Meat Loaf. RIP.

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FWD.

Eddie Vedder says new Morrissey record is "some of the best Morrissey stuff I've heard in years"


pearljamonline.it are quoting Vedder's Mojo interview (issue 340/March).

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Other media item:

• LouderSound: Eddie Vedder’s dead father sings on the Pearl Jam vocalist’s new solo album - January 13, 2022

By George Simpson.

"JOHNNY MARR has been brutally honest about his painful memories from The Smiths break-up and shared how he talks to everyone from his incredible career except for Morrissey."


Excerpt:

Speaking in a new interview with Uncut, the 58-year-old said: “[The Smiths are] one of the things I’m proudest of. One of the things that I must be proud about – not only myself but the whole group, because that was our MO. Whatever s*** was going on, nothing got in the way of what was coming out of speakers – and there’s a lot to get in the way.

“It’s a simplistic way of putting it, but one of the reasons I’ve been in so many bands was because I wanted to be loyal to them. It won’t come as any surprise when I say that I’m really close with everyone I’ve worked with – except for the obvious one. And that isn’t that much of a surprise because we’re so...

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FWD.

‘No Jacket Required would be the soundtrack of hell’: the Rev Richard Coles’s honest playlist - The Guardian
The former Communard says he knows every word to Jesus Christ Superstar – what else does he listen to away from the pulpit?

Excerpt:

The song I can no longer listen to
This Charming Man. Much as I like the song, Morrissey has ceased to be charming for me.

Peter Bogdanovich, RIP

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As per Thursday's Condolence Thread post - RIP.

Morrissey said of The Last Picture Show (via Mackie's letters):

"I'm going out to the states to redeem the social outcasts. My only real ambition is to cultivate Texas. I love Texas. You must watch "The last picture show", on BBC-2 on Sunday. Do you have BBC-2 up there? That film!
It was my first real sexual relationship.
To me seeing and loving a great film is like having a sexual relationship.
Real Gothic, man (as the Greeks would say)."

Regards,
FWD.

2021

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For context, Rough Trade asserts the Ghost Town single was limited to 4000 copies.
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FWD.

TO SIR, WITH LOVE

Sidney Poitier, RIP.

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FWD.