Calling all Morrissey fans!
Bafta nominated director and London based production company are making a documentary all about the psychology of fame- and we're particularly interested in the area of fandom! What is it that draws people to a certain 'celebrity', and the part that 'being a fan' plays in people's lives. We will be at the 02 Wireless Festival in London this friday where Morrissey is performing and we'd be really interested in speaking to some fans whilst there. We want people who can talk candidly and intelligently about how/ why they have become fans of Morrissey, what he says to them as an artist, and what effect their fandom has had on their lives.......

We are hoping to be at Hyde Park in London from around 2.30/3pm on friday and we're keen to a wide range of people.
If you are interested please contact either myself or my colleague- details below:
Katie Green- Kate.L.Green@gmail.com - 07950413262
Felicity Leabeater - fleabeater@mac.com - 07980551260

Many thanks
S2S Productions

Marksimpson.com is running an authorised excerpt of James Maker's forthcoming autobiography and announces that its working title is 'Autofellatio'.

http://www.marksimpson.com

'James Maker, former lead singer with cult 80s Indie band Raymonde and 90s drag metal sensation RPLA, and one of Morrissey’s longest-serving friends, is writing a memoir.

And what a memoir. It has very probably the best, and unquestionably the most honest title for an autobiography ever: ‘Autofellatio’.

Maker recently posted a very short excerpt from it, recounting his first meeting with Morrissey in 1977 and titled ‘Gide the Ripper’, on his MySpace webpage. Inevitably, despite the profile being set to ‘Private’ and only having two and a half authorised friends, the excerpt ended up on a Morrissey fansite in less time than it takes to read most Morrissey song titles.

Now that the excerpt is ‘out there’ Maker’s kindly given permission for it to be posted it on marksimpson.com. As you can see, Maker’s prose more than lives up to the audacious promise of his memoir’s title. I’ve been given a privileged peek at several chapters, and this is simply one of the funniest, sharpest pieces of writing I’ve come across: a veritable comedy of aphorisms. A very English rock and roll memoir, with nary a wasted or ill-chosen word, this is Ronald Firbank meets the New York Dolls, has a sweet sherry or three and causes a scene on the night bus home. In court shoes.

But when will it be published? James says that he’s ‘broken the back’ of his Autofellatio, but wants to be entirely happy with his technique before showing it to agents….'

Here is a scan of the recent article by Siobhán Kane (796 KB, PDF), courtesy of my friend Richard aka 'The Bear Who Won't be Stopped'.

Two lines are obscured where the page crease was, set out per column 1-4 as follows:

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Enjoy!