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| Years Of Refusal reviews: Q (3 stars), Spin (4 stars), Uncut (4 of 5 stars), Mojo (3 of 5) |
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posted by davidt
on Tuesday January 27 2009, @10:00AM
James writes:YoR gets a pretty good review in Q magazine - 3*s. The author's main gripe is that Morrissey has become obsessed with his legacy and that this is becoming a bit of a yawn (I think some of us will agree). She raves about Something is Squeezing My Skull and rates Mama, Lay Softly, When Last I Spoke to Carol and One day Goodbye..but complains about to much self-pity and overdriven guitars. Incidentally Bruce Springsteen's new album also gets 3*s. ---
julieboboolie sends the link (via Morrissey reddit):
FOUR STARS for Years of Refusal (SPIN Magazine) - Lost Highway Morrissey press
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thecondy also posted summaries of reviews in the forums:
Uncut (4 of 5 stars)
MOJO (average 3 of 5 stars)
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| First preorders taken for Southpaw Grammar re-release (Mar. 2) |
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posted by davidt
on Tuesday January 27 2009, @10:00AM
Stefan Krix writes:Still no sign of the remastered version of Maladjusted, which was announced in late October 2008, but now HMV.com as the first online store is taking pre-orders for the other remastered & redesigned release, the expanded version of Southpaw Grammar. The UK release will hit the shops on 2nd March 2009 via BMG Records. |
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| Memories of The Smiths in Madrid by a Spanish promoter |
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posted by davidt
on Tuesday January 27 2009, @10:00AM
An anonymous person sends the link/excerpt:
La Roliflex de un amante de la vida - El Pais
Pacheco, 58-year-old person from Madrid, is photographer, producer, sound engineer and the director of New Means, but surely this page of newspaper is not deserved. His(yours) should be a wide autobiography and in conditions, as that his() friend Joe Boyd (the discoverer of Pink Floyd, Nick Drake or Fairport Convention) was marked when it delivered to the press White bicycles.
In the eighties, at the time that he was establishing the props of the so called " new Fleming ", it he was taking charge promoting the only( unique) concerts of Smiths for Spain. The photos between Morrissey's flies in Camoens's walk, May 18, 1985, are, evidently, his. " He was calling him always by his first name, Steve, and I finished for taking the point ", he smiles. " He had a good conversation. On the other hand, the guitarist, Johnny Marr, was practising more of hooligan ". On the following morning, having breakfast in the hotel Ritz of Barcelona, Morrissey and Pacheco happened to sit down together with the writer James Baldwin. " He did not know the one who was, so I presented it. I said to him): ' Steven, since you go of way gay, you need to know the work of this man '. And yes, they became good friends ... ".
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| Tour update: Philadelphia, Finland tickets |
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posted by davidt
on Tuesday January 27 2009, @10:00AM
lindaleigh69 writes:
Academy of Music Philadelphia Tix
This saturday 1/31/09 is the on sale date for the show. The tix are available only through the kimmel center, not ticketmaster or live nation. Just thought I'd pass this along ; )
Update: 01/28 04:53 GMT: BlueGirl writes that the Philadelphia show actually is on Live Nation's site now.
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Stefan also writes:
FYI, Tickets for Finland are on sale very soon, on Tue 27 Jan at 07.00 AM GMT
Helsinki - Live Nation ( translated)
Tampere - Live Nation ( translated)
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| "The Pageant of His Bleeding Heart" - by Gavin Hopps finally in view |
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posted by davidt
on Tuesday January 27 2009, @10:00AM
goinghome writes:Amazon is running a special offer on the long-awaited book about Morrissey written by Gavin Hopps, to be published 1st February 2009.
Morrissey: The Pageant of His Bleeding Heart (Hardcover) by Gavin HoppsProduct Description Morrissey is arguably the greatest disturbance popular music has ever known. Even more than the choreographed carelessness of punk and the hyperbolic gestures of glam rock and the New Romantics, Morrissey's early bookish ineptitude, his celebration of the ordinary, and his subversive endorsement of celibacy, abstinence and rock 'n' roll revolutionised the world of British pop. As an increasingly pugnacious solo artist, he consistently adopts the outsider's perspective and dares us to confront genuinely uncomfortable subjects. In his brilliant and original book, Gavin Hopps examines the work of this compelling performer, whose intelligence, humour, suffering and awkwardness have fascinated audiences around the world for the last 25 years. Hopps traces the trajectory of Morrissey's career - from its beginning in the early 80s with the Smiths to the release of his latest album, "Ringleader of the Tormentors" - and outlines the contours and contradictions of the singer's elusive persona. The book illuminates Morrissey's coyness (how can he remain a mystery when he tells us too much?) , his dramatised melancholy (surely more of a radical existential protest than the gimmick some believe it to be) and his complex attitudes towards loneliness and alienation, as well as his intriguing sense of the religious. In the course of this penetrating study of Morrissey's oeuvre, Hopps offers close readings of individual lyrics and illuminating comparisons with a range of literary figures - such as Lord Byron, Mary Shelley, George Eliot, Christina Rossetti, Oscar Wilde, Samuel Beckett, Paul Celan and Philip Larkin. "Morrissey: The Pageant of His Bleeding Heart", at once erudite and accessible, argues convincingly for Morrissey's inclusion in the pantheon of literary greats. About the Author Gavin Hopps is Research Councils UK Academic Fellow in the School of Divinity at St. Mary's College, the University of St. Andrews, UK. Product details • Hardcover: 240 pages • Publisher: Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd. (1 Feb 2009) • Language English • ISBN-10: 082641866X • ISBN-13: 978-0826418661
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| Brandon Flowers gives Morrissey a nod in "The Hot Seat" |
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posted by davidt
on Tuesday January 27 2009, @10:00AM
Amsden writes:Brandon Flowers of The Killers says he prefers Morrissey's solo work to the Smiths.... TONY: You’re a big Joy Division/New Order fan, too. Brandon Flowers: I’m a bigger New Order fan than Joy Division fan; I also prefer Morrissey to the Smiths, which I guess is also sacrilegious. I have a good New Order story: I was driving with Bernard Sumner in Manchester—which was totally surreal—when my wife called me and told me that we were having our baby. So that’ll be a cool story for my son when he’s older. Full story here. Time Out New York / Issue 695 : Jan 22–28, 2009 |
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| The MozBus Rides Again! (Manchester, May 23) |
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posted by davidt
on Tuesday January 27 2009, @10:00AM
Phill Gatenby writes:I've had a few requests to run a MozBus tour during the weekend of Morrissey's Manchester gigs and having had a chat with Leslie at The Salford Lads Club, I will organise a MozBus on Saturday 23rd May at around lunch time. The tour will include a 45 - 60 minute visit inside the club as well as stopping off at Parkers Hotel, Strangeways Prison, Morrissey's old house and the Iron Bridge on Kings Road in Stretford, The Cemetry Gates, The Holy Name Church and the Ritz as well as passing by a few other sites too and lasting around 3 - 3.5 hours. If anyone is interested please contact me either via email - MozBus@aol.com or www.myspace.com/mancmusictourCost will depend on numbers - If there is enough to fill a coach then I imagine it wont be more than £10 each. However..... I may try for something a bit more adventurous..... a double decker bus??? An open top double decker bus??? Either way, proceeds will go to The Salford Lads Club. |
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