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Jerry Finn taken off life support Aug. 9
posted by davidt on Monday August 11 2008, @09:00AM

An anonymous person writes:
Wikipedia has this on their website -

UPDATE: Jerry Finn was taken off life support on Sat Aug 09. May he live on in people's memories and through the music forever.

I hope its not true.
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I have confirmation from a reliable source that the news is unfortunately true.

Update: 08/11 17:32 GMT: Link posted by mattorefice in the comments:

Say Prayers for Jerry Finn [message #363478], post by Ross Hogworth - prosoundweb.com forums
Sat, 09 August 2008 21:25

I am devastated to post this email from today .....

with a heavy heart and no breath in my chest i want to let you know that we and the doctors have done everything possible for jerry. even though he did make snail like improvement these past 31 days he is not any better for words and has not had any consistency in the tests that the medical team have done for him. at his time the hemorrhage has done massive damage to his body which will leave him severely disabled and in need of acute care for the rest of his life. we know jerry wouldn't want to live like this in a vegetative state. the family has made the decision to speak jerrys wishes and with draw life support. i am truly devastated don't know what else to say. thank you all for your support through this terrible time. please keep jerry in your prayers! mike
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"Years Of Refusal: New album release date and other information" - true-to-you.net
posted by davidt on Sunday August 10 2008, @08:00AM

Link posted by Black Eyed in the forums (original post):

Years Of Refusal: New album release date and other information - true-to-you.net

9 August 2008

At the wish of Universal Music, Years of refusal has been put back to a February 2nd release. There is also, at this stage, still no US label for the album since Morrissey withdrew from Decca US after their poor promotion for the Greatest hits release. There are no further live dates planned for the remainder of 2008.
It is understood that Warner Music in London are releasing a Smiths Greatest Hits album in the final quarter of 2008. This release is without Morrissey's approval or involvement.

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Pitchfork.tv features "The Queen Is Dead: A Classic Under Review" - one week only
posted by davidt on Sunday August 10 2008, @08:00AM

JoeyfromIndy writes:
Pitchfork.tv (beta) has "The Queen Is Dead: A Classic Under Review" viewable for one week on their video site.

http://pitchfork.tv/

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buy DVD at Amazon.com

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Marc Almond autobiography "Tainted Life" mentions Morrissey meeting
posted by davidt on Sunday August 10 2008, @08:00AM

Originally posted by Scarlet Ibis in the forums:

Marc Almond's tense "hook up" with Moz

My husband is reading Marc Almond's autobiography, Tainted Life. Earlier today he brought the book to me and told me to read page 424.

You've probably seen this before, but in case you haven't:

I was dragged out to meet Morrissey for dinner once. A mutual friend of ours -- Jill Smith, a journalist with the now defunct Record Mirror --- wanted us to 'hook up' because she mistakenly thought we would have so much in common, what with our respective styles and lyrics. Early dinner in a London restaurant was arranged. I was my usual nervous self, but determined to see it through, and Jill was in her element, accompanied by her two favourite singers. So there we all sat, Morrissey across from me, and both of us guarded and reluctant to open up or chat. Morrissey was concerned with being Morrissey as much as I was concerned with being Marc Almond. The small talk remained so polite and charming that it was all but nonexistent, and there were long, long pauses, fake laughter, much lingering over the menu, much filling time. Jill proceeded to get so drunk that she ended up crying in the toilet, and Morrissey and I had to help her out. Sniveling and weeping, she was overcome with the experience of having dinner with the both of us. We loaded her into a taxi. Poor Jill! Morrissey and I at last managed to have a good laugh as she was driven away.

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Vote for your Ultimate Icon (Morrissey)
posted by davidt on Sunday August 10 2008, @08:00AM

Havent Earned It Yet writes:
BBC Radio2 have put together a list of Ultimate Icons, Morrissey is onew of them, follow the link to vote.

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The Polecats (featuring Boz Boorer) to play in L.A. (Sunday, Aug. 10)
posted by davidt on Sunday August 10 2008, @08:00AM

Some Totally Random Moz Fan writes:
From Boz Boorer's MySpace Blog:

Hi all, well it's time to fly out to LA once more, this time my old band The Polecats are appearing at a weekend festival at the Knitting Factory in LA the venue had to be changed from a place downtown
we are apparently playing after US psychedelic rockers The Electric Prunes - I had too much to dream last night . I just got into London from Portugal, I have been recording and writing a lot there, we also took delivery of a donkey yesterday, he's come for 2 weeks holiday with us! Cheers
Boz

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The Dears mention Moz in article about their new album
posted by davidt on Sunday August 10 2008, @08:00AM

Torr sends the link:

The Dears reveal new album details - NME.com

Montreal-based The Dears will release 'Missiles', the follow-up to 2006's 'Gang Of Losers', on October 20 in the UK and Australia, and a day later in the US and Canada. Writing about the new album on her blog, keyboardist and co-vocalist Natalia Yanchak said she thinks the album shares something in common with Morrissey's new album. She wrote:

"In a recent interview on XFM, Morrissey spoke of his new album, saying: 'Journalists won’t like it but real people will.' And you know I feel the same way -- not about his album but about The Dears’ album.

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