Top 40 Albums : 16.11.2008

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The Sound Of
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Call for Papers

The Department of Sociology and The Irish World Academy of Music and Dance at the University of Limerick are convening a second one-day symposium on Morrissey.

Title: The Songs That Saved Your Life (Again): A Symposium on Morrissey.

When: May 1st 2009.

Where: University of Limerick, IRELAND.

Theme: This is an open-call for papers. We invite scholars working across a range of disciplines (such as, cultural studies, gender studies, musicology, media studies, popular music studies and sociology) to propose papers concerning Morrissey’s work as a solo-artiste. Possible paper themes might include: Morrissey and masculinities; Morrissey’s use of sexual and other forms of ambiguity; Fandom and Morrissey – and the phenomenon of Latino fans in particular; Morrissey and (identity) politics; and Morrissey and song-writing.

Publication Plans: It is intended to publish an edited and refereed book based on a selection of the symposium’s papers.

Deadline: Abstracts of 250 words should be emailed to eoin.devereux@ul.ie The closing date for abstracts is January 9th 2009.

Johnny Marr's lecture in The Independent Newspaper:

Hi Mozzers, Smithsies, mighty quiffs, rockers....,

Do you remember, Sept.2007 we had a fantastic Morrissey/Smiths event in Sint-Niklaas (near Antwerp), Belgium?
It was great, nice people...music & videoclips of our hero on a big screen, drinks....;)
Well, a lot of people ask to do it again, and Yes i will! :)

On saturday 22 November, MORRISSEY & THE SMITHS party @ t' Kompas, Sint-Niklaas (near Antwerp), Belgium!!!

DJ's Peter & Alf (worldwilllisten website) will play all your favourite Moz-tunes and Morrissey's personal favourite artists like: David Bowie, New York Dolls, Roxy Music, Suede, Gene, The Sundays, Editors, Interpol, The Killers, Travis, Lloyd Cole, Ramones, X-Ray Spex, Sex Pistols, Joy Division, My Bloody Valentine, Frantic Flintstones, The Polecats, Rialto, Blur, Oasis, Stone Roses, Divine Comedy, Ride, Elastica, House Of Love, James, Echobelly, The Primitives, Blondie, The Pretenders, The Stranglers, The Jam, The Undertones, Sham 69, The Business, Madness, The Specials, The Dears, The Verve, Pulp, Ash, Manic Street Preachers, The Charlatans, Billy Bragg, Klaus Nomi, Sparks, The The, Siouxsie & The Banshees, Lush, Cranes, Mazzy Star, Brigitte Bardot, Serge Gainsbourg, Vince Taylor, The Puppini Sisters, Sandie Shaw, Frank Sinatra, Nancy Sinatra.....and many many more.....

Be There!!!

Well, its good to see Moz on the list, but this is def an imperfect list... Moz in at #92.

The 100 Greatest Singers of All Time - 92 | Morrissey - Rolling Stone