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davidt
on Tuesday April 21 2009, @12:00PM
"The Day I Met Morrissey" - new book out May 11th
- available for pre-order now at www.thedayimetmorrissey.com
They look like him, they speak like him. They worship the very ground he walks on. And when obsessive fan actually meets Morrissey, worlds turn upside down. The Day I Met Morrissey contains 30 real-life stories of fans who for a split second found themselves in the right place at the right time. There’s a chance encounter at Wilmslow train station in 1985 when a tongue-tied teen fulfils her dream. More dramatic Morrissey meetings come in perfumeries, airport lounges and by the pic'n'mix at Woolworths. Written by Dickie Felton, The Day I Met Morrissey, is 100 pages of full colour Moz fandom. It contains more than 100 photos never seen before. Dickie, from Liverpool, England, said: "I've no idea what the world will make of this strange little book. I just wanted to chronicle the more obsessive elements of Morrissey's support - which includes me. "The Day I Met Morrissey features fantastic stories stretching a quarter of a century. For some disciples meeting Morrissey is like a religious experience, the greatest moment of their lives. Some of the conversations between fan and Moz are wonderfully funny. I hope that readers will get a new insight into Moz through the eyes of the people that know him best - his fans." The book will be available initially on-line at www.thedayimetmorrissey.com and on Amazon priced £15. Pre-orders will be dispatched from May 11th. Felton, 35, will also be taking the book for sale on the UK tour outside the venues at Omagh, Belfast, Glasgow, Liverpool, Great Yarmouth, Manchester: "If I sell more than seven copies I will be thrilled." Among the fans featured in the book is American actor Tom Lennon, who recalls an encounter with Morrissey at the Cat and Fiddle pub in Los Angeles in 2005. ---
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Sweet! Great idea for a book (Score:0)
hope the library gets it (Score:0)
Tom Lennon (Score:0)
Meeting Moz in Coachella (Score:5, Insightful)
I have worked Coachella for three years now and have never really cared too much about meeting anyone, but when the chance to meet Moz came to be I could not pass on such a thing.
As I walked by the hosp. trailer I noticed Moz sitting in a chair reading a book. At first I just stared and could not make myself move. Before I knew it I was walking towards him. My feet were moving forward and my brain was screaming, "STOP". I walked straight up to him and just stuck my hand out like an idiot. Moz looked up at me took my hand and said, "So, is it everything that you dreamed it might be." And then gave me a quick smile.
I didn't really know what to say, so I asked him what he was reading. He showed me the cover and then started to read again.
I was truly tongue tied and in awe, so I just said, "Thanks for taking a few moments from your reading. This truly is an honor."
It was a short moment in time that I will always hold dear.
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Re:Meeting Moz in Coachella (Score:3, Informative)
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Re:Meeting Moz in Coachella (Score:3, Informative)
From Amazon:
"Synopsis
This is not 52nd Street. The rich, white academics will no longer be given their structured, easy-to-listen-to jazz. This is Milton's Playhouse. This is the heart of music. Structure - time - form and proper scales are dead here. This is the place that jazz progresses. 52nd Street is stale and lifeless. The bridge to 52nd Street has been burned down. This is Improvisational Writing. It lives through every typo - misspelling - misuse and grammatical mistake. It is music without sound. Without measures. Without Scales. Without time. Without prisons. It is a hope to give life to something that has become so confined it can no longer breathe. It may be one continuous mistake. But it is honest - true - uncompromising and unconfined. In a world that has a million bookshelves lined with street maps to 52nd Street, this is a fresh note. It may be a flat note, nonetheless, it is a note."
I think I'll give that one a miss
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The Book (Score:3, Interesting)
Anyway, if you go to the Amazon website, you can actually read the first few pages of the book. Apparently it´s a book of poems (unless it changes later in the book).
What I read didn´t grip me, but here´s the link for anyone who wants to get an idea:
http://www.amazon.com/Burning-Bridge-Project-Brandon-Wilding/dp/1434309444/ref=sr_1_8?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1240392772&sr=1-8
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Cool (Score:0)
Congrats! (Score:0)
Jason, Lucky Lisp & Smiths File
I should have contributed my story (Score:1, Funny)
The worst handshake ever.
Jo Brand (Score:0)
when I met The Moz (Score:0)
sounds/looks (Score:1)
but the books I would buy are Morrissey or Johnnys bio [if it's more than 100 pages about his Smiths time, from the 248]
and follow up on Peeepholism or Morrissey shot
sorry Dick too many books past years which used
Morrissey, your soundslike but 15 pounds, are
20 euroos or even more, and I find that a bit
too much for a good fanbook, but maybe I pass by
look at it/in, and buy it instantly
anyway thanks for your release
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I met him in Mexico City (Score:1, Interesting)
And oh, yes, I would love to read the book.
All the things you love... (Score:1)
I'd love to own this book. But I'm mostly looking forward to Morrissey's autobiography!
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Wouldn't want to meet him (Score:2, Insightful)
I'd rather tuck the dream beneath my pillow at night than spoil it by the realization that he's actually a bit of a prick.
Re:Wouldn't want to meet him (Score:2, Insightful)
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Gawd (Score:1)
The authors of these books are just as bad as Mike Joyce if you ask me...
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I once met Morrissey (Score:0)
http://www.allmylittlewordsonline.com [allmylittl...online.com]
The day I was due to meet Morrissey, (Score:0)
Met Moz in S.F. (Score:3, Interesting)
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Whatever happens it'll be a disaster (Score:2, Insightful)
Meet Morrissey, cry, not be able to speak because I'd be so happy etc. and then have to live with the fact that I'd made a complete fool out of myself infront of MORRISSEY of all people for the rest of my life
Or
Don't ever meet him and live forever wanting desperately to just hug him and say "I love you!"
Because of this I really don't know what I'd do if I saw Morrissey in a shop somewhere. I'd be so, so nervous about just wandering up to him and saying "Hello, I love you" (I'm sure he hasn't heard that before) but then again I don't know whether I'd be able to stop myself. Oh dear ):
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Lawsuit (Score:0)
Nice cover (Score:0)
Re:The chatroom, a place for Morrissey haters (Score:0)
that is SO fucked UP!!!!!!
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