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posted by davidt
on Wednesday August 27 2008, @09:00AM
Used To Be A Street Boy writes:I received the following email from a contact at Noble PR this morning.
So sorry for the short notice on this but I've just been told, by Warner Music, that The Morrissey 'Live At The Hollywood Bowl' DVD has been postponed pending a new release date.
Will let you have more info when I get it.
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Vu also writes:
I've been covering this news announcement for Morrissey's "Live at the Hollywood Bowl" DVD on my website and I got a message from Noble PR that "The Morrissey 'Live At The Hollywood Bowl' DVD has been postponed pending a new release date".
This doesn't surprise me as Morrissey, himself, had a problem with this release, stating the DVD release is a breach of contract "as laid out by themselves in an agreement made for the film between Warner and my ex-manager." |
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| Morrissey backstage with Smoking Popes at Knitting Factory in LA |
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| Moz stops by the Rhino store, employee writes it up |
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posted by davidt
on Monday August 25 2008, @10:00AM
Torr sends the link:
Collector's Corner -Autographed CDs - Rhino
MORRISSEY
Viva Hate
I'll wrap up this sextet of reminiscences with an encounter that had parallels to the Second Coming of Christ if you were a music fan who came of age in the '80s. The day that Morrissey entered our shop, every employee (male & female) made a mad dash to the M section of Rock (rumor had it that the Moz wouldn't sign Smiths CDs). I joined the throng (I actually missed the Smiths phenomenon and had gotten into Morrissey during his solo career), and proceeded to snatch up a copy of Viva Hate. Morrissey (along with some record company guy he had in tow) approached the information booth while I was still fumbling around looking for a pen. He was taller than I expected, somewhat shy, and very polite. He was looking for anything that we had by the band Generation X (Billy Idol's old outfit). Of course, we were fresh out of this band, but I took the opportunity to ask Morrissey to autograph my CD, and he graciously accepted. As we were having this exchange, the record company guy made a big display of asking me if I would like to see Morrissey play in Los Angeles again (it had been a little while since his last L.A. show, and I think that he was between labels at the time). I replied "of course," but the whole scenario was a little creepy and I could definitely tell that Morrissey was embarrassed. So we shook hands and went our separate ways. As I was standing in the info booth later that day, I looked over my signed copy of Viva Hate and smiled. I didn't have much, but I had this...and I still do.
-- Mac Dunlop
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| Morrissey request on Russell Brand show |
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posted by davidt
on Monday August 25 2008, @10:00AM
An anonymous person writes:just listening to Russell brands radio show (bbcradio2) he's got a new item called "Appease Morrissey", russell says he had a e-mail from moz asking for "shocking blue song", Mighty Joe...which Russell duly played...
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| Johnny Marr on 'Stories' - Channelbee.com |
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posted by davidt
on Monday August 25 2008, @10:00AM
Neil writes:
I thought you might be interested that on Monday, we’ve got a new edition of “Stories” starring Johnny Marr going live on Channelbee.com.
“Stories” is basically our favourite musicians, actors and celebrities telling their favourite anecdotes. We’ve already got a Johnny Marr story up there about when he was kidnapped by Happy Mondays
but Monday’s story is about when he lent his guitar to a struggling Noel Gallagher before Oasis were big…in a nutshell, they smashed it up and asked Johnny for another one so he gave them the black Les Paul he wrote The Queen is Dead and Bigmouth Strikes Again on… |
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| "Please Please Please..." covered by Alan Brandt - on the ukulele |
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posted by davidt
on Monday August 25 2008, @10:00AM
JoeyfromIndy writes:Not sure how news-worthy this is or not, but Alan Brandt of my local radio station 90.5 WUOL in Louisville, KY covered Please, Please, Please, Let Me Get What I Want on the ukulele. Pretty decent cover actually.
Louisville’s 90.5 WUOL plays The Smiths on the Ukulele - Backseat Sandbar
Alan Brandt of 90.5 WUOL, the Louisville classical sister station to 91.9 WFPK, has created a great and yet terribly absurd video presentation of himself performing “Please Please Please Let Me Get What I Want” by the Smiths on the ukulele. A great instrument plus one of the greatest songs by one of the greatest bands…equals…something
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=37REBnM3YB0
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posted by davidt
on Friday August 22 2008, @01:00AM
Dan Arel sends the link:
Today The World Became A Lot Less Musical - himynameismark.com
one of my best friends passed away today. jerry finn was one of the most talented, funniest, coolest, smartest, and honest people i’ve ever known. he was true in every sense of the word. true in his love of music, true in his friendships. jerry loved life. he was happiest when quietly making music he loved, and loudly making fun of everything he didn’t. when i think of times spent with jerry, all i can think of is us laughing. so much laughter. he’s just one of those guys with the quickest wit in the room. he also knows more about music than anyone. and i mean that seriously. he knows musicians, instruments, amplifiers, recording equipment, engineers, producers, albums, and studios like some people know sports statistics. jerry could tell you who played what instrument on which track of pretty much any album you could name, and then go on to tell you who produced it, who engineered it, in what room of which studio, and so on. it’s really kind of amazing. he worked on many of my favorite albums of all time, and helped shape the sound and direction of blink-182 from enema of the state all the way through to the end and into +44. he was into family guy, south park, and mr show before anyone else had even heard of those shows. and when my son was born, while everyone else was sending us baby blankets and teddy bears, jerry and his girlfriend gave him a tiny extra small black leather jacket covered in metal studs and ramones pins.
i’m sitting here now and i don’t even know what to type. i’m at a loss for words. nothing i can say will come close to describing what an amazing human being jerry was. his talent, his laughter, his love of life. every day i spent with jerry over the past ten years i feel like he taught me something new about music, or recording. or life. i think everyone who knew jerry would say the same thing. i feel blessed to have worked with and learned so much from him. but most of all i am honored to call him my dear friend. jerry, i miss you already.
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Craig also sends a link to the post on the prosoundweb.com forums:
Re: Say Prayers for Jerry Finn [message #366046] post by Ross Hogworth:
My prayers. My Love.
Life is no brief candle to me. It is a sort of splendid torch which I have got a hold of for the moment, and I want to make it burn as brightly as possible before handing it onto future generations.
George Bernard Shaw
Jerry Finn
March 31, 1969 -August 21, 2008
after 43 days of fighting at 5:25 am Jerry passed away and has left us to go to that "better place" wherever that is. the family thanks everyone for all the love and support for Jerry through this time. A memorial for Jerry will be planned in the next couple months and all are invited to attend. i will let you know. i said my goodbye to Jerry this morning with Jen and Karin and Jerry had the most beautiful, peaceful smirk/smile of pride and accomplishment it was truly amazing. it was the sense of pride in the life's work he did that he would never talk about or show, but today i saw it. mike fasano
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