:

REPRESENTATIVE CASES OF INTEREST

Defamation
Morrissey v McNicholas & IPC Media Ltd (2008) – acting for the NME magazine in action by singer Morrissey over an article concerning his attitude to immigration.

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TATU covers Smiths classic "How Soon Is Now?" in Dubai

posted by davidt on Monday March 31 2008, @07:00PM

An anonymous person writes:

The Russian band girl duo TATU performed Dubai, UAE in the Media City area and performed the smiths "how soon is now" in their setlist.

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Morrissey headlining O2 Wireless Festival, Hyde Park (London, July 4) confirmed at true-to-you.net

posted by davidt on Monday March 24 2008, @07:00PM

An anonymous person writes:

True-to-You posted Morrissey at Hyde Park July 4, also cute comments by morrissey.

Morrissey headlining at O2 Wireless Festival, London - true-to-you.net
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Update: 03/26 15:54 GMT: pre-sale details at itsmorrisseysworld.com.
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Related item: Morrissey to headline O2 Wireless festival in London (July 3) according to teletext - Feb. 12, 2008

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