Last Thursday (02/03/11) on NBC's tv programe Parks & Recreation, there was a scene between Chris Pratt ("Andy") and Aubrey Plaza's ("April'') Guatemalan boyfriend who was listening to his Ipod, when "Andy" asked what he was listening, he responded The Smiths!! he then was asked to join "Andy's" band "Mouse Rat" very funny.

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The dialogue:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ni5DJEuuwr0

Edwyn Collins feat. Boz Boorer on keyboards and saxophone live on the late night show "Harald Schmidt" in Cologne on first progamme of German TV "Das Erste" on February 10th 2011.

www.daserste.de/haraldschmidt


Related item: Boz Boorer touring with Edwyn Collins (UK & Europe, Nov. / Dec. 2010)

Salvatore Bono, blogger with The Huffington Post, has conducted a low-yield if affable interview with Andy Rourke:

Catching Up With Andy Rourke of The Smiths

- When it comes to icons of the indie world, none are bigger and get more credit than The Smiths. During their time together from 1982-1987, the band transformed the decade's musical scene with their swagger, style and sound. Today, decades later, their music continues to do the same. The band has not played together since their famous split, and fans have waited for them to reunite through famous feuds and fights, though it looks as if it may never happen.

In the song We dance to yesterday.
I'm a big fan of Hawksley, but this song is not my cup of tea.

Acoustic version :

(go to 1:20)

El Paso, Texas, Moz fans take over Club Dedo, 204 Rio Grande, Thursday, February 10, from 9 p.m.-2 a.m. for "UNLOVABLE"- an anti-Valentine's Day night. Dance your legs to the knees to plenty of Smiths/Morrissey tunes or drink and be ill while watching "Casablanca" and "Pretty In Pink." Drink specials and broken heart candies while they last. No Cover!

Previously unseen shots by Nadav Kander. Taken last August and originally intended to accompany 'The Guardian' interview, until Morrissey knocked them back in favour of the Jake Walters' shots.

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Link to Nadav Kander site from Kewpie, links to large photos from Fuzzy.

The choice of a Morrissey sticker by cycling star, Edwin DeLaRosa, for his trusty mount is discussed on this forum:

Morrissey? - Vital BMX

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See also:

Edwin DeLaRosa Bike Check - Ride BMX

Excerpt:

How often do people ask you about your Morrissey sticker?
Not too many ask me, but when they do I tell them like Morrissey.

God this is awful... a colleague's ipod is playing in the background... hang on, that sounds like Panic, yes it is, the new Bad Shepherds album

Can't find any other reference to it on Solo, so I thought I'd share.

Sounds dreadful.

Here is a live version